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JMM general secretary Supriyo Bhattacharya (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Saturday announced that it will contest the Bihar assembly elections independently.JMM said it would “review” its alliance with the Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Jharkhand after the polls in the neighbouring state. Bihar Elections: NDA Announces Seat Sharing Deal;…
Former Uttarakhand chief minister and senior Congress leaderHarish Rawat narrowly escaped injury after his vehicle met with an accident near Kankerkheda on Saturday, news agency ANI reported. Rawat was travelling from Delhi to Dehradun at the time of the incident. Fortunately, he emerged unhurt and continued his journey safely. Authorities are investigating the cause of…
NEW DELHI: When Ram Vilas Paswan, Bihar’s legendary political “weatherman,” passed away in 2020, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) seemed at a crossroads. His son, Chirag Paswan, stepped in to lead the party, inheriting both the mantle and the expectations of a Dalit political legacy.Since taking over, Chirag has sought to modernise the party’s…
NEW DELHI: The Diwali plans of 256 passengers, and over 10 crew members, heading home for the festival were spoilt when an Air India Dreamliner supposed to fly them from Milan to Delhi on Friday developed a snag and the flight had to be cancelled. One passenger whose Schengen visa was expiring on Oct 20…
Virat Kohli in training ahead of the first ODI (Image via X/@BCCI) Rajkumar Sharma, Virat Kohli’s childhood coach, says the Indian batting great has nothing left to prove, despite returning to the national team for the three-match ODI series in Australia starting October 19. Kohli will don the Indian jersey for the first time since…
NEW DELHI: China Eastern Airlines will be the first Chinese carrier to resume direct India flights after an over five-year lull with a thrice-weekly service between Shanghai and Delhi from November 9. IndiGo is the first Indian carrier that will resume China service with a daily between Kolkata & Guangzhou from October 26 and then…
File photo: Union minister Piyush Goyal (Picture credit: PTI) Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday expressed confidence that India’s exports will maintain a positive growth trajectory in 2025-26 despite global uncertainties, including US-imposed tariffs.Addressing reporters, Goyal said that during the first six months of the current fiscal (April–September 2025-26), India’s goods and…
In the 1990s, the powerful “MY” (Muslim-Yadav) vote bank propelled Lalu Prasad Yadav to the summit of Bihar politics. Today, as his eldest son Tejashwi Yadav aims to repeat that feat, the crucial question is: which way will Muslim voters swing? With Prashant Kishor‘s pledge to field 40 Muslim candidates and Asaduddin Owaisi’s Grand Democratic…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced that he would stay out of the electoral fray in Bihar, even as he seeks to “disrupt” the state’s power equation that has long swung between Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s RJD. Prashant Kishor, who has served both the NDA and the Bihar…
Virat Kohli of India (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images) As Virat Kohli returns for the ODI series against Australia, statisticians are preparing for potential record-breaking performances from one of cricket’s most accomplished white-ball batters.Kohli’s comeback begins with the first ODI in Perth, marking his first appearance since India’s ICC Champions Trophy victory. During the Champions…
