BIHAR

Racism in cinema: Bollywood mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all

6:58 pm June 8, 2019

New Delhi: Hrithik Roshan’s yet-to-be-released “Super 30” has walked right into Bollywood’s age-old debate on racism and class-caste stereotypes with the fair-skinned actor transitioning to tones of brown, apparently in keeping with his deglam role as a grassroots teacher from Bihar. The ‘colour coding’ is not new in formulaic cinema with numerous examples over the […]

BJP garnered over 51 % votes in Karna LS polls

Nitish congratulates PM on NDAs victory

9:42 pm May 23, 2019

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for NDAs spectacular victory in the country as well in the state. Kumar also thanked the people of the state for giving their stamp of approval to the development work carried out by both the central and the state government in Bihar. In […]

ASI assaulted in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh

Three held for theft of 107 smart phones in Maharashtra

1:20 pm May 22, 2019

Palghar: Three persons have been arrested for allegedly stealing over 100 smart phones from a shop in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, police said Wednesday. The accused, including two natives of Bihar, allegedly broke into the shop in Vasai area in January and decamped with 107 smart phone handsets worth around Rs 10 lakh, police spokesman Hemant […]

Modi to address BJP workers of Varanasi on Oct 24

How can national security not be an issue? asks PM Modi

3:13 pm May 15, 2019

Paliganj (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that terrorism could be wiped out only by an aggressive strategy like the one adopted by his government and scoffed at the opposition for taking exception to making national security an election issue. “The Mahamilavatis say national security is not an issue. How can it not […]

Shah holds roadshow in Patna

10:20 pm May 11, 2019

Patna: BJP national president Amit Shah Saturday held a roadshow in the Bihar capital, a party stronghold which is witnessing a clash of titans with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad locked in virtually a straight contest with Shatrughan Sinha, who seeks to retain the Patna Sahib seat on a Congress ticket. The roadshow commenced from […]