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Criticising Kumar's move to join BJP Tejashwi said, "The mandate was given to the Grand Alliance or the Mahagathbandhan. Today, the BJP, CM Nitish Kumar and those who voted for them in the assembly have insulted that mandate.” Bihar RJD leader and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister   Nitish Kumar   after the latter won the trust vote in the state Assembly with 131 votes. Criticising Kumar’s move to team up with the BJP to form a new government in the state, Tejashwi said, “The mandate was given to the Grand Alliance or the Mahagathbandhan. Today, the BJP, CM Nitish Kumar and those who voted for them in the Assembly have insulted that mandate.” He claimed the newly formed alliance had no answer to the questions raised by him and that the JD(U) will be punished by the people for breaking the trust they had placed in the Mahagathbandhan in the 2015 state Assembly elections. “The people of Bihar will teach them a lesson; w

This is a jolt for the Congress that has been facing trouble within the party evident in the cross-voting in the presidential election which took place on July 17, and later the exit of its veteran leader Shankersinh Vaghela last week. In a major setback in two consecutive days, three more Congress MLAs from Gujarat submitted their resignations to the Assembly Speaker. Congress MLAs Ramsinh Parmar, Mansingh Chouhan and Chhanabhai Chaudhary resigned on Friday, a day after three MLAs — Balwantsinh Rajput (Sidhpur), Tejashree Patel (Viramgam) and Prahlad Patel (Vijapur) — quit the party to join the BJP. “I have received the resignation of five MLAs so far,” said Speaker of Gujarat Assembly Ramanlal Vora. This is a jolt for the Congress that has been facing trouble within the party evident in the cross-voting in the presidential election which took place on July 17, and later the exit of its veteran leader Shankersinh Vaghela last week. In the presidential election, the Congress f

The rape survivor was examined by a panel of doctors at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh. The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a petition seeking its nod to terminate 32-week-old foetus of a 10-year-old rape survivor, according to news agency PTI.  The apex court gave its verdict on the basis of a medical board’s report stating that the termination of pregnancy is neither good for the girl nor for the foetus. The rape survivor was examined by a panel of doctors at Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) in Chandigarh on the direction of the top court. A bench comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud took note of the report of the medical board. The victim had been subjected to repeated rape allegedly by her maternal uncle, and the pregnancy was confirmed by doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in Chandigarh. On July 18, a local court refused permission for an

Nitish Kumar's floor test: While 131 MLAs voted in favour of the JD(U)-BJp combine, 108 MLAs voted against the confidence motion of the chief minister. Bihar Chief Minister   Nitish Kumar   had a smooth sailing in the state Assembly Friday as he won the decisive floor test with the support of the BJP. While 131 MLAs voted in favour of the JD(U)-BJp combine, 108 MLAs voted against the confidence motion of the chief minister. On Thursday, the NDA alliance submitted a list of 132 MLAs to the Governor — JD(U)’s 71, BJP 53, RLSP 2, LJP 2, HAM 1 and Independents 3. Deputy CM  Sushil Kumar  Modi thanked Congress and RJD. “If Tejashwi had resigned I would not have been here,” he said in the assembly. “The mandate of the people was not to hoard ‘benami’ property. It was not to become the owner of 26 ‘benami’ properties in 26 years,”he added. On Thursday, Kumar was sworn in along with BJP’s Sushil Kumar Modi to head the new government after he walked back into the NDA fold. Governor K

As reported by The Express Tribune, speculation within the media suggests that the party is planning to bring in an interim prime minister for a few weeks before electing Nawaz’s younger brother Shehbaz Sharif to the post. Hours after Nawaz Sharif stepped down as the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Friday following the Supreme court’s verdict in the Panama Papers scandal, the Pakistan local media speculated on the possible candidate who would become the next prime minister of the country. Sharif as the head of the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party will be able to nominate his successor who will be put to a vote in the National Assembly. As reported by The Express Tribune, speculation within the media suggests that the party is planning to bring in an interim prime minister for a few weeks before electing Nawaz’s younger brother Shehbaz Sharif to the post. Shehbaz would have to step down from his current role as the Punjab Chief Minister and be elected to the National

Lalu Prasad claimed the CBI cases against him and his family are part of a conspiracy hatched by the BJP and Nitish. "They have deceived me. Nitish Kumar has connived with the BJP to get the CBI case against me),” he alleged. Calling   Nitish Kumar   an “opportunist”, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav lashed out at the Bihar Chief Minister for ‘deceiving’ him and joining hands with BJP. “I considered him as my younger brother and told him he could be the CM. People asked me what I would do if I got more number of seats. If I was greedy, I would not have let him be the CM,” Lalu said at the press conference.  “Hum boley Shankar bhagwan ki tarah jao, raaj karo, par yeh toh Bhasmasur nikla .” Lalu Prasad reminded Nitish about his promise to never join hands with the BJP again and alleged that he forgot the “anti-communal” goals of the grand alliance. “Nitish said he’d do anything but join hands with BJP,” he said. “The mandate was against BJP, to throw out Modi-Shah out of Bihar. Th

Sikkim standoff: Indian and Chinese troops have been locked in a standoff in the trijunction area for over a month now as Indian troops had stopped the Chinese army from building a road in the area. China has claimed that the road construction was well within its territory. Amid tense border standoff between Indian and Chinese troops in Doklam, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi, in Beijing on Thursday as part of the BRICS NSAs meet. Ajit Doval is in China to attend BRICS top security officials meeting starting today. Yang separately met with senior security representatives from Brazil, South Africa, and India, PTI cited state-run Xinhua news agency. The NSA arrived here on Wednesday to take part in the two-day Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) NSAs meeting being hosted by Yang. Ajit Doval’s visit has in a lot of ways raised expectations of a possible solution between the two countries to the over a month-long standoff at

Nitish Kumar oath taking ceremony live updates: JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar takes oath of office as Bihar chief minister this morning. Sushil Kumar Modi to be Deputy CM today. What will be RJD chief Lalu Prasad's next move? Less than 24 hours after he resigned as the chief minister of Bihar stating he could no longer continue amid allegations of corruption in his government,  Janata Dal (United) leader  Nitish Kumar  came back as chief minister when he took the oath of office Thursday morning. The JD(U) leader resigned over a CBI FIR against his deputy and ally Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tejashwi Yadav. alling off the grand alliance or ‘ mahagathbandhan ‘ between JD(U), Congress and Lalu Prasad Yadav’s  Rashtriya Janata Dal , Nitish secured the support of NDA to form the next government in Bihar. LIVE updates 6:32 pm:  CBI is scrutinizing documents provided to it by railway department in Lalu Yadav railway hotel tender matter: Sources 6:30 pm:  Sitaram Yechury says, “Ever