ASHOK KUMAR

Bihar CM's aide Ashok Choudhary criticized Lalu Prasad's family, including Rabri Devi, for attending Anant Ambani's wedding amid their criticism. Tejashwi Yadav confirmed the invitation. Choudhary praised CM Nitish Kumar’s humility at Patna expressw...

Agriculture and FMCG sectors say that the budget must prioritise funding for climate-smart agriculture and creating better infrastructure facilities for farmers and other stakeholders.

On recent incidents of bridge collapses in Bihar, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said, "It is monsoon time. There has been an abnormal amount of rain, which is the reason behind the collapse of bridges. But, the CM of the state is very sensitive to...

Justice Ashok Kumar Jain of the high court issued the notices to the NTA and the central government and sought their response. The court considered the matter to be serious and scheduled the hearing on July 10, counsel for petitioners Rampratap Sain...

The election for the Speaker of the 18th Lok Sabha is expected to take place on June 26, during the special session of Parliament running until July 3, 2024. However, with the BJP falling short of a majority by 32 seats, there's uncertainty about wh...

On Wednesday, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted its chargesheet against 12 individuals, among them foreign-based designated terrorist Goldy Barar, and numerous gangsters implicated in the December murder of Karni Sena chief Sukhdev S...

Aatral Ashok Kumar, the AIADMK's Erode candidate was said to be the richest of the 950 MP aspirants who contested the April 19 Lok Sabha polls in Tamil Nadu and he had declared assets worth over Rs 500 crore. Despite putting up a good fight, the deb...

Industrialist and two-time MP Naveen Jindal had joined the BJP in March this year, ending his two decade long association with the Congress. He won from Kurukshetra in Haryana by a margin of over 29,000 votes. Jitin Prasada, Uttar Pradesh PWD minist...

RBI approves Committee of Executives in Tamilnad Mercantile Bank as an interim arrangement. CoE comprises S Narayanan, D Ramesh, PR Ashok Kumar. Bank selecting suitable candidates for top post, unclear why Krishnan's successor not selected after 8 m...

Patna's B N College final-year student, Harsh Kumar, was fatally attacked by masked assailants at Patna Law College's parking lot. The 22-year-old, politically active student, died after being beaten with rods and bricks. The motive behind the assau...

Allahbad, a key constituency in Uttar Pradesh, is set to face off against Bharatiya Janata Party's Neeraj Tripthi, Bahujan Samajwadi Party's Ramesh Kumar Patel, and Congress' Ujjwal Rewati Raman Singh in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The constituenc...

Manjushree Khaitan, the chairperson of Kesoram Industries Limited and a prominent figure in the B K Birla Group, passed away at the age of 65 in her Kolkata home after a brief illness. She had been a member of the Kesoram Board since October 1998 an...

Shambhavi, who did her graduation from Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College and MA in sociology from Delhi School of Economics, is locked in a direct contest with Sunny Hazari, a nominee of Congress, who is contesting as part of RJD-led Mahagath...

The bankruptcy court has admitted Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd's (IHFL) application to initiate insolvency resolution proceedings against Essel Group chairman Subhash Chandra for default by a company called Vivek Infracon. Chandra was a personal g...

BJP media cell head Anil Baluni is away in Uttarakhand where he is contesting from the Pauri Garhwal seat. Most of the leaders who wanted to hop on to BJP bandwagon have done so, though a few more are said to be in the pipeline. This is just the lul...

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar allocates portfolios to NDA ministers; retains Home and General Administration, Samrat Chaudhary gets Finance and Commercial, Vijay Sinha gets Road Construction, Mines and Geology, and Art & Culture. The cabinet expansion comes...

Ashok Chavan is likely to be BJP's Rajya Sabha candidate. However, BJP has not revealed its cards yet, with Fadnavis claiming that the decision would be taken by the leadership in New Delhi. "One of the senior most leaders in the state has joined us...

Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav announced that his party's alliance with Congress in Uttar Pradesh under the INDIA bloc is "off to a good start" with reservation of 11 seats for the latter ahead of the 2024 polls. However, the SP has kept ...

The Congress has announced constructive seat-sharing talks between senior party leader Ashok Gehlot and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, with a final formula expected soon. The Congress claims that the talks are positive and constructive, and t...