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His remarks come days after West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of trying to include illegal voters from NDA-ruled Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the electoral rolls of West Bengal to turn the poll outcome in favour of the saffron party. Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Saturday cited examples of five voters who were allegedly registered both in West Bengal and Bihar to take a swipe at the BJP, saying the party is only 'atmanirbhar' in elections when the Election Com ...Read More >
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Saturday cited examples of five voters who were allegedly registered both in West Bengal and Bihar to take a swipe at the BJP, saying the party is only 'atmanirbhar' in elections when the Election Commission is supporting it. Sibal's allegations come days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of trying to include illegal voters from NDA-ruled Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the electoral rolls of West Bengal ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Saturday alleged that some voters are registered in both West Bengal and Bihar, taking a swipe at the BJP and claiming the party is only "atmanirbhar" in elections when the Election Commission supports it. Sibal's remarks come shortly after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of attempting to include illegal voters from NDA-ruled states such as Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in West Bengal's electoral rolls to inf ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 4 (PTI) Rajya Sabha member Kapil Sibal on Saturday cited examples of five voters who were allegedly registered both in West Bengal and Bihar to take a swipe at the BJP, saying the party is only 'atmanirbhar' in elections when the Election Commission is supporting it. Sibal's allegations come days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused the BJP of trying to include illegal voters from NDA-ruled Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh in the electoral rolls of ...Read More >
Pune: Acting on rising passenger demand, the Pune Railway Division operated a record number of special trains in the financial year 2025-26, significantly improving connectivity across regions. Divisional Railway Manager Rajesh Kumar Verma said the division ran 1,109 special trains during Diwali and Chhath festivals. This is a massive 197.3% increase compared to the previous year. The move helped manage the heavy festive rush and ensured smoother travel for passengers. The division also operat ...Read More >
Urging people not to "waste" their votes by supporting either the Congress, the Left Front, or Humayun Kabir's newly formed outfit, the AJUP, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said that voting for any of the three parties would mean voting for the BJP. The TMC MP, who is considered number 2 in the party and heir apparent of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was campaigning in the Muslim-dominated Naoda Assembly seat in Murshidabad district. "Voting for the Congress or Adhir Babu, ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Monday introduced a state-of-the-art amphibious excavator near Sanjeevaiah Park along PVNR Marg to boost lake restoration works. The machinery was inaugurated by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. It will be used for desilting, dredging, removal of aquatic weeds, strengthening of bunds, and clearing of debris and sludge in lakes and nalas, including Kukatpally Nala. Officials said the equipment would support the restoratio ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) on Monday introduced a state-of-the-art amphibious excavator near Sanjeevaiah Park along PVNR Marg to boost lake restoration works. The machinery was inaugurated by Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar. It will be used for desilting, dredging, removal of aquatic weeds, strengthening of bunds, and clearing of debris and sludge in lakes and nalas, including Kukatpally Nala. Officials said the equipment would support the restoratio ...Read More >
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the sweeping victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar as a vote for development, investment and industrialisation as well as a vindication of its fight against the RJD-Congress "jungle raj" that had plagued the state in the past. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the sweeping victory of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar as a vote for development, investment and industrialisation as well as a vindication of its fight against t ...Read More >
"The migrant workers, who have stayed back after Chhath have made their people vote in big numbers too, that has surprised everyone. People who were sitting here giving Rs 10,000 to women. In this election women are definitely included, but the migrant workers have become the X factor. They are having their friends, family vote," Kishor told reporters here. Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor said on Friday that the migrant workers of Bihar are the "X factor" in the ongoing assembly elections, c ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: High voter turnout in the first phase of polling in Bihar assembly elections on Thursday has raised many eyebrows, curiously wondering whether it will favour the Nitish Kumar-led incumbent government or is it a sign of aggressive anti-incumbency voting.For 121 assembly seats, Bihar recorded 64.66 per cent voter turnout, which was an 8.5 per cent jump from the 2020 assembly elections. The enthusiastic voting has led both alliances - NDA and the Mahagathbandhan - interpreting the surge ...Read More >
