Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) has expelled 11 leaders, including a former minister, for anti-party activities and “defying its ideology” in the run-up to the assembly elections. The expelled members have also been suspended from the party’s primary membership, according to a statement issued by JD(U) state general secretary Chandan Kumar Singh. “The party…
Vellore (Tamil Nadu): The central government is committed to increasing agricultural production and enhancing farmers’ income, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said. He said that four low-production districts of Tamil Nadu viz. Ramanathapuram, Sivaganga, Tuticorin, and Virudhunagar have been included in the Pradhan Mantri Dhan Dhaanya Krishi Yojana. Under this,…
Patna: As many as six major election rallies were held across Bihar on Saturday, with Union Home Minister Amit Shah and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addressing three each while campaigning for the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc, respectively. Shah’s speeches in Khagaria, Munger and Nalanda districts were centred around the need to keep…
New Delhi: Cabinet Secretary T V Somanathan on Saturday reviewed the preparedness for an impending cyclone in the Bay of Bengal and said the aim should be to ensure zero loss of lives and minimize damage to property and infrastructure Fishermen have been advised not to venture out in the sea, and more than 900…
Jammu: Jailed AAP MLA Mehraj Malik on Saturday said he voted for the NC candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls in the “larger interest” of Jammu and Kashmir, setting at rest claims that he was among those who voted in favour of the BJP candidates. Malik, who is the president of the Jammu and Kashmir…
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday called on President Droupadi Murmu, Vice President C P Radhakrishnan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. The Uttar Pradesh government described the meetings as courtesy calls. Earlier in the day, Adityanath was in Noida to inspect the site of the Jewar international airport. After UP…
New Delhi: The government has planned a series of initiatives to shield the conventional media from the disruptions expected due to rapid digitization in the sector. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said the government plans to remove the regulatory overhang in the radio industry and Television Rating Point (TRP) reforms. “The…
Khargaria/ Nalanda: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said this assembly election in Bihar will decide whether ‘jungle raj’ will return or the state remains on the path of development. Addressing back-to-back election rallies in Khagaria, Munger and Nalanda, he slammed the INDIA bloc for opposing the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls,…
New Delhi: The Election Commission is likely to roll out the first of pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voters’ list next week, beginning with “10 to 15 states”, including those going to polls next year, officials said Saturday. Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala, and West Bengal will go to polls in 2026, and they…
Kolkata: Slamming the BJP for its “silence” over the death by suicide of a woman doctor in Maharashtra after alleged rape, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday wondered if the saffron party had now become “emotionally bankrupt”. West Bengal minister and TMC national spokesperson Shashi Panja said “all hell would have broken loose” had such an…
