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NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and submitted his resignation to the governor on Tuesday. “I’ve resigned. Everyone in the party wanted to move out of the NDA. “The Governor has accepted the resignation,” Kumar said in Patna. The BJP called this a betrayal of the 2020 […]

NEW DELHI: Even as Bihar is in the throes of an utter political embroglio, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has chosen to stay silent. JD (U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called a meeting of all his party MPs and MLAs at his residence in Patna on Tuesday amid a rift with […]

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on Monday urged External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar to bring Mandeep Kaur’s mortal remains back to India. He also submits a memorandum with the request. The 30-year-old victim of domestic abuse by her husband Ranjodhbeer Singh Sandhu, died by suicide in New York on August […]

NEW DELHI: Are the winds of change blowing in Bihar? Amid infighting in the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), sources told The New Indian that Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar spoke to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on Sunday evening. A source in the Congress also said that the Bihar CM has sought time from Sonia Gandhi […]

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief minister Ashok Gehlot has expressed deep condolences on the death of three women devotees in the stampede at Khatushyam Ji Temple in Sikar. “The death of three women devotees due to a stampede in Shri Khatu Shyam Ji temple is very sad and unfortunate,” CM Gehlot said. CM Gehlot wished speedy recovery […]

NEW DELHI: In a clear indication that all is not well between National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United), Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar skipped the Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog chaired by Prime minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Sunday. Kumar, instead, participated in a government programme […]

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah today termed Congress’ “aggressive protest in black dress” as a subtle message that the party opposes the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. “By holding an aggressive protest today in black clothes, Congress has given out a subtle message that they oppose the shilanyas in Ayodhya and the […]

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who compared the current dispensation at the Centre with Hitler, Union minister Giriraj Singh said that Congress, which imposed the Emergency, is the biggest Hitler. “They imposed Emergency, muzzled Press, put politicians in jail. Who can be bigger Hitler than them?” Singh said. He added […]

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Congress’ planned protest against inflation, unemployment and a host of other issues, former party chief Rahul Gandhi lambasted the government, saying that India is witnessing the “death of democracy” and those standing up against the “onset of dictatorship” are being viciously attacked, arrested and jailed. Addressing a press conference here […]

NEW DELHI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Friday. The meeting between the two has raised much speculation, concern and heartburn in the West Bengal BJP. Justifying the scheduled meeting, a senior BJP leader told The New Indian, “The concerns of West Bengal BJP are […]