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  Hindutva remarks, conversion damaging NDA's prospects: Kushwaha

  National | January 11, 2015 13:05 IST

  New Delhi: Reflecting the growing unease within the government over controversial remarks by Hindutva hardliners and conversion, a senior Union minister today said such issues are “damaging” NDA's prospects, citing example of Kashmir where it

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  Ministers hit out at Manjhi for remarks of barring them from Bihar

  National | November 22, 2014 18:20 IST

  Patna: Union Ministers from Bihar today took exception to Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's remarks that they will not be allowed entry if they failed to bring in desired assistance for the state.Union Agriculture Minister

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  Manjhi warning to seven union ministers of no entry in Bihar

  National | November 19, 2014 16:44 IST

  Patna: Known for his controversial remarks, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today again evoked a sharp criticism when he charged the Centre with ignoring the interest of the state and said seven Union Ministers

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  'Misunderstanding' between Manjhi and Nitish ends: JD(U)

  National | November 08, 2014 16:34 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish Kumar have resolved through talks the “misunderstanding” triggered by some recent utterances of the CM, a senior JD(U) leader said today.“It was an open

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  NDA under Modi will sweep Jharkhand, Bihar: Upendra Kushwaha

  National | October 19, 2014 21:45 IST

  Dhanbad: Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) supremo and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha today said a wave of electoral change is blowing in the country and will also hit Jharkhand and Bihar in the coming Assembly

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  Lalu, Nitish misleading people in the name of Mandal politics: Kushwaha

  National | August 25, 2014 11:46 IST

  Patna: Union Minister and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) leader Upendra Kushwaha today took on Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, saying that both of them were trying to “mislead the country in the name of

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  Government to give more powers to Panchayati Raj institutions

  India | August 07, 2014 14:44 IST

  New Delhi: The government Thursday said it is trying to give more powers to Panchayati Raj institutions even as it admitted that there is widespread corruption in the grassroot system."We are trying to give more

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  JD(U) will be blanked out in assembly bypoll: Kushwaha

  National | August 03, 2014 15:35 IST

  Patna: RSLP president and Union Minister of State for Rural Development Upendra Kushwaha today hit out at the JD(U) claiming that it has completely lost touch with the masses and would be blanked out in

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  Nitish Kumar practising politics of opportunism: Upendra Kushwaha

  National | July 24, 2014 6:59 IST

  New Delhi: A union minister Wednesday accused former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar of opportunism, saying the JD-U and RJD tie-up for the bypolls shows he does not practise politics of principle.In a release, Minister

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  Bihar CM faces people's ire over encephalitis deaths

  National | June 08, 2014 17:43 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday faced angry parents of dozens of children battling suspected encephalitis in a Muzaffarpur hospital.Union Minister of State for Rural Development Upendra Kushwaha also similarly faced public anger.The

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  Paswan forecasts mid-term poll in Bihar by Oct-Nov

  India | May 17, 2014 16:29 IST

  Patna: Registering a landslide victory in alliance with BJP, LJP today forecast the fall of Nitish Kumar government in Bihar shortly and a mid-term elections in the state by October-November this year.“The Nitish Kumar government

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  JD-U MP Kushwaha resigns from Rajya Sabha, party

  National | December 09, 2012 19:14 IST

  Patna, Dec 9: Upendra Kushwaha, a member of parliament of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), Sunday announced his resignation from the Rajya Sabha and the party, terming Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a "dictator"."Finally, I announce