Bihar minister, accused in 2014 kidnapping case, resigns amid protests by oppositions
Patna/IBNS: A minister in Bihar's Nitish Kumar government, who is an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, resigned on Wednesday night amid protests by the opposition.
Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to withdraw support from BJP-led govt in Manipur
Guwahati/IBNS: Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is likely to withdraw support from the BJP-led government in Manipur, media reports said.
'Became CM in 2020 due to pressure': Nitish Kumar reveals after BJP's betrayal allegation
Patna/IBNS: Nitish Kumar, who won the floor test Wednesday to prove the majority of the 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance government in the state Assembly, revealed that he agreed to become the Chief Minister in 2020 even as his party bagged fewer seats than the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the election, due of "pressure".
Bihar: Nitish Kumar wins floor test in Assembly
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday won the floor test to prove the majority of the 'Mahagathbandhan' alliance government in the state Assembly.
Bihar Assembly Speaker from BJP quits ahead of Nitish Kumar's floor test
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, an MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Wednesday stepped down from the post ahead of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's floor test, media reports said.
Nitish Kumar to expand Cabinet tomorrow
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will expand his Cabinet on Tuesday, with a chunk of seats going to alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), media reports said.
Independence Day: Nitish Kumar promises 20 lakhs jobs and employment in Bihar
Patna/UNI: In less than a week after the formation of a new government with the Grand Alliance, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday announced that his government would provide 20 lakhs jobs and employment in the state while hoisting the tricolour to mark 76th Independence Day.
Patna/UNI: After break up with BJP, the JD (U) leaders in Bihar have started pitching for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as Opposition's prime ministerial candidate in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. But the NCP on Sunday dismissed the possibility, stating that the candidate selection would be done by the elected MPs of the opposition parties after parliamentary elections.
Tejashwi Yadav meets Sonia Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury in Delhi
New Delhi/UNI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi and CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury in the national capital.
Will Nitish Kumar's breakup with BJP help rainbow Opposition or puncture anti-Modi club?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which was basking in the glory of winning back control over Maharashtra politics, had a deja vu moment Tuesday after it lost the key eastern Indian state of Bihar, courtesy Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's yet another political somersault. Only this time the saffron camp was the casualty.
Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for 8th time
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the record eighth time Wednesday.
Nitish Kumar to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister today
Patna: Nitish Kumar will take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on Wednesday, marking a major development in the political paradigm of the state.
Patna/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Tejashwi Yadav, who stitched ties with Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) to become the deputy chief minister of the new alliance government, said the Bharatiya Janata Party only knows "to divide people on communal lines."
Take a look at Nitish Kumar's partner-swapping spree in his political marriage of convenience
Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar Tuesday apparently took the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) off-guard by stripping it off power by dumping the saffron MLAs in the Opposition bench, restitching the severed ties with Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress.
Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM of Grand Alliance tomorrow, Tejashwi Yadav as deputy
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar, who ditched the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday, asked that he be named the Chief Minister of Bihar as the head of a new "Grand Alliance" which includes Tejashwi Yadav and other Opposition parties.