Politics

PATNA—Beleaguered and betrayed by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, Chirag Paswan is weighing his options carefully before making a decision about his political future which is clearly at stake. Chirag, who referred to himself as PM …
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PATNA—A Bihar minister has created a controversy with his revelation that his ancestors were Hindus. Bihar’s minority welfare minister Mohammad Zama Khan made this startling revelation while talking to media in Hajipur town on Thursday…
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PATNA—A day after the JD-U national president RCP Singh was inducted as a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi cabinet, he is yet to receive congratulatory messages from Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, media reports said. Singh…
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PATNA—Deposed Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) president Chirag Paswan has predicted a split in the ruling Janata Dal United (JD-U) in Bihar the way the ruling party sacrificed his party leaders to keep them out of Union cabinet to damage the LJP.…
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PATNA—Lok Jnashakti Party (LJP) parliamentarian Chirag Paswan on Tuesday threatened to move the court if his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras gets a berth in Narendra Modi cabinet from the LJP quota. “Will move the court if Paras was made a…
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PATNA/NEW DELHI—Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad made his first appearance on the national television on the silver jubilee of the party on Monday well after three years but he remained firm on his approach although looking…
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PATNA—In a significant political development, Bihar Social Welfare Minister Madan Sahni has offered resigned from his post complaining that the officials were not listening to him. The minister said he was not even satisfied with the…
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PATNA—Pushed to the third position after last year’s Bihar assembly polls, the ruling Janata Dal United (JD-U) is working hard to expand its base outside the state. Under part of the plan, the party wants to contest as many seats in UP…
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PATNA—Rashtriya Janata Dal lawmaker Tejashwi Yadav has extended an offer to Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan to join the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar. Tejashwi, son of RJD president Lalu Prasad, extended the offer on…
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A minister from northeastern Indian state of Mizoram has kicked up a controversy by announcing to offer a cash prize of Rs1 lakh to tribal parents having more babies. Mizoram Sports minister Robert Romawia Royte offered the cash…
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