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  Bihar: Mahagathbandhan faces seat-sharing hurdle, Pappu Yadav's entry adds trouble | Explained

  India | March 26, 2024 17:57 IST

  The seat-sharing talks between Mahagathbandhan partners - Congress and RJD - seem far away from reaching an agreement, said the sources, adding it became an uphill task for the alliance to accommodate Pappu Yadav who is adamant about contesting from Purnia seat.

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  Bihar: Several 'Mahagathbandhan' MLAs likely to join BJP in run-up to Lok Sabha polls, say sources

  Bihar | February 27, 2024 21:22 IST

  Earlier in the day, Congress MLAs Murari Prasad Gautam and Siddharth Saurav, and RJD MLA Sangita Kumari joined the BJP. The development comes just weeks ahead of the declaration of Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission.

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  Bihar: 'I refused CM's post offered by RJD', Manjhi demands two berths in Nitish Cabinet | VIDEO

  Bihar | February 02, 2024 18:18 IST

  Bihar news: The newly formed NDA government in Bihar, headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will seek the trust vote on February 12, the inaugural day of the budget session, according to a revised notification issued on the matter on Thursday (February 1).

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  Vijay Kumar Sinha becomes Bihar's new Deputy CM: A journey from aggressive Speaker to LoP

  Bihar | January 28, 2024 18:50 IST

  Bihar: Vijay Kumar Sinha, a Bhumihar leader and former Speaker, rises through the ranks to become Bihar's new Deputy CM in the NDA-aligned government. His journey includes a tenure as Leader of the Opposition, marked by resilience as Speaker, and controversies with CM Nitish Kumar.

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  Lalu's daughter Rohini deletes tweets targeting Bihar CM: Is RJD trying to pacify 'upset' Nitish?

  Bihar | January 25, 2024 19:03 IST

  Though Rohini Acharya deleted the posts after a couple of hours but it was good enough to show the point of view of the Lalu family on the ongoing tussle between them and Nitish Kumar.

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  Big blow to Nitish Kumar! HAM withdraws its support from Mahagathbandhan; may team up with BJP

  Bihar | June 19, 2023 17:54 IST

  Hindustani Awam Morcha withdraws support from the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government.

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  Bihar violence: Ruling 'Mahagathbandhan', BJP trade barbs over post-Ram Navami clashes in state

  Bihar | April 05, 2023 14:07 IST

  Bihar violence: On Wednesday, the BJP MLAs protested in the Assembly against the government for the violence in the state that claimed several lives.

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  Purnia University prioritises 'Mahagathbandhan' rally over education; postpones graduation exams

  Bihar | February 25, 2023 17:31 IST

  Although the university claimed that the notice was issued on February 23, the students argued they were informed a day before the examinations.

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  'BJP doors closed forever for Nitish Kumar, enough of...,', says Amit Shah in Bihar rally

  India | February 25, 2023 14:29 IST

  Amit Shah in Bihar: Addressing a rally at Lauria in West Champaran district, the senior BJP leader claimed that the JD(U) supremo has agreed to make RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav the next chief minister and asserted that he should announce when he intends to do so.

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  Kurhani bypoll result: Embarrassment Bihar's ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan’ as BJP wins by huge margin

  Elections | December 08, 2022 16:21 IST

  Kurhani bypoll result: Thursday came as a shocker for Bihar politics as JD(U) ended up conceding the Kurhani assembly seat to the BJP.

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  Will throw BJP out of power in 2024, says Lalu Yadav, to soon visit Delhi with Nitish Kumar

  India | September 21, 2022 19:28 IST

  Lok Sabha 2024: We will throw the BJP govt out of power... I will go to Delhi with Nitish Kumar and meet Sonia Gandhi soon & also meet Rahul Gandhi after he returns from his yatra (Bharat Jodo Yatra), Lalu Yadav said during state council meeting in Patna.

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  When will Bihar govt provide 10 lakh jobs, Nitish Kumar's former aide Sharad Kumar Yadav asks

  India | September 14, 2022 20:06 IST

  Social worker-turned-youth politician Sharad Kumar Yadav asserted that if the newly formed 'Mahagathbandhan', provides 5 to 10 lakh jobs in two years, then Deputy CM Tejashwi will surely become the CM in the coming assembly election 2025.

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  Nitish Kumar on opposition unity: It should be 'main front', not 'third front'

  India | December 16, 2022 13:40 IST

  Lok Sabha 2024: Speaking to reporters after meeting several non-BJP leaders here, Kumar said he had "very good and long discussions".

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  Nitish Kumar meets Rahul Gandhi in Delhi, discuss Oppn unity

  India | September 06, 2022 0:21 IST

  The meeting between Gandhi and Kumar at the former Congress chief's residence lasted almost an hour. Kumar was accompanied by Bihar Water Resources Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Sanjay Kumar Jha.

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  Nitish Kumar wins floor test in Bihar assembly, BJP stages walkout

  India | August 25, 2022 0:07 IST

  Bihar floor test today: The eight political parties supporting the new government are RJD (79), JD-U (45), Congress (19), CPI-ML (12), HAMS (04), CPI (02), CPM (02) and AIMIM (01).

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  Ambitions soar in Bihar Congress post upheaval; MLA writes to Sonia demanding cabinet berth

  India | August 12, 2022 15:00 IST

  The cabinet, which at present comprises only the chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as his deputy, is due for expansion on August 16.

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  Grand Alliance brings no-confidence motion against Bihar Assembly Speaker

  India | August 11, 2022 10:44 IST

  “The motion against Sinha will be taken up by the House when it meets to enable Nitish Kumar to move a trust vote,” senior JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary said.

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  Newly sworn-in CM Nitish Kumar to prove majority on Aug 24

  India | August 10, 2022 21:25 IST

  Bihar Political Drama: Leaders of the Mahagathbandhan also brought in a no-confidence motion against Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha, of the BJP. Since he just has support of just 77 MLAs of his own party, it is most likely that he would resign from the post before motion.

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  Bihar: Nitish Kumar is master in the art of changing governments, know why

  India | August 10, 2022 11:22 IST

  Nitish Kumar had joined the then Atal Behari Vajpayee govt in Centre and proved to be a good administrator in his role as railway minister, introducing computerised railway reservation among other initiatives.

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  Nitish Kumar's aspirations to become PM led him break alliance in Bihar: Giriraj Singh

  India | August 09, 2022 16:24 IST

  Bihar Political Crisis: Nitish Kumar's aspirations to become Prime Minister led him to break the alliance with the BJP, alleged Union Minister Giriraj Singh.