Tag: Bihar

Bhubaneswar: City based vet-cum-businessman Manash Ranjan Das who was kidnapped in Jharkhand on August 23 has been rescued on Tuesday. Bihar police rescued Manash after a period of 40 days of search operations and handed him to Giridihi police station from where he was kidnapped. Meanwhile, interrogation into the details of his kidnapping has begun. […]

Bhubaneswar: After high drama in Bihar politics as Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA fold, the BJD on Thursday strongly denied rise of such situation in Odisha and ruled out any possible alliance with its former ally ahead of the 2019 polls. Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Panchayati Raj Minister Pradip Maharathy said […]

Patna: Ending the two-year old Maha-gathbandhan or Grand Alliance which was touted as the next big opposition that would rally against Modi led NDA at Centre, Nitish Kumar today quit as the Chief Minister of Bihar citing conflicting differences with ally Lalu Yadav’s RJD on the issue of corruption charges. Nitish said his decision to […]

Bhubaneswar: Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout today dared Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to take him on in the upcoming Odisha Assembly elections. The BJD veteran dared Pradhan while addressing a news conference during the party’s district level executive meet in Puri. After losing election by 25,000 votes, Pradhan fled to Bihar and was elected to Rajya […]

Puri: In a significant breakthrough, the Chandanpur police of Puri district arrested most-wanted criminal Sanatan Mahanta of Bihar from the pilgrim town and forwarded him to court today. According to sources, Sanatan, who is absconding for the last 14 years, has been staying in Puri for the last 10 years. The police grew suspicious of […]

Bhubaneswar: The upcoming presidential election is seemingly dividing the country’s political landscape into distinct quarters with an anti-BJP front beginning to take shape. After JD (U) confirmed of Nitish Kumar’s discussions with BJD chief Naveen Patnaik, senior leader of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) DP Tripathy has also indicated that plans are afoot to develop a […]

Bhubaneswar: It is not lost on anyone that the non-BJP parties will be aligning themselves on one side of the fence to put up a fight against the BJP in the upcoming presidential elections. After JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar met Sonia Gandhi yesterday, JD(U) spokesperson KC Tyagi confirmed that  the former also held discussions with […]

Bhubaneswar: It was difficult to ignore the meetings of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik as a mere courtesy call or a personal one. Adding further fuel to the speculation of a new political equation in the country, Janata Dal (Secular) leader and […]

Bhubaneswar: Though the context of visit of leaders like Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JDU’s Sharad Yadav to Odisha is something which should not be read too much into, but it is difficult to keep a lid on the whiff of a new political equation when they along with Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik […]

Bhubaneswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s admiration to chief minister Naveen Patnaik on demonetisation issue has led to speculation on prospect of a new political equation even as both the parties have ruled out any such political understanding. Not only the Prime Minister, but also his Cabinet colleagues like Piyus Goyal, Arun Jaitely, Rajnath Singh had […]

Bhubaneswar: A gang of inter-state dacoits, who are most-wanted in five eastern states of the country, are involved in the loot at the UCO Bank’s Bapuji Nagar branch here on September 28, said Police Commissioner YB Khurania today. Talking to media persons, Khurania said, “We have got substantial lead in the UCO Bank dacoity case. […]

A gupchup trader running his business in Jajpur Road was detained by the district police today on charges of trading in fake currency and suspected links with global terrorist organisation ISIS

Kolkata: Taking potshots on Priyanka Gandhi’s entry into politics ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls, Bihar Deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said an election is “not a beauty contest” and people will cast their vote on the basis of past performance. “An election is neither a wrestling […]

Patna: Culling of poultry birds is under way in parts of Bihar two days after reports of large-scale death of hens, crows and other birds led to panic among people about bird flu, triggering a drastic decline in chicken consumption, officials said on Saturday. Officials of the state’s animal and fisheries resource department said culling […]

New Delhi: The Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest six seats while the BJP and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest 17 seats each, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar under a seat-sharing formula, BJP President Amit Shah announced on Sunday. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the JD-U also agreed to give […]