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Ludhiana, Apr 4 (PTI) Six persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of Congress leader Parminder Tiwari, who was hacked to death with an axe on Sunday in Machhiwara here. Tiwari, the block president of the Congress party from Machhiwara in Ludhiana, was murdered on March 29 while sitting outside his rented quarters near Takhran village Deputy Commissioner of Police Jaskaranjit Singh Teja stated the case is neither linked to politics nor gang rivalry. The main accused, Vijay Kumar ...Read More >
Bharatiya Janata Party's Samrat Choudhary, a seasoned politician with a strong family legacy, is contesting from Tarapur. Having served as Agriculture Minister and Urban Development Minister, Choudhary rose to become BJP Bihar state president and later Deputy Chief Minister, overseeing key portfolios. His political journey highlights a significant rise within the party. Samrat Choudhary, a distinguished candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is set to contest the upcoming Bihar Assemb ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 27 (PTI) A large number of people congregated on the banks of the Ganga river for evening 'arghya' (offerings) to the Sun God on the occasion of Chhath puja on Monday. As the sun set, people offered arghya at several ghats in the state capital, filling the air with hymns. The shimmering diyas floating on the river, and the echo of prayers created a mesmerising atmosphere at Kali Ghat, Kadam Ghat, Patna College Ghat and Krishna Ghat in Patna. Devotional songs dedicated to the Sun God ...Read More >
Patna: Ina major political development ahead of the Assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former ministers, most of whom have entered the fray against official NDA candidates. The expulsions have been announced in two separate communications issued, one on late Saturday and the other on Sunday, in which the rebel leaders have been charged with "anti-party activities" and violation of the ideology of JD(U). Among those ...Read More >
PATNA: The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Sunday expelled 16 rebel leaders, including an MLA and two former ministers, from the party. Some of these leaders are contesting polls against official NDA candidates in the upcoming assembly election in the state. Those expelled included Narendra Niraj alias Gopal Mandal, MLA from Gopalpur in Bhagalpur district, Sanjeev Shyam Singh, a former MLC who is contesting the Gurua assembly seat in Gaya district as the candidate of Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Pa ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 26 (PTI) Cracking down on rebellion in the party ahead of the assembly elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) expelled 16 leaders, including a sitting MLA and two former ministers, most of whom have entered the fray against official NDA candidates. The expulsions have been announced in two separate communications issued, one on late Saturday and the other on Sunday, in which the rebel leaders have been charged with "anti-party activities" and violation of the ideology o ...Read More >
Samrat Choudhary filed his nomination paper from the Tarapur assembly constituency, while Nitin Navin from Bankipur, Sanjay Gupta from Kumhrar, Ramkripal Yadav from Danapur, Siddharth Saurav from Vikram, and Kumar Pranay from Munger also submitted their nomination papers. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and several other key leaders of the BJP filed their nomination papers on Thursday for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. On this occasion, nomination rallies were held in va ...Read More >
Bihar Assembly Election 2025 - The battleground for the Bihar Assembly elections has finally begun, with candidates from all political parties filing their nominations. A large number of independents are also filing their nominations. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary has also filed his nomination from his Tarapur constituency. In his nomination affidavit, he declared movable and immovable assets worth over 10 crore rupees. Controversy surrounding his age and educational qualificatio ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 16 (PTI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, who filed his nomination papers from the Tarapur assembly seat in Munger district as a BJP nominee on Thursday, asserted that the ruling NDA has taken the state to the path of prosperity and rapid growth. The people have seen the development work under the NDA rule in the state, Choudhary said. "The NDA government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji and Nitish Kumar ji has taken several steps for developing ...Read More >
