NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that while infiltration has stopped in BJP-ruled Assam, it continues in neighbouring West Bengal, claiming that the state government is giving a “red carpet welcome” to illegal immigrants.Addressing a media conclave in Patna, Shah also mocked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for dropping the allegation of…
NEW DELHI: China Eastern Airlines will be the first Chinese carrier to resume direct India flights after an over five-year lull with a thrice-weekly service between Shanghai and Delhi from November 9. IndiGo is the first Indian carrier that will resume China service with a daily between Kolkata & Guangzhou from October 26 and then…
Priyanka Chaturvedi (Photo credit: ANI) Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Saturday praised the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) for calling off its upcoming series against Pakistan, stating that the move sets an example for India. She suggested that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Union Government could “take tips…
In the 1990s, the powerful “MY” (Muslim-Yadav) vote bank propelled Lalu Prasad Yadav to the summit of Bihar politics. Today, as his eldest son Tejashwi Yadav aims to repeat that feat, the crucial question is: which way will Muslim voters swing? With Prashant Kishor‘s pledge to field 40 Muslim candidates and Asaduddin Owaisi’s Grand Democratic…
The Supreme Court (ANI Photo), Donald Trump (AP Photo) Eleven years after recognising transgender people as the ‘third gender’, the Supreme Court said discrimination against the community persists and appointed a panel to frame policy on employment and education. US President Donald Trump claimed Pakistan “attacked” Afghanistan and said the conflict would be “easy” for…
NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor on Wednesday announced that he would stay out of the electoral fray in Bihar, even as he seeks to “disrupt” the state’s power equation that has long swung between Nitish Kumar‘s JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav‘s RJD. Prashant Kishor, who has served both the NDA and the Bihar…
Prashant Kishor, Tejashwi, Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar (L-R) Bihar assembly (background) NEW DELHI: For nearly three decades, Bihar has been dominated by socialist forces, with Lalu Prasad’s RJD and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) shaping the state’s political landscape. Since 1990, these two stalwarts of the JP movement have kept national parties on the sidelines. Ahead…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday warned Pakistan that every inch of its territory is now within the range of India’s BrahMos missiles, calling Operation Sindoor “just a trailer” of India’s capabilities. The operation showed that victory has become a habit for India, he added.Singh, along with Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath,…
NEW DELHI: In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, despite the consecration of the Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the Faizabad seat to the Samajwadi Party. However, it retained all the seats in Bihar’s Mithilanchal, considered the paternal home of Sita, Lord Ram’s wife.As Bihar gears up for the…
NEW DELHI: When Ram Vilas Paswan, Bihar’s legendary political “weatherman,” passed away in 2020, the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) seemed at a crossroads. His son, Chirag Paswan, stepped in to lead the party, inheriting both the mantle and the expectations of a Dalit political legacy.Since taking over, Chirag has sought to modernise the party’s…
