Delhi court grants bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi, Tej Pratap in land-for-jobs scam
Oct 07, 2024, at 04:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A Delhi court has granted bail to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his sons, top Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav in a land-for-jobs scam, media reports said.
'Will end liquor ban within one hour if voted to power': Prashant Kishor
Sep 15, 2024, at 05:47 pm
Patna/IBNS: As he gears up for his party's foundation day on Oct 2, political strategist-turned-Jan Suraj chief Prashant Kishor has vowed to end the liquor ban in Bihar immediately if elected to power.
'Bihar was Switzerland to him six months ago, now a gutter': Prashant Kishor's dig at Tejashwi Yadav
Aug 26, 2024, at 05:11 pm
Patna/IBNS: Former political strategist and an aspiring politician Prashant Kishor has taken a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal top leader Tejashwi Yadav who claimed Bihar was lagging behind in key areas of development despite the "double engine" government run by Janata Dal (United) and Bharatiya Janata Party.
Bihar suspends 16 engineers after 10 bridges collapse in a week
Jul 06, 2024, at 02:33 am
Patna/IBNS: Sixteen engineers of Bihar's water resources department have been suspended after 10 bridges collapsed in the last 15 days across the state, a statement by the department said.
Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav board same flight to Delhi, triggers speculations
Jun 05, 2024, at 05:24 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who are now political foes, have boarded the same flight to Delhi triggering speculations of new alignment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP failed to get the majority in the Lok Sabha elections.
Mamata Banerjee offers to cook for PM Modi after fish consumption furor, receives flak from BJP
May 15, 2024, at 06:16 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has courted a fresh controversy as she took a swipe at Narendra Modi's outrage over video footage of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav enjoying fish, and offered to cook for the Prime Minister.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav questions Modi's 'silence' over Prajwal Revanna's 'sex scandal'
Apr 30, 2024, at 06:07 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an alleged sex scandal involving ex-Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda's grandson and Janata Dal Secular leader Prajwal Revanna.
Apr 13, 2024, at 03:51 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday took a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav over a viral video of him eating fish and claimed the opposition exhibiting thoughts from the Mughal era.
Tejashwi Yadav's drive in Jeep Wrangler with Rahul Gandhi headlines Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Bihar
Feb 16, 2024, at 06:34 pm
Patna/IBNS: Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday joined Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which has entered its last leg in the state of Bihar.
After Lalu, ED interrogates Tejashwi Yadav in 'land for job' scam
Jan 30, 2024, at 06:34 pm
Patna/UNI: A day after RJD Supremo Lalu Prasad was grilled by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over nine hours in 'land for job' scam in railways, the central investigating agency started interrogating his son and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday in the same case.
Nitish Kumar likely to switch on Sunday, may take oath as CM with BJP support
Jan 27, 2024, at 02:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, after his speculated u-turn from the INDIA alliance, media reports said.
Mamata Banerjee meets Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi in Patna ahead of mega Oppositions' meet
Jun 23, 2023, at 02:40 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna ahead of the grand opposition meeting.
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.
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.
Tejashwi Yadav meets Sonia Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury in Delhi
Aug 13, 2022, at 02:31 am
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.
Aug 10, 2022, at 03:50 am
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."
Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM of Grand Alliance tomorrow, Tejashwi Yadav as deputy
Aug 10, 2022, at 02:36 am
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.
'Don't want any statue in Rashtrapati Bhavan': Tejashwi Yadav's dig at Droupadi Murmu
Jul 17, 2022, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, who is supporting Yashwant Sinha for Presidential polls, has taken a dig at NDA's pick Droupadi Murmu, saying that they don't want a statue in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
May 01, 2022, at 04:30 pm
Patna: RJD chief and Bihar opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav has said he would take appropriate action at an appropriate time over his temperamental elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav's alleged assault on a party worker.
Sharad Yadav's LJD merges into RJD
Mar 21, 2022, at 06:40 am
New Delhi/UNI: Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal was merged with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday. Yadav said the merger was the "first step" towards uniting Opposition parties against ruling BJP.
Tejashwi Yadav gets married to childhood friend in a private ceremony
Dec 10, 2021, at 05:51 am
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav tied the nuptial knot to his childhood friend in a quiet ceremony with family in Delhi on Thursday.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar terms meeting with PM Modi on caste-based census 'positive'
Aug 23, 2021, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday termed his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on caste-based census ''positive''.
RJD will give full support to Mamata Banerjee in Bengal polls: Tejashwi Yadav
Mar 01, 2021, at 11:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid rumours of a seat-sharing deal, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav Monday said his party will give full support to Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.
Mamata Banerjee to meet RJD's Tejashwi Yadav today amid Bengal poll preparations
Mar 01, 2021, at 07:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee will Monday meet Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, triggering speculation over an alliance between the two parties in the upcoming state polls.
'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.
Hours after assuming office Bihar Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigns over corruption charges
Nov 19, 2020, at 11:42 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary, who took oath three days ago as part of Nitish Kumar's 14-member cabinet, resigned today, barely a few hours after assuming office following a corruption case flagged by opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal, said media reports.
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.
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.