Patna: After finalising the seat-sharing arrangement within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election 2025. The list includes several prominent leaders, such as the state's two Deputy Chief Ministers and two former Deputy Chief Ministers. Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary will contest from Tarapur in Munger district, while Vijay Kumar Sinha will contest from Lakhisar ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 30: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Tuesday demanded the dismissal and arrest of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, alleging his involvement in a decades-old murder case, reports national media. Kishor cited discrepancies in documents related to Choudhary's age that, he claimed, enabled him to evade trial in a 1995 case involving six killings in Munger district. Kishor also linked Choudhary's name to the 1999 Shilpi-Gautam case, which was investigated by the CBI ...Read More >
Patna, Sep 29 (PTI) Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had escaped trial in a decades-old murder case by "falsely" claiming to be a minor before the court. Addressing a press conference here, Kishor said Choudhary's affidavit, filed in 2020 at the time of getting elected to the state legislative council, flew in the face of his earlier claim before the apex court, and demanded his "immediate dismissal". Choudhary, a form ...Read More >
Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had escaped trial in a decades-old murder case by "falsely" claiming to be a minor before the Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference here, Kishor said Choudhary's affidavit, filed in 2020 at the time of getting elected to the state legislative council, flew in the face of his earlier claim before the apex court, and demanded his "immediate dismissal". Choudhary, a former st ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj Party (JSP) founder Prashant Kishor on Monday accused Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary of evading trial in an old murder case by allegedly misrepresenting himself as a minor before the Supreme Court (SC). What is the case? Addressing a press conference, Kishor said that the former Bihar chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "faced trial in a case involving the murder of six people in his native Tarapur, in Munger district, way back in 1995". How did Choudhary allege ...Read More >
Bengaluru, 29 September 2025: Axis Bank, one of the largest private sector banks in India, in collaboration with Freecharge, has unveiled Credit on UPI with Gold Loans - India's first gold-backed credit line accessible through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). This innovative product is designed to unlock the economic potential of gold assets, especially for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), self-employed entrepreneurs and merchants across both urban and rural India. Credit on UP ...Read More >
PATNA: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had escaped trial in a decades-old murder case by "falsely" claiming to be a minor before the Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference here, Kishor said Choudhary's affidavit, filed in 2020 at the time of getting elected to the state legislative council, flew in the face of his earlier claim before the apex court, and demanded his "immediate dismissal". Choudhary, a former st ...Read More >
Patna, Sep 29 (PTI) Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday alleged that Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary had escaped trial in a decades-old murder case by "falsely" claiming to be a minor before the Supreme Court. Addressing a press conference here, Kishor said Choudhary's affidavit, filed in 2020 at the time of getting elected to the state legislative council, flew in the face of his earlier claim before the apex court, and demanded his "immediate dismissal". Choudhary ...Read More >
Patna/Bhagalpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra' gathered momentum on Friday as it moved through Munger and Bhagalpur, drawing large crowds and sharp political reactions. The yatra, aimed at highlighting alleged irregularities in the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, entered its sixth day with colourful displays of alliance flags and enthusiastic supporters lining the streets. Rahul, accompanied by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, CPI-ML general s ...Read More >
VISAKHAPATNAM: The depression over northwest and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal and north Andhra Pradesh - south Odisha coasts moved north-north-westwards and crossed South Odisha coast close to Gopalpur during early morning of Tuesday and lay cantered over south coastal Odisha. Weatherman said it was likely to move north-westwards across south Odisha and south Chhattisgarh and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during next few hours. Under its influence, thunderstorms accompani ...Read More >
Nawada/Nalanda (Bihar), Aug 19 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that a "partnership" has been going on between the Election Commission and the BJP to "steal votes" and cautioned people in Bihar that once their right to vote is snatched away, their ration cards and lands will also be taken away. Gandhi also claimed that the last Bihar Assembly polls were also "stolen" and this truth would come out one day. "When this truth comes out, the Election Commission people should no ...Read More >
