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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
TopicYashwant Sinha

Topic: Yashwant Sinha

No Yashwant Sinha kin in fray, BJP’s Manish Jaiswal leads in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh by 1 lakh+ votes

A family borough of civil servant-turned-politician Yashwant Sinha, this is the first time since 1998 that nobody from the Sinha family has contested the election.

Modi’s global stature nowhere close to that of Nehru, Indira or Vajpayee, says Yashwant Sinha

Vajpayee must be dismayed looking at Modi govt from heaven, says former Union minister Sinha, questions functioning of EC & ED and govt's claims about India's economy.

Hazaribagh votes Monday with no member of Sinha family in fray. It may decide their future, too

While Yashwant Sinha is supporting Congress's JP Patel, Jayant is rooting for BJP candidate Manish Jaiswal. Their future may depend on which way the elections go.

BJP faces Sinha factor in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh: father Yashwant backing Oppn, son Jayant out of fray

BJP has fielded Manish Jaiswal, a two-time MLA from Hazaribagh Sadar, whose rival is Congress’s Jai Prakash Bhai Patel, a three-term MLA from Mandu.

India gets its 1st tribal woman President as Droupadi Murmu beats Yashwant Sinha

Murmu, the NDA candidate, got 2824 votes, compared to opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha's 1877. She will be sworn in on 25 July, a day after President Ram Nath Kovind's term ends.

Droupadi Murmu leads against Yashwant Sinha after 1st round of counting in Presidential poll

NDA’s presidential candidate Murmu is leading with 540 of the 748 votes of the MPs, while Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha has received 208 votes.

Presidential polls underway, race to Rashtrapati Bhavan between Droupadi Murmu & Yashwant Sinha

A total of 776 MPs and 4,033 MLAs are expected to vote. A polling booth has been set up in the Parliament premises.

AAP backs Yashwant Sinha in upcoming Presidential polls

The party will support the opposition candidate, said Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh after a political advisory committee (PAC) meeting on Saturday. Voting for the Presidential poll will begin on Monday.

‘There should’ve been a consensus candidate’ — Yashwant Sinha after Mamata ‘softens’ on Murmu

The Opposition presidential nominee added that his candidature was not ‘symbolic’ and that politics around NDA pick Droupadi Murmu’s tribal identity would ‘not cut ice’.

Govts which do not believe in Hindutva ‘not safe’ in India under NDA rule, says Yashwant Sinha

Sinha, the Opposition's Presidential candidate, slammed the Centre for having 'no respect' for the federal structure of the country.

On Camera

Trump’s 4,500 troops can topple Nicolás Maduro—not fix Venezuela

The US troops could dislodge the government in Caracas, but it won’t be enough to police a country ringed by drug cartels and insurgents.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Real-time, all-climate’ explosives detector could enhance airport & border security—no dogs, no swabs

Bengaluru-based CeNS designs accurate, portable, and cheap sensor using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It could significantly reduce risks at vulnerable choke points. 

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.