Patna, March 5 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar is regarded as one of the most seasoned and adaptable leaders in Indian politics, having navigated decades of ideological shifts, coalition realignments and governance experiments. With his nomination to the Rajya Sabha, his long political journey appears set to enter a new phase.Nitish Kumar began his political career in student activism. He first contested the Harnaut Assembly seat in 1977 but was unsuccessful.In 1985, he …
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Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) On the seventh day of the Budget Session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly, political temperatures rose after Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Bhai Virendra made serious allegations against the state government and the Bihar Police.Speaking to the media in the Assembly premises on Wednesday, Bhai Virendra alleged that people belonging to a particular caste and religion were being selectively targeted in police encounters.While asserting that action against criminals is necessa…
Agartala, Jan 31 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Saturday said the state is making steady progress across education, culture, sports, industry, and commerce, earning a distinct place among the country’s leading states in overall development. The Chief Minister was speaking while virtually inaugurating and laying foundation stones for a series of development projects across Tripura from the Belonia Vidyapeeth ground in South Tripura district. As part of the programme, Saha in…
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) The PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana has achieved remarkable success in Bihar’s Nalanda, with close to one thousand people switching from conventional to solar energy for daily consumption. The district also ranks second in the state in subscribing to the flagship scheme and subsequently adopting solar panel-induced electricity. In a bid to encourage more people towards solar energy, the district administration has honoured 60 selected consumers with the Solar Energy Pione…
Patna, Jan 12 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday inaugurated a two-day state-level police conference at the Police Headquarters in Patna.He was accompanied by Deputy Chief Minister and Home Minister Samrat Chaudhary, Director General of Police Vinay Kumar and senior police officers from across the state.The Chief Minister arrived at the modern Police Headquarters, Sardar Patel Bhawan, where he received a ceremonial welcome.He formally inaugurated the conference by lighting a lamp…
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Vice-President (V-P) C.P. Radhakrishnan, on Monday, urged fresh Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) graduates to dedicate their knowledge and skills to nation-building. Addressing the ninth Convocation of JNU, V-P Radhakrishnan emphasised that education and proper training alone would enable India’s youth to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a Viksit Bharat @2047.He recalled the teachings of Swami Vivekananda on his birth anniversary and stressed education m…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) ‘Shabdotsav 2026’, the three-day cultural and literary festival began in the national capital on Friday, in the presence of Union Minister of State (MoS) Harsh Malhotra, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, cabinet minister Kapil Mishra, and several prominent leaders associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). MoS Harsh Malhotra, addressing the gathering, lauded the literary event as a “microcosm of Indian culture” and recalled the values and traditions as…
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) Bihar, already considered the state with the lowest per capita income, has increasingly fallen victim to organised cybercrime, pushing thousands of economically vulnerable families into financial distress.Several districts across the state are witnessing the rapid expansion of cyber fraud networks, with criminals adopting new and sophisticated methods every day to cheat innocent people.According to estimates, cybercriminals siphon off more than Rs 500 crore annually from Bih…
Guwahati, Dec 27 (IANS) The Nalanda Literature Festival (NLF) in its first edition has emerged as a prominent platform for voices from the Northeast and other marginalised literary traditions, officials said on Saturday. The four-day festival, which concluded recently, resonated strongly with themes relevant to the Northeast, particularly discussions on language preservation, diaspora identity, indigenous knowledge systems and cultural continuity.Scholars and writers highlighted how regions like…
Tirupati, Dec 26 (IANS) Children should be told stories of heroes from Puranas and not about Batman, Spiderman and Superman, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday while emphasising the need for connecting the younger generation with India’s rich cultural heritage.He said the children should be told about heroes from the Indian epics instead of Hollywood superheroes and characters like Batman, Spiderman and ironman.Addressing the inaugural session of seventh Bharatiy…