BJP chief Rajnath Singh is set to meet leaders of Bihar BJP unit in the wake of the ultimatum issued by JD(U) to declare the Prime Ministerial candidate of the party. Earlier, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had criticized Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Mod...
Congress seeks to gain maximum political mileage from the rift between BJP and JD(U) which came out in the open after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar criticized BJP's poster boy Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. BJP, unwilling to take the offence lying d...
The Bihar BJP leaders, who are unhappy with the statements made by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar against Narendra Modi, have met BJP president Rajnath Singh. Although these leaders have claimed that the BJP-JD(U) alliance continues despite the recent spat,...
Sources reveal that the BJP is unwilling to displease its Prime Ministerial candidate Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the sake of upkeeping its alliance with the JD(U) as the party, assuming a tough stand, has said that if JD(U) has decided to part wa...
Following Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's criticism of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the ultimatum set by him for BJP to decide the Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP president Rajnath Singh has called for a meeting of the leaders of Bihar BJP uni...
In the backdrop of the face off between BJP and JD(U) following Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's comments against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, a few prominent BJP leaders from Bihar are set to meet BJP chief Rajnath Singh. Meanwhile, the BJP chief ...
Despite the deadline set by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for BJP to announce its Prime Ministerial candidate and his open criticism of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, BJP continues to back Modi and has asked the Bihar CM to target UPA instead. Will ...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in his address, took several digs at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and even set a deadline for BJP to announce its Prime Ministerial candidate. BJP is in a fix as it cannot displease its crucial ally. However, the part...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while addressing Janata Dal (United)'s national executive meet in Delhi, takes several digs at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The Bihar CM demands a secular Prime Minister from BJP and sets a deadline for the party to ...
JD(U), which made it loud and clear that the party will not support the Prime Ministerial candidature of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has hinted that the party is willing to accept the Prime Ministerial candidature of LK Advani. The party has given a ...
Sources have revealed that BJP, after its late night huddle, has assured JD(U) that the Prime Ministerial candidate will be decided only with the consensus of the NDA. JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, in a meeting with the senior leaders of BJP, had made it clear tha...
JD(U) has made its stand loud and clear that the party will not support the Prime Ministerial candidature of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. What will the BJP do now? Even as the government finds it hard to survive on the outside support, NCP chief Shara...
The central government is getting ready to award Nitish Kumar's Bihar with the special state status. The government is also making changes in the special state status which would directly benefit Bihar. This move by the government is being looked at as an atte...
The central government is looking to give Bihar the status of 'special state' before the 2014 general elections. The Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar conducted rallies in Bihar demanding the special status tag for the state. Once Bihar receives this status it woul...
With the 2014 general elections in mind, political parties are looking to forge new alliances. Conferring special status on Bihar and a few other backward states is being looked at as a political move for future alliances in the political arena.
Home ministry is getting ready to confer Bihar with the status of a special state. If Bihar receives this status, it would be seen as the victory of the state's chief minister, Nitish Kumar. The chief minister conducted rallies both in the state as well as the...
The central government will soon confer the special state status on Bihar, says a report in an English newspaper. The status is being considered as a major victory for the state's Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar. According to some sources, Congress is eager to pa...
The rally organised by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the national capital has evoked mixed responses from the BJP camp. Some of the leaders reacted aggressively to the Bihar strongman while others maintained a sober stand. Can BJP neglect its key ally e...
After his successful rally in Delhi, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram to press for the demand to grant special status to Bihar. The meet is seen by political pundits as JDU's atte...
In the wake of the 'Adhikar rally' in Delhi, organized by Bihar Chief Minsiter Nitish Kumar, BJP plans for a mega rally in Patna. Is the 'Hunkar rally' announced by BJP a response to 'Adhikar rally'? Is the friction between these two NDA allies out in the open...
BJP leader Kirti Azad refutes claims that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while addressing the JDU supporters at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan, was hinting at a possible alliance with the UPA ahead of the genereal elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, while addressing the JDU supporters at the 'Adhikar rally', has appreciated Congress, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram. Is Bihar CM hinting at a possible alliance with the UPA?
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is set to address thousands of his supporters who have gathered at the Ramlila Maidan in Delhi. The JDU is taking out the 'Adhikar rally' in the national capital, seeking special status for Bihar.
