The decision also indicates an attempt to balance caste groups. Raju Kumar Singh and Jibesh Kumar are from the upper caste Rajput and Bhumihar communities, respectively. Vijay Kumar Mandal and Motilal ...

Of the rest, Vijay Kumar Mandal is from the extremely backward class (EBC) community, Raj Kumar Singh is a Rajput and Jibesh Kumar is a Bhumihar, both upper caste communities. “Since political ...

NEW DELHI: After the BJP’s success in Delhi assembly elections, its next major goal is to emerge as the single-largest party in Bihar polls due in October-November. BJP’s senior central ...

Out of the seven, four belong to the OBC and one each from Bhumihar, Rajput and EBC. Earlier in the day, Bihar BJP chief and Minister Dilip Jaiswal had resigned from the cabinet. The current ...

Jibesh Mishra is from the Bhumihar caste, and he also took oath as a minister on Wednesday. In Bihar’s caste census, Bhumihars were surprisingly found to be the least economically stable among the ...

Among the new ministers, 3 or 4 ministers can be made from BJP and 2 from JDU and 1 from Bhumihar, 1 from Rajput and from backward-very backward communities, sources added.

There was also a possibility that there might be two new JD(U) ministers, while two from the Rajput and Bhumihar castes might also be included.

The BJP also wants representations from the forward castes, Rajput and Bhumihar. There are also reports that the BJP might opt for a woman MLA and Kavitha Paswan from the Kodha is the frontrunner.

Chandigarh : In a major reshuffle, the Punjab government on Friday transferred 22 IPS officers, including nine SSPs and a police commissioner. In a major reshuffle, the Punjab government on Friday ...