Author: Anand Singh

In what may further escalate already strained relations between the Centre and the Delhi government, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) carried out searches at the residence of deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday morning.

PATNA: “In June 1940, Prabhavati Devi, the wife of Jai Prakash Narayan, after the Ramgarh Congress Convention, came to Patna Mahila Charkha Samiti with three charkhas and five women. They slowly started weaving the threads and gradually, women started participating in the independence movement and were even arrested. Prabhavati Devi was also arrested and Narayan, […]

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Police on Saturday busted an espionage racket with the arrest of two Indian nationals, who were sending vital information to the Pakistan Intelligence agency. The arrested accused have been identified as Narayan Lal, 27, a resident of Bhilwara, and Kuldeep Singh Shekhawat, 24, a resident of Jaipur. The police got a tip-off […]

PATNA: It was on Wednesday that Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time. But sources told The New Indian that the decision to snap ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one of the most important states in the Hindi heartland started in June this year.   […]

PATNA: Two days after he took oath as the Deputy chief minister of Bihar for the second time, Tejashwi Yadav on Friday said that the return of Mahagathbandhan has made people talk about employment.  In New Delhi to meet Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader also said that people talking about employment […]

PATNA: Setting aside speculations of him being a contender for the top post, Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday reiterated that he has no Prime Ministerial ambitions. CM Kumar also hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for their comments on the return of jungleraaj in the state.  CM Kumar further said that those who […]

  PATNA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday questioned the Bihar government’s decision to seek vacancies for Urdu teachers while ignoring the vacancies for Sanskrit teachers in the state. The day Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time, the director of the primary education department asked for the […]

PATNA: A day after taking oath as Bihar’s Chief Minister for the eighth time, Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he never desired to be the Vice President of India. He termed the comments as “bogus” and said, “it is a joke”. Sushil Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former deputy Chief Minister, […]

PATNA: The new Cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to have over 35 ministers, and the announcement is to be made soon. Earlier in the day, Kumar said that we will soon have Cabinet expansion and portfolios will be decided. According to Grand Alliance sources, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will get 14 ministers […]

NEW DELHI: In a major haul, the Income Tax Department has seized assets to the tune of ₹390 crore, including cash amounting to ₹56 crore, from Maharashtra’s Jalna. According to IT Department sources, the tax authorities carried out raids on a steel manufacturer, a cloth merchant, and a land developer in Jalna from August 1 […]