PATNA: The Bihar legislative assembly on Friday received a bomb threat through email, police said.Speaking to PTI, Sachiwalay-1 Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Anu Kumari said, “We received information that an email containing bomb threat was received by Bihar legislative assembly officials. Police are thoroughly inspecting the premises.” Bomb and dog squad teams have been deployed,…
PM Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar after the outgoing Bihar chief minister was sworn in as a Rajya Sabha MP, marking his return to Parliament after more than two decades.“Shri Nitish Kumar is one of the most experienced leaders…
NEW DELHI: Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar on Friday took oath as a Rajya Sabha MP, months after being sworn in as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th term.Kumar’s move to the Upper House, which caught many by surprise when it was announced last month, paves the way for the BJP, a JD(U)…
The biker met with an accident during Vijay’s roadshow in Sivaganga (ANI) NEW DELHI: In yet another incident during election campaigning by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay, a bike rider met with an accident during the actor-politician’s roadshow in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga on Friday.The incident was caught on camera.Footage shared by news agency ANI…
NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma on Friday submitted his resignation to the President amid cash recovery row and impeachment process.This follows the controversy over the alleged discovery of unaccounted cash and the impeachment proceedings initiated against him in Parliament, ANI reported. Justice Varma of the Allahabad high court was earlier transferred from the Delhi high…
Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin takes Chennai Metro during poll campaign, interacts with commuters NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Friday made a surprise appearance on the Chennai Metro, travelling from Chennai Central to DMS station as part of his election campaign ahead of the Assembly polls.During the journey, the…
NEW DELHI: In a key development for the Upper House, President Droupadi Murmu has nominated Harivansh Narayan Singh to the Rajya Sabha, filling the vacancy left by the retirement of former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.The nomination was made under Article 80(1)(a) of the Constitution, recognising Harivansh’s contributions to journalism and social service. His…
Lt Col Shrikant Purohit (File photo) NEW DELHI: Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, who was acquitted last year in the Malegaon blast case, has been cleared for promotion to the rank of brigadier, sources said on Friday. In July 2025, an NIA court acquitted Purohit and six others, including former BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur,…
NEW DELHI: In a key political development ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), led by Asaduddin Owaisi, has withdrawn its alliance with a party headed by Humayun Kabir, citing concerns over remarks attributed to him.In a strongly worded statement on early Friday, AIMIM said it “cannot associate with…
CPM general secretary MA Baby has written to EC expressing “grave concern” over large-scale deletion of voters from Bengal poll rolls. In his letter to CEC Gyanesh Kumar, Baby said, “SIR represents a systematic exercise in mass disenfranchisement, marked by arbitrary criteria such as ‘logical consistency’ and increasing reliance on algorithm-driven exclusions.“ AJUP nominee files…
