Politics

PATNA—In a curious political development, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has decided not to attend a function being organized to mark the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Devi Lal who served the deputy Prime Minister in the government of…
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By SAYED MOHAMMAD SHAHBAZ PATNA—In another interesting development, both ruling party and the opposition joined together to criticize price hike in the country. Top leaders of Nitish Kumar’s JD-U and Lalu Yadav’s RJD on Thursday…
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PATNA—The NDA government in Bihar has come under serious criticism for removing prominent personalities such as Jay Prakash Narayan from the new post-graduation syllabus of political science at JP University named after the Sampoorna Kranti…
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PATNA—A day after projecting Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as “PM Material”, the Janata Dal (United) on Monday claimed “numbers” won’t be any problem if such a situation arose in future. The party, however, said it was staking claim for…
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PATNA—People in Bihar are literally confused to decide where they should to go to get “justice” since options are plenty these days. Believe it or not, there has been a mad scramble among the NDA ministers and leaders to hold “Junta…
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PATNA—Amid widening cracks between the ruling NDA partners, the BJP and the JD-U, the main opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) has set conditions for chief minister Nitish Kumar to join the Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance in Bihar.…
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PATNA—The ruling NDA in Bihar appears vertically split over the issue of caste census. Even as an all-party delegation headed by chief minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Monday to seek for holding caste census, the BJP…
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PATNA—RJD president Lalu Prasad has been caught in a peculiar situation with his both legislator sons—Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav—caught in a bitter power struggle, dealing a blow to party’s prospects. However, neither Prasad nor…
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PATNA—Pashupati Kumar Paras, union minister for food processing and younger brother of late dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, on Monday faced angry protests as he reached Bihar for the first time after becoming a minister in Narendra Modi…
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PATNA—Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad is very angry with his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav often seen creating nuisance in public and has even threatened to expel him from the party if he doesn’t mend his ways, media reports…
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