Patna: After the Chirag Paswan warning tweet targeting the Bhartiya Janata Party over seat sharing issue in Bihar ahead of upcoming Lok Sabha elections, these three seats are considered as a bone of contention which is likely to create a stir among the NDA allies. Lok Janshakti Party Parliamentary Board[Read More…]
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After students and youth, Prashant Kishor next target is intellectuals!
Patna: Janata Dal-United vice president Prashant Kishor is deriving another strategy to bring more success to his party. After becoming victorious in Patna University Students’ Union Election, PK is now trying to connect intellectuals and social activists ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls. On Thursday at 7 Circular road, he[Read More…]
The political journey of RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha: Luv-Kush factor in Bihar politics
It is unfortunate that priority of the government is not to work for the poor but to fix political opponents by hook or by crook, were words of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) chief and former Union Minister of State Upendra Kushwaha in his resignation letter to Prime Minister, Narendra[Read More…]
Crack in JDU-BJP alliance; Will Nitish govt survive?
Patna: Everything is not okay between Janata Dal-United and Bhartiya Janata Party in Bihar post-Patna University Students’ Union Election results. Leaders from both parties have launched a scathing attack against each other. Janata Dal-United decides to send its representative to attend the NDA meeting in Delhi at the eleventh hour.[Read More…]
Bihar: Nitish Kumar’s gamble on RJD MLA
As election is approaching near, the Bihar politics may acknowledge a new stunt which may stun the opposition camp, in particular, the RJD. After efforts to gain legislators from Upendra Khushwaha’s RLSP, Nitish Kumar may upset rival RJD as he is eying RJD MLA from Barhara (Bhojpur) Saroj Yadav. The[Read More…]
AYUSH doctors to get pay hike equal to modern medicine doctors in Bihar
Ayush (Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and homeopathy) doctors will now be given salary on par with doctors of modern medicine. This decision came yesterday bringing relief to whole fraternity of ayush doctors, statewide. After cabinet’s decision, it got nod from the health department. According to National Rural Health[Read More…]
Exclusive: Susashan’s silence and creeping rectification in Bihar Police Constables recruitment fraud
In a time span of a month and a half, the consistent and exclusive revelations by Newsd on biggest ever fraud in the recruitment of Bihar Police Constables is on a verge to give crystal clear signals of state-sponsored forgery during the selection procedure. In the very first report, we[Read More…]
Bihar: High Court orders Tejashwi Yadav to vacate his Bungalow
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav’s petition is turned down by the Patna High Court on Friday in favor of the government order which asked him to vacate his bungalow. Tejashwi Yadav residence in Patna is allotted to Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi and CM Nitish Kumar’s government order for[Read More…]
Ground Report: Bihar’s premier hospital (PMCH) to have super-speciality facility is a distant dream
Since last year, Bihar’s premier government hospital, the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) has become a priority for state government as many announcements, declarations with an installation of medical equipment have taken place. The above mentioned proclamations are as follows: PMCH to become a seven-storey hospital which will be[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav: Bihar government failed to stop corruption
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav has alleged Nitish Kumar led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of running a corrupt government in the state. Yadav after returning from Delhi launched a scathing attack on ruling party and said, “The way scams are breaking out in the state, one after another[Read More…]
Bihar: Plight of ‘Mountain Man’ family members continues
Gaya: Dashrath Manjhi who is popularly known as “Mountain Man” by the people all around the world, Nitish Kumar government has made monument, hospital, and road in his memory. But today his family members’ livelihood is yet to see any improvement. “Mountain Man” Dashrath Manjhi, the legendary villager who had[Read More…]
Bihar: Cabinet approves 30% salary hike for MLAs
Patna: Bihar cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday approved the second supplementary budget proposals for 2018-19 which will be presented in the winter session of the assembly. Cabinet also approved a hike in the salary, allowances and perks of MLAs and ministers, and the quantum of the[Read More…]
Crime is on the rise in Bihar, Nitish govt appears helpless
Nalanda: Incidents of crime and murders are on the rise in the state as in Nalanda district on Thursday night a person identified as Chunchun Mahto is killed by unidentified criminals leaving one more injured. The incident took place in the Laheri police station area. Bihar’s susashan at knees with[Read More…]
