BIHAR

TMC govt playing with emotions of Hindus: Adityanath

Yogi backs CAA, Nitish dubs talk of throwing out people “faltu baat”

5:57 pm November 5, 2020

Patna: NDA partners BJP and the JD(U) appear divided on the contentious new citizenship law, with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath asserting illegal immigrants will be thrown out of the country and the alliance’s CM face for Bihar Nitish Kumar calling such talk “faltu baat”. Notes of dissonance emanated from the JD(U)-BJP stable on Wednesday when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed displeasure […]

Patna to Khagaria, first-time voters share excitement, fear of ‘COVID-time polling’

11:18 pm November 3, 2020

Patna: As Bihar election is being conducted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a section of young first-time voters shared their excitement and apprehension of casting their franchise for the first time in a new normal electoral environment. From capital Patna to far-off Khagaria, many asserted that they “voted to bring change”, while others said pollution, women’s safety and jobs weighed heavy […]

Police traces 16-year-old girl who eloped with lover

DCW unites Bihar woman with her lover in Delhi

8:06 pm November 3, 2020

New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women has come to the rescue of a woman from Bihar who was reunited with her lover in the national capital amid fears of safety of the couple, officials said on Tuesday. According to the Commission, a man had sent a complaint to the women rights body and stated that he […]

Modi mocks Cong’s contracting clout in Parliament, says people punishing it for false promises

7:51 pm November 3, 2020

Saharsa: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday mocked the Congress for its shrinking numbers in the two Houses of Parliament which have dropped below 100, claiming people were punishing the party for its false promises of poverty eradication and farm loan waiver. Mounting an unsparing assault on the RJD-Congress alliance in Bihar on the last day of his campaign […]

At rallies in Bihar, Rajnath touches upon Gilgit-Baltistan

11:05 pm November 2, 2020

Patna: The Centre has taken strong exception to Pakistan’s plan for granting provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan, an area it is in “illegal occupation” of, and made it clear that the entire PoK belonged to India, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday. Addressing election rallies in Bihar, Singh also slammed the Congress for having raised […]