Muzaffarpur/Dharbanga: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of doing “anything for votes” and alleging that the BJP was running the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar “through remote control”. Gandhi made the statements, kicking off his assembly poll campaign in the state by holding back-to-back…
Ambala: President Droupadi Murmu undertook a sortie in a Rafale fighter jet from the Air Force Station in Haryana’s Ambala on Wednesday. Air Chief Marshal A P Singh also flew in a separate aircraft from the same airbase. Before getting on the Rafale jet, the President wore a G-suit. Murmu, who was holding a helmet…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa on Tuesday directed all district election officers to ensure that no eligible citizen is left out in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state, a statement said. He gave the instructions at a virtual meeting with the officers to review preparations for SIR,…
Patna: Poll temperature has shot up in Bihar as Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, are set to address several public rallies on Wednesday in favour of their NDA and INDIA bloc nominees, respectively, in various parts of the poll-bound state. Union minister Rajnath Singh and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hailed the Cabinet decision approving the nutrient-based subsidy rates on Phosphatic and Potassic fertilizers for the ongoing 2025-26 Rabi season, asserting that his government is committed to the welfare of farmers. The Centre raised the subsidy on phosphorus (P) and sulfur (S) fertilizers for the ongoing 2025-26…
Bhubaneshwar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday said Odisha escaped major damage from severe cyclonic storm Montha, which made landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast around 7 pm, bringing relief to the state even as precautionary measures remained in force. Majhi, who reviewed the post-landfall situation at the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) control…
Patna: The INDIA bloc on Tuesday released its manifesto for the Bihar assembly polls, promising, among other things, a government job to one member of every household, restoration of the old pension scheme, and 200 units of free power. The 32-page-long ‘Bihar ka Tejashwi Pran’ (Tejashwi’s resolve) was released at a crowded press conference where…
New Delhi: The East Asia Summit (EAS) in Malaysia has strongly called for the settlement of disputes through peaceful means in accordance with international law, in a veiled message to Beijing over its increasingly aggressive military posturing in the South China Sea. The EAS said this in a declaration at the end of its annual…
Patna/Kolkata: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor landed in a controversy on Tuesday when it came to light that he was allegedly registered as a voter in his home state of Bihar as well as adjoining West Bengal. According to official records, Kishor is enrolled as a voter in West Bengal at 121, Kalighat Road,…
Patna: RJD leader Tejaswai Yadav on Tuesday asserted that the INDIA bloc’s manifesto will be a vision document to make Bihar the number one state in the country. The poll manifesto of the opposition coalition is scheduled to be released in the afternoon. “We have a vision for the state and a roadmap for its…
