'Favourable treatment to selected areas has been a pattern throughout the state.'
The logic behind the BJP targeting Mayawati's votes.
She has been losing her party's core voters since the 2007 assembly polls, whereas the Samajwadi Party has managed to keep its flock together. The BJP believes she is a soft target.
Mayank Mishra reports on how the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has been extending patronage to the ruling party cadre.
Political commentators say the final outcome of the West Bengal assembly elections would depend on how some crucial factors play out this time. Mayank Mishra explains.
There is a section in the Muslim community in West Bengal that believes that the ruling TMC has not quite delivered on the promises it made.
Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing
The Budget allocated an increase in allocation for MGNREGS, LPG expansion, electrification & smart panchayats.
As electoral sails shift in the dynamic political winds of West Bengal, two factors may still change the electoral equations are how the BJP fares this time and how Muslims are going to vote. Mayank Mishra reports.
Of the 538 projects examined, 294 suffered from cost overruns, 303 from time overruns, and 166 projects suffered both time as well as cost overruns.
100 model career centres all across the country to help job seekers connect with potential employers and skill providers.
Workers being laid off will be entitled to full wages of 45 days for every year of service.
With a rise in the clout of Muslims in western Uttar Pradesh, fearful Hindus are being radicalised.
Ground surveys have found that several members of the dominant castes are in economic conditions quite similar to that of peer communities with the advantage of quotas.
The Bharatiya Janata Party's vision document for Bihar promises to shower freebies on all sections of society if comes to power.
Lack of awareness about the scheme, especially in villages, has created a situation where expectations are turning into disappointment.
Companies are sending representatives to Bihar, UP, Jharkhand and Odisha to persuade workers to join them.
Aiming to send the right signal to different sections of society, the BJP has embraced figures like Chuhar Mal, Emperor Ashoka, Ramdhari Singh Dinkar and Maharana Pratap.
Association of caste with the way people have tended to vote in Bihar has somewhat weakened.
Farmers find it difficult to source quality seeds or fertiliser on time from government agencies at subsidised rates.
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