NEW DELHI: NDA allies — TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar — should take note of Muslim sentiments and not allow the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to be passed in Parliament, the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind said Sunday, stepping up its campaign against the passage of the proposed legislation, which is at present…
PATNA: BJP Lok Sabha MP from Araria Pradeep Kumar Singh stirred a controversy on Tuesday, saying, “Araria mein rahna hai toh Hindu banna padega (If you want to live in Araria, you will have to become Hindu).” The governing ally JD(U) joined the opposition alliance in Bihar to condemn Singh. Araria is one of the…
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: 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…
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Prashant Kishor (R) NEW DELHI: Prashant Kishor, who is all set to launch his political party in Bihar, on Tuesday claimed that state chief minister Nitish Kumar was not “physically and mentally” fit and accused the BJP of propping him up to run its government at the Centre. The…
NEW DELHI: Former political strategist Prashant Kishor on Sunday launched a fierce attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and alleged that the state government was being controlled by four retired bureaucrats.Addressing a press conference, Kishor vowed to remove Kumar from power. He accused Nitish of running his government through a small group of retired…
NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav challenged Janata Dal United to speak out if they were in favour of putting reservation in the Ninth Schedule amid state-wide sit-in protests on Sunday by the former demanding caste census in the country. “We challenge the JDU leaders to tell whether they are in favour…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal United (JDU) leader Neeraj Kumar on Saturday criticised the Assam government‘s decision to end the practice of a two-hour adjournment for Jumma prayers in the state assembly. He claimed that the decision, which was unanimously taken by Hindu and Muslim MLAs, undermines religious beliefs and suggests that the Assam chief minister…
NEW DELHI: The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, which aims to drastically change the Waqf Act and has attracted resistance from opposition parties and Muslim bodies, was referred to a joint parliamentary committee on Thursday for scrutiny after govt cleared its first stress test in Lok Sabha by getting the support of ‘secular’ constituents of NDA —…
The Union Budget allocated Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing the waters of the Kosi river in Bihar. In addition, Bihar received infrastructure projects including expressways, a bridge, power plant, and more PATNA: The Union Budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, made a provision of Rs 11,500 crore for harnessing and utilizing the…
