Tag: Nitish Kumar

Student polls bring fresh tension in JD(U)-BJP relation in Bihar

The cause of fresh tension is the alleged move by Prashant Kishor, JD-U vice-president considered very close to chief minister Nitish Kumar, to meddle in the Patna University Students’ Union (PUSU) elections and work in favour of his party.

December 5, 2018

Coordinated cover-up

Almost a year after the crime was exposed, the Bihar government is on the mat again, indeed disgraced by the Supreme Court. The Central Bureau of Investigation has been authorised by the apex judiciary to take over the probe into cases of abuse and sexual attacks on inmates of no fewer than 17 shelter homes …

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November 30, 2018

Tejashwi Yadav accuses Bihar CM Nitish Kumar of snooping

Reports say the angle of CCTV cameras fitted atop the wall of the CM's official residence has been fixed in such a way that it captures every activity in the official residence of Tejashwi located just behind it

November 16, 2018

Prayers offered to Sun to mark Chhath festival in Bihar

Colourful idols of the Sun God riding his chariot with seven horses, a new attraction this year, were sold on the riverbanks. 

November 13, 2018

Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha meets Sharad Yadav amidst speculation

The meeting comes amid war of words between Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Kushwaha which took an ugly turn on Sunday when the RLSP chief accused the JD-U President of poaching his MLAs.

November 12, 2018

Was revolt ‘orchestrated’ to delay seat-sharing deal with Nitish Kumar’s JD-U?

According to him, JDU has lost its significant support base over the past few years owing its bizarre moves to frequently desert its allies midway.

November 10, 2018

‘Kite-flying’: Bihar allies on Nitish Kumar-Amit Shah’s seat-sharing pact in Bihar

The NDA allies expressed their reservation after reports emerged that BJP and the JD(U) are expected to field candidates on 34 out of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

November 9, 2018

Bihar constables attack officers, probe ordered

They said the woman constable died due to sheer negligence and the "inhuman and authoritarian stance of her seniors".

November 2, 2018

Ram Vilas Paswan under pressure to refrain from LS contest

Paswan has lost his home Lok Sabha seat only thrice in the past 41 years since he contested the first LS elections in 1977.

October 30, 2018

BJP, JD(U) will contest equal number of seats in Bihar LS polls: Amit Shah

The details of the number of seats and the constituencies from which the parties would contest would be made public in two-three days.

October 27, 2018

BJP ally JD-U dares Union Minister to change name of Bakhtiyarpur

Sanjay Singh, considered close to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, dared Giriraj to change the name of Bakhtiyarpur. 

October 22, 2018

Bihar: RJD depicts Tejashwi as ‘Ram’, CM Nitish Kumar as ‘Ravan’

The huge poster surfaced on the busy Birchand Patel Marg, nearly 50 metres from Janata Dal-United (JD-U) state headquarters. 

October 17, 2018

Gujarat minister to visit Bihar to invite Nitish for unveiling of Statue of Unity

"Saurabh Patel will visit Bihar with a delegation after October 22 to invite Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the unveiling function of Statue of Unity," said a statement from his office.

October 16, 2018

Bihar: CM Nitish appoints Prashant Kishor as JD-U Vice President

The Grand Alliance comprised the JD-U, Lalu Prasad's RJD and the Congress and it humbled the BJP-led alliance. 

October 16, 2018

Student throws sandal at Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Tiwari was quickly detained by the police. But some Janata Dal-United workers still managed to thrash him before the student was taken away. 

October 11, 2018

Harder and harder for Nitish to defend his decision to rejoin NDA

The latest embarrassment has come in the form of open rejection of his demand for granting Special Category status to Bihar by the 15th Finance Commission which paid a two-day visit to the state this week.

October 5, 2018

Nitish Kumar may abandon NDA before Lok Sabha polls: Digvijaya Singh

In the Opposition, RJD, Congress, HAM of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and Left parties are working together.

October 3, 2018