Nitish Kumar proposes to raise Bihar caste quotas to 65 pct past Supreme Court cap
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has proposed increasing reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as well as Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes, to 65 percent.
Bihar caste survey released, data shows 36 percent people belong to Extremely Backward Classes
Bihar released the result of a caste-based survey on Monday which showed 36 per cent of the population belong to the 'Extremely Backward Classes'.
'I don't aspire for the PM's post' : Nitish reiterates
Patna, Sep 25 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reiterated that he does not aspire to become the Prime Minister of the country and was busy in uniting opposition parties.
Nitish Kumar doubts BJP's intention on passing Women's Reservation Bill
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday expressed serious doubt over the intention of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in implementing the Women's Reservation Bill even after its clearance in the Parliament.
Welcoming the Nari Shakti Vandan Bill for reservation to women, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday demanded provision for quota for the backward and extremely backward classes in it.
Bihar: Boat accident in Muzaffarpur leads 18 children go missing
Patna/IBNS: Eighteen children went missing after a boat overturned in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Thursday morning, media reports said.
More political parties likely to join INDIA alliance: Opposition
Mumbai/IBNS: The leading political leaders of the INDIA alliance, who came to Mumbai for the third meeting, Thursday hinted that more political parties will be included to forge a strong front of the opposition against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and win the 2024 general elections.
Nitish Kumar refutes speculations about contesting Lok Sabha elections from UP's Phoolpur
Patna/IBNS/UNI: Reacting sharply at reports of him contesting Lok Sabha elections from Phoolpur parliamentary seat in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar settled down the speculations by ruling out the same.
Lakhisarai/IBNS/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday dubbed Rahul Gandhi as a "failed leader" who has been continuously launched unsuccessfully by Congress for the last twenty years.
Opposition parties reach 'consensus' to fight 2024 polls together at mega Patna meet
Patna/IBNS: Sixteen non-BJP political parties, who met in Patna on Friday, claimed they have arrived at a consensus to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls together to defeat the saffron party, whose rule according to them "was not in the interest of the people of India".
Nitish Kumar hosts rainbow opposition camp in Patna in search for 'defeat Modi' formula
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar is hosting here a mega meeting of opposition leaders, who are often at the loggerheads with each other in respective states, in a bid to strategise for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will seek a third straight term.
Top opposition leaders arrive in Patna for mega anti-BJP parties' meeting tomorrow
Patna/IBNS/UNI: In a major step towards forging national-level unity to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, top opposition leaders including Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee arrived here on Thursday, on the eve of the meeting of anti-BJP parties.
Mamata Banerjee meets Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi in Patna ahead of mega Oppositions' meet
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna ahead of the grand opposition meeting.
Bihar: Newly inducted minister in Nitish cabinet, Ratnesh Sada, takes oath
Patna/UNI: Bihar Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Friday administered oath to newly inducted Minister Ratnesh Sada of the cabinet headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Longtime rivals to come together at Oppositions' big Patna meet on June 23
New Delhi/IBNS: The Oppositions' meeting on June 23 in Patna will see longtime rivals coming together to take on the mighty Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the general elections next year.