Patna: First phase of Bihar Assembly Elections 2025 begins across 121 constituencies in 18 districts amid tight security The election will test the opposition Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance)’s strength against the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA)’s resilience, which has already raised the political decibel from Patna to Delhi. The elections are being fought on planks ranging…
New Delhi/Gurugram: Vande Mataram’ will be collectively sung at events planned in 150 places of significance across the country to mark 150 years of the national song, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to attend one such programme at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Delhi on Friday. The event to be attended by the prime minister…
Varanasi (UP): Around 25 lakh diyas were lit across the ghats of Kashi to mark Dev Deepawali here on Wednesday, officials said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in the celebrations by lighting a diya amid chants of “Har Har Mahadev”. A replica of the Amar Jawan Jyoti was installed at Dashashwamedh Ghat, and…
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Wednesday flayed Rahul Gandhi over his vote-theft charge and said the Congress leader is making such “fabricated” claims because he has sensed imminent defeat of the Mahagathbandhan in the Bihar assembly polls. Nadda also alleged that the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha has been…
Jamui/Banka: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was “trying to create anarchy” in the country by “demanding reservation in the armed forces”. Singh also took a jibe at Gandhi, the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, over his recent fishing bid during a poll campaign in Bihar,…
Mahabalipuram (Tamil Nadu): Actor-politician Vijay on Wednesday pitched his political party TVK as a strong alternative to the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu, saying the electoral battle next year was confined only between these two parties. Regarding the September 27 Karur stampede that left 41 dead and over 60 injured, he said people were questioning…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s allegation of mass vote theft in the Haryana Assembly Polls as “false and baseless” and accused the Congress leader of raising questions on the Election Commission to hide his failures and defame the country’s democracy. Rijiju’s retort came hours after Gandhi cited electoral list data from…
Kolkata: The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls began across West Bengal on Tuesday, with over 80,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) visiting homes to distribute enumeration forms, kicking off a politically sensitive exercise ahead of the 2026 assembly polls. More than 18 lakh enumeration forms were distributed by the BLOs till 5 pm, a senior…
New Delhi: Post Operation Sindoor, there are some “more lessons” that the armed forces have learned, and they need to be incorporated into the model of the planned theaterisation, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen Anil Chauhan said on Tuesday. In his remarks during an interaction at India Defence Conclave 2025, hosted by defence think-tank…
New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and extended an invitation to inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects in the state. During the 20-minute meeting here, Sarma invited the prime minister to dedicate to the nation the new terminal of Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath…
