Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant Kumar joined the JD(U) on Sunday and said he would work to strengthen the party’s organisation. Nishant, an engineering graduate who is in his 40s, was inducted into the party at its headquarters here in the presence of top leaders, including Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh ‘Lalan’…
Palakkad (Kerala): Senior BJP leader Sobha Surendran began her election campaign here on Sunday amid reports that she may contest the upcoming Assembly polls from the constituency. Surendran launched the campaign by making a wall painting in Palakkad town. In response to a question whether she would contest from the Palakkad constituency, she told reporters…
New Delhi: (Mar 8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of projects worth Rs 15,200 crore under the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) redevelopment plan. The prime minister, accompanied by Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, visited GPRA Type-5 quarters in Sarojini Nagar and handed over…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar confirmed on Saturday that India permitted an Iranian ship to dock in Kochi on humanitarian grounds following a request from the Iranian side on February 28 as the vessel faced some problems. Permission was given for the vessel to dock on March 1, and the warship, IRIS Lavan,…
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the TMC government in West Bengal hit a new low in its “anarchic behaviour” by “humiliating” President Droupadi Murmu with its glaring disregard for protocol. This lays bare “the rot in the TMC government”, Shah said in a post on X, hours after Murmu expressed…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Sunday inaugurate and lay the foundation stones of development projects worth around Rs 33,500 crore, including two new Delhi Metro corridors, giving a major boost to the national capital’s infrastructure. The prime minister will also address a gathering on the occasion. Before the programme, Modi will visit…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated the people and government of Nepal for the successful conduct of elections in the Himalayan nation, and said the historic milestone is a proud moment in Nepal’s democratic journey. Modi also said that as a close friend and neighbour, India remains steadfast in its commitment to…
Patna: JD(U) MLA Hari Narayan Singh, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday claimed that a “unanimous” decision has been taken to make the party supremo’s son Nishant the deputy CM in the new government to be formed upon his father’s resignation. Singh, the MLA from Harnaut, the assembly segment in…
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday alleged a lack of transparency in the publication of electoral rolls for the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, and urged the Election Commission to ensure compliance with directions of the Supreme Court. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, the party pointed to…
Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday blamed the opposition BJD for the backwardness of Odisha, which was ruled by the regional party for 20 years, and accused the Congress of indulging in “negative politics”. Shah was addressing a public meeting here after launching developmental projects worth Rs 3,275 crore. He attacked the two…
