JD (U) to contest three Lok Sabha seats in UP
Patna, Mar 13 (UNI) JD (U), a major ally of NDA will field three candidates in Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha election.
Nitish Kumar's JD (U) to contest election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party
Patna, Mar 4 (UNI) A day after NDA`s ‘Sankalp Rally’, JD(U) today decided to contest Lok Sabha election outside Bihar to acquire status of national party and also took a resolve to ensure victory of NDA candidates in all 40 seats in Bihar.
Nitish Kumar blasts Rahul Gandhi for ‘compromising’ with corruption, Congress slams
Patna, Feb 4 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit out at Congress chief Rahul Gandhi for allying with the RJD of Lalu Prasad.
Citizenship Amendment Bill: NE allies of BJP to meet in Guwahati
Guwahati, Jan 28 (IBNS): Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Nitish Kumar-led JD (U) and six other BJP allies in the North Eastern region have decided to jointly fight against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016.
Narendra Modi’s BJP in trouble as both its Bihar allies oppose contentious issues
New Delhi, Jan 5 (The Bihar Post/IBNS): In an embarrassment to the BJP, the JD-U headed by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has announced to oppose the contentious issues being raked up by its saffron partner ahead of upcoming LS polls.
JDU Jharkhand state president Jhaleshwar Mahato joins Congress
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IBNS): JDU Jharkhand state president Jhaleshwar Mahato has joined the Congress.
Bihar JD(U) lawmaker Shyam Bahadur Singh quits
Patna, Dec 24 (IBNS): Bihar Janata Dal (United) lawmaker Shyam Bahadur Singh on Monday resigned from the primary membership of his party.
'Saturated' Nitish Kumar wants to step down: RLSP leader Kushwaha
Patna, Nov 1 (IBNS): RLSP leader Upendra Kushwaha, whose party is an ally of the ruling Janata Dal (United) that leads the Bihar government, has recently claimed that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar wants to step down, media reports said.
BJP, JDU to contest equal number of seats for Lok Sabha polls next year: Amit Shah
New Delhi, Oct 26 (IBNS): BJP President Amit Shah on Friday Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) and his party will contest in an equal number of seats for Lok Sabha Elections 2019 in Bihar.
NDA nominates JD(U)'s Harivansh Narayan Singh as candidate for RS deputy chairman election
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IBNS): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has chosen Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) leader Harivansh Narayan Singh as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha deputy chairman election, media reports said.
Kumaraswamy to take oath as Karnataka CM today in a show of anti-BJP opposition unity
Bengaluru, May 23 (IBNS): In the presence of anti-BJP opposition leaders from across the nation, HD Kumaraswamy of Janata Dal (Secular) will take oath as the new Karnataka Chief Minister in Bengaluru on Wednesday, installing the Congress-JD(S) coalition government in the southern state after the BJP's exit in the absence of a majority required to run a government.
Won't compromise with communalism: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Apr 5 (IBNS): Sending out a strong message to his ally partner Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he should not be expected to compromise with communalism, media reports said.
New Delhi, Mar 28 (IBNS): In yet another major development, Christopher Wylie, the whistleblower who exposed the Facebook data breach scandal, on Wednesday unveiled several activities performed by Cambridge Analytica in India.
Nitish Kumar is spineless and most coward CM of the country: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna, Mar 20 (IBNS): Training his gun at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has said the former is spineless and the most coward CM of the country.
Lalu ridicules JD-U’s move to go it alone in Gujarat, says same will happen in Bihar too
Patna, Oct 29 (TheBiharPost): RJD president Lalu Prasad on Sunday ridiculed JD-U’s move to go it alone in the Gujarat assembly elections and predicted the same would ultimately happen in Bihar too.