NEW DELHI: A seat-sharing deal has yet to be announced by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)-led Mahagathbandhan, despite the last date for nomination for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections inching closer. However, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday jumped the gun and gave away party tickets to candidates favoured by him.A large…
Manoj Jha and Imran Pratapgarhi (File photos) NEW DELHI: The seesaw in the Bihar seat-sharing saga seems to continue in the Mahagathbandhan as no party in the bloc appears to get off first without squeezing out every last seat possible. In the RJD-led Mahagathbandhan, allies are busy balancing ambition and arithmetic, each hoping to tip…
MUMBAI: Bullion markets in India and abroad continued to see hectic activity as prices of gold and silver rose to record levels in both markets. As jitters are being felt across markets, especially due to shortage of supply of the white metal, Tata MF temporarily suspended inflows into its silver ETF fund of fund (FoF)….
NAGPUR: Six days after a six-year-old boy died in a tribal hamlet in Maharashtra‘s Yavatmal district, doctors at the government-run medical college and hospital on Monday categorically ruled out drug toxicity. The boy, Shivam Sagar Gurunule from Pimplekhuti village in Kalamb tehsil, 150 km off Nagpur, was administered four cough syrups, apart from other medicines.Amid…
Amid efforts to bring the Gaza conflict to an end, PM Modi welcomed the release of all hostages after over two years of captivity. In a post on X, he said their freedom stands as a tribute to the courage of their families, the unwavering peace efforts of President Trump & the strong resolve of…
CHANDIGARH: IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s suicide is reverberating beyond Haryana’s borders. Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is due to visit the family on Tuesday. So will Union minister from Bihar, Chirag Paswan, reports Ajay Sura. Politicians from across the country are making a beeline to visit the Kumar household in Chandigarh…
PATNA: Jan Suraaj on Monday announced its second list of candidates for 65 seats for Bihar assembly elections but kept up the suspense over its choice for the Raghopur seat, a bastion of Lalu Prasad’s family. Former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav won the seat in 2015 and 2020 polls. Tejashwi is scheduled to file his…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has identified more than 31 lakh beneficiaries of the income support scheme (PM-Kisan) as suspected cases where both husband and wife had received cash simultaneously against the rule of getting the benefit by only one member of the landholder family.Finding such cases during scrutiny, the agriculture ministry has asked states and…
Haryana DGP Shatrujeet Kapur (sitting) CHANDIGARH: In a late-night development, the Haryana government has sent Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapur on leave amid the controversy surrounding the death of senior IPS officer Y Puran Kumar, who had named Kapur in his suicide note. The decision has come just a day before the leader…
Chief minister Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: Congress withdrew Monday from next week’s Rajya Sabha elections to four seats from J&K, accusing its partner National Conference (NC) of denying it a “safe seat” even as the governing party nominated its fourth candidate, pushing the INDIA bloc partners to the brink of a split.The strains deepened amid a…