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is set to hit the roads for a 13-day yatra in Bihar against alleged vote theft and the Special Intensive Review (SIR) of the voter list carried out by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the poll-bound state. Announced the schedule of Gandhi's 'Voter Adhikar Yatra', Congress general secretary (organization) KC Venugopal said, "To save our vote, our Constitution, our democracy, Rahul Gandhi, former deputy chief minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav and other Mahagadband ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 3 (PTI) The water levels in several rivers in Bihar have risen due to heavy rain in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar directed all officials concerned to remain alert. According to the latest district-wise rainfall bulletin issued by the Meteorological Department on Sunday, "Light to moderate rain was recorded in many districts, including Patna, Banka, Muzaffarpur, Begusarai, Bhagalpur, Bhojpur, Buxar, Gayaji, Jehanabad, Kaimur, Katihar, Khagar ...Read More >
Mumbai: Bombay High Court has now got its fifth bench, located in Kolhapur. The HC bench at Kolhapur will start functioning from Aug 18, as stated in a notification issued on Friday."I, Alok Aradhe, Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, with the approval of the Governor of Maharashtra, appoint Kolhapur as a place at which Judges and Division Courts of the High Court may also sit, with effect from August 18, 2025," the notification dated Aug 1 said. The other benches of the HC ...Read More >
Patna: Despite heavy rain witnessed in several districts in the past few days, Bihar till date has recorded 41% deficit rainfall in July. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier predicted less than normal rainfall for July in most places of the state.The month typically receives an average of 340.5 mm of rainfall, but this year's shortfall reflects a persistent downward trend. July has seen below-normal rainfall for four consecutive years -- with deficits of 29% in 2024, 48% in 20 ...Read More >
Patna: Over 65 lakh enumeration forms were "not included" in the draft electoral rolls prepared as part of special intensive revision (SIR) by the Election Commission in Bihar, where assembly polls are due later this year, bringing down the total number of registered voters to 7.24 crore from around 7.9 crore. Patna accounted for the highest number of 3.95 lakh enumeration forms that were not included, followed by Madhubani (3.52 lakh), East Champaran (3.16 lakh), Gopalganj (3.10 lakh), Samasti ...Read More >
Patna: LJP (Ram Vilas) chief and Union minister Chirag Paswan met BJP national president J P Nadda in New Delhi on Thursday amid heightened political activity ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Following the meeting, Chirag took to social media to express grave concern over the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar, particularly in light of Thursday morning's daylight shooting inside a well-known hospital in Patna."Law and order in Bihar has become a matter of serious concern. Murder ...Read More >
PATNA: Union Minister and LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday alleged that his political opponents were hatching a conspiracy to blow him up 'with a bomb'. However, he claimed that such attempts of detractors would not desist him from his political objective. "Sher ka beta hun. Isase darne wala nahi (I am a tiger's cub. It will not scare me at all)," he said, while addressing 'Nav Sankalp Mahasabha' in Bihar's Munger district. Chirag said he was being intimidated on social media, reveali ...Read More >
Dr. Mujahid Gilani (Senior Kashmiri Leader): Long before 14 August 1947, people of Jammu and Kashmir had voted in favour of Pakistan even before the division of Sub-Continent. They gave their decision over vehemently to become to join Pakistan as its Muslim majority province. In the backdrop of global situation, we must realize that people of Jammu and Kashmir are struggling for maintaining their lives. Their ratio of population in Jammu and Kashmir which was over 98 % in 1947 has been reduced a ...Read More >
Shillong, Jul 19 (PTI) The Meghalaya State Commission for Women (MSCW) on Saturday expressed shock over the sexual assault and murder of a schoolgirl at Williamnagar in East Garo Hills district. The MSCW described the incident as a gross violation of the basic rights and dignity of a young woman. Also Read | Bihar Special Intensive Revision Exercise: 95.92% Electors Covered; 6 More Days Still Left, Says Election Commission of India. Extending its condolences to the bereaved family, the commis ...Read More >
The Election Commission (EC) has distributed enumeration forms to around 94% of potential voters but has only managed to collect just over 14% of them in the first 10 days of the 30-day Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar. According to data from the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), there is also a significant gap in the number of forms uploaded with only around 24 lakh of the 1.12 crore being uploaded. Advertisement According to the data, en ...Read More >
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