New Delhi: In an apparent attack at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said important stanzas of the national song “Vande Mataram” were dropped in 1937, which sowed the seeds of partition, and asserted that such a “divisive mindset” is still a challenge for the country. Modi made the comments while inaugurating the…
Mumbai: Properties owned by 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Tiger Memon and his family, including a flat where one of the conspiracy meetings had taken place, are set to go under the hammer soon, an official has said. The Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture and Property) Act Authority (SAFEMA) had received details of 17…
New Delhi: The CBI has registered an FIR against former Punjab DGP Mohammad Mustafa, his wife Razia Sultana and others in connection with the “murder case” of their son Aquil Akhtar (35), who was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Panchkula, Haryana, on October 16, officials said. There was simmering discontent between the deceased and…
Patna: In the “highest ever” voter turnout in Bihar, nearly 65 per cent of 3.75 crore electors voted on Thursday across 121 constituencies in the first phase of the assembly polls, which marks the beginning of a closely watched high-stakes contest that is seen as a litmus test of the ruling NDA’s popularity. In a…
New Delhi: Bihar, recording the highest-ever voter turnout in the first phase of assembly polls, is a victory of democracy, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Thursday, lauding the “transparent and dedicated” election machinery. “Bihar has shown the way to the nation. SIR with Zero Appeals and the highest voter turnout since 1951. Purest…
Patna: A voter turnout of 64.46 per cent was recorded provisionally at the close of polling in 121 seats in the first phase of assembly elections in Bihar on Thursday, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod Singh Gunjiyal said. A total of 3.75 crore voters were eligible to exercise their franchise in this phase, to decide…
Araria: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday charged the opposition RJD-Congress combine in Bihar with having a soft corner for infiltrators, but “dislike” for Lord Ram and ‘Chhathi Maiya’ because of vote bank politics. Addressing a rally in Araria district, Modi also alleged that the reluctance of opposition leaders to visit Ayodhya to have ‘darshan’…
Jammu: A cordon and search operation is underway to track down at least two to three terrorists believed to be hiding in a forested area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said on Thursday. The operation follows an encounter that broke out between terrorists and security forces in the heavily forested Chatru belt on…
Patna: Several senior politicians, including Bihar Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, RJD leader and INDIA bloc’s CM candidate Tejashwi Yadav and Union ministers Giriraj Singh and Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’ were among those who cast their votes in the first few hours of voting in the first phase of elections in…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged voters in Bihar to exercise their franchise with full enthusiasm in the first phase of Assembly elections. “Today, Bihar celebrates the first phase of the festival of democracy. Му appeal to all voters of this phase in the assembly elections is that they should vote with…
