NEW DELHI: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a decisive victory in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. The alliance won 202 seats in the 243-member assembly, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the single largest party with 89 seats, closely followed by the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) at 85 seats. The Lok Janshakti…
NEW DELHI: The running of special trains before and during the Chhath-Bihar assembly poll period not only allowed the state’s people to celebrate their biggest festival back home but also enabled them to cast their vote — the railways playing a part in the state reporting a record voter turnout (67%), the highest since 1951.The…
NEW DELHI: In just about six years, the railways has come full circle and more or less returned to the earlier system, not only for recruiting officers but also for appointing its topmost officials, including the chairman and members of the railway board, as well as general managers across all zones.In the recently notified Indian…
NEW DELHI: Responding to Congress‘ Facebook post pointing to the difference between 7.42 crore voters cited in EC’s Oct 6 press note announcing Bihar polls dated and the 7.45 crore electorate cited in its post-poll press statement dated Oct 11, the Election Commission on Saturday clarified that the gap was on account of the nearly…
Rohini Acharya with Lalu Prasad Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Hours after announcing publicly that she had severed ties with her family, Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter, Rohini Acharya, claimed she was “thrown out” by her brother, Tejashwi Yadav, and his close aides, Sanjay Yadav and Rameez.Speaking on the Rashtriya Janata Dal‘s (RJD) debacle in the…
Chirag Paswan, Nitish Kumar and Maithili Thakur (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Bihar’s 2025 verdict was at once predictable and surprising. Predictable because as usual the NDA retained the power and Nitish Kumar is once again expected to retain the CM chair. Surprising because new, youthful faces such as Chirag Paswan and Maithili Thakur played decisive, complementary…
Prashant Kishor during padyatra NEW DELHI: The strategist who had previously scripted victories for BJP and JD(U) scored a duck in his debut match in the Bihar elections. The chatter on the ground and even in the newsrooms around Jan Suraaj had never been this dismal until the exit polls capped the alliance at a…
Rohini Acharya and Lalu Prasad Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: In a cryptic social media post declaring that she is “disowning” her family, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya named two individuals — Sanjay Yadav and Rameez — saying she was merely doing what they asked her to and yet,…
NEW DELHI: New CCTV footage from Faridabad shows Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist Umar Mohammed using multiple phones before the Red Fort blast on November 10.Ahead of the IPL 2026 mini-auction, teams confirmed retentions and releases for IPL 2026, shaping core squads as major names move ahead of the mini-auction.Meanwhile, following a significant electoral setback for the Mahagathbandhan,…
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah (Image credits: IANS) NEW DELHI: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday blamed the Nowgam police station blast on improper handling of explosive material, saying it was “our mistake” and should have involved trained experts. He also expressed frustration over the growing suspicion faced by Kashmiri residents across the country…
