I don’t aspire for anything: Lalu tells Nitish
Jun 12, 2017, at 04:27 am
Patna, June 11 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday clarified he doesn’t aspire for anything, apparently signalling a thaw in reported frosty relations with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi
May 27, 2017, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, a day after he skipped Congress president Sonia Gandhi's lunch party for opposition leaders on Friday.
Day after skipping Sonia's lunch party Nitish Kumar arrives to attend Modi's
May 27, 2017, at 09:17 pm
New Delhi, May 27 (IBNS) : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who skipped Congress president Sonia Gandhi's lunch party for opposition leaders on Friday pleading prior engagements, arrived in Delhi on Saturday to lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NDTV reports.
Nitish accepts lunch date with Modi, skips Sonia's invite
May 27, 2017, at 04:47 am
New Delhi, May 26 (IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday skipped meeting with oppositions parties but accepted luncheon planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in honour of Mauritian premier Pravind Jugnauth on Saturday, setting off speculation that the Janata Dal United (JD-U) might break away from the Grand Alliance.
Uma Bharti misleading nation over Farakka Barrage, Bihar minister says
May 20, 2017, at 03:35 pm
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Bihar’s Water Resources Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh slammed Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday for her claims that Farakka Barrage was not a “problem".
7th Pay Commission: Bihar wage panel submits reports to chief minister
May 16, 2017, at 01:13 am
Patna, May 15 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A three-member fitment committee, formed by the state government to give benefits of the 7th Pay Commission to its employees, finally submitted its report to state chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday.
Not in the race for to become PM, clarifies Nitish Kumar
May 16, 2017, at 12:50 am
Patna, May 15 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said he was not in the race to become the Prime Minister.
Nitish Kumar urges Sonia to take lead in challenging BJP for Presidential candidate
Apr 21, 2017, at 07:08 pm
New Delhi, Apr 21 (IBNS) : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the Congress president Sonia Gandhi to lead the opposition parties against the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA in putting up a candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections, NDTV reported.
Bihar-like grand alliance a solution to check surge of BJP, says Nitish Kumar
Apr 04, 2017, at 04:43 am
Patna, Apr 3 (IBNS): Hinting at a possibility of grand alliance by all secular political parties, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that a kind of grand alliance that his state witnessed in 2015 assembly election could be a solution to check the surge of Bharatiya Janata Party, on Monday, media reports.
PM Modi greets Nitish Kumar on his birthday
Mar 01, 2017, at 04:08 pm
New Delhi, Mar 1 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday greeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the latter's birthday.
Bihar: Mathematician Anand Kumar says job scandals undermine state honour
Feb 10, 2017, at 09:40 pm
Patna, Feb 10 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Renowned mathematician Anand Kumar, who has earned worldwide acclaim for transforming the life of hundreds of underprivileged children through his free coaching institute, ‘Super 30’, has expressed shock over the recently surfaced appointment scandal in Bihar.
BSSC exam paper leak: Secretary, five others taken into custody
Feb 08, 2017, at 04:13 pm
Patna, Feb 8 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged question paper leak of clerical examinations conducted by the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) has taken into custody the commission secretary along with five others.
Nitish orders probe into BSSC question paper leak, students beat up secretary
Feb 06, 2017, at 09:18 pm
Patna, Feb 6 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The Bihar government on Monday ordered an inquiry into the alleged question paper leak of Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) intermediate level examination which was conducted on Sunday.
Nitish Kumar pulls out of UP polls to help BJP, alleges ex Bihar CM Manjhi
Feb 04, 2017, at 12:34 am
Patna, Feb 3 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday alleged the Janata Dal United pulled out of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections to indirectly help the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in the polls.
Bihar: JD-U wants to project Nitish Kumar as PM candidate for 2019 elections
Jan 31, 2017, at 08:21 pm
Patna, Jan 31 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): The ruling Janata Dal United (JD-U) in Bihar is projecting chief minister Nitish Kumar as the PM candidate for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and has asked the Congress to back his candidature describing him as the “most credible faceâ€.
Nitish Kumar has all the qualities, qualifications of a PM, says Bihar minister
Jan 29, 2017, at 11:57 pm
Patna, Jan 29 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): A senior minister in Bihar finds in chief minister Nitish Kumar all the “qualities†and “qualifications†of a Prime Minister days after his party, JD-U, pulled out of UP polls when no parties showed any interest in allying with it.
Assembly Elections: Nitish Kumar's JD-U refrains from contesting in UP
Jan 25, 2017, at 07:45 pm
Patna, Jan 25 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal United (JD-U), has decided not to contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh that goes to polls next month, reports said.
Lalu, Nitish, Congress come together to present rare ‘show of unity’ in Bihar alliance
Jan 24, 2017, at 02:20 am
Patna, Jan 23 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Three top leaders of Bihar’s ruling Grand Alliance came together on Monday to present a rare show of unity amid reports of differences in the alliance.
Dalai Lama thanks Nitish Kumar for providing all helps for Kalchakra puja
Jan 17, 2017, at 12:02 am
Patna, Jan 16 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has thanked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for lending all support and necessary help to the Kalachakra puja, an important ritual of Buddhists.
Nitish Kumar announces to initiate tough action against those found guilty for Patna boat tragedy
Jan 16, 2017, at 11:08 pm
Patna, Jan 16 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced to initiate tough action against the officials found guilty for the Saturday boat tragedy in Patna.
Congress questions Nitish party’s move to invite BJP for Sankranti feast
Jan 15, 2017, at 01:52 am
Patna, Jan 14 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): The Congress has questioned the move of the JD-U to invite BJP people at its feast to be hosted on Sunday to mark Makar Sankranti.
Jitan Ram Manjhi boycotts Nitish Kumar's human chain protest against liquor
Jan 11, 2017, at 09:26 pm
Patna, Jan 11 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) has announced to boycott the human chain programme of Nitish Kumar government over prohibition.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wants a debate on Uniform Civil Code before replying to Centre's questionnaire
Jan 11, 2017, at 06:58 pm
Patna, Jan 11 (theBIharPost/IBNS): The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar has refused to give its view over the contentious Uniform Civil Code (UCC) saying it should be first debated with various religious groups and community before implementation.
BJP declares to join Nitish' human chain programme, fuels speculations
Jan 11, 2017, at 02:29 am
Patna, Jan 10 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Amid talks of growing proximity between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the main opposition the BJP has announced to participate in the human chain programme.
PM Modi praises Bihar CM for the liquor ban in state
Jan 05, 2017, at 10:13 pm
Patna, Jan 5 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for enforcing alcohol ban in the state.
Jan 03, 2017, at 04:04 pm
New Delhi/Patna, Jan 3 (IBNS): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday met his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar gets poorer by the day but son’s assets see rise
Jan 03, 2017, at 01:44 am
Patna, Jan 2 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is going poorer with each passing year.
Nitish Kumar can’t go with the BJP,says Lalu
Dec 24, 2016, at 01:45 am
Patna, Dec 23 (TheBIharPost/IBNS): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad is confident that his JD-U colleague and chief minister Nitish Kumar will not join the BJP.
Nitish Kumar’s party takes U-turn, says currency ban has brought untold miseries
Dec 23, 2016, at 12:13 am
Patna, Dec 22 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Taking a u-turn, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United alleged that the demonetisation drive launched by the Narendra Modi government has brought a lot of hardship to the common men.
Dec 20, 2016, at 09:00 pm
Patna, Dec 20 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar finds himself under pressure to change his stand over the currency ban now with RJD and the Congress, his alliance partners, already taking a lead over him over the issue by constantly opposing the Centre’s move.