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NEW DELHI: RJD Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Yadav on Wednesday alleged that the Modi government waived loans worth Rs 26 lakh crore for industrialists, during a discussion in Rajya Sabha on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill. "To benefit its capitalist friends, the government has effectively written-off an amount equivalent to nearly half of the country's annual budget," he asserted, asking the government how much of this Rs 26 lakh crore belongs to the country's farmers, laborers, st ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday passed the Central Armed Police Forces (General Administration) Bill, 2026, with a voice vote amid the walkout by the entire Opposition in protest. The bill provides for 50 per cent of posts in the CAPFs to be filled by deputation in the rank of Inspector General, a minimum of 67 per cent in the rank of Additional Director General, and all posts in the ranks of Special Director General and Director General. Replying to the debate, ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Opposition in the Rajya Sabha criticised the government on Wednesday for frequent amendments to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code, significant haircuts, alleged favouritism towards large corporate defaulters, and ongoing infrastructure issues at the NCLT, alongside increasing backlogs before the tribunal. The Rajya Sabha was debating the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026. The bill has proposed 12 amendments to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC), ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) An amendment bill which provides graded punishment for bodily harm to transgender persons has received the assent of President Draupadi Murmu. Opposition MPs had slammed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, for excluding gays and lesbians from its ambit. An authority has been established to determine whether a person is transgender, a provision that also faced backlash from the opposition. According to a law ministry notification dated March ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Keralam) [India], April 1 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National Working President Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday reaffirmed the party's support for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the ongoing Keralam assembly elections, stating that the alliance has full confidence in LDF's victory. Speaking to ANI, Tejashwi Yadav said, "We have allied with the LDF and have come here for campaigning. We have full confidence that LDF will win and form the government again. Keralam is a developed ...Read More >
Kozhikode (Keralam) [India], April 1 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) National Working President Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday reaffirmed the party's support for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in the ongoing Keralam assembly elections, stating that the alliance has full confidence in LDF's victory. Speaking to ANI, Tejashwi Yadav said, "We have allied with the LDF and have come here for campaigning. We have full confidence that LDF will win and form the government again. Keralam is a developed ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 1 (ANI): Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday thanked Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav for his visit to Malappuram district in support of CPI(M) candidate MK Sakeer from the Ponnani constituency. In an X post, CM Vijayan said, "Thank you, @yadavtejashwi, for your solidarity and for joining the LDF's campaign in Keralam. Your presence and support strengthen our collective fight to protect our secular fabric and advance a pro-p ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: A 49-member joint delegation of opposition parties met Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati at the Lok Bhavan and submitted a memorandum demanding stringent action over the recent fire incident at SCB Medical College and Hospital that claimed 13 lives. The delegation comprised leaders from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Indian National Congress, Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation, All India Forward ...Read More >
The Bombay High Court on Friday (March 29, 2026) suggested that the warring Kalyani siblings consider mediation to settle their long-standing disputes. The siblings Baba Kalyani, Sugandha Hiremath and Gaurishankar Kalyani, and their children have been fighting legal battles on multiple fronts for several years now. At stake, is ancestral wealth estimated to be over ₹1 lakh crore. The suggestion came during consideration of an interim application in a suit brought by Sughanda Hiremath seeking ...Read More >
Patna, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) After Nitish Kumar resigned from the post of Member of Legislative Council (MLC), political speculation over Bihar's next Chief Minister has intensified. Amid this, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, has made a significant statement regarding potential successors to Nitish Kumar. Speaking to media persons in Patna on Tuesday, Anant Singh endorsed Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar as the most suitable candidate from the JD-U to become the next ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], March 31 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Sudhakar Singh on Tuesday alleged that Bihar's governance has shifted into the hands of leaders from Delhi and Gujarat. The leader's remarks came following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's decision to move to the Rajya Sabha. RJD MP Sudhakar Singh, while speaking to ANI, said, "In the last 35 years, Bihar attained political sovereignty under the rule of JD(U) or RJD. Now, Bihar has fallen into the hands of two Gujaratis. N ...Read More >
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will resign as the member of the Bihar Legislative Council on March 30 (Monday), the last day by which he can quit membership of one House to continue in another. JD(U) working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said that as per laid down Constitutional procedure, one has to resign within 14 days from a House if a person is elected to another House. "He will follow that," he added, while talking to media persons in Patna. According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous M ...Read More >
New Delhi/PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Nabin resigned from the state's legislative council and legislative assembly, respectively, on Monday, weeks after both leaders were elected to the Upper House earlier this month. The twin resignations came on the final day of the two-week period allowed under law. According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 1950 (under Articles 101/190 of the Constitution), a member elected to both Parl ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar chief minister and JD (U) president Nitish Kumar is reportedly not ready to resign from his post until BJP declares the name of its CM candidate. Sources said that the JD (U) had reportedly put four conditions before the BJP leadership as it wanted that the name of the CM candidate should be declared first, and it should also be clarified which party would be allotted the home portfolio in the new government. Sources said that the JD (U) also put its conditions before BJP, asking i ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 30 (ANI): Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar on Monday resigned as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC), marking the next major political transition as he prepares to assume office in the Rajya Sabha after being elected earlier this month. Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, tendered his resignation from the state legislature, marking a significant political development in the state. ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 30 (ANI): Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar on Monday resigned as a member of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC), marking the next major political transition as he prepares to assume office in the Rajya Sabha after being elected earlier this month. Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, tendered his resignation from the state legislature, marking a significant political development in the state. ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) A political storm erupted on Monday after Mamata Banerjee claimed there was a conspiracy to kill her, drawing sharp reactions from leaders across party lines and intensifying the rhetoric ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo, while addressing a gathering in Manbazar earlier, alleged that her life was under threat, triggering concerns among Opposition leaders and a counterattack from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ...Read More >
