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NEW DELHI: Politics in Bihar has revolved around Jayaprakash Narayan’s disciples —Nitish Kumar and Lalu Yadav — for more than three decades. With Lalu stepping back from active politics and Nitish now opting for a Rajya Sabha seat over the state’s top job, Bihar appears to be entering an unknown phase, with a new face…
File photo: Nishant Kumar NEW DELHI: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is a rare regional heavyweight who has been vocal in his disdain of dynastic politics and made it a point to keep his family members, including his only son Nishant, out of any limelight. As politics would have it, Nishant is now being seen by…
Bihar MLA Anant Kumar Singh caught smoking inside hospital. NEW DELHI: A video purportedly showing JD(U) MLA Anant Singh smoking inside a hospital has gone viral on social media, triggering sharp criticism and raising questions over the conduct of the ruling party legislator.According to multiple reports, the footage was recorded at the Indira Gandhi Institute…
Patna: Back on the driver’s seat after putting up a splendid performance in the recently held assembly elections in Bihar, the JD(U) on Saturday asserted there is “no alternative” to CM Nitish Kumar in the state. Nitish has been on the throne of Bihar since Nov 2005, except for a brief period of nine months…
Bihar CM Nitish Kuma with his son Nishant Kumar PATNA: JDU’s working president Sanjay Kumar Jha Friday stirred the proverbial political pot with his remark that “everybody wants Nishant Kumar to join politics”, though he quickly added a caveat that it all depended on the 49-year-old engineer son of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, who is…
PATNA: JD(U)’s newly elected MLA Vibha Devi struggled to read out her oath during the first session of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha on Monday. Devi, who won from the Nawada constituency and is the wife of former MLA Raj Ballabh Yadav, paused midway and sought help from a fellow legislator to dictate the lines to…
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ceded the home portfolio to BJP for the first time in his two decades at the helm and his party JDU has, in lieu, got control of finance, which was kept by BJP. Though it may appear like a regular ministry swap which happens between allies, the significance of deputy…
NEW DELHI/PATNA: As the swearing-in ceremony ended at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan Thursday, CM Nitish Kumar took PM Modi‘s hand and lifted it with his to greet a large cheering crowd, marking the new dynamic in their relationship since the JDU president rejoined NDA in Jan 2024.The transformation could not have been starker compared to their…
NEW DELHI: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar on Wednesday was elected as leader of the party’s legislature group at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Patna. Meanwhile, BJP leaders Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Sinha were elected as the leader and the deputy leader of BJP legislature party respectively. NDA Sweeps Bihar, Nitish Kumar Prepares for…
NEW DELHI: BJP and JDU are resisting their ally LJP(RV)’s demand for deputy chief minister position in the new Bihar govt, which will be sworn in on Thursday. Leaders of the two main NDA parties held long discussions on Tuesday, with sources indicating that BJP may retain the post of assembly Speaker. There is also…
