NEW DELHI: At least 43 people, including 37 children, drowned and three others went missing while taking a holy dip in rivers and ponds in separate incidents during the ‘Jivitputrika’ festival in Bihar, the state govt said in a statement on Thursday.The incidents occurred in 15 districts of the state during the festival held on…
Residents of a village in Bihar wasted no time grabbing fish that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had just released into a tank. The incident took place on Friday in Amarpur, Saharsa, during a government exhibition where Kumar was invited to inaugurate a biofloc tank for breeding fish. As soon as the CM left, the…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, who is in J&K to drum up support for the party, exuded confidence that the Congress party and INDIA bloc’s good run in the Lok Sabha polls will continue in the upcoming J&K assembly elections as well. The Congress chief also used the occasion to belittle the BJP‘s performance…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday questioned the credibility of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar‘s commitments, saying that his promises hold ‘no value’ and that he has ‘lost the trust’ of the people.Tejashwi recounted an incident where Kumar, in the presence of his MLAs, apologized with folded hands for aligning with the BJP-led…
NEW DELHI: Key National Democratic Alliance ally Nitish Kumar on Friday termed his party’s past tie ups with Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s Rashtriya Janata Dal a “mistake.” The comments came at an event where the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president JP Nadda was also present.Without taking any names, the Bihar chief minister said, “Those who were…
NEW DELHI: At least 7 were killed and 9 injured after a stampede broke out at Baba Siddhnath Temple in Makhdumpur in Bihar‘s Jehanabad district. “DM and SP visited the spot and they are taking stock of the situation,” SHO of Jehanabad, Divakar Kumar Vishwakarma told news agency ANI.The SHO confirmed that they are in…
PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar Saturday laid the foundation stone for a Rs 1,600-crore cement grinding unit of Ambuja Concrete North Private Limited, a subsidiary of Gautam Adani‘s Ambuja Cement Limited (ACL), at Warisaliganj industrial area in Bihar’s Nawada.“The investment is a testament to Bihar’s growth potential and our commitment to fostering sustainable development for…
PATNA: The Bihar govt is doing all it can to unlock the state’s revised reservation limit of 65% that was struck down by Patna high court, including requesting the Centre to incorporate it into the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution to make it immune from judicial scrutiny, CM Nitish Kumar said Wednesday as the assembly…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar sparked a fresh controversy on Wednesday with his remarks directed at a woman legislator during ongoing protests by the opposition in the state assembly. Amid heavy sloganeering against the government over alleged failures on reservation and special status for Bihar, Nitish lost his temper at RJD MLA Rekha…
NEW DELHI: Union Budget 2024 on Tuesday opened floodgates of goodies for “ally” states Andhra Pradesh and Bihar – reflecting the political compulsion of Modi 3.0 government which is dependent on the support of Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar for its survival. Prime Minister Narendra Modi may not have accepted the demand for “special category…