Ahead of the general elections, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is gearing up for a massive show of strength in the national capital. More than 40,000 JDU activists are expected to take part in the rally which will be held at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan. The JDU ...
JD(U) MP from Muzaffarpur, Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad is reportedly going to perform a yagna at his residence in Delhi, for helping Gujarat CM Narendra Modi to realize his dream of becoming the Prime Minister of India. However, Nishad has denied the reports and...
Hitting out at the JDU and Samajwadi Party who questioned the intentions of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Kumbh visit, BJP leader Kalraj Mishra has said that even leaders belonging to Congress are visiting the Kumbh and has asked why nobody is making ...
Slamming Madhya Pradesh Tribal Development Minister Vijay Shah for his remark that parents of girls are responsible for their safety and not the government, JDU chief Sharad yadav has said that government is responsible for the safety of girls. Various other p...
Pressure is mounting on BJP to declare Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate as the VHP has thrown its weight firmly behind Modi, calling him the most popular leader in the party and putting the onus on BJP to make the right...
After the JDU expressed its displeasure over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi being projected as NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP has launched a scathing attack on the party saying that it is easier to break an alliance than to make one. Senior BJP l...
It appears as if nothing can prevent BJP from projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the NDA's choice for Prime Minister as senior BJP leader Kirti Azad has issued a threat of sorts to JDU, which has been opposing the Prime Ministerial candidature ...
Taking on his own party chief Sharad Yadav for supporting the Khap Panchayat, JDU leader Shivanand Tiwari ridicules him saying that he is amazed at the logic offered by Yadav. A fuming Tiwari says that neither he nor the party ascribe to the views endorsed by ...
Taking on RSS chief Mohan Bhagat for his insensitive comments on rape victims and increasing crimes against women in India, JDU leader Shivanand Tiwari says that Bhagat's comments show his regressive mindset and attitudes. He has also compared Bhagat with MIM ...
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav invites criticism after backing Khaps and their diktats. He says that the Khaps' diktat was good for women and that any girl who elopes is as good as dead for her family. He also says that the system needs to be debated and overhauled.
Following the uproar after his open endorsement of Khap Panchayat in which he said that 'a man whose daughter goes out of the house is as good as finished', JDU chief Sharad Yadav has come out claiming that his comments were misconstrued. He has said that he c...
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav today sparked a major controversy by saying that 'Taliban-style' diktat by Khap panchayats in Haryana is rightly defending women. Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi said political leaders should give serious thought before they speak ou...
JDU chief Sharad Yadav has become the latest politician to join the sexist bandwagon with his remark that women eloping from homes are as good as dead for families. His remark has drawn flak from the Opposition parties and social activists who have accused him...
The Gujarat election has also been pitched as Modi's big chance to prove his national credentials to lead the NDA. One of the NDA constituents, the JDU now claims that even Nitish Kumar is fit to be Prime Minister.
Narendra Modi won't be inviting BJP leaders from Bihar--Sushil Kumar Modi, Shatrughan Singh, Yashwant Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy--to campaign for the BJP in the state Assembly elections. Gujarat goes to poll in December, along with Himachal Pradesh. In list of 3...
The BJP-JDU alliance in Bihar is more strained than ever before. Another war of words has broken out between the BJP and its ally JDU over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's proposed trip to Bihar next year. The BJP had earlier made it clear that it is pre...
Another war of words has broken out between the BJP and its ally JDU over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's proposed trip to Bihar next year. The BJP had earlier made it clear that it is preparing to contest all 40 seats in Bihar during the 2014 elections...
Achil Vandhavai | JD(U) Sharad Yadav calls the West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee a tigress. This title cannot be more apt because she is probably the only ally of the UPA who has dared to challenge the government's decision and pull out of the coalition. Catch th...
BJP has reportedly decided to contest in 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar without joining hands with the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led JDU. The BJP-JDU alliance have been going through troubled times after Nitish Kumar objected the Prime Ministerial candidature o...
JDU chief Sharad Yadav criticises another JDU MLA's husband Ranbir Yadav for brandishing arms during Nitish Kumar's rally. He took out a police rifle during the rally, and Sharad Yadav condemned the act. He said that non violent protests are important.
