65 dead due to toxic liquor consumption in Bihar, Nitish Kumar refuses to give compensation
Dec 17, 2022, at 03:42 am
Patna/IBNS: At least 65 people have been confirmed dead at Chapra in Bihar's Saran district due to the consumption of toxic liquor, media reports said Friday.
Bihar hooch tragedy: Opposition creates ruckus in lower house
Dec 15, 2022, at 09:24 pm
Patna/UNI: The recent hooch tragedy rocked Bihar Assembly on the second consecutive day on Wednesday and the entire proceedings continued amid pandemonium created by the opposition.
'BJP defeat certain if..': Nitish Kumar's formula to oust Modi govt in 2024 LS polls
Dec 12, 2022, at 02:52 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said BJP is headed for a crushing defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Kurhani by-election result reflects people's anger against Nitish Kumar: Prashant Kishor
Dec 11, 2022, at 03:27 am
East Champaran (Bihar)/IBNS: BJP’s win in Kurhani by-election in Bihar reflects people’s anger against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Mahagtbandhan government, Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor said on Saturday.
Bihar bypoll: BJP leading in Kurhani assembly seat
Dec 08, 2022, at 06:04 pm
Patna/UNI: BJP candidate Kedar Prasad Gupta was leading over his JD(U) rival Manoj Kushwaha by a margin of more than 2,000 votes as counting continued on Thursday for the Kurhani assembly seat by-poll.
Bihar: Polling begins for by-election in Kurhani assembly seat
Dec 05, 2022, at 05:20 pm
Patna/UNI: Polling began amid tight security arrangements at 7 am for the by-election in Kurhani assembly seat of Bihar where 3.11 lakhs electorate will be exercising their franchise to decide the fate of 13 candidates.
Mumbai civic body poll: Uddhav Sena seeks Tejashwi Yadav's support for Bihari votes
Nov 25, 2022, at 01:30 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is likely to campaign for the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections, media reports said.
Counting of votes in seven assembly seats across six states underway, BJP leads in four
Nov 06, 2022, at 05:47 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The counting for results of elections in seven assembly seats across six states is underway on Sunday.
By-elections in five assembly seats announced
Nov 05, 2022, at 06:18 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission on Saturday announced that by-elections in five Assembly and one Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh on Dec 5.
Bihar BJP accuses Nitish Kumar of adopting Muslim appeasement policy
Nov 05, 2022, at 05:25 am
Patna/UNI: Blaming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for adopting policies to "appease Muslims", Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday suggested that the JD(U) leader "better go to Pakistan for his deliberate appeasement policies".
Take all measures to check Dengue cases: Nitish Kumar directs officials
Oct 26, 2022, at 05:23 am
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday directed the officials to increase beds in hospitals and ensure the availability of platelets in view of the spurt in Dengue cases besides taking all required measures to check the spread of the disease.
BJP targets Nitish Kumar for 'indicating Kashmir as a separate nation' in Class VII question paper
Oct 20, 2022, at 02:11 am
Patna/UNI: The Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) alleged that under his Muslim appeasement optics for the sake of the vote bank, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was pursuing a sectarian and divisive agenda.
Nitish Kumar 'delusional, politically isolated': Prashant Kishor's fresh dig
Oct 09, 2022, at 06:53 pm
Patna/IBNS: Taking a dig at Nitish Kumar, political strategist Prashant Kishor Sunday said that the Bihar chief minister has become "delusional" and "politically isolated" and therefore speaks things different from what he thinks.
Land for job scam: CBI files chargesheet against 16 including Lalu Yadav, wife Rabri Devi
Oct 08, 2022, at 06:28 am
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet in the alleged job scam during Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav's tenure as Railway Minister in the Congress-led UPA government, media reports said.
Not in hurry to become Bihar CM: Tejashwi Yadav
Oct 01, 2022, at 04:31 am
Patna/UNI: Dissociating himself from statements of JD(U) leaders, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Friday said that he was not in hurry to become Chief Minister and these kinds of talks should be avoided.
'Want jeans, shoes, condoms too?' Bihar officer's stunning reply to student's sanitary napkin query
Sep 29, 2022, at 09:29 pm
Patna: A Bihar IAS officer has hit the headlines, albeit for the wrong reasons, with her series of sarcastic responses to schoolgirls at an event themed ‘Sashakt Beti, Samriddh Bihar' (Empowered Daughters, Prosperous Bihar).
Four accused arrested in Begusarai serial firing incident
Sep 16, 2022, at 07:22 pm
Patna: All four criminals who had unleashed terror by random serial firing in 30 Km length on National Highway 28 in Begusarai have been arrested.
Bihar and other backward states will get special status if opposition voted to power : Nitish Kumar
Sep 15, 2022, at 11:25 pm
Patna/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said his state and other backward states would be given special status if the yet-to-form front of opposition parties was voted to power in 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Prashant Kishor, Nitish Kumar meeting sparks collab speculations ahead of 2024 polls
Sep 15, 2022, at 03:23 am
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his former aide and poll strategist Prashant Kishor met here last evening, triggering speculations that the two could collaborate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
BJP will shrink to 50 seats in 2024 LS polls if Opposition unites: Nitish Kumar
Sep 04, 2022, at 05:23 am
BJP will shrink to 50 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections if all the opposition unites, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Saturday. "I am working for that," he added but dodged questions on his likely national role.
Nitish Kumar to leave for New Delhi on Sep 5, slams BJP for Manipur defection of JD(U)
Sep 03, 2022, at 10:18 pm
Patna: In a bid to forge opposition unity to counter BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will leave for New Delhi on Sept 5 and sharply criticised the saffron party for engineering defection in JD(U) MLAs of Manipur.
Thousands of people in the country are capable of becoming PM: Sushil Kumar Modi
Sep 03, 2022, at 06:37 pm
Patna/UNI: Brushing aside the claims for making Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar the next Prime Minister of the country, BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi Friday said that thousands of people in the country of 130 crore population are capable of becoming PM.
Bihar minister, accused in 2014 kidnapping case, resigns amid protests by oppositions
Sep 01, 2022, at 06:34 am
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.
'Became CM in 2020 due to pressure': Nitish Kumar reveals after BJP's betrayal allegation
Aug 25, 2022, at 03:24 am
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 Assembly Speaker from BJP quits ahead of Nitish Kumar's floor test
Aug 24, 2022, at 06:23 pm
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.
Depty CM Tejashwi Yadav issues guidelines for RJD ministers in new Bihar govt
Aug 21, 2022, at 02:24 am
Patna: Bihar's new Deputy Chief Minister and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav has issued a string of guidelines for his party MLAs, who have been inducted as ministers in the state government.
Nitish Kumar to expand Cabinet tomorrow
Aug 16, 2022, at 04:49 am
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
Aug 15, 2022, at 07:13 pm
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.
Will Nitish Kumar's breakup with BJP help rainbow Opposition or puncture anti-Modi club?
Aug 11, 2022, at 07:26 pm
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
Aug 10, 2022, at 07:51 pm
Patna/IBNS: Janata Dal (United) chief Nitish Kumar took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the record eighth time Wednesday.