Vendetta, vicious, opportunistic: Tejashwi explains mahagathbandhan divorce
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that political vendetta against him exposed the Opposition's viciousness. His comments came after JD-U leader Nitish Kumar, who resigned as Bihar Chief...
Meira Kumar loses again, won’t be Cong’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Bengal
New Delhi: The Congress will be fielding senior party leader P Bhattacharya as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections instead of former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The West Bengal Congress leadership had urged the party high command...
What does JD-U president Sharad Yadav’s silence mean?
Patna: JD-U President Sharad Yadav on Thursday refused to comment on Nitish Kumar forming the next government in Bihar with the BJP led NDA. Nitish Kumar on Thursday was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar while BJP leader Sushil...
Netas do anything for power, Rahul says as Nitish takes oath
New Delhi: Left high and dry after Nitish Kumar ditched the mahagathbandhan in favour of an alliance with the BJP, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress was aware of the 'planning' at least four months ago. "Teen-char mahine se humein pata tha...
Amit Shah, Smriti Irani to contest Rajya Sabha polls
BJP President Amit Shah and Union Minister Smriti Irani will contest Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat, BJP leader JP Nadda said on Wednesday. Speaking to the media after the parliamentary meet, Nadda said that the BJP president would be contesting...
Nitish divorces Lalu, does ‘first love’ BJP beckon?
Patna: Just two minutes after Nitish Kumar resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar and the 'Mahagatbandhan' crumbles with a whimper, Modi tweeted his congratulations to Nitish. Wrote Modi:
भ्रष्टाचार के ख़िलाफ़ लड़ाई में जुड़ने के लिए नीतीश कुमार...
Nitish never asked Tejashwi’s resignation, says Lalu
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday reiterated that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and his son Tejashwi will not resign from the post. Lalu also claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has not asked for Tejashwi’s...
No evidence whether 39 Indians missing in Iraq are dead: Sushma Swaraj
New Delhi: There is no concrete evidence that the 39 Indians abducted from Mosul in Iraq have been killed and "I will not commit the sin" of declaring them dead without any evidence, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said today. Making a...
Dead lizard found in veg biryani served on train
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a lizard was found in a meal served on the Poorva Express. A passenger who ordered a vegetarian biryani found the reptile after consuming a few bites. The Divisional Railway Manager and other officials took cognizance of...
Jethmalani quits as Kejriwal’s counsel, seeks Rs 2 crore fee
New Delhi: Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani has quit as Arvind Kejrwal's counsel in civil and criminal defamation cases filed by Union finance minister Arun Jaitley against the Delhi CM. Jethmalanis decision came after Kejriwal denied asking the lawyer to use derogatory...
Sanjay Gandhi’s ‘daughter’ seeks stay on ‘Indu Sarkar’, SC unmoved
New Delhi: A woman, who claims to be the biological daughter of the late Sanjay Gandhi, has moved the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the release of the movie Indu Sarkar. The petitioner tells SC that the movie, scheduled to...
Amid language war, DGCA tells airlines to carry Hindi newspapers on board
Image used for representational purposes onlyNew Delhi: Amid the uproar over imposition of Hindi, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued an advisory to airlines directing them to carry Hindi newspapers and magazines. The notice has been issued to...
The only VVIP who arrived after Ram Nath Kovind was sworn-in
New Delhi: Pomp and grandeur characterised the oath-taking ceremony of Ram Nath Kovind who took office as the President of India today. Let's go behind the scenes at the Central Hall of Parliament. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was the...
Karnan seeks remission of jail term from new President
New Delhi: Former Calcutta high court judge C S Karnan today made a representation before newly sworn-in President Ram Nath Kovind seeking remission of the six-month jail term awarded to him by the Supreme Court. The controversial former judge made the...
Mamata Banerjee: Removing Tagore from textbooks is rubbish!
File Pic Kolkata: After RSS ideologue Dinanath Batra recommended a host of changes to the National Council of Educational Research and Training in its textbooks, including removal of Rabindranath Tagore, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asked as to how...
Feel privileged to walk in the path of Radhakrishnan, Pranab-da: Kovind
All the best, Mr Kovind. President Pranab Mukherjee with President-elect Ram Nath Kovind just ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind in his acceptance speech said "I am accepting this position with all humility and I...
Ram Nath Kovind sworn-in as the 14th President of India
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind has been sworn-in as 14th President of India on Tuesday. Chief Justice of India (CJI) JS Khehar administered the oath of office to the new constitutional head of the country. With this, he has also...
Ram Nath Kovind pays homage at Rajghat
New Delhi: Ram Nath Kovind is at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi at Rajghat ahead of his swearing-in ceremony today. He will take oath as India's 14th President today at a ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament at 12:15 pm. At Rajghat,...
Fire rages at govt office building in Delhi, all evacuated
New Delhi: Efforts to douse fire at Delhi's Lok Nayak Bhawan still underway; all people rescued safely. A major fire broke out today in Lok Nayak Bhawan in Central Delhi, the Delhi Fire Services said. The fire started at the fourth floor...
Lok Sabha Speaker suspends 5 Cong MPs for 5 days
File Pic New Delhi: Pandemonium reined in Parliament on Monday when the opposition trooped into the Wells of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to protest against the Centre's recent actions with regard to the Bofors Gun Case,...
Nithari Verdict: Moninder Singh, Surinder Koli get death sentence for killing Pinki Sarkar
Ghaziabad: A special CBI court here on Monday awarded death sentence to businessman Moninder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in one of the cases of the sensational Nithari killings. Pandher and Koli were was sentenced to death in...
