NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that a few select organisations, including RSS and industrial houses, are running the country.The Lok Sabha LoP also called for a nationwide caste census and said that the Congress will remove the barrier of 50% reservations.“Caste census should be conducted to understand the true situation of…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck 93 km northeast of Lobuche, Nepal, at 6.35 am IST on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported. Tremors were also felt across Bihar and several parts of North India. A day earlier, on Monday, an earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Afghanistan at 12.47 pm IST, the…
Purnea MP Pappu Yadav (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Bihar‘s Purnea Lok Sabha MP Pappu Yadav on Saturday asked the government to probe the reasons behind death threats he has been receiving allegedly from the Lawrance Bishnoi gang.The Independent MP said it’s the responsibility of the nation’s security agencies like the Research and Analysis Wing (Raw)…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj supremo Prashant Kishore on Saturday criticised the 35-year rule of Lalu Yadav and Nitish Kumar, saying that it has stripped Bihar‘s children of their school bags and replaced them with the burdens of labor. Kishor explained the significance of the school bag as his party’s election symbol, saying that education is…
PATNA: After Bollywood actor Salman Khan, Member of Parliament from Purnia in Bihar, Pappu Yadav received a death threat allegedly from the Lawrence Gang. The unknown caller claimed to be working for Lawrence Bishnoi, a notorious gangster currently lodged in Sabarmati Jail.According to police sources, the caller warned Yadav to stay away from the Salman…
Bihar‘s renowned singer Sharda Sinha has been admitted to the ICU at AIIMS, Delhi, where she is undergoing treatment for critical health issues. The 72-year-old Padma Bhushan awardee has been battling multiple myeloma, a type of cancer affecting the bone marrow, since her diagnosis in 2017. Her condition reportedly worsened following the death of her…
Jitan Ram Manjhi (left) and Tejashwi Yadav / File photos NEW DELHI: Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, reacting to Tejashwi Yadav‘s remark that more people drink alcohol in Bihar than in Maharashtra, said the RJD leader made the claim “because he may be involved in smuggling”.“Liquor is banned here (in Bihar) but…
PATNA: Senior BJP and JD(U) functionaries in Bihar on Monday accused former deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav of taking away furniture, water taps, and other items while vacating the official bungalow allotted to him on Patna’s Deshratna Marg during the grand alliance govt. RJD has dismissed the charges.Union minister Giriraj Singh termed the alleged act…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal on Monday refuted the Bharatiya Janata Party‘s claim that Bihar‘s former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav had stolen furniture including taps, sofas, and beds from the government bungalow and said that these are false allegations. Earlier today, Bihar BJP Media in-charge Danish Iqbal launched a scathing attack on Tejashwi Yadav’s…
NEW DELHI: Posters calling for Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to be awarded the “Bharat Ratna” were seen outside the Janata Dal (United) party office in Patna, according to news agency ANI on Saturday.Earlier on Friday, Nitish Kumar while reviewing the flood situation in Bihar revealed that a sum of Rs 307 crore has been…
