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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.

‘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’.

Choice is ‘bulldozer raj’ or Constitution, says opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha

BJP under PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah is following 'undemocratic & dangerous' path, says former Union minister, who is confident all non-BJP parties will vote for him.

Yashwant Sinha — opposition presidential candidate is Vajpayee protege, staunch Modi critic

Sinha was announced Tuesday as opposition's pick for presidential polls. IAS-officer-turned politician, who was finance minister in Vajpayee govt, left BJP in 2018 and joined TMC last year.

Yashwant Sinha is the Opposition’s unanimous pick for next President

Many Opposition parties met in Delhi Tuesday to pick its candidate after previous choices Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi declined.

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Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.