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  Bihar polls: Lalu to declare seats for Samajawadi party tomorrow

  Politics | August 22, 2015 21:37 IST

  Patna: The Bihar unit of Samajwadi Party, which had protested over denial of seats in the grand alliance for Bihar Assembly polls, today claimed to have fruitful talks with the alliance partners RJD President Lalu

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  BJP attacks Nitish, Lalu & Rahul Gandhi on criticism of Bihar package

  Politics | August 20, 2015 5:17 IST

  Patna:  The BJP today attacked opposition parties over their comments on the Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the state, accusing them of being "unhappy" with it and

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  Lalu denounces PM's Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package, calls it 'political jumla'

  Politics | August 19, 2015 22:35 IST

  Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad denounced the Rs 1.25 lakh crore special package for Bihar announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, calling it a “political jumla” and different from special status which

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  Progress with Nitish Kumar but Bihar still on lowest rungs

  Politics | August 19, 2015 18:29 IST

   Bihar has the second-highest economic growth among poor states  It has India's third-highest level of poverty  Unemployment in Bihar is the highest among the poorest states  98% families in rural Bihar do not have access to toilets in

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  Fear of 'jungle raj' back in Bihar: BJP

  Politics | August 15, 2015 1:50 IST

  Patna:  A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called for unity of Extremely Backward Castes (EBC) to foil NDA's bid to wrest power in Bihar, the BJP today hit back at him saying the

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  Jharkhand Chief Minister for 'Nitish-Lalu mukht Bihar'

  Politics | August 02, 2015 18:25 IST

  Patna:  Targeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally RJD leader Lalu Prasad, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghuvar Das on Sunday urged the people to vote for a "Nitish-Lalu mukht Bihar"."After Prime Minister Narendra Modi

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  RJD calls Bihar shutdown on July 27 over caste census

  Politics | July 14, 2015 19:47 IST

  Patna:  A day after leading a protest march through the state capital, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called for a Bihar bandh (shutdown) on July 27 to protest the withholding of caste-based census data

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  JD-U, RJD in shock after NDA win in Bihar

  Politics | July 12, 2015 14:44 IST

  Patna:  Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Lalu Prasad's RJD are licking their wounds after being worsted by the BJP-led NDA in legislative council polls.Contrary to the ruling coalition's expectations, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic

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  Lalu Prasad, Congress leaders attend Nitish Kumar's Iftar

  Politics | July 11, 2015 22:46 IST

  Patna:   RJD President Lalu Prasad, a host of Bihar ministers and Congress leaders today attended the Iftar party hosted by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here.State Congress president Ashok Choudhary, Congress Legislature Party leader Sadanand

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  Lalu Prasad, Nitish Kumar counter Amit Shah's claim on first OBC PM

  Politics | July 11, 2015 17:09 IST

  Patna:   BJP President Amit Shah's claim about the party giving first Prime Minister from the OBC caste in Narendra Modi, was today sharply contradicted by both the JD(U) and RJD.Prominent OBC leaders - Chief

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  Nitish Kumar says council poll no reflection of people's opinion

  Politics | July 10, 2015 20:15 IST

  Patna:  With BJP-led NDA surging ahead in the Legislative Council poll, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the election outcome did not reflect people's opinion as only a limited number of voters participated in it.

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  Seat sharing to be a tough task for both alliances in Bihar

  Politics | July 05, 2015 17:15 IST

  New Delhi:  The battle lines may have been drawn in Bihar, but seat sharing in the rival alliances led by BJP and JD(U) for the upcoming crucial assembly election is likely to be quite a

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  'Rule of law' will prevail till I am at helm: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | June 26, 2015 16:22 IST

  Patna:  With his party's influential MLA Anant Singh locked in jail in a kidnapping case, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said law was equal for everybody.“Law is functioning on its own ... my government

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  Bihar polls: Ram Vilas Paswan vows to 'destroy' Lalu-Nitish alliance

  Politics | June 22, 2015 14:04 IST

  New Delhi: Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan today said that he will do everything to 'destroy' the alliance between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) and Lalu Prasad Yadav's

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  Amit Shah avoids practicing yoga in Patna

  Politics | June 21, 2015 9:41 IST

  Patna:  Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah attended a yoga camp held here on Sunday, but left hundreds of people disappointed by not performing any asanas."Amit Shah participated in yoga camp at Moinul Haque

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  Bihar polls: Political compulsions force Lalu to accept Nitish

  Politics | June 10, 2015 8:43 IST

  Patna: Political compulsions, not secular values, forced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to accept JD-U leader Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate in the coming Bihar elections, realizing that this alone could check the BJP

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  Lalu Prasad drinks 'poison', agrees to Nitish Kumar as CM candidate

  Politics | June 08, 2015 21:47 IST

  Patna: After resisting JD(U)'s demand for weeks, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on agreed to naming Nitish Kumar as chief ministerial face of the “secular alliance” for Bihar polls, saying he was ready to drink “poison”

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  Nitish Kumar declared Janata Parivar's CM candidate for Bihar polls

  Politics | June 08, 2015 14:47 IST

  New Delhi: The Janata Parivar combine on Monday named Nitish Kumar as its chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections."Nitish Kumar will be chief ministerial candidate of JD(U)-RJD alliance. Lalu Prasad had proposed

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  Bihar polls: Lalu Prasad to meet Sonia Gandhi tomorrow

  Politics | June 07, 2015 23:05 IST

  New Delhi:  RJD President Lalu Prasad is likely to meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi tomorrow to discuss the issue of alliance for Bihar polls, a day after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar held consultations in

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  Bihar polls: After Patna, the action shifts to Delhi

  Politics | June 06, 2015 19:46 IST

  New Delhi:  After days of tough posturing between leadership of JD-U and RJD in Bihar on the issue of alliance for the Assembly elections, action has now shifted to the national capital, where top leaders