PATNA: The Samrat Choudhary-led NDA government in Bihar won the vote of confidence in the state assembly on Friday.Choudhary moved the motion, proposing that “the House reposes its trust in the current council of ministers in the state”, during a one-day special session. Watch Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary Clears Floor Test, NDA Government Proves Majority…
Independent MP from Bihar’s Purnea Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav, on Friday defended his remarks on the Women’s Reservation Bill, saying “I will do anything to protect” women entering politics.Yadav questioned whether he had committed any wrongdoing that warranted an apology, adding that his stand was in support of the country’s daughters and…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday launched a sharp attack on Mamata Banerjee and her government after a heavy voter turnout in the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections, claiming the people of the state had voted for change and that the Bharatiya Janata Party was heading for an absolute…
BJP national president Nitin Nabin said the BJP will contest the 2027 Uttarakhand assembly elections under the leadership of chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.Nabin said the party would project Dhami as the face of the 2027 elections, signalling the BJP’s strategy for the state polls.In an interview with a Hindi news channel, he said the…
NEW DELHI: The Gauhati high court on Friday rejected Congress leader Pawan Khera’s anticipatory bail plea in a case filed by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.The FIR stems from Khera’s allegations that Sharma held multiple foreign passports and undisclosed overseas assets. During the previous hearing, Khera’s counsel, led by…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah’s reply to a supporter waiting for his roadshow in poll-bound West Bengal went viral on social media on Thursday, drawing attention to an exchange on Instagram.Shah shared a sunset video on Instagram with the caption, taking a swipe at the ruling TMC, “The sun of the TMC’s corruption…
BENGALURU: A Japanese construction technology firm and an Indian Institute of Science-backed data platform have joined forces in a bid to unlock one of urban planning’s most persistent blind spots: the vast troves of construction data that go dark the moment a building project closes.ONESTRUCTION Inc., a Tottori-based specialist in open-standard built environment data, and…
CHENNAI: On any other day, beige would be a shade that fades into the background. On Thursday, however, it was a colour that stood out.As polling got underway, men and women across Tamil Nadu turned up at booths in white shirts paired with beige pants. What has been the signature style of TVK founder Vijay…
PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday befouled Washington’s already dodgy ties with the two largest countries in the world, reposting a four-page racist screed by a supporter that called India and China “hellholes” and accused them of exploiting America’s birthright citizenship privileges.The…
KOLKATA: The family of celebrated painter Nandalal Bose’s grandson voted Thursday in Santiniketan, but only after two to three attempts despite a tribunal clearing their names following SC intervention, exemplifying the hurdles that citizens had to cross to exercise their rights.Suprabuddha Sen (88) and his wife Deepa Sen (82) were initially made to leave the…
