Gopalgonj, 13/2: AIMIM state secretary and district president Abdul Salam alias Aslam Mukhiya was shot dead in Bihar’s Gopalganj on Monday. “Some bike-borne miscreants shot a person. SIT has been formed and raids are being done to arrest the accused. The deceased is an AIMIM leader. We are working on this case…” SDPO Pranjal Kumar…
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…
Africa, 11/2: Australia lifted their fourth title at the Under-19 World Cup level as they defeated India in the final of the ICC U-19 World Cup final 2024 by 79 runs at Willowmore Park in Benoni South Africa on Sunday, February 11. Mahli Beardman and Raf MacMillan were the pick of the bowlers for the…
Sambhal, 11/2: A day after his expulsion from the Congress, Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Sunday said leaders like Sachin Pilot and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are being disrespected in the party where people need ‘chamchagiri’ (sycophancy) to survive. Krishnam also said he will stand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout his life to further strengthen the…
New Delhi, 11/2: The BJP on Sunday named 14 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls including former Union minister R P N Singh and outgoing MP Sudhanshu Trivedi from Uttar Pradesh and its Uttarakhand unit president Mahendra Bhatt from the hill state. None of the Union ministers, whose terms are coming to an end,…
Mysore, 11/2: Asserting that he could prove that the state’s treasury is not empty because of the guarantee schemes, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is in the state, to participate in a public debate with him. Shah arrived in Mysuru this morning and visited Chamundeshwari temple in…
Mumbai, 11/2: Senior politician Sharad Pawar on Sunday said the Election Commission’s decision to allot the NCP name and symbol to Ajit Pawar-led group was ‘surprising’ as the poll body has ‘snatched’ the party from the hands of those who founded it and gave it to others. Pawar said the programme and ideology are important…
