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Nitish's position not the same in BJP as he had in Grand Alliance, says Congress

Aug 01, 2017, at 04:18 pm

Patna, Aug 1 (IBNS): Taking a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Congress said that the former does not enjoy a similar status in the BJP coalition he had in the Grand Alliance, reports said.

Nitish Kumar has ‘surrendered’ before PM Modi, says Bihar Opp leader Tejashwi

Aug 01, 2017, at 02:32 am

Patna, July 31 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday jeered at Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar terming him as a “new bhakta” (disciple) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nobody has the capacity to take on Modi: Nitish Kumar on 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Jul 31, 2017, at 10:58 pm

Patna, July 31 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday backed Narendra Modi and said he will return as the Prime Minister of the country in 2019.

Nitish Kumar wins trust vote in Bihar assembly, RJD cries betrayal of people

Jul 28, 2017, at 09:53 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote with the support of 131 MLAs in the Assembly on Friday even as his erstwhile partner RJD spewed venom terming the new alliance of Nitish with BJP as a betrayal of people's trust.

Nitish Kumar insulted people of Bihar: Tejashwi Yadav

Jul 28, 2017, at 07:33 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): After JD(U)-BJP alliance won the trust vote in the Bihar Assembly on Friday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar insulted the people of the state as they voted against the saffron party in 2015.

CM Nitish Kumar faces trust vote today in Bihar Assembly

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:49 pm

Patna, July 28 (IBNS): Politics in Bihar is all set to witness a crucial day as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will face a trust vote in the Assembly on Friday.

Battle for Bihar throne reaches court, two separate petitions filed in Patna HC

Jul 28, 2017, at 01:32 am

Patna, July 27 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The battle for the Bihar throne reached court on Thursday shortly after JD-U leader Nitish Kumar was invited to form government with the support of the BJP against which the party had got the mandate in the last 2015 assembly elections.

People do anything for power in Indian politics: Rahul on Nitish alliance swap

Jul 27, 2017, at 06:31 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): Soon after Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time swapping the alliance with RJD-Congress for BJP a night ago, Congress Vice-president Rahul Gandhi said it is a problem in Indian politics that for self-interest people do anything.

Decision to form government with BJP taken for the interest of Bihar: Nitish Kumar

Jul 27, 2017, at 05:21 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): After taking an oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar said the decision of forming the government in an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was taken for the interest of the people in the state.

Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister

Jul 27, 2017, at 04:25 pm

Patna, July 27 (IBNS): Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar on Thursday morning.

Corruption charges are baseless, Lalu says on Nitish Kunmar's resignation

Jul 27, 2017, at 02:27 am

Patna, July 26 (IBNS): Besides making a scathing attack over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweets, RJD chief Lalu Prasad claimed that Nitish Kumar, who resigned as Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday, was informed that the corruption charges brought against his son and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav were baseless.

PM Modi praises Nitish Kumar's decision to resign for fighting against corruption

Jul 27, 2017, at 01:10 am

New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his support to Nitish Kumar after the latter resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar over the ongoing feud with his deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on corruption issue.

Bihar plunges into political crisis as Nitish Kumar resigns as CM

Jul 27, 2017, at 12:48 am

Patna, July 26 (IBNS): Plunging Bihar into a political crisis, Nitish Kumar resigned as the Chief Minister of the state on Wednesday over the ongoing feud with his deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on corruption issue.

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM

Jul 27, 2017, at 12:29 am

New Delhi, July 26 (IBNS): Nitish Kumar on Wednesday stepped down as the Bihar Chief Minister after he met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi in the evening, reports said.

Nitish Kumar spending day with RJD, night in the company of BJP, alleges RJD

Jul 25, 2017, at 02:17 am

Patna, July 24 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The RJD on Monday launched a blistering attack on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and described him as a man who spends the day with RJD but night in the company of the BJP.

