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Over 10-hour job interview, grueling 7-stage hiring process spark debate online
A viral Reddit post reveals an intense interview process with over 6.75 hours of assessments, sparking frustration among job seekers.
Updated on Apr 04, 2025 11:22 AM IST
Ludhiana: MC elections on December 21, parties swing into action
SAD’s Ludhiana unit held a special meeting to strategize for the upcoming elections with senior leaders and constituency in-charges of the party
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 05:32 AM IST
Sukhpreet Singh, Ludhiana
Infighting in Mumbai Congress over assembly seats
The party’s Mumbai president, Varsha Gaikwad, had an argument with former city chief Ashok Jagtap during a meeting on Tuesday regarding candidate selection
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 12:29 PM IST
Haryana elections: BJP names 67 candidates, CM Saini from Ladwa
BJP announces 67 candidates for Haryana assembly polls, retaining 21 incumbents, introducing 20 new faces, and dropping 8 MLAs amid anti-incumbency.
Updated on Sep 05, 2024 08:32 AM IST
Pawan Sharma, Chandigarh
BJP plans ground feedback exercise to pick candidates for Jharkhand polls
The party will soon be finalising the dates for the ‘Raishumaari’ (seeking opinion) with the party workers at the grassroots.
Updated on Sep 04, 2024 09:44 PM IST
Vishal Kant, Ranchi
2 PDP, 1 BJP DDC members resign in lead-up to J&K polls
Angry over candidate selection for upcoming assembly polls, three district development council (DDC) members in south Kashmir – two from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and one from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – resigned from their parties
Updated on Aug 27, 2024 07:48 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Srinagar
Shinde, Fadnavis on firefighting mode
On Monday, both chief minister Eknath Shinde and deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis were criss-crossing Mumbai and suburbs, addressing party workers to cool down tempers that had flared up over candidate selection and allies not pulling along
Updated on May 07, 2024 06:48 AM IST
Eknath Shinde’s summer of discontent
Infighting in Maharashtra over seat-sharing for 48 Lok Sabha seats. BJP's candidate selection impacting Shiv Sena. New trend of changing parties for tickets
Updated on Apr 01, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Amit Shah gives 'winning formula' to BJP to sweep Karnataka in LS polls
“It will be discussed by state leaders of the party and leadership of both parties at Delhi level.” BY Vijayendra said about seat sharing between BJP and JDS
Published on Feb 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
UPSC NDA & NA I exams 2024: Find out how the selection process looks like
The UPSC has set a detailed selection procedure for the candidates who finally qualify in the examination National Defence Academy and Naval Academy exams.
Published on Dec 20, 2023 07:38 PM IST
HT Education Desk, New Delhi
BJP looks to revamp party, finalise electoral strategy before key polls
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to address a meeting of the council of ministers on July 3.
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 01:01 AM IST
Smriti Kak Ramachandran, New Delhi
Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row in Karnataka
The controversy came hours before the BJP announced 189 candidates for the May 10 assembly elections – its first list – and dropped four sitting lawmakers.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 05:03 AM IST
Missing veterans in BJP list sparks row
Eshwarappa, (74) who has been besieged by controversies, including accusations of graft most recently, struck a more conciliatory note, announcing that he would not contest the upcoming polls
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Internal rift, candidate selection may hit Congress in Karnataka
Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar have been jostling over who will be the chief minister if the party wins -- a rivalry that has meant separate bus tours in northern and southern parts of the state by the two leaders in February that reignited rumours that all is still not well within the party
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 12:22 AM IST
Priyanka Rudrappa
Assembly elections: Rahul Gandhi not to be part of candidate selection
His team confirmed to HT that it was a conscious decision to steer clear of the entire process, leaving the old guard to deal with candidate selection.
Updated on Sep 28, 2019 08:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Amrita Madhukalya
Ahead of polls, Amit Shah meets party leaders of 3 states to discuss strategy
Haryana and Maharashtra will vote in October, and Jharkhand in November-December. The BJP is in power in all three states.
Updated on Jun 10, 2019 12:44 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Analysis: What candidate selection tells us about BJP, Congress strategies
New LS may be mix of small number of experienced politicians and large number of newcomers.
Updated on May 14, 2020 02:25 PM IST
Gilles Verniers
‘See clear mandate for Modi govt’: Nirmala Sitharaman on Lok Sabha polls round 2
The BJP has fielded a 28-year-old lawyer Tejaswi Surya from the constituency represented previously by late Ananth Kumar. Surya’s candidature was finalised amid speculation that Ananth Kumar’s wife Tejaswini might be named as the party candidate from the seat.
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 12:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Congress mulls women, youth candidates on Rajasthan seats it lost thrice in a row
Congress candidates had lost twice in a row in about 65 assembly constituencies in the 2008 and 2013 elections. If the 2003 assembly election results are considered, the party lost thrice in a row in about 30 seats.
Published on Sep 14, 2018 12:53 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini, Jaipur
Congress to field women, youth on seats it has lost thrice in Rajasthan polls
Congress candidates lost twice in a row in about 65 assembly constituencies in the 2008 and 2013 elections.
Updated on Sep 14, 2018 09:40 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | Sachin Saini
Uddhav begins candidate selection for 2019 polls
A senior Sena functionary said that Thackeray, in a meeting at Sena Bhavan on Tuesday, discussed two Lok Sabha constituencies — south Mumbai and south central Mumbai — and asked the two sitting MPs to start preparation.
Published on Aug 29, 2018 05:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | HT Correspondent, Mumbai