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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicBhupinder Singh Hooda

Topic: Bhupinder Singh Hooda

5 months, 10 lakh families struck off. Congress puts Haryana BJP govt in dock over BPL list pruning

BJP govt in Haryana did not find it politically expedient to ‘apply the stick to undeserving elements’ covered under BPL list owing to Lok Sabha and Assembly polls, it is learnt.

10 months since shock Haryana defeat, Congress to walk into its 3rd assembly session without an LoP

Monsoon session of assembly begins Friday without an LoP, underscoring Congress's inability to make organisational decisions amid factional differences.  

Murari Lal Tayal: How a mighty Hooda-era civil servant landed in ED crosshairs

Gurugram: Murari Lal Tayal was a prominent figure in Haryana’s bureaucracy during Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s first term as Chief Minister, serving as his Principal...

Congress’s Ambala MP Varun Chaudhry questions party priorities citing Haryana municipal poll lists

Congress Ambala MP Varun Chaudhry writes to AICC in-charge for Haryana Dipak Babaria advising him to instead ‘channelize his energies’ to set up party’s organisational structure.

Stage set for showdown before Congress meet as Hooda faction MLAs want him as Haryana LoP again

'Informal' meet called by Hooda days ahead of Friday's crucial Congress Legislature Party meeting saw 31 MLAs vow their support to him. However, 5 MLAs from Selja camp skipped it.

Haryana ex-CM Hooda wins by over 70,000 votes against BJP’s Manju Hooda in Garhi-Sampla-Kiloi

Bhupinder Singh Hooda was the Haryana chief minister from 2005 to 2014.

Polling begins for 90 Assembly seats in Haryana, BJP eyes hat-trick

Besides the BJP and the Congress, the key contesting parties are the Aam Aadmi PArty (AAP) and the INLD-BSP and JJP-Azad Samaj Party alliances.

How a sense of humiliation gave rise to the modern Jat identity & impacted Haryana’s politics

In early 20th century, Jats adopted elements of Arya Samaj movement. Since then, from kshatriya to kisan to demand for OBC status, their identity evolved in response to modern anxieties.

In jolt to BJP in Haryana, ex-MP Ashok Tanwar rejoins Congress, to boost party’s Dalit outreach

Tanwar—who left Congress in 2019, joined several parties in succession & was BJP candidate in 2024 LS polls—was reinducted into party in Rahul Gandhi's presence.

Haryana Congress candidates promise ‘1 job for 50 votes, happy relatives’. ‘Parchi-parmeshwar’, says BJP

Haryana CM Nayab Saini, state BJP unit take digs at Congress ahead of 5 October election where unemployment has emerged as key issue. Hooda says candidates' statements twisted by BJP.

On Camera

India’s IT firms must reduce dependence on North America, think long term

India’s IT services companies are not holding firms. They should focus on creating long-term value for shareholders instead of returning cash to keep share values up.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.