Bihar polls: Maithili Thakur in lead; Khesari Lal Yadav, Ritesh Pandey struggle – how celebrity candidates fared amid NDA sweep | India News

NEW DELHI: Celebrity candidates in the Bihar assembly polls witnessed mixed fortunes, with only singer Maithili Thakur, contesting from Alinagar on a BJP ticket, poised for victory. Others — including actor-singer Khesari Lal Yadav (Chapra) and singer Ritesh Pandey (Kargahar) — were trailing in their respective constituencies.Click here for live updates on counting of votesAlinagar:…

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Highway funding push: NHAI gets Sebi nod for Raajmarg Infra InvIT; retail investors set to tap highway monetisation

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has received regulatory approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to register Raajmarg Infra Investment Trust (RIIT) as a Public Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT), paving the way for wider public participation in national highway assets. In a statement issued on Wednesday, NHAI said the Public…

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‘Hostile order’: Donald Trump rekindles trade war — Why has US threatened to impose additional 100% tariff on China?

US President Donald Trump has thrown another punch in Washington’s long-running economic bout with Beijing, threatening to slap fresh 100% tariffs and export bans in response to China’s tightening grip on rare earth minerals. The uneasy truce between the world’s two biggest economies came after months of uneasy calm, sending shockwaves through global markets and…

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‘Sin’: BJP accuses Nehru of dropping Maa Durga stanzas from Vande Mataram in 1937; takes ‘pungent echo’ dig at Rahul | India News

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating certain parts of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan said that Congress, under Nehru’s presidentship, adopted only a truncated Vande Mataram as the party’s…

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Rahul Dev on Jr NTR’s transformation, reveals Telugu superstar was over 95 kgs; Says, ‘Jab maine unko dekha na, main ghabra gaya…’ | Hindi Movie News

Rahul Dev, who worked with Jr NTR in ‘Simhadri’, ‘Narasimhudu’ and ‘Dhammu’, recently opened up about the experience of working with him. The Bollywood actor talked about how the Telugu superstar was on the heavier side before. He shared that over the years, the latter transformed himself into a lean body. Rahul Dev shares his…

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Case registered over Nidhhi Agerwal mobbing incident, court returns Dileep’s passport, ‘Karmayodha’ script belongs to Reji Mathew: Top 5 South newsmakers of the day | Tamil Movie News

South Indian cinema saw significant developments this week, including a court dismissing a plea to lift the ban on Karthi’s ‘Vaa Vaathiyaar’. A case was registered over an unauthorized song launch for ‘The Raja Saab’ featuring Nidhhi Agerwal. Actor Dileep’s passport was returned by the court, and the script for Mohanlal’s ‘Karmayodha’ was ruled to…

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