Pankaj Shah

1 week ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah |Faiz Siddiqui |Madan Kumar

NewsIndia NewsPakistan begged for ceasefire during Op Sindoor, it's not over, says PM ModiTrendingPM Narendra Modi claimed Pakistan begged for a ceasefire during Operation Sindoor. He highlighted India's strength and the use of indigenous weapons. Modi referred to Shehbaz Sharif's admission about India's BrahMos missile strikes. He emphasized the BrahMos missile's production in Uttar Pradesh. This signifies India's growing defense capabilities.

3 weeks ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

LUCKNOW: It was a chilly Dec morning of 2021 when the cellphone of Priyanka Maurya, a local State Rural Livelihood Mission (SRLM) functionary in Sultanpur, rang. It was a call from a state govt official who broke what was indeed a big news – Priyanka, a local banking correspondent Sakhi (BC-Sakhi), was adjudged the best performing worker in providing mobile banking services to the locals at the peak of the pandemic and was now scheduled to be felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

1 month ago | navbharattimes.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

यूपी में PDA की राजनीति को नया आयाम, BJP ने जातीय जनगणना पर फैसले के बाद बदली रणनीति, समझिए समीकरण (फोटो- नवभारतटाइम्स.कॉम) लखनऊ: उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीतिक जमीन पर भारतीय जनता पार्टी अपनी अलग रणनीति के साथ उतरने की तैयारी में है। लोकसभा चुनाव में जिस पिछड़ा दलित अल्पसंख्यक यानी पीडीए पॉलिटिक्स ने पार्टी को झटका दिया। अब उसी को हथियार बनाने की तैयारी है। दरअसल, भाजपा ने अगली जनगणना में जातिगत गणना का वादा किया है। इसके साथ ही पार्टी ‘पीडीए’ को फिर से परिभाषित करने की रणनीति पर काम कर रही है।...

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: After promising caste enumeration in the next census, the BJP is working on a strategy to redefine the ‘PDA' — from the opposition's ‘Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak' (Backward, Dalit, Minority) to its own version of ‘Pichhda, Dalit, Agda' (Backward, Dalit, Upper Caste). BJP sources said the move might help the party counter the opposition's PDA narrative, which is said to have dented the saffron outfit electorally in UP during the 2024 LS polls.

1 month ago | timesofindia.indiatimes.com | Pankaj Shah

Lucknow: A day after the Centre announced the inclusion of caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise, the political spotlight on Thursday swung back to BJP allies' vociferous demands for the application of sub-quota within the OBC and SC/ST bracket. Several BJP allies, particularly from the NDA in UP, like the Nishad Party and Suhaildev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), have long advocated for the recognition of caste sub-groups within the OBC and SC categories.