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International Women's Day 2025: How DUSU's madam secretary is running the show
On Int'l Women’s Day (Mar 8), DUSU Secretary Mitravinda Karanwal shares how she is challenging stereotypes as a female leader in male-dominated student politics
Published on Mar 08, 2025 08:00 AM IST
Karan Sethi
Delhi CM to be named today: These BJP women leaders in contention for the post
Delhi CM announcement: Delhi's next CM will be revealed during a BJP meeting on February 19. Candidates include Rekha Gupta, Shikha Roy, and Bansuri Swaraj.
Updated on Feb 19, 2025 05:25 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
BJP's last chief minister in Delhi was in 1998, but only for 52 days
Delhi assembly election: BJP broke through the 27-year hiatus in Delhi in the 2025 election, winning 48 of the 70 seats in the national capital.
Updated on Feb 09, 2025 01:01 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Asmita Ravi Shankar
Manmohan Singh, Sushma Swaraj's ‘shayari’ banters in Parliament | Video
Former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj's urdu poetry battles made for some of the most viewed parliamentary debates on social media.
Updated on Dec 27, 2024 12:09 PM IST
Haryana assembly polls: Veteran Vij, challenger Chitra lock horns again
The elections of Haryana assembly polls are slated to be held on October 5 and results of the same will be out on October 8
Updated on Sep 21, 2024 05:36 AM IST
Bhavey Nagpal, Ambala Cantonment
Bansuri Swaraj on how she got her name: ‘My mother used to say…’
Born to BJP stalwart Sushma Swaraj and Swaraj Kaushal, Bansuri is an advocate of the Supreme Court of India.
Published on Apr 13, 2024 03:22 PM IST
Why did mining baron Janardhan Reddy return to the BJP?
Does the saffron party need the man who once ran Ballari as his personal fiefdom, or is it the other way around — the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will tell
Updated on Mar 30, 2024 12:22 PM IST
Scripting our own change
Women in India continue to be underrepresented in political and public spaces and the credit for the women’s reservation Bill goes solely to women
Published on Sep 30, 2023 12:43 AM IST
Conceived in 1996, bill comes to life
The 128th Constitution amendment bill to reserve seats for women in Indian legislatures is likely to succeed after several major parties voiced their support.
Updated on Sep 20, 2023 08:09 AM IST
Saubhadra Chatterji, New Delhi
Youth Congress chief faces BJP's ire over 'daayan' remarks
Youth Congress president Srinivas BV on Sunday allegedly called Union Minister Smriti Irani a 'daayan' while slamming the ruling party over inflation.
Published on Mar 27, 2023 11:42 PM IST
Shobhit Gupta | Edited by Aniruddha Dhar
Sushma Swaraj's daughter takes political plunge. Who is Bansuri Swaraj?
Bansuri Swaraj entered into active politics as she has been appointed as co-convener of the legal cell of the Delhi BJP.
Updated on Mar 26, 2023 09:42 PM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Bansuri Swaraj remembers mom Sushma Swaraj on her 71st birth anniversary
On Sushma Swaraj’s 71st birth anniversary today, daughter Bansuri Swaraj took to Twitter to share a throwback picture along with a heartfelt note.
Published on Feb 14, 2023 12:36 PM IST
On Pompeo's 'Sushma Swaraj was not important', former Pak ambassador's 'no'
“I have met Sushma Swaraj several times and she was a great nationalist and robust speaker,” former Pakistan ambassador Abdul Basit said commenting on Mike Pompeo's observation on late Sushma Swaraj.
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 06:32 PM IST
Pompeo says Sushma Swaraj was not important; Jaishankar hits back
Mike Pompeo in his book praised Jaishankar, his second Indian counterpart. Jaishankar however slammed Pompeo's statement on Sushma Swaraj that she was not an important political player.
Updated on Jan 25, 2023 05:48 PM IST
Jaishankar remembers Sushma Swaraj for bolstering ties with Indians abroad
Sushma Swaraj - a BJP stalwart - died on August 6, 2019, at the age of 67 following a cardiac arrest.
