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Chirag Paswan trims father's beard, tweets video

Days after heart surgery, Ram Vilas Paswan dead

10:01 pm October 8, 2020

New Delhi: Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan died on Thursday, his son Chirag Paswan tweeted. Ram Vilas Paswan (74), who was the Lok Janshakti Party patron, had undergone a heart surgery at a hospital here a few days ago. He had been in active politics for more than five decades and was one of the […]

CWG gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh joins BJP, may contest Bihar polls

10:41 pm October 4, 2020

New Delhi: Commonwealth Games gold medallist shooter Shreyasi Singh, whose father Digvijay Singh was a seasoned socialist leader from Bihar, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday and may fight the state assembly elections. She joined the BJP at the party headquarters here in the presence of its general secretaries Bhupender Yadav, who is in charge of its Bihar affairs, and Arun […]

Two lakh jobs added in IT sector since 2019: Prasad

Crisis in Bihar NDA will be defused, asserts Ravi Shankar Prasad

9:24 pm October 2, 2020

Patna: BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda has authorized “three-four people” to intervene and defuse the crisis in the NDA in Bihar ahead of the Assembly polls, senior party leader and Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday. Prasad, who represents Bihar’s Patna Sahib constituency in the Lok Sabha, did not disclose whom the BJP chief has assigned that task, but asserted […]

Sonia slams Centre for ‘anti-people’ activities, ‘exploiting’ farmers

Modi running his govt in atmosphere of “fear”: Sonia

7:52 pm October 2, 2020

Motihari (Bihar): Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, alleging he is running his government in an atmosphere of “fear”. On Gandhi Jayanti, she also invoked the Father of the Nation, to assail the government which, she claimed, swears by his name but demolishes his ideals through its actions. The […]

Caught in worries of today, corona and health distant thoughts for pregnant daily-wagers

2:37 pm September 29, 2020

New Delhi: Carrying bricks and cement by day and jerry cans of water when their shifts get over, the workday continues without end for thousands of pregnant labourers forced to live life on the precipice with little time to spare on thoughts of what the future holds – for themselves or their unborn child. Uncertainty […]