MOKAMA MURDER SHAKES UP BIHAR POLLS AS ANANT SINGH’S SHADOW RETURNS

NEW DELHI: Barely days before Bihar goes to polls, the political landscape has been jolted after the sensational killing of Dular Chand Yadav in Mokama. According to police and political sources, Dular Chand — a seasoned grassroots mobiliser and former CPI cadre who later aligned with mainstream parties — was allegedly shot dead on Friday […]

PM’S DIG AT CONG-RJD FIGHT

NEW DELHI: In his first rally in Muzaffarpur on Thursday, Prime Minister Modi claimed to have reports from across Bihar on the fights between the leaders of Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal as he tore into the Mahagatahbandhan barely a week before the first round of voting. He said the rift between the parties of […]

KHARGE INVOKES SARDAR PATEL TO BAN RSS, BJP HITS BACK

NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday reiterated that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) should be banned in the country, stating that even Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, whose birth anniversary falls on October 31, had banned the participation of government employees in the RSS’s activities. The ban was lifted by the BJP government; it must […]

AZHARUDDIN SWORN IN TELANGANA CABINET

AZHARUDDIN SWORN IN TELANGANA CABINET AMID BJP PROTEST NEW DELHI: Former Indian cricket captain and senior Congress leader Mohammad Azharuddin was on Friday sworn in as a minister in the Telangana cabinet. Governor Jishnu Dev Verma administered the oath to the former cricketer at Raj Bhavan Friday morning. His induction fills a long-standing vacancy and […]