PM Modi in Guwahati to take stock of Assam floods
August 01, 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Guwahati on Tuesday to take stock of the flood situation in the state. On July 25, an inter-ministerial team, comprising seven members, had visited the state to assess the damage caused by recent floods. After meeting Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on July 18, the PM had […]
PM will win again in 2019, nobody can take him on: Nitish
July 31, 2017 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has voiced his support today for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who will contest elections again in 2019. “No one has the strength to compete with Narendra Modi,” Kumar said, once touted as a worthy contender to the PM’s post. “Modi-ji ka muqabla karne ki kisi mein chhamta […]
Fresh Chinese incursion reported in Uttarakhand
31 Jul 2017 Chinese border guards entered one kilometre into Indian territory and threatened shepherds grazing cattle in the Barahoti area of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, official sources said on Monday. The incident took place on the morning of July 25 when a group of shepherds were asked to vacate the land by troops of the People’s Liberation Army, officials in […]
Patna HC dismisses 2 PILs challenging new Nitish government
July 31, 2017 The Patna high court on Monday dismissed two petitions challenging formation of the new government by Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal-United along with the Bharatiya Janata Party, saying no intervention of the court is required after floor test in the state assembly. The two PILs had challenged the formation of the new government on […]
Nitish Kumar sails through trust vote, attacks RJD over graft (Round-up)
Patna, July 28 (IANS) Two days after dramitcally embracing the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday had a smooth sail in the confidence vote in the Bihar assembly after he attacked his former ally RJD, saying secularism cannot be used as cover-up for corruption. After a two-hour discussion on the motion of confidence moved […]
Lok Sabha passes bill to give more autonomy to IIMs
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017, that aims to give the premier institutes more autonomy by restricting government role and enable them to grant degrees. “After the bill is passed, there will be no government role in the appointment of Board of Directors […]
India’s NSA Doval calls on Chinese President
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Friday, on the sidelines of a meeting of BRICS top security officials. Doval, along with his counterparts from member countries – Brazil, Russia and South Africa — called on Xi after the 7th BRICS Meeting of High […]
Nitish wins trust vote; Tejashwi asks ‘aren’t you ashamed’
July 28, 2017 The Nitish Kumar government on Friday won the crucial confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly. The ruling coalition of the Janata Dal-United, the Bharatiya Janata Party and others got 131 votes while the opposition got 108 votes, Speaker Vijay Kumar Chowdhury said. The trust vote was taken through lobby division. Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs protested […]
As Nitish joins NDA, 2019 poll prospect looks rosy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bid to retain power in 2019 looks stronger than ever, with the Bharatiya Janata Party now reigning over the north, west and the east, quite the way the Congress did in its heyday. With the Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar forming a government with the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar on Thursday, the […]
Hours after resignation, Nitish back as CM with Sushil Modi in tow
July 27, 2017 A little more than 12 hours after 66-year-old Kumar resigned to break ranks with his allies — Lalu Yadav’s Rashtriya Janata Dal party and the Congress — he was back in office after being sworn in by Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi at the Raj Bhawan. Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi was […]
