NEW DELHI: In a landslide victory in the assembly bypolls, the opposition INDIA bloc on Saturday bagged 10 out of 13 seats that went to polling across seven states. BJP, which after the 2024 Lok Sabha election managed to retain power at the Centre with the help of its NDA allies, faced a major setback … Read more
The counting of votes for the 13 legislative assembly seats spread across seven states began on Saturday morning. Polling took place on July 10 for the assembly seats in Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh. The Election Commission held the by-elections in one seat of Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, … Read more
Last Updated: July 12, 2024, 18:47 IST JDU Supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (File Image: PTI) Senior Congress leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, whose party is a part of the opposition coalition in the state, took potshots at the BJP-JD(U) combine The ruling NDA in Bihar and the opposition Mahagathbandhan … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s key aide Manish Kumar Verma, who was given a key organisational position on Thursday within two days of joining the JD(U), said his party will strongly push for the fulfilment of its demand that the Centre grant special status or a special package to the state. Citing the JD(U)’s good … Read more
Photo: Arab Times Kuwait: At least seven Indian expatriates were killed and three others injured after their vehicle met with an accident on the Seventh Ring Road in Kuwait. The accident occurred on Tuesday, July 9, at 5 am when a local resident’s vehicle collided with a minibus carrying employees of a private company who … Read more
JDU Supremo and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. (File Image: PTI) The longest serving CM, who kept wiping beads of sweat from his face, as he sat in the sultry weather, was visibly unimpressed and asked the company official to ensure that the entire work was completed by the end of the year A livid … Read more
Former IAS officer Manish Verma, a key aide of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, joined the JD(U) on Tuesday. Verma, who took voluntary retirement from service a few years ago, was serving as the Additional Advisor to the CM. He was inducted into JD(U) in the presence of a number of top leaders. Verma hails from … Read more
Last Updated: June 29, 2024, 21:42 IST Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi (PTI File) Five bridges, big and small, have collapsed across the state in just over a week Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday alleged there might be a ”conspiracy” behind the incidents of bridge collapse in Bihar to defame the BJP-led government … Read more
Patna: Another instance of bridge collapse has come to the fore in Bihar, making it the fifth such incident to have been reported from the state in just over a week. The latest incident has been reported from the Bheja police station area of Madhubani district, situated in the state’s northern extreme, along the borders … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a surprise turn of events, Chirag Paswan, the president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founded by his father late Ram Vilas Paswan, was on Monday unceremoniusly unseated as the leader of the party in Lok Sabha.Chirag, who took over the mantle of the party in 2020 after the death of Ram Vilas … Read more
