Bihar Polls 2025: Seat-sharing talks intensify across NDA, INDIA alliances

Following the announcement of the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025, political activity has intensified in the state with parties — from Congress, to the BJP and the JD(U) — looking to finalise the first list of candidates in the coming days so that...

Five rivers and many migrations

With the 17th century nearing its end, Punjab stood at a crossroads. In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh challenged Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s authority with a radical act that would determine the destiny of undivided Punjab, a vast region crisscrossed by...

Bihar Assembly Elections dates announced: All you should know about dates, phases, key seats, candidates

The Election Commission of India on Monday announced the schedule for the much-anticipated Bihar Assembly elections. The polls will be held in two phases - the first phase on November 6 and the second on November 11. The counting of votes will...

Bihar: Parties expect higher turnout with migrant voters’ return during festival

PATNA: With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing two-phase Bihar assembly elections on November 6 and 11 — coinciding with the state’s festive season beginning with Diwali on October 20 and culminating in Chhath on October 28 —,...

Milano Techno Engineering, MD Ordered to Refund Rs4.12 Crore to Investors, SEBI Bars Directors from Markets

Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has directed Milani Techno Engineering Ltd (MTEL/ noticee 1) and the company’s managing director (MD) Prithi Paul Singh Sethi (noticee 2), to refund Rs4.12 crore collected from...

Former min Gayatri Prajapati stable after jail attack, accused held

Former Samajwadi Party minister Gayatri Prajapati, who was allegedly attacked by a fellow inmate inside Lucknow district jail on Tuesday evening, remains stable, police confirmed on Wednesday. Prajapati was shifted to King George Medical...

NDA’s Rs 62,000 Cr poll bonanza blunts Opposition's ‘vote chori’ plank

Nothing quite loosens the government’s purse strings like an impending election, especially one that is widely touted to be a close contest. Repeatedly shunned over its long-standing demand for a special economic package despite its...

ECI winds up visit to Bihar; parties intensify efforts to seal seat-sharing deal

PATNA: With the three-member Election Commission of India (ECI) team winding up its two-day visit to election bound state on Sunday, ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Opposition parties have intensified their efforts to seal the...

HARYANA GOVT APPOINTS CHAIRMEN AND VICE-CHAIRMEN OF MARKET COMMITTEES IN 22 DISTRICTS

Face2News/Chandigarh The Haryana Government has constituted market committees in all 22 districts of the state and released the list of appointed Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen. As per the orders issued by the government, these newly appointed office...

Congress Appoints New District Presidents Across Odisha

Bhubaneswar: The Congress on Friday announced the appointment of new district presidents for 35 districts committees of Odisha as part of the party’s organizational restructuring drive. The appointments, cleared by the Congress President, follow...

Congress Bolsters Odisha Leadership: AICC Appoints 35 District Presidents

In a significant move to revitalise its grassroots network, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) has announced the appointment of presidents for 35 district and urban Congress committees across Odisha. The decisions, cleared by Pradesh Congress...

‘Nishaanchi’ movie review: Anurag Kashyap returns with Gangs of Kanpur, sprays idioms and bullets

Noted French filmmaker and screenwriter Jean Renoir once said, a director makes only one movie in his life. Then he breaks it up and makes it again. A decade back, I related to this famous quote while watching movies of Mahesh Bhatt and Ram Gopal...

Priyanka Gandhi To Attend Women's Conclave In Patna, Rally At Motihari On Friday As Bihar Poll Campaign Intensifies

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Patna: Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra will be in Bihar on Friday for a day-long tour during which she is scheduled to interact with women self-help groups and address a...

Bihar Assembly polls: Cong forms 39-member election committee

Patna: The Congress has accelerated its preparations for Bihar's upcoming Assembly elections by forming a 39-member election committee on Tuesday, according to party sources. According to an order issued by the Congress General Secretary...

Good vs evil fight takes 3D shape, AI adds style

From AI-powered effects to heightened devotional fervour, the celebrations promise an unforgettable experience for all generations.On Thursday, Delhi’s skyline will blaze with towering effigies as Ravana, the symbol of evil, rises again, only to...

Top Congress leaders huddle at CWC meet in Patna today. What's on the agenda?

Bihar Elections 2025: Senior Congress leaders gathered in Patna today for the amm-important Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting being held in the run yp to the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled later this year. The last meeting of the CWC,...

Bhishmar: Dhyan Sreenivasan-Vishnu Unnikrishnan's next is a comedy entertainer

The first look poster for East Coast Vijayan's next movie "Bheeshmar," which stars Vishnu Unnikrishnan and Dhyan Sreenivasan in the key roles, has been unveiled. The makers released the poster on the occasion of Vijayadashami today (October 2)....

Bihar: PM to transfer ₹10,000 each to 7.5mn women on Sept 26 under CM employment scheme

Nearly 7.5 million women in Bihar, cutting across caste and community, will receive ₹10,000 each in their bank accounts on September 26 as initial capital under the Nitish Kumar government’s newly launched ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’, a...

SIR: 'Final' Bihar voter roll still a mystery, leaves Grand Alliance baffled

As the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday (September 30) published the ‘final’ electoral rolls for poll-bound Bihar, the Opposition’s Grand Alliance, which had launched a blistering tirade against the poll panel’s special intensive revision (SIR)...

What is Navaratri, the Hindu festival of nine nights?

What is Navaratri, the Hindu festival of nine nights? (RNS) — Celebrations of Navaratri, which means ‘nine nights’ in Sanskrit, differ widely across Indian regions. Indian women wearing traditional attire pose for pictures as they practice the...