Patna: Senior BJP leader Samrat Choudhary, who has been considered the OBC face of the party, was sworn in as the minister of Bihar. Governor Arif Mohammad Khan administered the oath of office and secrecy to Choudhary during a programme at Gandhi Maidan here. Choudhary, son of former minister Shakuni Choudhary, was a member of…
Patna: No chief minister in the country would have taken oath as many times as Bihar’s longest-serving Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was sworn in for a record 10th term on Thursday. At 74, Kumar also achieved another milestone of extending his 19-year stint as Chief Minister and breaking into the national top-10 list of…
New Delhi: Winning candidates from across parties polled votes ranging from 60,000 to 1.5 lakh in the just-held Bihar elections, EC officials said on Wednesday, amid allegations that various top BJP leaders got nearly 1.22 lakh votes. Various political leaders and people had taken to social media, pointing to a “coincidence” that several top victorious…
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn-in as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time today, days after the NDA secured a landslide victory in the assembly elections. Preparations for the swearing-in ceremony at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan are in the final stages, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister…
Patna: Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda arrived in Patna on Wednesday night, ahead of the swearing-in of JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar as the chief minister for a record 10th time. The swearing-in ceremony will be held at the city’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. State BJP president Dilp Jaiswal, along…
Mhow (MP): The Mhow Cantonment Board in Madhya Pradesh has issued a notice to the occupants and legal heirs of a residential property, belonging to Al Falah Group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui’s family, in which it directed that unauthorised constructions there be razed within three days, an official said. Faridabad-based Al Falah University, run by…
Bengaluru: Signalling that he intends to continue as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah on Wednesday asserted that he would present his 17th Budget next year. Siddaramaiah, who also holds the finance portfolio, presented his 16th budget in March. He was speaking at the golden jubilee of LG Havanur, marking the submission of the first…
Coimbatore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is on the path of becoming the global hub of organic farming, and asserted that it is native and traditional to the nation. The youth are increasingly recognising agriculture as a modern and scalable opportunity, and this will greatly empower the rural economy, he said, inaugurating…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Anmol Bishnoi, an accused in the murder of NCP leader Baba Siddique, to 11 days of NIA custody. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) produced Anmol, the brother and close aide of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, amid tight security in Patiala House Court around 5 pm after the federal…
New Delhi: More than 50.35 crore of the nearly 51 crore electors in nine states and three Union territories have received enumeration forms under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. Phase two of the SIR exercise began on November 4 with the enumeration stage and…
