In the tweet, Yadav had claimed that the result in the assembly segment of Araria district proved that Kumar owed the success of his party in 2015 assembly polls to the alliance with the RJD and not the other way round.
Reaching out to tribals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded their contribution to Indian culture through the ages and said Lord Ram drew inspiration from them during his exile as he slammed the Congress for "neglecting" adivasis during its previous rules.
The government is expected to have a smooth sailing in the floor test, a Vidhan Bhawan official told PTI.
The Shiv Sena will have 15 ministers in new Maharashtra cabinet, apart from chief minister's portfolio, while the Nationalist Congress Party will have Deputy Chief Minister and 13 other ministers, sources said on Wednesday.
The legendary dancer did not just take Kathak to the world but also passed on his craft to generations of students
India's youngest chief minister is trapped under layers of influences and is proving ineffectual, but author finds him impossible not to like during an unusually personal interview.
On April 13, 1984 the Indian Army launched a daring operation at Siachen, the world's highest battlefield, to gain control over the glacier in the eastern Karakoram range in the Himalayas. In the days to follow, Operation Meghdoot -- named after Kalidas's Sanskrit masterpiece -- secured the glacier and adjoining heights from Pakistani aggression. This operation has continued over the last 30 years with Pakistan making numerous failed attempts to dislodge the Indians from the Saltoro ridge along the western periphery of the glacier. Nitin Gokhale's book, Beyond NJ 9842: The Siachen Saga is the first of its kind, narrating the history of Operation Meghdoot. Rediff.com presents exclusive excerpts from the book.
Members of the Legislative Council asked how some former legislators could enter the Vidhan Bhavan premises amid COVID-19-related restrictions and sought a report on the matter.
High-profile figures Eknath Khadse and Vindo Tawde are missing from it.
The Congress leader submitted his resignation as an MLA to Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagade at his office. Bagade accepted his resignation, along with that of Congress MLA Abdul Sattar and state minister Girish Bapat.
Savarkar believed Swarajya is more than the mere geographical independence of a stretch of earth called India. There was no point in fighting and sacrificing one's life for a Swarajya (mere territorial independence) at the cost of our Svatva (self-existence) or Hindutva itself! A revealing excerpt from Uday Mahurkar and Chirayu Pandit's Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition.
After Delhi, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, posters in support of Bharatiya Janata Party's former general secretary Sanjay Joshi have surfaced in the Uttar Pradesh capital.
The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh may have got a earful from his father recently, but he tells Aditi Phadnis that he takes his own decisions when it comes to charting the state's development agenda
The chief minister will meet them at his Kalidas Marg residence in Lucknow.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday climbed the watch tower of his official residence to enquire about the well being of security personnel posted on it.
Making a difference in style of governance, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday revived the practice of meeting people to listen to their grievances at his official residence in Lucknow, a step that was ended by his predecessor Mayawati.
The Olivier Awards are the British stage equivalent of the Oscars.
A 23-year-old Indian national was killed and six of his compatriots, including two children, were injured in a wave of coordinated bombings and gun attacks by an Islamic sect that left at least 162 people dead in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano.
Fadnavis was sworn in on November 23 in an early morning hush hush ceremony, with the support of Ajit Pawar, who then headed the 54-member Nationalist Congress Party legislature party.
Justice Kalidas Mukherjee, one of the two Calcutta High Court judges who upheld the death sentence of don Aftab Ansari in the 2002 Amercian Center case, has received a threat letter following which his security has been enhanced, police said today.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld death sentences for key accused Aftab Ansari and close aide Jamiluddin Nasir convicted of involvement in a 2002 attack on American Centre in Kolkata in which six policemen were killed.
The stories in Paava Kathaigal succeed in holding up a mirror and showing us things for what they truly are, observes Divya Nair.
In 2014, the Congress had won five seats in Mumbai, which has 36 assembly segments.
Dalits constitute nearly 16 per cent of the vote and 38 seats are reserved for them in the assembly, reports Satyavrat Mishra
Putham Pudhu Kaalai is refreshing like the unsuspecting morning dew that teases your senses when you step on the grass barefoot, discovers Divya Nair.
Polling for the two Maharashtra Legislative Assembly bypolls started in constituencies of Naigaum in Mumbai and Srivardhan in Raigad Thursday morning at 0800 hours.
A case has been registered against Yadav, the MP from Machlishahar in neighbouring Jaunpur district, his son and some supporters after they allegedly razed some houses and shops.
Sreejith and Liji pair were among three couples fortunate to have children after their tiny ones were claimed by the tsunami.
Earlier, three Rane supporters quit their assembly seat which they had won as Sena nominees in 2004 polls, and had joined Congress.
Tanya's mother and brother had passed away over the past few years.
'Star campaigner' to address election meetings in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, MP, Rajasthan.
The renovation of the property is underway, encompassing painting of walls, cleaning, and other necessary repairs befitting the new entrant's stature and requirements. The bungalow, spread over about 1.5 acres, belongs to the family of veteran Congress leader the late Sheila Kaul, who was the sister-in-law of India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Virendra Singh Rawat reports.
A rickshaw puller in Uttar Pradesh got a lucky ride on Thursday when he took Paytm chief executive officer Vijay Shekhar Sharma to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's residence.
He also took a dig at Modi for attending the Dussehra festivities here, saying "had there been elections in Bihar, he would have slayed Ravan there".
Dr Kalidas Shetty from the University of Massachusetts is among US State Department's first five Jefferson Science Fellows.
India celebrated its 69th Republic Day with a grand parade at Rajpath, which was witnessed by thousands of people. As part of the celebrations, tableaux,including those representing various states, ministries, the All India Radio among others, rolled down Rajpath. Take a look at the colourful cultural pieces.
A Padmashree, Khakhar was born in Bombay in 1934 and was a self-taught artist.
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