Patna, Mar 30 ( UNI) Nitish Kumar, one of the longest serving chief ministers of Bihar, was first sworn in on March 3, 2000, despite not being a member of either the Bihar Legislative Assembly or the State Legislative Council at that time. Kumar, a member of the 13th Lok Sabha and a union Cabinet Minister, had resigned from the cabinet to become the Chief Minister of Bihar for seven days in March 2000 after the Assembly elections in the State resulted in a hung House. NDA and allies had 151 MLA ...Read More >
Patna: Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) national president Nitish Kumar's resignation as an MLC (Member of Legislative Council) on Monday made it clear that Bihar was in for a tectonic shift in governance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the path to have its first chief minister in the state. The resignation was due as Article 101(2) of the Constitution of India mandates that no person can simultaneously remain a member of the Parliament and a House of the state legislature. Besid ...Read More >
Patna, Mar 30 (PTI) Emotions ran high in the JD(U) and the NDA on Monday after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from the state legislative council, while the opposition alleged he was "forced to quit". Kumar and BJP national president Nitin Nabin resigned from the legislative council and Assembly, respectively, after being elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 16. Several leaders across the ruling alliance expressed anguish over Kumar's exit from the state legislature. Legislative cou ...Read More >
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026 season has barely begun, but it has already delivered its first major controversy. Following Kolkata Knight Riders' (KKR) six-wicket defeat to Mumbai Indians (MI) at the Wankhede Stadium, a pointed remark from captain Ajinkya Rahane has triggered a wider debate - forcing Cricket Australia (CA) to step in with a clarification. At the centre of the storm is Cameron Green, KKR's high-profile signing worth INR 25.20 crore, who did not bowl a single over despite ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Monday resigned from the Bihar legislative council days after securing a place in Rajya Sabha, marking an end of era in the state politics. The move has triggered fresh speculation over an impending change of guard in the state's top post.Now all eyes will be on who takes over Nitish's reign as Bihar chief minister as both JD(U) and BJP may push for the upper hand in the alliance equation.The announcement, however, may not come ...Read More >
Patna: Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar resigned from his membership of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC).Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, tendered his resignation from the state legislature as part of the transition, marking a significant political development in the state. On March 5, the 75-year-old penned a heartfelt message announcing his decision. He expressed his longing desire to be a member of both houses o ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], March 30 (ANI): Bihar's longest-serving Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar resigned from his membership of the Bihar Legislative Council (MLC). Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, tendered his resignation from the state legislature as part of the transition, marking a significant political development in the state. Also Read | New Rules From 1 April 2026: List of Rule Changes That Will Impact Your Wallet. On March 5, the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday resigned from the state legislative council after being elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, sources in the Janata Dal (United) said. The JD(U) president had been elected to the Upper House of Parliament on March 16. Under constitutional provisions, he was required to vacate one of the two positions within 14 days of his election. Speaking earlier on the timeline, JD(U) national working president Sanjay Kumar Jha had said the res ...Read More >
Patna, March 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid the rising tensions in West Asia and rumours of an LPG cylinder shortage in parts of India, political reactions have intensified. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and daughter of RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rohini Acharya, on Thursday, sharply criticised the Central government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue. Reports of a possible shortage have led to long queues outside LPG gas agencies, with many consumers rushing to book or collect cyl ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Congress played down the issue of INDIA bloc leadership saying such concerns were election season statements. The party said that the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi had been leading the bloc in Parliament and taking on the ruling NDA along with the allies over the past sessions. Rahul became the LoP after the Congress won 99 out of 543 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and emerged as the single largest party within the INDIA bloc that had been forged ...Read More >
Patna, Feb 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Budget Session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly witnessed massive disruptions on Monday, with members from both the ruling party and the opposition creating a ruckus inside the House. As the House convened, legislators from both sides stood up holding placards and raising slogans, leading to a noisy atmosphere. Despite repeated appeals by the Speaker for order and for members to take their seats, the uproar continued. Question Hour commenced amid the chaos, ...Read More >
The incident occurred during a public function in Patna on December 15, 2025, where Nitish Kumar allegedly forcibly pulled down the hijab of a Muslim woman doctor. Owaiz Hussain S, an advocate based in Bengaluru, has submitted an official complaint to multiple authorities seeking registration of a Zero FIR and statutory action against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The complaint has been sent to the Director General of Police, Bengaluru City Police Commissioner, Karnataka State Commission ...Read More >
Patna: A social media post by the BJP claiming that RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is "missing" from the state's political scene after the assembly poll defeat reignited political debate on Wednesday.While the ruling NDA alleged Tejashwi "ran away" from the political scene after the humiliating poll defeat, the RJD termed it as a reflection of how the NDA suffers from "Tejashwi phobia" even after victory.The political scene got heated up moments after the BJP issued a poster about the "Missing ...Read More >
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