Patna, Nov 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ahead of the first round of voting in the highly anticipated Bihar Assembly polls, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Tuesday said that people are in a full mood to change the government, with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav emerging as the clear alternative. Speaking to IANS, Pramod Tiwari said: "Tejashwi Yadav, the Chief Ministerial candidate of the Mahagathbandhan, has announced that on Makar Sankranti, January 14, Rs 30,000 will be transferred to women's bank accounts. I c ...Read More >
Begusarai (Bihar) [India], November 3 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday took a jibe at Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav over his claims on taking oath as CM on November 18, saying that no one can stop them from dreaming of "Mungerilal's haseen sapne." In a sharp attack on the opposition, Singh said that Mahagathbandhan will suffer a significant setback on November 14, after which they "won't be able to get up for 10 days." Also Read | Chevella Bus Tragedy: ...Read More >
Saharsa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday charged the RJD with having stalled development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to "avenge" its ouster from power in the state in 2005. Addressing a rally in the north Bihar district of Saharsa, Modi also reiterated that the Congress grudgingly agreed to declare Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate, after the RJD placed a 'katta' or illegal country-made gun on its head ...Read More >
Saharsa, Nov 3 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday charged the RJD with having stalled development projects in Bihar by putting pressure on the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre to "avenge" its ouster from power in the state in 2005. Addressing a rally in the north Bihar district of Saharsa, Modi also reiterated that the Congress grudgingly agreed to declare Tejashwi Yadav as the INDIA bloc's chief ministerial candidate, after the RJD placed a 'katta' or illegal country-made gu ...Read More >
Begusarai (Bihar) [India], November 3 (ANI): Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday took a jibe at Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav over his claims on taking oath as CM on November 18, saying that no one can stop them from dreaming of "Mungerilal's haseen sapne." In a sharp attack on the opposition, Singh said that Mahagathbandhan will suffer a significant setback on November 14, after which they "won't be able to get up for 10 days." "No one can stop them from dreami ...Read More >
Rahul Gandhi alleged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is controlled by the BJP. He accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using Chhath Puja for votes. Gandhi stated Modi will do anything to win elections. Tejashwi Yadav appealed for a chance to improve Bihar. He promised government jobs within 20 days of forming a government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is being remote-controlled by the BJP. He accused prime minister Narendra Modi o ...Read More >
Rahul Gandhi kick-started the Congress' Bihar election campaign on Wednesday declaring that PM Modi would do 'anything for votes'. Following Rahul Gandhi's "dance and drama" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poll-bound Bihar, the state unit of BJP has filed a complaint with the Election Commission. The BJP filed a complaint against Gandhi for "making derogatory, personal, and insulting remarks" against the Prime Minister during a rally in "violation of the Model Code of Conduct and the R ...Read More >
Kushinagar (UP), Oct 30 (PTI) Sukhdev Yadav alias Sukhdev Pahalwan who was convicted in the 2002 Nitish Katara murder case died in a road accident here on Tuesday night, barely four months after returning home after two decades in prison, police said. They said the accident took place in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, when a speeding SUV collided with his motorcycle, which also had two other companions. Sukhdev (55) died on the spot, while Vijay Kumar Gupta and Bhagwat Singh sustained se ...Read More >
Lakhisarai (Bihar) [India], October 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during an election rally in Bihar's Lakhisarai, accusing him of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 'Chhathi Maiya' by allegedly calling Chhath Puja celebrations a "drama." Addressing a massive gathering, Amit Shah stated that Rahul Gandhi's remarks reflected a lack of understanding of the deep faith associated with the festival of Chhath, which ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 30 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bihar chief Dilip Jaiswal criticised Rahul Gandhi's remarks on the Chhath puja, alleging that the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha is frustrated and "gone into depression", and crossed all limits with his allegedly objectionable remarks. "If you listen to Rahul Gandhi's speech, you can see his frustration... He has gone into depression, and when someone goes into depression, their language crosses limits," the Bihar BJP ch ...Read More >
