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On World Tribal Day, Gehlot Highlights Development Work In Tribal Areas

JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of various projects worth ₹399 crore at Mangarh and Sangdungri in Banswara on the occasion of World Tribal Day. Gehlot stated on World Tribal Day that the day provides us with an opportunity to consider how to solve tribal difficulties and […]

We Made You What You Are, BJP Tells Nitish Kumar

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at Nitish Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said, “Rather than trying to split the Janata Dal (United) and weaken you, the BJP has made you in politics what you are.” Former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that at every available opportunity, the BJP had helped Kumar in […]

TOP EXCL: Had Said 1.5 Yrs Ago, ‘Khela Hoga’; It Happened Today, Says Tej Pratap

PATNA: “I had said one and a half years ago that khela hoga (the game will happen) and today it became reality,” Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav told The New Indian hours after Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar resigned and snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking to The New […]

Nitish Walks Out Of NDA, BJP Calls It Betrayal

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 […]

Uttarakhand: BJP HQ On Tea Garden Land? Cong Cries Foul  

DEHRADUN: After an activist alleged that the proposed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in Ladpur village is on the land of tea gardens, the Congress has trained its guns on the ruling party and the government. Karan Mahra, the state president of the Congress party, said, “The BJP has lied to get the NOC for […]

Cong’s Bharat Jodo Yatra Preponed To Sep 7

NEW DELHI: It’s a 3,500-km padyatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to apparently “unite the nation”. And the Bharat Jodo Yatra, to be undertaken by the Congress, will now be launched on September 7. Earlier, it was to be held from October 2. In a statement, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said, “On this […]

Nitish Has Realised BJP damaging JD-U: Tariq Anwar

NEW DELHI: Amid the recent political development in Bihar and reports of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar speaking to Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi, the grand old party feels that Janata Dal-United’s move to ditch the BJP will be good for the people of the state and if he decides to come back to the Grand […]

Changing Sides? Nitish To Meet Sonia On Friday

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 […]

Three Die In Raj Temple Stampede, CM Gehlot Expresses Condolences

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 […]

Visa For Bribery Scam: ED Searches 6 Locations

NEW DELHI: Months after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) registered a case of money laundering in connection with the alleged visa for bribery case, the financial probe agency on Friday carried out searches at six locations in Chennai. An ED source said that the financial probe carried out searches at six locations in Chennai. The ED […]