NEW DELHI: The curtains came down on the mammoth general election exercise on Saturday, with the seventh and last phase of polling — covering 57 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and 42 assembly seats in Odisha — recording nearly 62% turnout until 11.50pm in the face of soaring temperatures in many parts of the polling…
NEW DELHI: Soaring heatwave across the northern plains on Thursday claimed 8 lives in Bihar. According to the IMD data, the mercury reached 44 degrees Celsius in many parts of the state.The disaster management department confirmed the number of deaths. However, cause of death could not be ascertained since many bereaved families have declined post-mortem…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi narrowly escaped an accident when a portion of the dais collapsed while he was on stage during an election rally in Bihar on Monday.The incident occurred in Paliganj, located on the outskirts of Patna, where Gandhi was present to support the candidacy of Misa Bharti, the daughter of RJD…
PATNA: After predicting a clear win for the BJP-led NDA in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday blamed the BJP for “Bihar’s backwardness and showing no interest in transforming its fate”.Talking to media persons in Madhepura on Thursday, Kishor took potshots at the BJP for “handing” Bihar to JD(U) leader…
NEW DELHI: A government school teacher in Bihar, Harendra Rajak, was sent to jail for allegedly telling children in his class “nobody should vote for Modi“. A written complaint was filed against him by family members of several students. Muzaffarpur SSP Rakesh Kumar said that Rajak was arrested for violating the election model code of…
PATNA: Two persons lost their lives when a boat overturned in the Ganga River near Mahavir Tola ghat at Maner, located in the Patna district on Sunday morning.The boat was carrying a total of 12 passengers, all of whom were farmers carrying their vegetables from the Diyara area to Mahavir tola. According to the Police…
PATNA: There can be nothing conventional about this family that takes the unconventional in its stride — be it the naming of two of their daughters or having four of their nine children take the plunge into active politics.With the Bihar power couple and former CMs Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi taking a step back…
NEW DELHI: Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi passed away on Monday at the age of 72. He was battling cancer. Sushil Modi, who served as finance minister of Bihar from 2005-2013 and from 2017-2020, was a lifelong member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “The BJP family is deeply saddened by the…
PATNA: PM Modi on Saturday raked up the Godhra train fire tragedy of 2002 as he accused Congress & RJD of practising Muslim appeasement.In a multi-pronged attack on INDIA bloc at a rally in Darbhanga, Modi accused RJD chief Lalu Prasad of having tried to “save” those responsible for the Godhra train burning in 2002…
NEW DELHI: Saurabh Kumar, a young Janata Dal United (JDU) leader, was shot dead in Patna, Bihar on Wednesday night. According to reports, the incident occurred as Kumar was coming back from a wedding celebration, accompanied by his friends and family Four attackers riding a motorcycle fired shots at Kumar late in the night. The…