Nitish Kumar may not return to power next time: Harvard study

Jul 24, 2017, at 02:12 am

Patna, July 23 (TheBiharPost): A study conducted by a Harvard University scholar has indicated JD-U leader Nitish Kumar may not return to Bihar next time owing to multiple reasons.

Nitish Kumar meets Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi

Jul 22, 2017, at 11:21 pm

New Delhi, July 22 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is currently in New Delhi, met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi here, media reports said.

Amid cold war, Nitish Kumar meets Tejashwi Yadav

Jul 19, 2017, at 02:13 am

Patna, July 18 (IBNS): Amid cold war between the two parties, JD(U) and RJD, over Bihar Deputy CM's holding on to post despite charges against him, chief minister Nitish Kumar met Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday.

Bihar crisis: Nitish, Lalu call separate meetings with lawmakers

Jul 16, 2017, at 04:59 pm

Patna, July 16 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad have called separate meetings of lawmakers in Patna on Sunday, as a part of the preparation for Monday's presidential polls, media reports said.

Bihar political crisis deepens, Tejashwi Yadav skips event attended by Nitish Kumar

Jul 16, 2017, at 03:42 am

Patna, July 15 (IBNS): The political crisis in Bihar deepened further on Saturday when state Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav did not attend an event where he was supposed to share the dais with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.

JDU maintains hard stand over Tejeshwar, angry Lalu in touch with Congress

Jul 11, 2017, at 08:00 pm

Patna, Jul 11 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): As Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD-U hardens its stand over Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, named an accused in a corruption case, RJD chief Lalu Prasad too has announced not to “buckle” under pressures anymore, media reports said on Tuesday.

Will extend support to Nitish if he lands in trouble over Tejashwi: BJP

Jul 11, 2017, at 02:31 am

Patna, July 10 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The opposition BJP on Monday announced to extend support to the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar in case it lands in trouble in the event of Kumar sacking his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.

Nitish leaves for Rajgir as Meira Kumar lands in Patna

Jul 07, 2017, at 03:10 am

Patna, July 6 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is said to be suffering from viral fever, on Thursday suddenly left for his hometown Rajgir in Nalanda district barely hours before opposition’s presidential candidate Meira Kumar was to reach Patna, fuelling speculations.

Bihar: I do not have any aspiration to become PM, says state CM Nitish Kumar

Jul 03, 2017, at 08:14 pm

Patna, Jul 3 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday categorically ruled himself out of the race to become the prime minister, saying he doesn’t have any such aspiration.

No plan to do politics outside Bihar: Nitish Kumar

Jul 02, 2017, at 11:02 pm

Patna, July 2 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he would do his politics in Bihar only and work for state’s development.

Vice-presidential polls: Allies skeptical about next move of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Jul 01, 2017, at 10:10 pm

Patna, Jul 1 (BiharPost/IBNS) : Now that the date of the vice-presidential elections has been announced, all eyes are on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as to what step he takes.

Tejashwi slams Nitish Kumar in his Dil Ki Baat

Jun 26, 2017, at 02:27 am

Patna, June 25 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Sunday launched the bitterest attack state chief minister Nitish Kumar for displaying “opportunistic” behavior, saying the latter can make temporary political gains but history will not spare him.

There is always risk in sailing on two boats, join ‘NDA ship,’ Paswan tells Nitish

Jun 25, 2017, at 02:17 am

Patna, June 24 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president and union minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday suggested Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar not to sail on two boats saying this could prove disastrous for him.

Setback to Opp unity as JD-U ‘decides’ to support NDA’s Presidential candidate

Jun 21, 2017, at 10:47 pm

Patna, June 21 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The JD-U has almost “decided” to support NDA Presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind who earlier served as the Governor of Bihar, according to media reports.

NDA Presidential nominee Kovind performed exceptionally well as Guv of Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar

Jun 19, 2017, at 10:57 pm

Patna, June 19 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday expressed happiness over governor Ram Nath Kovind being nominated as NDA’s presidential candidate and also praised him for his role as the governor of the state.