Centrestage | Is Bihar returning to its wild west ways. The husband of a local MLA snatched a loaded carbine from a police and used it to brandish against protesters who were blocking Chief Minster Nitish Kumar's convoy in Khagaria district. The JD(U) leader e...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has confirmed that his party, JD(U) will go alone in the Gujarat Assembly polls. With this declaration the rift between Nitish Kumar and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has come out in the open.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in a press conference, reveals his future plans. He discloses his plans for the Gujarat Assembly polls in which his party, the JD(U) is likely to go alone.
MNS chief Raj Thackeray's anti-Bihari rant has irked various political parties who now demand that he be penalized for his remarks. Political parties like the Left, JDU, and BSP have also slammed the Congress and NCP for failing to act against Raj who branded ...
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's obnoxious brand of 'hate politics' has sparked a national outrage again. After his 'warning' to renowned singer Asha Bhonsle, the MNS Chief has now caused an uproar with an anti-Bihar rant. In his latest political polarising salvo, Ra...
Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam leads the backlash against Raj Thackeray's venomous comments against UP and Bihar. Raj Thackeray's vitriol has the JDU up in arms. After his 'warning' to renowned singer Asha Bhonsle, the MNS Chief has now caused an uproar with a...
Even as the MNS Chief Raj Thackeray has kicked up a storm with the politics of polarisation, his cousin Uddhav Thackeray has accused him of being a follower of Shiv Sena's ideology. In a candid interview to Headlines Today, Uddhav leaves a room for a possible ...
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's obnoxious brand of 'hate politics' has sparked a national outrage again. After his 'warning' to renowned singer Asha Bhonsle, the MNS Chief has now caused an uproar with an anti-Bihar rant. In his latest political polarising salvo, Ra...
MNS Chief Raj Thackeray's obnoxious brand of 'hate politics' has sparked a national outrage again. After his 'warning' to renowned singer Asha Bhonsle, the MNS Chief has now caused an uproar with an anti-Bihar rant. In his latest political polarising salvo, Ra...
JDU chief Sharad Yadav has backed BJP's demand for the resignation of Prime Minister over the issue of Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) report on coal block allocation. The issue of coal block allocation had created an uproar in the Parliament, forcing ...
An interview of Nitish Kumar in the magazine 'The Week' causes uproar among the BJP. The Minister is alleged to have said that JDU will discontinue as an ally of the BJP if Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is announced as the party's PM nominee. However, even after Ni...
Senior BJP leader Jaswant Singh and JDU chief Sharad Yadav are among the candidates being considered to oppose the UPA nominee, incumbent Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is finding himself in a tough spot after he slammed the RSS for criticising him over his 'secular Prime Minister' remarks. The Bihar BJP leaders professed allegiance to RSS and attacked Nitish Kumar for his remarks that the JD...
Nitish Kumar, Chief Minister, Bihar, who is in the capital today has spoken again on the projection of Narendra Modi as BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate. He has said he maintains his stand on his previously expressed views, both personal and as part of the pa...
Sharad Yadav, NDA Convener and JD(U) leader in attempt to control damage corrects Shivanand Tiwari and says that they had agreed to disagree with the BJP. He also adds that they have been long term allies with the BJP and that NDA will remain intact.
After Nitish Kumar's comments on Narendra Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections, Modi has taken on Nitish in a rather cryptic way with a tweet that says there cannot be two constitutions, two prime ministers and two power centres. Sharad P...
Lalu Prasad Yadav, RJD chief in a press conference today spoke in response to Nitish Kumar's comments on Narendra Modi. He says everybody knows what Modi did and it was Nitish Kumar who should have quit as the Railway Minister then.
The JDU's strident objections to promoting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections threatens to split the alliance.
The Nitish Kumar-led JDU has reacted sharply to the RSS endorsement of Narendra Modi as a possible Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 elections, saying its secular credentials were not negotiable.
The JDU chief and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not acceptable as the NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections.
JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav extends his support to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev in the fight for bringing back the black money stashed abroad. The Yoga guru had earlier gained the support of Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief and Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, NCP chief...
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev meets JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav to seek his support in the campaign to bring back the black money stashed abroad. Ramdev had earlier met Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief and Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh, NCP chief Sharad Pawar and BJP p...
JDU chief Sharad Yadav says that his party has not taken a decision on supporting a 'non-political' candidate like APJ Abdul Kalam for the President's post.