The Supreme Court directs the Bihar Income Tax department to probe against the prime accused Brajesh Thakur and his NGO, in Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. Supreme Court vacates Patna HC order which had imposed a blanket ban on reporting on the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home case. Court clarifies that there[Read More…]
The 2019 general election is nearing and all the political parties in Bihar are busy in targetting their vote banks and started looking for an alternate possible political alliance. This time, these parties are trying to woo the upper caste vote bank keeping in sight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.[Read More…]
2019 is nearing and bustle in the political corridors can be heard from all sides of political corners. Gearing up once again Bihar’s ‘Son of Mallah’, Mukesh Sahni has demanded reservation for the Nishad community. Cautioning the government, he has warned that if their demand is not fulfilled, he will[Read More…]
Aam Admi Party national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is all set to announce the name for Bihar AAP president tomorrow at his residence. It is speculated that Shatrughan Sahu is among the top contender for the post. A highly placed source in the party explains that the[Read More…]
A day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a case of money laundering against Karnataka Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the BJP on Wednesday hit out at Congress, saying the Congress and corruption has become synonymous. “Unaccounted cash, hawala transactions and corrupt deals, these are the pillars on which the Congress sits.[Read More…]
The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill proposing to hike the salaries of legislators, Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Leader of Opposition by at least Rs 45,000 a month. The monthly salary of the MLAs will be increased to Rs 1.16 lakh from the existing Rs 70,727, a[Read More…]
Jharkhand Urban Development Minister C.P. Singh on Wednesday launched an indefinite fast at Kotwali Police Station here to protest against the arrest of five persons of the majority community over communal clashes. “This protest is against the police who always take action against the majority community, while the criminals from[Read More…]
In a significant development, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday ordered issuing of notices to the Election Commission of India (EC), Maharashtra State Election Commission (M-SEC) and two public sector makers of electronic voting machines (EVM) and others in a public interest litigation filed by an RTI activist. The directions[Read More…]
In a major victory for the Muslim women, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday September 19, approved an ordinance making triple talaq a punishable offence. However, reacting to the move AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that “it is a diversionary tactic of Modi governmet.” “PM Narendra Modi wants to target Muslims.[Read More…]
An Association for Democratic Reforms report titled – “Analysis of Income and Profession of Sitting MLAs” stated that the average annual income of MLAs in India is Rs 24.59 lakh per annum while 203 out of Karnataka’s 224 MLAs have the highest average annual income of Rs 111.4 lakh. ADR,[Read More…]
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu hugging Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa during his recent visit to the neighbouring country was “demoralising”. “Navjot Sidhu has a lot of admirers and followers. He has been a very popular cricketer… He has his[Read More…]
Congress leaders will on Wednesday meet the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to seek a probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets by the Narendra Modi government. The party has been alleging violation of several defence purchase procedures and a “Rs 41,000-crore loss to the exchequer”[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh police attacked the Congress workers and General Secretary Atal Shrivastav who is injured on Wednesday at Bilaspur. They were holding a protest march outside industries minister Amar Aggarwal residence. Congress leaders said that party members were dragged out from within Congress Bhawan in the city. Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee[Read More…]
Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh is always in news for various reasons. Following the visit of Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Madhya Pradesh to attend Congress Sankalp Yatra, Digvijaya Singh was totally sidelined by the party. Another senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was in the thick of the business and[Read More…]
Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Madan Mohan Jha, a member of the legislative council of Bihar as the new chief of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee. The post of BPCC president was vacant for more than a year after removal of Ashok Choudhary following the disintegration of the ‘grand alliance’[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said people deserve to know exactly what happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the Taihoku air crash in 1945. “On this day in 2015, our government declassified the #NetajiFiles. What happened to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose after the air crash at[Read More…]
Newly elected Delhi University Students Union President Ankiv Baisoya is found to have submitted fake mark sheet and certificate for admission in Delhi University. Newly elected DU President Ankiv Basoya of ABVP, furnished fake marksheet & certificate for admission in DU, from Thiruvalluvar University. When NSUI in Tamil Nadu wrote[Read More…]
The Congress party on Tuesday denied the reports claiming that its Delhi chief Ajay Maken has quit his post. Congress leader PC Chacko clarified that Maken has “temporarily stepped down” because of a health problem. While speaking with a news channel NDTV, Chacko said, “Ajay Maken has some health problem[Read More…]
An internal investigating committee report of the channel found Awasthi, guilty of misbehaving with Tyagi.
Madan Mohan Jha, a member of the legislative council of Bihar, is appointed as the new PCC chief of Bihar Congress. In a press release by AICC on Monday, Akhilesh Prasad Singh is the new campaign committee chairman of Bihar. As per the release, Bihar Congress committee has now four[Read More…]
Hindustani Avam Morcha (HAM) leader and former chief minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi is asking for 20 seats out of 40 members of parliament seats. In Bihar HAM is part of the greater alliance (Mahagathbandhan) that includes Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Manjhi was addressing the media on[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said politicians joining the Congress from other parties will not be fielded in elections while those who have remained with the Congress will. Addressing party workers here after a road show, Gandhi said: “When the Congress takes power, its priority will be farmers and[Read More…]
Even as the ruling BJP-led coalition alliance looks for a new leader to replace ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, Congress MLAs on Monday staked claim to form a government in Goa. The leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar visited Raj Bhavan and submitted a letter to Governor Mridula Sinha’s office signed[Read More…]
With the Lok Sabha elections nearing Patna Sahib Seat has become the most talked constituency of Bihar. Now, when it is almost clear that the Bharatiya Janata Party is not considering the present MP Shatrughan Sinha to give a ticket to fight from this constituency, then the question arises that who[Read More…]
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has indicated signs of cabinet expansion after the entry of political strategist Prashant Kishor in JDU. After the resignation of social welfare minister Manju Verma, the number of ministers in the Bihar government has remained 28. While 36 ministers can be inducted in the cabinet. Nitish Kumar[Read More…]