Mandal

Ruckus over beef won't work in Bihar polls: BJP may have shot itself in the foot

Bihar's political history suggests that unlike other north Indian states, a straight-down-the-middle communal polarisation has never succeeded in smudging the horizontal divisions on caste lines.

Bihar caste calculus: We have both mandal and kamandal with us, says BJP's Sushil Modi

The BJP leaders are not shy of talking caste and are giving it a whole new spin. They have acquired a certain aggressiveness on the issue in their public meetings.

Narendra Modi's secret sauce: Why new India is gung-ho about him

The Mandal-Mandir movements and the economic liberalisation of the 1990s have collectively transformed and created a new India voter. This is what Modi has understood best. Hence his success.

Will the Nitish-Lalu alliance get the caste arithmetic right in Bihar?

In a bid to take on the BJP, that has emerged quite strong in Bihar, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar have buried the hatchet and have decided to contest together the upcoming by-elections in Bihar.

Case registered over TV producer's death

Ghaziabad, July 23 (IANS) Police in Ghaziabad Wednesday registered a criminal case against two unidentified people over the mysterious death of 31-year-old Rajya Sabha TV producer Milita Dutta Mandal, who died at her residence in Vaishali. "We have registered a case

Quota for Jats: Is Congress trying the Mandal trick to stay afloat?

The Rajasthan experience shows that if Jats elsewhere get included among OBCs,dominant castes currently enjoying reservation may become restless, creating social and political churn.

Haldia Petrochemicals Maturing Its ERP With SAP

Samir Mandal GM - IT, Haldia Petrochemicals outlines the benefits of ERP in an enterprise and also talks about their growth rate after choosing SAP.