New Delhi, 27/1: The BJP on Saturday appointed election in-charges and co-in-charges for 23 states and Union territories in view of the Lok Sabha polls this year. BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde has been made the election in-charge for Bihar, while BJP Rajya Sabha member and former Jharkhand unit chief Deepak Prakash will be…
Patna, 27/1: Janata Dal (United)’s political adviser and spokesperson K C Tyagi on Saturday made it all but clear that the grand alliance government in Bihar is on the verge of collapse, and accused a section of the Congress leadership of repeatedly “insulting” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The I.N.D.I.A bloc is on the verge of…
Patna, 27/1: Amid the turmoil in Bihar’s ruling Mahagathbandhan, the opposition BJP has called a meeting of its MPs and MLAs on Saturday apparently to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. According to BJP state unit chief Samrat Choudhary, the meeting will deliberate on the party’s strategy for the general elections, the dates for which…
Kolkata, 26/1: Congress Lok Sabha leader and West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday apologised to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha floor leader Derek O’Brien for calling him a “foreigner” even as he alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led government creating roadblocks for Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in the state.
Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is keeping the suspense on whether he will dump the Grand Alliance for the BJP and remain in power even as Congress sources on Friday said he refused to speak to their top leader Sonia Gandhi. As the Republic Day saw intense speculation over the turn Bihar politics…
Patna, 26/1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Friday asserted that the party was ‘firmly with I.N.D.I.A coalition’ but wanted the Congress to do ‘introspection’ with regard to alliance partners and sharing of seats. State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha made the statement, refuting rumours that his party, headed by the chief minister, was…
New Delhi, 26/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked down the Kartavya Path on Friday after the conclusion of the 75th Republic Day parade and waved at people seated in enclosures. The attendees erupted into cheer when the PM passed by their enclosures and welcomed him with claps and slogans of ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’. PM…
New Delhi, 26/1: On the occasion of India’s 75th Republic Day, French President Emmanuel Macron announced measures that would ensure more Indian students’ intake in France. Macron, serving as the chief guest at the Republic Day ceremony, said that France has an ‘ambitious target’ of having over 30,000 Indian students by 2030. In a post…
Assam, 26/1: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Thursday that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has employed a ‘body double’ for his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Sarma cited a news report and said that the Congress leader sits inside the coupe with others, while his ‘body double’ waves at the people outside.
Islamabad, 25/1: Pakistan on Thursday claimed that it had “credible evidence” of links between what it called “Indian agents” and the assassination of two Pakistani terrorists associated with the Jaish-e-Mohammed and the Lashkar-e-Taiba in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year.India was carrying out “extra-territorial and extra-judicial killings” inside Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi alleged…