Ground Report: Bihar Police Constable recruitment fraud continues to haunt Susashan
A month ago there were series of revelations about fraud in police constable recruitment which happened under the supervision of Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar (CSBC). Newsd carried a detailed report which exposed the ongoing fraud wherein total 9,900 candidates were selected but in different pockets of Bihar. There are[Read More…]
Upendra Kushwaha asks for Nitish Kumar’s DNA report in Halla Bol Darwaza Khol rally
RLSP chief and Union Minister of state for HRD Upendra Kushwaha took a jibe on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday in his ‘Halla Bol, Darwaza Khol’ rally at Gandhi Maidan in Gaya. Making mockery of CM Kumar’s DNA controversy from last year, Kushwaha sought the DNA report of[Read More…]
Prashant Kishor’s attempt to connect youth and students wing of JDU lacks basic homework
New Delhi: Janata Dal-United national vice president Prashant Kishor (PK) soon after assuming the chair clears his priority and immediately held a meeting with the students and youth organisations leaders at the party headquarter in Patna. It is a welcome move and will be helpful in reviving the Chhatra Janata[Read More…]
Lok Sabha Election 2019: BJP-JDU to contest on equal number of seats in Bihar
Amidst the hectic consultations between the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United (JDU) for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, both the alliance partners are likely to make the final announcements in a short while. Bihar’s Chief Minister and JDU chief Nitish Kumar is in Delhi and a meeting between[Read More…]
No action taken on Swarn Aayog report, ruling BJP and JDU takes different paths
In view of providing a boost to Upper castes, on January 27, 2019, the Bihar government had constituted a commission ‘Swarn Aayog‘ to analyse the poor condition of the upper castes. Under the chairmanship of the retired judge of Allahabad High Court, DK Diwedi the commission handed over its report[Read More…]
Bihar: Sushil Modi compares Nitish Kumar with PM Modi over upliftment of state
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday praised Nitish Kumar over strings of matters. Senior BJP leader Sushil Modi called Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a synonym of PM Modi and stated that “Nitish Kumar is the only politician, who can take decisions like PM Narendra Modi”. Sushil Modi[Read More…]
Bihar: ‘Ready to welcome Nitish Kumar with conditions’, says Kanhaiya Kumar
Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni and former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has clearly stated that if Nitish Kumar joins us to save the constitution we will welcome him. He said that I will appreciate Nitish Kumar for his good deeds, but where there will be flaws, I won’t mind criticizing him also.[Read More…]
Bihar: JDU and BJP have sealed seat-sharing deal, tells JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) have sealed a seat-sharing deal in Bihar for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The agreement will be formally announced soon, said JDU spokesperson Sanjay Singh on Tuesday in Patna. Earlier, there were disagreements over the seat-sharing between[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh: JDU to contest on 150 seats, aiming Vindhya & Mahakaushal segments
Janta Dal United (JDU), who has collaborated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in Bihar, is making efforts to form a grand alliance with small political outfits of Madhya Pradesh against the BJP in the upcoming assembly polls. JDU Supremo Nitish Kumar along with party Vice-President Prashant Kishor will meet Madhya[Read More…]
Bihar: RJD leader son killed; body decomposed by acid
Balipur: Dharmendra Kumar 18, son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Arjun Ram was studying in class 12th was murdered brutally by unknown assailants; the deceased body was recovered in a melted condition on Saturday morning by the police. The criminals had chopped his head off and used acid on[Read More…]
JDU top leaderships full of upper castes: Is it a compromise with the backward class politics?
Prashant Kishor elevation in Janata Dal-United as Vice-President is seen as an attempt to woo the upper caste voters of Bihar ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha election 2019. It can be observed that the caste equation in Bihar politics is getting the top priorities across the political parties. The[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar appoints Prashant Kishor national Vice President of Janata Dal United
Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president appointed Prashant Kishor an election strategist as the National Vice President of the Janata Dal-United on Tuesday. Prashant Kishor is now officially number two after Nitish Kumar in the JDU. Kishor who joined the party last month has been promoted by the[Read More…]