The term of the 243-member Bihar legislative assembly comes to an end on November 29.
The numbers were revealed some concerns arose, says Chirag Paswan
Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Narendra Singh Tomar, Prakash Javadekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani are also likely to join the second Modi government after being its members in its first avatar.
With the lockdown extended till May 3 to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the little money daily wagers had is mostly gone and so is hope.
Bihar being in the grip of a Dusshera festival mood, leaders of rival political groups including Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday used examples of slaying of Ravana to attack each other.
An electoral survey conducted by CNN IBN/IBN7-Axis in Bihar has given a clear edge to the Rashtriya Janata Dal-Janata Dal-United-led 'Mahagathbandhan', riding home the assembly elections with 137 seats (+/-8 seats) and a 46 per cent vote share.
Manjhi had demanded that the NDA field at least one member from his party for the six Rajya Sabha polls in the state scheduled next month
The BJP's rediscovery of its allies, including the PM touching the feet of Parakash Singh Badal, would be interpreted as the party's efforts to keep its flock together if it falls short of the majority mark on May 23.
Bihar assembly elections which are to be announced shortly are expected to be five-phased and around 50,000 paramilitary personnel will be deployed in each phase to ensure peaceful polling.
After resorting to quirky measures like debarring party spokespersons from news channel debates, the opposition parties are now overhauling their organisational set-ups and purging respective executives, committees and wings to weed out non-performers and deadwood. Virendra Singh Rawat reports.
As the last-ditch attempt, Mukesh through his counsel on Tuesday sought an urgent hearing on his plea against dismissal of the mercy plea before the top court.
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Twenty-six-month-old Vandana, who was rescued 27 hours after she fell into a 45-feet deep borewell on Tuesday, was discharged from the emergency ward of a hospital in Agra on Monday. The girl had fallen into the borewell in Hulaspur village while playing with her father and was rescued by the Army, with the help of the district administration, in a delicate operation. Vandana was accompanied by her parents Bengali Babu Kushwaha and Mamta.
In its sway over national politics now, the Modi-Shah BJP is what the Congress was under Indira Gandhi. Why would they indulge coalition partners, their greed and egos now, asks Shekhar Gupta.
The incident comes against the backdrop of a raging debate on lack of scrutiny of the curriculum and content taught in schools.
About 20 helicopters have been pressed into action by parties, with the BJP and its allies using the most.
'The poor manner in which the RJD stitched its alliance and mismanaged its electioneering, now reveals that Tejashwi was more interested in enhancing his political stature by cutting down many senior leaders, by downsizing and shrinking RJD allies, by displaying arrogance and inaccessibility and by committing silly mistakes in candidate selection,' points out Mohammad Sajjad.
School principal suspended, vice-principal and 14 other teachers transferred after a video emerged of a boy being thrashed by other schoolboys.
With a video of two sons of a murder accused mercilessly beating their Dalit classmatehere going viral on social media, the duo have been sent to a remand home.
Narendra Modi is expected to have a 45-member council of ministers who will take oath along with him on Monday evening. The council of ministers is expected to have 23 Cabinet ministers, 10 ministers of state with independent charge and 11 ministers of state, according to sources.
"People in his birth place, Mangalore, and also those in Bengaluru have been requesting to bury part of his remains in the two cities."
JD-U leaders believe Prashant Kishor's entry would benefit its case for contesting a larger number of seats in Bihar in next year's general election.
The Mithila University on Saturday cancelled examination at Samastipur Women's College after visuals of rampant cheating during BA Part II examination were aired by television channels.
Formal talks over a seat-sharing formula among the National Democratic Alliance constituents are yet to begin and JD-U leaders, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the BJP should take the lead to ensure that it was done quickly to avoid any serious differences near the polls.
RJD MLA Dinesh Bhai has threatened to immolate himself if he does not get to keep his assembly seat.
The LJP will also be given a Rajya Sabha berth and Paswan is likely to be its candidate.
Manjhi said Paswan has never raised a voice for rights of the Dalits and the poorest of the poor.
A powerful lobby of BJP leaders -- mostly from the upper castes -- want to give no more than 70-80 assembly seats to its three allies.
The RLSP and the HAM, the two other NDA allies, went unrepresented.
Men and machines worked relentlessly and rescued Amit Kushwaha safely early on Monday morning, District Collector Anupam Rajan told PTI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address six regional meetings during the 192-day-long exercise.
After a series of defeats since 2012, the results of the recent panchayat polls are being seen by her as a tide changer for the upcoming UP assembly elections
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the 59 seats spread across seven states and one Union territory going to polls in the last and final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on May 19, 2019.
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati Monday announced the expulsion of four party members of Parliament, including three who were caught on camera in the cash-for-query scam.
"Today, we stand united in solidarity with our security forces in fighting terrorism and in defending the unity and integrity of India."
The blaze erupted around 7 am in the gas processing plant of the ONGC located in Uran area of neighbouring Navi Mumbai, an official said.
LS inquiry committee hears three MPs, one seeks more time
The Jharkhand governor was given the additional charge of Bihar following the resignation of M Rama Jois on October 28.
BJP's loss of power in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattigarh means that it will have to face a resurgent Congress in the three states where it had emerged victorious in 62 of 65 Lok Sabha seats.
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