Nitish, Tejaswi to meet PM Modi in Delhi over common demand
Aug 22, 2021, at 02:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will lead an all party delegation to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand a caste-based Census.
Rajiv Ranjan Singh appointed new JD (U) chief
Aug 01, 2021, at 04:39 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Janata Dal-United MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh has replaced RCP Singh, who was recently included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Cabinet, as the party chief, according to media reports.
Nitish Kumar assures writing to PM Modi to explore legal options for caste based census
Jul 31, 2021, at 02:07 am
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday assured the opposition that apart from writing a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for caste based census he would also explore the legal options for it.
RJD mocks Nitish Kumar over NITI Aayog report that says Bihar most backward state
Jul 30, 2021, at 01:27 am
Delhi/IBNS: Bihar is the most backward state in the country, the Centre has said in Lok Sabha in response to a question by Rajeev Ranjan Singh, an MP of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United (JDU) and the party's leader in parliament.
Jul 07, 2021, at 12:06 am
Patna/IBNS: Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal today finally made a retreat from its stance of proportional representation in the Union Cabinet based on Lok Sabha seats won by a party.
Bihar: Nitish announces more relaxations in working hours and in the night curfew
Jun 16, 2021, at 01:04 am
Patna/UNI: Following a steep decline in fresh positive cases of coronavirus, the Bihar government on Tuesday announced that it will be relaxing the night curfew by an hour and increasing the working hours of the offices and business establishments from June 16 till June 22 in the state.
Mar 15, 2021, at 01:16 am
Patna/UNI: Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) president Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday announced the merger of his party with Janata Dal (United).
Covid-19: Bihar govt gives Rs 71 lakh subsidy to distressed weavers
Mar 01, 2021, at 09:21 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Industry Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain today said the government has sanctioned Rs 71.20 lakh as subsidy to 712 weavers, who have been affected by the lockdown enforced during COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
Nitish Kumar meets PM Modi, backs Centre over agriculture laws
Feb 12, 2021, at 04:29 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Bihar: 17 ministers take oath in the first cabinet expansion
Feb 09, 2021, at 10:27 pm
Patna/UNI/IBNS: With induction of 17 new ministers in the Nitish Kumar government, the long drawn political uncertainties within National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over cabinet expansion came to an end today.
Nitish Kumar talks to Uttarakhand CM on glacier burst
Feb 08, 2021, at 01:41 am
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and expressed solidarity of the people of Bihar with Uttarakhand in this hour of tragedy following the glacier burst in Chamoli district.
Jan 16, 2021, at 06:14 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday lashed out at those trying to link the law and order situation in the state with the recent murder of Indigo Airlines official.
Nitish Kumar refutes claims of JD(U) MLAs remaining in contact with RJD
Dec 31, 2020, at 01:21 am
Patna/UNI: Amid reports of six MLAs of Janata Dal (United) joining Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday termed the claims that JD(U) MLAs remained in contact with the RJD as baseless.
Nitish Kumar should avoid suppressing farmers agitation: Left
Dec 30, 2020, at 02:07 am
Patna/UNI: Criticising Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for suppressing the farmer's agitation in the state, the left parties on Tuesday cautioned him from resorting to any such action aimed at suppressing the ongoing agitation of the farmers.
Nitish Kumar appoints close aide RCP Singh as JD(U) chief
Dec 28, 2020, at 04:17 am
Patna/IBNS: Rajya Sabha member Ramchandra Prasad Singh was elected the Janata Dal (United) chief by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at the national executive meeting chaired by him here.
All eyes on JD (U) national exec meet after 6 MLAs join BJP in Arunachal Pradesh
Dec 27, 2020, at 08:06 pm
Patna/UNI: As national executive meeting of the JD(U) chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar commenced here today, all eyes are now set on its next move after the six of its seven MLAs switched over to BJP in Arunachal Pradesh.
JD(U) likely to contest West Bengal, Assam polls
Dec 18, 2020, at 08:08 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is planning to contest the West Bengal and Assam polls, which are scheduled to be held in 2021.
'Arrest me if you can': Tejashwi Yadav dares Nitish Kumar govt
Dec 06, 2020, at 06:27 pm
Patna/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav slammed the Nitish Kumar government and dared it to arrest him for protesting in support of farmers' demands to repeal the Centre's three contentious laws.
Tejashwi Yadav neck deep in corruption, shouldn't be the leader of opposition : JD (U)
Nov 23, 2020, at 01:11 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: The JD(U) has demanded that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav should avoid becoming the leader of opposition as there are several criminal and corruption cases pending against him.
Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM
Nov 16, 2020, at 10:23 pm
Patna: Nitish Kumar started yet another innings as the Chief Minister of Bihar as he took oath on Monday.
Nitish Kumar to swear in as Bihar CM today
Nov 16, 2020, at 04:53 pm
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar will on Monday swear in as the Bihar Chief Minister for the fifth term, five days after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) registered a comfortable win in the assembly elections.
Nitish to take oath as Bihar CM of NDA govt for the next term
Nov 15, 2020, at 09:16 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will take oath as CM of new NDA government for the next term tomorrow.
Nov 15, 2020, at 08:18 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Sunday formally elected leader of JD(U) and NDA legislature parties and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi was elected as the leader of the legislative party of BJP.
Nitish Kumar to be formally elected as leader of NDA legislature party on Nov 15
Nov 13, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is all set to be formally elected as leader of NDA legislature party on Nov 15 enabling him to become CM for next term.
Give up NDA/RSS ideology, 'bless' Tejashwi Yadav: Digvijaya Singh urges Nitish Kumar
Nov 12, 2020, at 05:11 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Wednesday urged Nitish Kumar to quit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and back Tejashwi Yadav as Chief Minister, a day after results for the Bihar Assembly election were declared which saw the Janata Dal (United) reduced to number three position.
Bow to people's mandate, thankful to PM for support: Nitish Kumar on Bihar win
Nov 12, 2020, at 04:12 am
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar on Wednesday thanked the people of Bihar for giving the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) a majority, in which his party is a key ally, a day after results for the state Assembly election were declared.
'Nitish Kumar will be next Bihar CM': BJP's Sushil Modi
Nov 11, 2020, at 06:12 pm
Patna/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday cleared Janata Dal (United) supremo Nitish Kumar will be the next Bihar Chief Minister despite the saffron party emerging as the best performer in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which won the state polls.
BJP enables NDA to win Bihar elections as Nitish Kumar falters amid anti-incumbency
Nov 11, 2020, at 11:21 am
Patna/IBNS: After 15 long hours of counting and allegations of cheating amid the coronavirus pandemic, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) emerged as the winner of the Bihar election in the wee hours of Wednesday.
Nov 11, 2020, at 06:30 am
New Delhi/Patna/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday claimed victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) even as the counting of votes for the Bihar Assembly elections is still underway.
Bihar polls: RJD alleges misuse of administration to influence election results
Nov 11, 2020, at 03:42 am
Patna/UNI: The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday alleged misuse of the administrative machinery to influence results of Bihar Assembly Elections in favour of ruling parties in some seats where counting was heading towards a photo finish.