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Nitish Kumar to be Sworn-in as Bihar Chief Minister on Monday

November 15, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 15: Nitish Kumar will be sworn-in as the chief minister of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term on Monday. After being elected the leader of the NDA by all its partners, Nitish drove to the Raj-Bhavan to call on the governor Phagu Chauhan and staked his claim to form the […]

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Shiv Sena Leader Hits Out at Barrack Obama for Critical Remarks on Rahul Gandhi

November 14, 2020 Editor In Chief

MUMBAI, Nov 14: While most of the Congress leaders preferred to ignore the former United States president Barrack Obama’s adverse comments on Rahul Gandhi, except some leaders claiming that the former Congress president had “changed” since he met Obama last time, the Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday decried a foreign leader making such […]

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Nitish Kumar May Stick to his Offer to Quit in Favour of BJP, Crucial NDA Meet on Sunday

November 13, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 13: Even though Nitish Kumar taking over as the chief minister of Bihar for the fourth consecutive term is considered to be a foregone conclusion, a de-spirited JD(U) leader is learnt to be reluctant to continue in view of his party’s poor showing in the just-concluded Assembly elections. Kumar told […]

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Roving Periscope: Melania may dump Trump, get $50 mn!

November 13, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In India, we would call it election ke side-effects! The world, particularly America, waits with bated breath if and when Donald Trump leaves the White House. And if and when his third wife Melania dumps Trump by divorcing him! Officially, Trump has not yet been declared defeated in the November 3 […]

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Nitish May Take Oath on Monday, But MGB Though Down, Not Out

November 12, 2020 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Nov 12: Even though the electoral process in Bihar is over with the election commission handing over the final list of winning candidates to the governor and Nitish Kumar is preparing to take oath as the chief minister for the fourth term, the principal opponent the Rashtriya Janata Dal-led “Mahagathbandhan” (MGB) […]

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Economy: With green shoots visible, Centre gives Rs. 2 trn booster shot

November 11, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As the Indian economy limps back to normalcy after the two-quarters of Covid-19 inflicted gloom, the Narendra Modi Government, on Wednesday injected an Rs. 2 lakh crore (Rs. 2 trillion) booster shot to make it run in the remaining five months of the current fiscal (2020-21). The Union Cabinet approved spending […]

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Full tally of Bihar Assembly Election 2020

November 11, 2020 Vinayak Barot

Patna: Bihar Assembly election has announced on Tuesday late night. The National Democratic Alliance(NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(United) is all set for another term in Bihar by crossing the majority mark of 122 seats. According to the Election Commission of India, all NDA partners- BJP, JD(U), […]

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MP Already in Its Kitty, BJP Continue to Show Good Results in By-elections

November 10, 2020 Vinayak Barot

NEW DELHI, Nov 10: In the high-voltage by-elections for 28 seats in the Madhya Pradesh state Assembly, the BJP ministry headed by Shivraj Singh Chauhan has comfortably swum to safety by winning five of the seats and establishing unbeatable leads in another 14 constituencies. The BJP having 107 members in the 230-member House needed another […]

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Roving Periscope: Trump sacks defense chief, keeps others guessing

November 10, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many had rightly guessed that even if he loses the Presidential election, an unconventional Donald Trump would not easily bow out of power in January 2021. He would first give a spirited fight to his adversary. But few had guessed that he would start doing so by sacking his own Defense […]

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POTUS poll: Russia, China still wait for the ‘real’ victor!

November 9, 2020 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Many countries, including India, have congratulated Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Junior on his election as the next US President, but Russia and China, America’s old and new adversaries, have remained silent to officially acknowledge the poll result. Moscow and Beijing appeared skeptical as to who would really take oath in the […]