Published on Jan 02, 2023 02:10 PM IST
Manjiri Chitre | Edited by Swati Bhasin
When PM Modi negotiated 2-hr ceasefire: Sushma Swaraj video viral amid Op Ganga
In the old video, Sushma Swaraj recounted how in 2015 Saudi king agreed to halt bombing in Yemen for two hours every day to facilitate the evacuation of Indians from Yemen.
Published on Mar 04, 2022 10:41 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
On Sushma Swaraj's birth anniversary, PM Modi shares interesting anecdote
Here's how the daughter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nephew was named ‘Sushma.’
Published on Feb 14, 2022 09:46 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Sushma Swaraj’s daughter honours mom's ‘sweet tradition’ on LK Advani's birthday
LK Advani, a former deputy prime minister to Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP's longest-serving president, turned 94 on Monday
Published on Nov 09, 2021 04:00 PM IST
Written by Ayshee Bhaduri | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj posthumously conferred Padma Vibhushan
The award was received by Jaitley’s wife Sangeeta Jaitley, in the presence of vice president M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and others.
Published on Nov 09, 2021 05:33 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
News updates from HT: Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley conferred Padma Vibhushan
Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Published on Nov 08, 2021 01:01 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Padma Awards: Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj given Padma Vibhushan posthumously
While Arun Jailtey's award was presented to his wife Sangeeta, Sushma Swaraj's award was accepted by her daughter Bansuri from President Ram Nath Kovind.
Updated on Nov 08, 2021 12:42 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
DU considers naming new college in south Delhi after Sushma Swaraj
“The University is considering naming the upcoming college after the first woman chief minister of Delhi Sushma Swaraj," DU Registrar Vikas Gupta said.
Updated on Aug 08, 2021 03:11 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Delhi University considering to name upcoming college after Sushma Swaraj
The Delhi University is considering to name its upcoming college at Fatehpur Beri after first woman chief minister of Delhi Sushma Swaraj, officials said on Saturday.
Published on Aug 07, 2021 06:18 PM IST
PTI |
‘Her laughter reverberates through time’: Smriti Irani remembers Sushma Swaraj
Swaraj’s daughter Bansuri also took to Twitter to mark the globally respected politician’s birth anniversary. She posted a picture with her mother with a post that read “the cake doesn’t seem sweet anymore.”
Updated on Feb 14, 2021 02:23 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Sushma Swaraj Birth anniversary: 'Happy birthday Ma', tweets daughter Bansuri
In the tweet, she asked people to help others in remembrance of the veteran BJP leader and celebrate the day together. Sushma Swaraj died of a cardiac arrest on August 6, 2019, at the age of 67.
Published on Feb 14, 2021 12:09 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Anjali, New Delhi
Kapil Gujjar’s quick entry, exit from BJP: A throwback to similar inductions
Hours after he joined the party on Wednesday, Gujjar, who fired at a demonstration against the Citizen (Amendment) Act in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, was hurriedly expelled
Updated on Dec 31, 2020 02:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Smriti Kak Ramachandran
Amid border standoff, Chinese student is among record 114 foreign applicants seeking admission to Haryana university
Despite Covid pandemic, central government’s Study in India portal gets Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak, record number of applications from foreign students
Updated on Sep 02, 2020 12:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Rohtak | Sunil Rahar
MP cops’ new initiative to find parents of hearing impaired woman repatriated from Pakistan
Police have short-listed Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand as Geeta’s possible home but her responses so far have not given the police any concrete indication of her place of origin.
Updated on Aug 21, 2020 11:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | Shruti Tomar
Amit Shah’s tribute to Sushma Swaraj underlines qualities that will ‘inspire generations’ to come
Sushma Swaraj had praised the Narendra Modi government for abrogation of Article 370 a few hours before her death last year.
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 04:30 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | hindustantimes.com | Edited by Abhinav Sahay
PM Modi remembers Sushma Swaraj on her death anniversary
Hours before she died, Sushma Swaraj had tweeted praising the decision of the Modi government to abrogate Article 370, which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
Published on Aug 06, 2020 02:28 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India| posted by Susmita Pakrasi