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GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has described the death of popular singer Zubeen Garg as “plain and simple murder”, telling the state Assembly on Tuesday that “one person killed him and others helped him”.“After preliminary probe, the Assam Police was sure that it was not a case of culpable homicide, but it was…
NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar submitted his resignation as Bihar chief minister to governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Monday, marking the formal end of the outgoing NDA government. Before this, the government’s final cabinet meeting “authorised” Kumar to recommend dissolution of the assembly. The 10-minute meeting, chaired by him, unanimously passed the resolution, official sources said….
NEW DELHI: And the winner is … Well, if it’s Bihar, who else but Nitish Kumar. The JD(U) chief, who was contesting the 2025 assembly elections with his back to the wall, has fought against all odds to prove yet again that he is the undisputed leader of Bihar. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), which had managed…
Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar (File photo) NEW DELHI: Leaders across party lines in Bihar went into overdrive on Thursday as the state prepared for the vote counting of the high-stakes assembly election on Friday that will decide whether chief minister Nitish Kumar secures a record fifth term in office.The Election Commission (EC) said elaborate…
The Election Commission of India has intensified preparations for vote counting, scheduled for Nov 14 Patna: Following the completion of polling on Tuesday, the counting of votes will take place at 46 counting centres across 38 districts — three in Saharsa (highest in the state), two each in six districts and one centre each in…
Bihar is all set for the second and final phase of assembly elections on Tuesday, November 11, with the stakes high for both the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc. The electoral fate of 1,302 candidates, including over half a dozen ministers in the Nitish Kumar-led government, will be decided by 3.7 crore voters…
PATNA: Addressing her maiden rally for Bihar assembly elections, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday accused NDA of vote theft to win elections and of amassing wealth for “a chosen few” by suppressing people’s rights and urged voters to dethrone the current govt in state.Priyanka was addressing a rally in Bachhwara constituency of Begusarai. “Do…
PATNA: Home minister and top BJP campaigner Amit Shah Saturday promised the reopening of closed sugar mills in Bihar, saying that NDA govt would prioritise the state’s industrial revival over the next five years.Addressing a poll rally in Gopalganj virtually due to heavy rain across the state, Shah said, “The PM has worked to restart…
PATNA: In Bakhtiyarpur’s Machariyawa village, Usha Devi received Rs 10,000 under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana and also the revised old age pension of Rs 1,100 straight into her bank account.In Vaishali, Gudiya dropped in at a “cash point” in her village to check if the money due to her has been transferred. “May be because…
On the occasion of the 25th Chhattisgarh Foundation Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the state for a day-long celebration and inaugurated multiple development projects worth ₹14,260 crore. During his visit, as a part of ‘Dil Ki Baat’ programme, he interacted with children successfully treated for congenital heart disease, and unveiled a statue of former…