Motihari (Bihar) [India], October 30 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday criticised Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's remarks on Chhath Puja and said that the comments are a "grave insult" to India's culture and women's power. Dhami attended an election rally in support of the BJP candidate from Kalyanpur Assembly constituency in Motihari, East Champaran district of Bihar. Speaking to ANI, Dhami alleged that Rahul Gandhi mocks the Sanatan culture and Chhathi Maiyya throu ...Read More >
Muzaffarpur/Darbhanga, Oct 29 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday unleashed a no-holds-barred attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of doing "anything for votes" and alleging that the BJP was running the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar "through remote control". Gandhi made the statements, kicking off his assembly poll campaign in the state by holding back-to-back rallies in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga. Addressing joint rallies alongside the INDIA bloc's CM face Tejash ...Read More >
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], October 29 (ANI): Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday used strong words to express her objection to the announcement of the second phase of Special Intensive Revision of voter list and called it an "affront to democracy" and "only a way to commit fraud" in the elections. The Congress MP emphasised the need to put up a united front to oppose the SIR. "We are strongly opposed to it. It's only a way to commit fraud and cheat in elections. We have seen that ...Read More >
RANCHI: At least 15 people died of drowning during the Chhath Puja celebrations across Jharkhand, which were observed on Monday and Tuesday. Reports indicate that most of the victims drowned while offering prayers or bathing in ponds and rivers. In a recent incident, four girls, belonging to the same family, drowned in a pond at Jhardag village under the Shahpur Panchayat of Katkamsandi in Hazaribagh.The incident occurred in the afternoon following the Chhath Puja. According to locals, the gir ...Read More >
Surging coffee prices -- up over 25% since Donald Trump took office -- have emerged as an acute pain point in American grocery baskets and have now gained the president's attention. "We want to get coffee down a little bit," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday after a weekend trip to Malaysia saw caffeine on the agenda. First, the president sat down with Brazil (the world's top coffee producer) while attending a summit there and told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that "we ...Read More >
Patna: At least 23 people, mostly children and teenagers, drowned across the state during evening and morning 'arghya' (oblation to Sun god), performed as part of Chhath rituals, on Monday and Tuesday. Maximum four drowning each were reported from Naugachia (Bhagalpur district) and Nalanda, followed by three in Patna, two each from Purnia, Banka, Vaishali and Madhubani, and one each from Lakhisarai, Samastipur, Madhepura and Khagaria. Besides, at least seven went missing in Khagaria after they w ...Read More >
Bokaro: A jawan of the Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) was shot dead near Gai Ghat in Adarsh Colony under the Chas police station area on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Ajay Yadav alias Sonu of Yaduvansh Nagar.Bokaro SP Harvinder Singh said, "The victim, who was posted in Giridih, had come home on leave for the Chhath festival."Police said preliminary investigation revealed that a heated altercation broke out between Balram Tiwari and Ajay over some reason, which is yet to be ascerta ...Read More >
Hyderabad: As the sun rose over water bodies across Hyderabad on Monday, devotees from northern India gathered on their banks to perform the final rituals of the Chhath Puja, offering prayers to the rising Sun in the traditional 'Usha Arghya' ceremony. The thanksgiving rituals, marking the conclusion of the four-day festival, were observed with great devotion and enthusiasm. Before sunrise, devotees took a holy dip in the water and waited patiently for the first rays of the sun, which are belie ...Read More >
Kanpur: The four-day Chhath puja concluded on Tuesday with the 'Arghya' to the Sun God. Devotees stood in water along the banks of rivers, canals and ponds to offer 'Arghya' using a soop (bamboo winnow) filled with fruits and offerings. After prayers, devotees broke their fast and distributed 'prasad' among relatives and neighbours.Women in traditional attire arrived at the ghats before sunrise carrying baskets of offerings. They performed preparatory rituals, worshipped 'Chhathi Maiya' and offe ...Read More >
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