Patna, 12/2: The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the Assembly on Monday. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by Opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs. Kumar jumped ship from the Mahagathbandhan alliance late last month to join forces with the…
Mumbai, 12/2:In a major jolt to the Congress and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi-I.N.D.I.A. bloc, veteran leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan resigned from the grand old party. Chavan (65) is son of former Chief Minister and ex-Union Home Minister Shankarrao Chavan. Chavan, a former one-time Lok Sabha MP from Nanded and has…
Patna, 12/2:The NDA government in Bihar, formed as a result of JD(U) President Nitish Kumar’s latest volte face, will on Monday seek trust vote in the assembly where the numbers are stacked in its favour, but the Opposition snaps at its heels. The inaugural day of the budget session will commence with the Governor’s customary…
New Delhi, 12/2: Qatar has released the eight former Indian Navy officers who were imprisoned in the West Asian nation, purportedly for spying for Israel. Quiet but intense diplomatic negotiations between New Delhi and Doha bore fruit when the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani, decided to release the eight citizens of…
