Patna: After days of squabbling that left them pitted against one another in five assembly constituencies of poll-bound Bihar, the Congress and the RJD on Wednesday tried to mend fences and put up a cohesive fight against the formidable ruling NDA. Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot, apparently under instructions from the party’s top leadership, flew…
New Delhi: Ramping up its preparations for special intensive revision of voter lists across India, the Election Commission top brass on Wednesday assessed the progress made on mapping the current electors with the voters as per the last SIR in different states. The exercise will help state poll machinery find out the number of electors…
Belagavi (Karnataka): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s son Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s statement on Wednesday that his father was at the fag end of his political life and Minister Satish Jarkiholi is a leader with similar progressive ideological thinking, has led to speculation, amid talks about leadership change. However, later speaking to reporters, the Congress MLC ruled out…
Pathanamthititta (Kerala): The wheels of the helicopter which carried President Droupadi Murmu for her Sabarimala visit got stuck in a depression in the newly concreted helipad at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Pramadam here when it landed on Wednesday morning. After the President left for Pamba by road, visuals on TV channels showed several…
Patna: Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday met RJD president Lalu Prasad, apparently with the mandate to defuse tensions with the ally, which has plunged the INDIA bloc into turmoil in poll-bound Bihar. Emerging after the meeting, Gehlot said winning Bihar was “extremely important” for the opposition alliance, after having been drubbed in a…
Patna: At least eight assembly seats in Bihar, where constituents of the INDIA bloc will fight against each other due to internal discord among the Congress, the RJD and the Left parties over seat-sharing arrangements. The assembly segments, where the opposition alliance partners will contest together, are Narkatiaganj, Vaishali, Rajapakar, Rosera, Bachhwara, Kahalgaon, Biharsharif, and…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday took a swipe at the government after US President Donald Trump repeated his claim that India is “not going to buy much oil from Russia” and said this is the fourth time in six days that the American leader has announced India’s policy. The opposition party also took a…
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump extended Diwali greetings in a phone call to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who said he expected that both India and the US continue to “illuminate” the world with hope and stand united against terrorism. The phone conversation, initiated by the US president, came days after he claimed that PM…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta paid a courtesy visit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday and conveyed her Diwali greetings to him. Gupta also briefed Modi on Delhi’s development works, the Clean Yamuna campaign and preparations for the upcoming Chhath festival. According to an official statement, the meeting was cordial and productive….
Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that while British and French colonialism are often discussed in history, there is little mention of “political Islam”, which, he claimed, has inflicted the greatest blow on the Sanatan Dharma. Great warriors like Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Guru Gobind Singh, Maharana Pratap, and Maharana Sanga…
