West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has somehow left her other Opposition peers far behind in taking cudgels with the Centre’s ruling party, or the BJP and the NDA led by it. So much so that she has rubbed the BJP the wrong way by reaching[Read More…]
Tag: Nitish Kumar
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: SC takes suo motu, bans publishing of victims’ image
Taking suo motu cognizance of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Bihar government and the Ministry of Women and Child Development and has asked to keep the identity of the rape survivors confidential. Putting a ban on releasing or publishing the victims’[Read More…]
Life line of Patna, Bailey road caves in after heavy rains
Patna: A large of part of a road in Patna caved in on Sunday following heavy rains that pounded the state capital round the clock, officials said. The Bailey road, considered the life line of Patna, caved in due to heavy rains continuing since Saturday. Several areas are water-logged, a[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar agrees for CBI inquiry into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case
After repeated insistence by RJD and Congress MLAs for CBI probe into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, finally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ordered a CBI probe into the matter. Earlier, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi had shown their reluctance over any Central Bureau of Investigation in the mass gang[Read More…]
Bihar politics heats up with Upendra Kushwaha’s demand for new CM face
Union Minister of State for HRD, Upendra Kushwaha has demanded to change the Chief Minister face in Bihar for 2019 assembly elections. According to reports, he doesn’t want Nitish Kumar to continue to be the Chief Ministerial candidate of the state. Heating up the politics in Bihar, the Rashtriya Lok[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav accuses Nitish Kumar of shielding culprits in Muzaffarpur rape case
RJD leader and leader of opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav has tweeted that the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the deputy CM Sushil Modi is reluctant for any CBI enquiry in the recent heart wrenching mass rape case in Muzaffarpur’s shelter home. Congress and Rashtriya Janata Dal MPs also put[Read More…]
JDU MP RCP Singh convoy breaks law, denies paying toll tax
Rohtas (Bihar): Close aide of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal-United (JDU) MP Ramchandra Prasad Singh broke the law when his convoy passed through a toll plaza without paying. The incident occurred at Sasaram toll plaza in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Saturday. Neither Singh nor his supporters’ vehicles stopped to pay the toll tax. The[Read More…]
Post truth politics is the biggest achievement of Modi government
In 2016, Oxford Dictionaries declared ‘post-truth’ the word of the year in response to a rise in its usage in relation to political developments in the US for the presidential election and in the UK on Brexit. It is defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav to bring no-confidence motion against Nitish govt
The keenly-watched debate over the no-confidence motion against the Narendra Modi government is underway in the Lok Sabha. Amid the many debates running since morning over no-confidence motion, came the jaw-dropping remark from Bihar. RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav, indicating his move of contemplation over no-confidence motion against the NDA government in Bihar. “We are[Read More…]
Bihar likely to deploy transgender guards for women security
In order to curb down the sexual abuse against women and make the females feel safer in the city, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to deploy transgender persons as security guard. During the Lok Samvad program organised earlier this week, Social Welfare Department Principal Secretary Atul Prasad discussed[Read More…]
Nitish proposes new, impossible seat sharing formula to BJP
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar seems to have proposed an impossible formula for BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar. According to sources, the formula was proposed to the BJP President Amit Shah during his visit to Patna last week. As per the seat sharing formula being proposed by the Bihar Chief Minister, BJP[Read More…]
The fallout of marginalized by anti-liquor law of Nitish Kumar
Bihar often remains in the headlines due to the daily incidents and the political endgames it frequently witnesses. In a similar manner, the issue of the prohibition of liquor in the state has again become a topic for hot discussions and debate among the political circles, the civil society and[Read More…]
We (JDU and BJP) are working together in Bihar, but not outside: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Amid signs of discomfort between BJP and JDU, along with long going controversy around Nitish Kumar joining the Mahagathbandhan, comes the remark of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying BJP and JDU share a trust bond within the boundaries of Bihar, and are working together within this state ‘only’. “We[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar stand on 3C’s is a big farce
In national executive meet on Sunday, 8th July 2018 at national capital, New Delhi, the Janata Dal (United) sent a stern message to the Bharatiya Janata Party from its national executive meet, making it clear that it would not compromise on the 3Cs of communalism, crime and corruption even if[Read More…]
No space for Nitish Kumar in ‘Mahagathbandhan’: Congress
The Congress has condemned JD(U)’s advice to reconsider its association with RJD and ruled out the many speculations of space for Nitish Kumar in the grand alliance. After national executive meeting in Delhi on Sunday, the JD(U) had laid down conditions for opening any communication channel with the Congress. JD(U) leader[Read More…]
Bihar’s education system is both political and a social failure
Bihar as a state keeps an important place historically, culturally and politically. A land which flourished long back in the 5th century, with Nalanda as a centre for excellence, a place where the brilliant mind like Aryabhatta pursued his mathematical and astronomical interests. Even Abul Fazal-i-Allami author of Ain-i-Akbari and[Read More…]
Climate change affecting agriculture in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said climate change has been affecting the state over the years and its impact is visible, with monsoon getting delayed every year and the volume of rain also showing a downward trend. Although the state had hardly contributed to the phenomenon of[Read More…]
BJP ‘will contest all LS seats it won last time in Bihar’
Patna: Amid growing restlessness over seat sharing for the 2019 elections among the allies of the BJP-led NDA in Bihar, a senior BJP leader on Monday said the party would contest from all Lok Sabha seats it won last time in the state. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Rajender[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar is face of NDA in Bihar: JD(U)’s message to BJP
Patna: The Janata Dal (United) core committee met in Patna on Sunday ahead of a meeting of the National Democratic Alliance scheduled later this week, after which a senior party leader said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the face of the NDA in Bihar. Kumar, also the JD(U) national president, held[Read More…]
Tejashwi mocks Nitish for questioning demonetisation benefits
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday mocked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the latter had supported demonetisation but was now questioning it, and soon he will describe demonetisation as the biggest scam of India. A day after Nitish Kumar questioned the benefits of the much-hyped demonetisation move to[Read More…]
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…]
Nitish Kumar announces scholarships for madrassa students
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced scholarships for students of government-affiliated madrassas. He also pledged to appoint Urdu teachers in all high schools. “Students of government-affiliated madrassas will be provided scholarships,” Nitish Kumar said at a function here to mark Urdu Day. He said the government would strengthen[Read More…]
Congress to seek like-minded allies to defeat BJP, Rahul says country wants change
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness to ally “with all like-minded parties” with a “pragmatic approach” to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with party chief Rahul Gandhi stating that the country was feeling tired and seeking a change. The party’s 84th plenary[Read More…]
An Army is as good as its soldiers – PM as good his team
Prime Minister of the world’s sixth largest nation by the economy, second largest by population, and second largest by the strength of the army is no mean feat. 275 seats in the Lok Sabha, at the helm of 14 states, and in coalition in 5 States, there is little to[Read More…]
Only Congress can challenge BJP, says Sharad Pawar
Pune: Only the Congress has the ability to challenge the country’s ruling BJP presently, and its ‘acche din’ will come, predicted Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar here on Wednesday. The veteran politician was replying to blunt questions thrown by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena President Raj Thackeray who was “interviewing” him at[Read More…]