Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. File | Photo Credit: – A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ditched the ‘Mahagathbandhan‘ to return to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on January 29 claimed that the JD(U) supremo’s exit will have “absolutely no impact” on the Opposition bloc INDIA. Interacting with reporters … Read more
Life-size statue of Ram Vilas Paswan was installed last year by his son Chirag Paswan near Hajipur Circuit House. | Photo Credit: Amit Bhelari Ram Vilas Paswan’s shadow looms large over the Hajipur parliamentary constituency, one the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) founder won eight times from 1977 to 2019, often registering victories by record margins. … Read more
The BJP is in a strong position in Maharashtra with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction recently joining the ruling dispensation. | Photo Credit: PTI The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might be in the driver’s seat in Maharashtra with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) faction joining the ruling dispensation, but its ties … Read more
Team effort: Sonia Gandhi, second from right, and other leaders at the second day of the joint Opposition meeting in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: ANI Coalitions of ‘negativity’ never successful, says PM The 25-year-old National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a “coalition of contributions and not compulsion”, with development as its main agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on July 18, drawing … Read more
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. | Photo Credit: RAJEEV BHATT Amid the buzz that the BJP is reaching out to the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), ruling party leaders in Uttar Pradesh said their inclusion will strengthen the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead of the 2024 … Read more
Pune: Two products that would handle large genomics data and biomolecular structural data securely have been developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) on Monday. Both were launched by the bioinformatics group during a three-day symposium in Accelerating Biology 2023: Discovery to Delivery. Rajendra Joshi, senior director and head of the department … Read more
The SAD on Monday announced its candidates for 64 assembly seats for the upcoming polls in Punjab. While Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal will fight from Jalalabad, former ministers Tota Singh, Janmeja Singh Sekhon, Daljit Singh Cheema and Sharanjit Singh Dhillon will contest from Dharamkot, Zira, Rupnagar, and Sahnewal, respectively. Though the party … Read more
Chandigarh: Over 70 per cent voting was recorded in the elections to over hundred civic bodies in Punjab on Sunday amid stray incidents of skirmishes at some places. The Opposition parties accused the Congress of indulging in violence and misusing government machinery, a charge denied by the ruling party. According to a spokesperson of the … Read more
New Delhi: Asserting that the people of Bihar prefer “sushashan ki rajneeti” (politics of good governance), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said only the NDA can provide security, employment and new opportunities of self-employment to the youth of the state. He also said that the youth and women of the state have always been … Read more
New Delhi/Patna: Critics of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav will be “khamoshed” (silenced) when results for Bihar assembly polls are declared on November 10 as the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ is headed for a “landslide” win, senior Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha said on Tuesday. The actor-turned-politician also said personal attacks were being made against the grand alliance’s chief ministerial … Read more