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NEW DELHI: An equal share for BJP and JD(U) — 101 seats each — and a generous 29 for Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) are the highlights of the seat-sharing agreement among NDA partners announced Sunday for Bihar assembly elections. The rest 12 out of 243 seats have been equally split among Union minister…
SRINAGAR: Accused of promoting “land jihad” through her proposed land regularisation bill, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti struck back Sunday — charging BJP with “embracing the Taliban” while allegedly branding Indian Muslims as extremists.“In the garb of accusing people of waging ‘jihad’, Muslims were lynched and demonised. Yet today, this government salutes the Taliban,” she told…
Bihar NDA leaders (File photo) PATNA: The ruling NDA on Sunday announced the seat-sharing formula for the Bihar assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.BJP and JDU) will contest 101 seats each, leaving 29 for LJP(RV) of Chirag Paswan and six each to Hindustani Awam Morcha (S) of union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Rashtriya…
Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: NDA on Sunday announced its seat-sharing for the Bihar Assembly elections. Under the arrangement, the BJP and JDU will contest 101 seats each. The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) will contest 29 seats, while the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLM) and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) will…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in West Bengal were stopped by the cops on Sunday from meeting the med student who was allegedly gangraped in Durgapur. The leaders confronted the police, demanding to know why they were being prevented from meeting the survivor after finding the gates of the hospital closed.BJP leader Locket Chatterjee,…
Akhilesh Yadav, Yogi Adityanath NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, calling him an “infiltrator” who should be sent back to Uttarakhand. Speaking to reporters in Lucknow on the death anniversary of socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia, Yadav accused the ruling BJP…
BJP on Saturday upped the ante against Mamata Banerjee led Bengal government after a medical student was allegedly gangraped in Paschim Bardhaman district. BJP accused government of turning the state into a nightmare for women’s safety through its deliberate policy of appeasement. Union minister Sukanta Majumdar posted on X, “Mamata has turned Bengal into a…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday upped the ante against Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government after a medical student was allegedly gang-raped in Paschim Bardhaman district. BJP accused the government of turning the state into nightmare for women’s safety through its deliberate policy of appeasement.In a social media post on X, BJP leader and…
NEW DELHI: The Samajwadi Party alleged that party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s Facebook account has been suspended, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party of suppressing opposition voices.Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Fakhrul Hasan Chaand posted on X, calling the suspension of Yadav’s account an attack on democracy.“The suspension of the Facebook account of the respected national president of…
SHIMLA: Ram Kumar Bindal, elder brother of Himachal Pradesh BJP chief Rajiv Bindal and a practitioner of traditional medicine, was arrested Friday for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman under the pretext of a medical examination, police said. BJP termed the case a “politically motivated mischievous act”.The survivor filed a complaint on Oct 8, stating she…
