Listing the achievements of the BJP government in the Centre, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, said that foreign dignitaries visiting India were now being given copies of epics like Gita and Ramayana instead of Taj Mahal replicas. “Foreign dignitaries visiting the country used to be gifted replicas of the[Read More…]
Tag: Nitish Kumar
NCB steps in as drugs seized shoots up in Bihar
With the unending drug menace in Bihar, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has urged Bihar’s people to share information about drug trafficking with them. The identities of the informers will not be revealed, they further said. In order to receive information on drug menace, NCB has introduced a number, 0612-2565160,[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar must improve Bihar’s condition first, says BJP
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his remark on recent Bihar topper scam. Kumar blamed the people for spoiling the image of the state. BJP said that the Chief Minister cannot refute his responsibilities. “Whatever is happening in Bihar in terms of education is[Read More…]
Bihar topper scam: State govt accepts it as a challenge
On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, speaking about the Bihar topper scam, said that the state government has accepted it as a challenge to conduct future examinations fairly. However, he also added that he has “miles to go to plug all loopholes”. Significantly, this is the second scam in[Read More…]
Drugs still on the rise in Bihar, maximum supplies from Odisha
Though drugs have been prohibited in Bihar under the Nitish Kumar’s government, the amount of narcotic drugs seized in the state has shot through the roof. Minister claims that people, instead of buying alcohol, are spending on sweets and milk but the data reveals the contrary. This year, the amount[Read More…]
SC allows liquor companies to move their stocks out of Bihar by July 31
Relieving the liquor companies which are holding their stocks worth more than Rs 200 crore in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Monday granted two months extra time to transport liquor out of the state and directed them to dispose of their stocks by July 31. The deadline was earlier fixed[Read More…]
Presidential poll: Nitish Kumar backs Mukherjee for second term; asks BJP to build consensus
BJP should try to form an accord on the Presidential candidate by involving all the parties, said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday. He also favoured a second term for Pranab Mukherjee. The JD(U) president maintained that re-poll of President Mukherjee with the agreement will set a good precedent.[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar not interested for Prime Minister’s post
On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cleared that there barely are any chances of him leading a grand coalition against the BJP as a Prime Ministerial candidate in the next general elections in 2019. Praising PM Modi, Kumar said, “Three years ago who was aware that Modi Ji would be the[Read More…]
Naxalism cannot be fought if the Centre keeps reducing funds: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed Centre for stopping funds for schemes to combat Naxals and ‘declining’ the state’s request for a helicopter for quick deployment of forces in anti-Maoist operations, during a review meeting on Naxalism, organized by the Home Ministry. Kumar lashed out at Centre saying that, “the[Read More…]
Here’s how Nitish Kumar failed in 100% implementation of prohibition
When Mr. Maharaj, enquired about the seized bottles, he was informed that most of the liquor bottles were either consumed by the rats or was destroyed by them.
Madhushala in the age of prohibition
“Musalman o hindu hain do, ek, magar, unka pyala, Ek, magar, unka madiralaya, ek , magar, unki hala, Dono rehte ek na jab tak masjid mandir mein jaate, Bair badhate masjid mandir mel karati madhushal ।” Many of us, poetry lovers, have enjoyed these lines of “Madhushala” sung by Manna[Read More…]
Bihar Assembly approves GST Bill
Lalu to meet Sonia Gandhi for unity talks
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday said he would soon meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi for a stronger opposition unity against the BJP at national level. “Definitely we will talk about the present political conditions and also the ways to forge a stronger unity between the secular and the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar calls for opposition unity to take on BJP
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and advocated unity among opposition parties to take on the BJP-led NDA. Nitish Kumar also suggested a joint Opposition candidate for the President post and appealed Sonia Gandhi to take the lead[Read More…]
Bihar CM begins Gandhi Smriti Yatra
Bihar forest minister accused of ‘Mitti’ scam
Post-matric scholarships to continue in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
ihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that students belonging to backward classes (BC), extremely backward classes (EBC), scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST), will continue to receive the post-matric scholarships in order to pursue higher studies. “Misgivings are being spread vis-a-vis post-matriculation scholarship. It will continue till[Read More…]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to keep away from UP,Punjab polls
Punjab Polls: This man is in demand; and here’s why
Not that this leader doesn’t know power optics but he also knows how to work. And Nitish Kumar did exactly this one more time.
Bihar forms 11,292 km long human chain to promote liquor ban
As a part of Nasha Mukt or addiction free state-wide campaign, the world’s largest human chain has been formed in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Saturday led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The purpose of the human chain is to show staunch support towards the alcohol ban that has been[Read More…]
Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar’s live streamed admiration at Prakash Parv
PM Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shared the same dais on Thursday at the function to celebrate Prakash Parv, the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Surprisingly, the Prime Minister spent the first three minutes his speech praising the CM for the implementation of prohibition policies[Read More…]
All ministers in Bihar are crorepatis except Firoz Alam; Nitish’s son and Dy CM richer than Nitish
All ministers in Bihar are crorepatis except Sugarcane industry minister Firoz Alam, who owns only Rs 3,100 in cash, as per the details of assets declared. However, Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is poorer than his son, Nishant, and deputy chief minister of the state, Tejaswi Yadav. In 2010, Nitish Kumar[Read More…]
Cashless economy not fully possible in India: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who backed the demonetisation move ever since it was announced, seems to have changed his tone now as he said that the cashless economy was not fully possible in India. The Bihar CM on Monday said that even a developed nation would not carry cashless[Read More…]
Get Nitish Kumar married to your sister: Rabri to Sushil Kumar Modi
Former Bihar Chief Minister and senior RJD leader, Rabri Devi suggested Sushil Kumar Modi to ‘come and take away Nitish Kumar and get him married to his sister’. The retort came in reply to a question from a television news channel journalist about Sushil Kumar Modi’s recent ‘invitation’ to Kumar[Read More…]
Before demonetisation BJP bought land worth crores in Bihar: JD (U)
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, BJP reportedly bought land worth crores in different districts of Bihar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United has alleged that a series of land purchases made by the BJP in the state for party offices before the Centre’s crack down[Read More…]