Poll strategist Prashant Kishor criticised Bihar chief minister and his ex boss Nitish Kumar on Saturday afternoon after the state’s ruling alliance – the ‘mahagathbandan’ led by his Janata Dal (United) – lost the Kurhani Assembly bypoll to former allies Bharatiya Janata Party. Kishor – on a 3,500 km-long padayatraRead More →
Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor ruled out the possibility of contesting elections himself, but reiterated his pledge to build a “better alternative” for his home state of Bihar. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, he also lambasted JD(U) leaders for alleging that he was a “dhandhebaaz” (trader) withRead More →
The East Central Railway diverted the routes of several trains after a coal-laden goods train derailed in Bihar’s Dhanbad division on Wednesday morning. The train with 53 wagons derailed at the Gurpa station between Koderma and Manpur railway section at 6.24 am today, resulting in disruption of rail traffic, theRead More →
The Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it is “keen to pursue” its curative petitions seeking enhanced compensation for victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, saying it “cannot abandon” those who suffered the ill-effects of the toxic gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in December 1984. AttorneyRead More →
Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee met Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father, former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav at their residence on Saturday. Bajpayee, who hails from Bihar’s West Champaran district, enquired about Lalu’s health and welfare, according to Tejashwi. बिहार की माटी के लाल,हिंदी सिनेमा के सुप्रसिद्धRead More →
BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Telangana counterpart K Chandrashekar Rao, saying their meeting scheduled for Wednesday is a “get-together of two daydreamers”. Telangana Chief Minister Rao, popularly known as ‘KCR’, is scheduled to arrive in Patna on Wednesday andRead More →
There’s something about Nitish Kumar and the number 7. As Chief Minister, he has been staying at 7, Circular Road, while using 1, Anne Marg, the official CM residence, as his office. Now, with Nitish severing his five-year-old alliance with the BJP and walking over to the Mahagathbandhan camp, manyRead More →
In the top story of the day, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the eighth time in a ceremony held at Raj Bhavan in Patna. Speaking to the media, he took a veiled attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and stated the BJP-led NDA regimeRead More →
Nitish Kumar’s decision to walk out of the NDA and join hands with rival RJD marked a bitter end to his tenuous relationship with the BJP after returning to power in November 2020 as Chief Minister heading the coalition government. Those who have interacted with Nitish said he was “notRead More →
Chirag, whom Nitish has accused of conspiring with the BJP to weaken the JD(U), also defended the saffron party saying it did “all it could” to keep the Bihar coalition alive. “I demand President’s rule in Bihar and fresh polls. Even otherwise, there will be midterm polls in Bihar,” ChiragRead More →
