Kanpur: Any act of violence will not be tolerated and voters will be able to cast their votes peacefully and freely in Bihar, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar asserted on Sunday, a day after the poll body took action against officials in Patna following violence during campaigning in Mokama. “The Election Commission has zero tolerance…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the first Emerging Science and Technology Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2025 on November 3 and launch a mega fund to promote private sector-driven research and development in the country, an official statement said on Sunday. ESTIC is billed as a flagship event of the government in the field…
Patna: Controversial former Bihar MLA Anant Singh, who seeks to reclaim Mokama seat on a ticket of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), was arrested in a late-night operation on Saturday in connection with the murder of Jan Suraaj supporter Dular Chand Yadav, officials said. Singh, who has been under the scanner since the killing of…
Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with around 2,500 children who were successfully treated for congenital heart diseases at Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh and emphasized that good health is essential to achieving any goal in life. During the interaction at the event ‘Gift of Life’, which was…
Patna: Inclement weather cast a shadow on the election campaign in Bihar on Saturday, where leaders like Union minister Amit Shah, BJP president J P Nadda, and Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra had to either cancel their rallies or address them virtually. Shah had rallies scheduled in Gopalganj, Samastipur, and Vaishali districts, but since he…
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Saturday ordered the transfer of Patna Superintendent of Police (Rural) and action against three other officials, taking a stern view of violence in Bihar’s Mokama in which gangster-turned-politician Dular Chand Yadav was killed during poll campaigning. The incident occurred on Thursday in Mokama, which falls in Patna district but…
Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday interacted with around 2,500 children who were successfully treated for congenital heart diseases at Sri Sathya Sai Sanjeevani Hospital in Nava Raipur in Chhattisgarh and emphasised that good health is essential to achieving any goal in life. During the interaction at the event ‘Gift of life’, which was…
Patna/Gopalganj: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday raked up the ‘high-handedness’ of Sadhu Yadav, former Bihar CM Rabri Devi’s estranged brother, to warn people of the poll-bound state that “jungle raj” will come back if RJD returned to power. Shah, who was scheduled to address an election rally in Gopalganj district, spoke virtually as…
Raipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the new building of the Chhattisgarh legislative assembly in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar here. Before that, the PM also unveiled a statue of former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee on the premises of the newly-built assembly complex. Accompanied by Governor Raman Deka, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo…
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India on Friday sought a report from the DGP on the murder of a Jan Suraaj Party supporter in Mokama, which led to a flare-up. Tension gripped Mokama ahead of the Bihar elections after the murder of Jan Suraaj Party supporter Dularchand Yadav. He was killed during firing between…
