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  With Janta Parivar unity, JDU seeks to rally anti-BJP parties

  National | December 28, 2014 16:51 IST

  Thrissur: In a bid to rally anti-BJP forces, JD(U), which is pushing for unity among splinter groups of Janata Parivar, said all parties with similar principles and ideology should come together to counter the saffron

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  BJP has mastered politics of 31 per cent votes: Nitish Kumar

  National | December 27, 2014 22:51 IST

  Patna: Lambasting BJP for “mastering politics of 31 per cent votes where the rest do not matter”, senior JD(U) leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said every citizen should be an equal

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  Nitish Kumar supports 'Bharat Ratna' demand for Vajpayee

  National | December 23, 2014 18:04 IST

  Patna: His acrimony for BJP notwithstanding, JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today supported the demand for Bharat Ratna for the saffron party's tallest leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.“Vajpayee jee should have been bestowed with Bharat Ratna during

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  Lok Sabha adjourned till noon after opposition uproar

  National | December 23, 2014 13:12 IST

  New Delhi: Members of Congress, TMC, Left, RJD, JD(U) and SP stormed into the Well raising slogans against 'ghar wapsi' (conversion) as soon as proceedings began in the House after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan rejected their

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  Janata Parivar coming together of brand ambassadors of misgovernance: BJP

  National | December 22, 2014 23:50 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the coming together of Janata Parivar outfits as a get-together of “corrupt” and “brand ambassadors of misgovernance”, BJP today said their joint agitation is road-blocker in the path of development and good

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  Manjhi expresses displeasure over functioning of Savarna Aayog

  National | December 22, 2014 17:55 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today expressed strong displeasure over tardy pace of work in preparation of report by a commission constituted for welfare of forward castes in the state.“They have spend over

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  Opposition not ready for debate on conversion: Prasad

  National | December 21, 2014 20:14 IST

  Patna: Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said opposition parties were not ready for a debate on conversion issue that has rocked Parliament for the last two weeks and blamed them for stalling the

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  BJP asks Nitish to initiate anti-conversion law

  National | December 20, 2014 19:55 IST

  Patna: Bihar BJP today claimed that 13 poor persons were converted to another religion in the past few days in the state and sought to know from senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar if he would

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  I provided electricity but Narendra Modi reaped votes: Nitish Kumar

  National | December 20, 2014 16:39 IST

  Madhepura: Senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi played smart by reaping benefits of hard work Kumar had done in enhancing electricity supply in Bihar.“Through hard work I ensured electricity in

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  No time can be fixed for merger of parties: Sharad Yadav

  National | December 20, 2014 16:36 IST

  Patna: JD(U) President Sharad Yadav today said the proposed December-22 ‘Mahadharna' in New Delhi would be the “first solid step” towards merger of old Janata Parivar parties, but no timeline could be fixed for it.“Koi

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  Manjhi says its too late to reform himself

  National | December 13, 2014 22:44 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi whose utterances on various issues have at times put the ruling JD (U) in embarrassing situation, today said he was too old to learn.“Boodha suga pos nahi manta

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  BJP attacks JD(U) govt over PMC Commissioner suspension

  National | December 13, 2014 18:43 IST

  Patna: Opposition BJP on December 13 accused state government of suspending Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) under “pressure” of builders and land mafias.“An honest IAS officer has been suspended in a humiliating manner under

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  Lalu, Nitish are like 'bhule bisre geet'(old songs):Ramkripal Yadav

  National | December 13, 2014 17:23 IST

  Patna: Union Minister of State Ramkripal Yadav today said the coming together of RJD, JD(U) and the erstwhile ‘Janata Parivar' will have no impact as people have “rejected” them after testing them for long.  “Its

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  BJP instilling fear of minority among majority: Nitish Kumar

  National | December 07, 2014 20:48 IST

  Dhanbad: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today charged BJP with making an effort to divide the society by instilling fear of minority community among the majority.“BJP is dividing the society. The party has started

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  Lalu asks people throw out BJP

  National | December 06, 2014 23:32 IST

  Giridih/Kodarma (Jharkhand): RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today appealed to the electorate to defeat the BJP and elect the RJD-Congress-JD(U) alliance in Jharkhand.“Throw out the BJP, under which the nation cannot prosper,” Prasad said while briefly

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  Nitish asks people to stop 'Ashvamedh horse' of BJP in Bihar

  National | December 06, 2014 22:20 IST

  Patna: Buoyed by efforts to reunite ‘Janata Parivar', senior JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar today appealed to the people to halt the ‘Ashvamedh Horse' of the BJP when it comes to Bihar during the next

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  Mulayam Singh Yadav to work out modalities for 'Janata Parivar' merger

  National | December 04, 2014 18:39 IST

  New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav was Thursday authorised to work out modalities for the merger of the "Janata Parivar" (Janata family) parties.This was decided at a meeting of six parties of "Janata

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  'Janata Parivar' meet begins at Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence

  National | December 04, 2014 13:56 IST

  New Delhi: The meeting of JD(U), SP, RJD, INLD and JD(S) leaders has begun at Mulayam Singh Yadav's residence.The leaders belonging to the easrstwhile ‘Janata Parivar' are meeting to discuss re-union and merging of different

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  Two Bihar cops transferred over students' custodial torture

  India | December 03, 2014 7:35 IST

  Patna: Taking note of alleged police brutality against two students in custody, the Bihar government late Tuesday transferred the police superintendent and deputy superintendent of Bhojpur district, officials said.Hundreds of angry students protested in Bhojpur

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  Nitish questions NDA's good governance claim

  National | December 02, 2014 21:46 IST

  New Delhi: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today hit out at the Narendra Modi government over its good governance plank and questioned why a single Muslim was not among its 282 Lok Sabha MPs