Bhartiya Janata Party senior leader and Member of Parliament CP Thakur allege Nitish Kumar government of being more brutal than British Raj. Thakur has launched the attack against the coalition partner in Bihar. He is protesting against the lathi charge by the state police during the recent Upper caste reservation[Read More…]
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Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish for forming four governments in four years
Patna: Bihar Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for forming four governments in as many years, saying he played with people’s mandate. “Four governments in four years can’t be a mistake… It’s playing with the mandate of the people of Bihar,” said Tejashwi — a[Read More…]
Bihar opposition protests police action against Dalits
Patna: The RJD, Congress and CPI-ML legislators protested in the Bihar Assembly on Tuesday against the police action on Dalits during demonstrations in the state the previous day. Soon after the last day of the budget session began, the opposition members trooped near the Speaker’s podium carrying placards, posters and[Read More…]
Gujarat polls: Nitish Kumar not to campaign for JD-U
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) President, will not campaign for his party’s candidates in the Gujarat assembly polls. The party has decided to send its 20 star campaigners minus Nitish Kumar to Gujarat, a JD-U leader said on Saturday. The JD-U, an ally[Read More…]
SC issues notice to EC on PIL seeking disqualification of Nitish Kumar’s legislative membership
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Election Commission on Monday on PIL seeking cancellation of Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar’s membership of the state legislative council. The notice was issued for allegedly concealing a criminal case against Kumar while filing his poll affidavit. A bench comprising Justice Dipak[Read More…]
Former MP Shyama Sinha dies at 74 in Delhi; Bihar CM mourns death
Congress leader and former Member of Parliament (MP), Shyama Sinha died after prolonged illness in Delhi on Monday at the age of 74. Wife of former governor Nikhil Kumar and daughter-in-law of former Bihar chief minister, Satyendra Narayan Sinha, she died during the course of treatment. Shyama began her career[Read More…]
Bihar: Nine months after liquor ban, major crimes increased in state by 13%
Nine months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a ban on the sale and consumption of country liquor in the state in April 2016, an IndiaSpend analysis of Bihar Police crime data shows that cognizable crime rose by 13 per cent from 14,279 in April to 16,153 in October[Read More…]