Bihar
Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for seventh time in 2 decades
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Nitish Kumar was on Monday sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the seventh time in two decades, in presence of top leaders of the NDA, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah...
Manjhi seeks judicial probe into Paswan’s death, Chirag smells ‘plot’ by Nitish
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : NDA ally HAM created a flutter on Monday with its leader Jitan Ram Manjhi demanding a judicial inquiry into the death of union minister Ram Vilas Paswan while pointing an accusing finger at Chirag Paswan,...
BIHAR ELECTION 2020 : LJP Rejects Nitish leadership, contest Bihar elections outside the NDA
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : The Lok Janshakti Party has decided to contest the Bihar elections independently, the party said after its Parliamentary Board met on Sunday. The party, whose Parliamentary Board met on Sunday instead of Saturday as...
BIHAR ELECTION 2020 : Congress has been given 70 seats; RJD to accommodate smaller allies in its own 144-seat quota
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : A multiparty Grand Alliance took shape here ahead of the Bihar assembly polls on Saturday, notwithstanding a minor fissure, with Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi Yadav being backed unanimously as the face of the coalition and...
BIHAR ELECTION 2020 : LJP in or out of NDA in Bihar? Speculations mount after Chirag Paswan’s tweet
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : Amid reports that LJP president Chirag Paswan is “consulting” his father, Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan before officially announcing the party’s decision to contest outside the NDA in Bihar, speculations of a multi-corner contest...
Controversial Bihar DGP takes voluntary retirement, likely to contest assembly poll
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : Bihar Director General of Police Gupteshwar Pandey, a 1987 batch IPS officer, took voluntary retirement from services on Tuesday. Mr. Pandey is likely to contest upcoming state assembly elections as a ruling NDA candidate either...
Amit Shah Target Indira Gandhi and praise JP movement for Democracy
Amlendu Bhushan Khan / NEW DELHI: Setting the tone for Bihar assembly polls, Union home minister Amit Shah on Sunday said the state moved from "jungle raj to janta raj" during the NDA rule and expressed confidence that the alliance...
Nitish tells officials to ramp up testing capacity
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday directed officials to ramp up testing capacity and conduct tests of more and more people in order to know the status of infection in the state. The...
Gandhi and Godse can’t go together, Prashant Kishor tells Nitish Kumar
Janjivan Bureau / Patna : Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Tuesday questioned the Nitish Kumar government’s development model, even as he sneered at the Chief Minister for making ideological compromises to stay in an alliance with the BJP. Kishor, who...
Expelled Prashant Kishor Dares Nitish To Save His CM Seat
Janjivan Bureau / New Delhi : In his first tweet, after his expulsion from the party on Wednesday, poll strategist Prashant Kishor has dared JDU chief and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to retain the seat of CM in Bihar. He...
