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Topic: BJP Uttar Pradesh

‘One caste preferred’: UP BJP MLA says Banda varsity chose ‘Singhs’ for 11 of 24 teaching jobs

Letter by BJP MLA Brajesh Prajapati appears to suggest Thakurs, the community that the CM belongs to, were preferred for jobs at the Banda University of Agriculture and Technology.

‘Yogi managed effectively’: BJP’s BL Santhosh backs UP govt’s handling of 2nd Covid crisis

Santhosh’s praise may put an end to speculation about the possible implications of the central BJP leadership taking a hard look at Yogi govt’s mismanagement of Covid-19.

‘Many don’t read papers but see WhatsApp’, so BJP has big social media plan for UP rural polls

BJP national president J.P. Nadda, who was in Varanasi for 2 days, has told party workers to expand footprint on WhatsApp, Telegram & Instagram to increase reach in UP.

Main accused in Ajit Singh murder case killed in encounter with UP Police

Girdhari Vishvakarma had shot dead the notorious criminal Ajit Singh in a shootout between rival factions in Gomti Nagar on 6 January.

Vegetable selfies, a destination before ‘yatra’ & Trump gearing up for legal battle

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

UP BJP president behind ‘Modi-China war’ remark was once a ‘Congress Singh’

Swatantra Dev Singh, the BJP UP chief, had last week said PM Modi has decided a date for war with China. His colleagues say it is a rare foot-in-mouth moment for Singh. 

Yogi Adityanath cautions BJP workers to be on guard against those trying to stir riots

The CM struck the cautionary note amid govt's claim of attempts by some to instigate caste and communal violence in the wake of the alleged gang-rape of Dalit girl of Hathras.

BJP picks treasurer after 6 years, former UP minister will hold post with Madhya Pradesh MP

Rajesh Agrawal will take over as BJP treasurer six years after Piyush Goyal, the last incumbent, was elevated to the Union Cabinet in the first Modi term.

UP set to get special force that can arrest a suspect without warrant if ‘sure about crime’

Yogi govt issues notification for the special force that will be responsible for security of important govt buildings, offices & industrial establishments. Private firms can also hire services.

UP seeing massive scam of 500% increase in prices of thermometers, oximeters, claims AAP

AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bhardwaj said the Covid-19 kits issued by the state govt is costing around 2,800, while in reality it can be priced at Rs 2,000.

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Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.