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  News in Nutshell: Important stories of the day

  India | May 02, 2016 20:19 IST

  Important stories of the day

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  Nitish Kumar's election strategist Prashant Kishor gets feelers from Mamata

  Politics | November 10, 2015 23:14 IST

  Patna/Kolkata:  After yet again proving his brilliance as an election strategist by shaping Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's successful campaign strategy, Prashant Kishor has received feelers from Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress for plying his trade

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  In 84 seconds, PM Modi reminds Lalu-Nitish of their 33 scams

  Politics | October 30, 2015 22:05 IST

  Gopalganj: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked the grand alliance over corruption issue in Lalu Prasad's home-turf in Bihar, listing over 30 alleged scams including fodder scam under RJD and JD(U) during last 25 years

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  Pro-Mandal intellectuals vow to defeat Nitish-Lalu alliance

  Politics | June 28, 2015 18:24 IST

  Patna: Pro-Mandal Commission intellectuals today vowed to defeat candidates of JD(U)-RJD alliance in the Bihar Assembly elections scheduled in September-October this year and make all-out efforts to ensure victory of Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) and

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  RJD-JD(U)-Congress to fight Bihar Assembly polls together: Sharad Yadav

  Politics | June 04, 2015 18:11 IST

  New Delhi:  Amid speculation over the fate of alliance between JD-U and RJD ahead of crucial Bihar polls, JD-U president Sharad Yadav on Thursday insisted that both the parties will fight the Assembly polls in

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  Bihar polls: Congress may prefer Nitish over Lalu

  Politics | June 01, 2015 11:21 IST

  New Delhi: If the alliance between Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Janata Dal (United) does not materialise before the Bihar Assembly elections, the Congress could go to elections with latter as its ally.The Congress vice

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  Janata Dal merger process treading its own path: Nitish

  Politics | May 08, 2015 17:12 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the process of merger of splinter parties into Janata Dal was “treading its own path.”“During my Delhi stay I had fruitful talks with Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu

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  Nitish, Lalu Prasad masters of engineering defections: Giriraj

  Politics | February 13, 2015 17:42 IST

  Ludhiana: Refuting allegations that the BJP-led Centre was “encouraging” horse-trading in Bihar, Union Minister Giriraj Singh today said JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav were “masters” in the art of engineering

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  Five more Nitish loyalists to resign from the cabinet

  Politics | February 07, 2015 20:28 IST

  Patna: Five ministers supporting Nitish Kumar will soon resign from the government. The ministers who are to resign are Ramai Ram, Dulal Chand Goswami, Manoj Kushwaha, Naushad Aalm, and Ramlakhan Ramraman.The decision of the ministers

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  Parliamentary board to decide on naming CM candidate for Bihar polls: Amit Shah

  Politics | January 24, 2015 14:46 IST

  Patna:  The BJP parliamentary board will decide on whether to name the chief ministerial candidate for the Bihar assembly polls later this year, party president Amit Shah said here Saturday."It is for the BJP parliamentary

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  After snub to Modi, Congress invites Mamata, Nitish to Nehru event

  Politics | November 12, 2014 20:48 IST

  New Delhi:  After refusing to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress has now called leaders including Mamata Banerjee and Nitish Kumar for an event on Jawaharlal Nehru next week, a move seen as an attempt

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi denies 'differences' with Nitish

  Politics | October 31, 2014 15:50 IST

  Patna/Gaya: Amid reports of growing distance between Jitan Ram Manjhi and Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister today dismissed claims that he had any “difference” with his predecessor and blamed media for “triggering a controversy

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  Fodder scam: HC reserves order against Nitish and Shivanand Tiwari

  India | September 20, 2014 7:13 IST

  Ranchi: Jharkhand High Court yesterday reserved its judgment on a petition seeking to make former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and ex-JD(U) spokesman Shivanand Tiwari accused in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam.  The bench

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  Lalu, Nitish share dais after two decades

  Politics | August 11, 2014 14:09 IST

  Hajipur: RJD chief Lalu Prasad and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar today shared dais in Hajipur  after more than two decades of political hostility. Lalu and Nitish launched a joint campaign today for upcoming by-polls in 10

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  Nitish greets Modi, says he has great expectations

  India | May 26, 2014 15:04 IST

  Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today extended his greetings to the government led by his bete-noire Narendra Modi which will take charge this evening and said he has “great expectations” from it, including

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  Nitish to become Lalu's neighbour

  India | May 22, 2014 15:58 IST

  Patna: Bitter rivals in Bihar politics Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad will be neighbours now after the JD(U) top leader abdicated power as Chief Minister in the face of severe drubbing in the recent Lok

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  'Had Nitish stayed with NDA, he wouldn't have faced defeat'

  Politics | May 20, 2014 16:46 IST

  Mumbai: Terming Nitish Kumar's resignation as the Chief Minister of Bihar after the party's poll debacle, as mere ‘nautanki'(drama), Shiv Sena today said that had he been with the NDA, his party would not have

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  Nitish chose Manjhi to safeguard his 'kharao': Sushil Modi

  Politics | May 19, 2014 22:18 IST

  Patna: BJP today described Jitan Ram Manjhi, handpicked by Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar, as “kathputli” (puppet) and urged the Governor to individual parade of the MLAs to get “convinced” of Manjhi's

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  BJP seeks Nitish's resignation after rout in general elections

  India | May 16, 2014 21:00 IST

  Patna: A buoyant BJP today demanded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's resignation on moral grounds following the JD(U)'s rout in the polls.Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi had taken moral responsibility and so had other Congress chief

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  Nitish can't stall Narendra Modi from becoming PM: Sushil Modi

  Politics | May 13, 2014 19:33 IST

  Patna: Buoyed by projections of a massive victory in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP today said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will get very few seats and can't stall Narendra Modi from becoming the