The BJP will hold a meeting in Delhi today to decide whether they will contest with the elections with JD(U) in Bihar. Rajnath Singh will meet top Bihar leaders to decide. Later in the day, a cabinet meeting will be called to take further decisions regarding t...
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...
Newshour | A massive political fight has broken out between the BJP and JD(U), parties which have been in alliance for the past 17 years. The fight is about who should be the Prime Ministerial candidate. The JD(U) is against Gujarat CM Narendra Modi becoming t...
Centrestage | Will Godhra mar Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's chances of being the Prime Minister of the country? Is Bihar CM Nitish Kumar guilty of political opportunism? Congress leader Manishankar Aiyer, BJP leader Uday Singh, JD(U) general secretary KC Tyagi an...
Newshour | Given the results obtained by the CVoter poll on the number of seats occupied by various political parties, will the BJP be forced to cling on to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar or project Gujarat CM Narendra Modi? Political editor Navika Kumar, senior journa...
The 17-year-old political alliance between JD(U) and BJP seems to be headed towards acrimonious divorce, since both the parties are escalating a war of words between them. Making an indirect attack on Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar today sai...
JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari says that his party has consistently opposed Narendra Modi's candidature for Prime Minister. He says that BJP cannot dictate terms of the coalition all by itself and that it should realise that it cannot form a government without ...
With regard to the Coalgate scam investigation, the BJP says that the government is interfering with the functioning of the CBI. The party says that the Congress is misusing CBI against their political rivals. In the backdrop of the attack by the JD(U) on Guja...
Bihar's Deputy CM Sushil Modi calls JDU's attack on Gujarat CM Narendra Modi as 'unfortunate'. He said so because earlier today, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railway's ...
A day after BJP reminded Bihar CM Nitish Kumar that he was a part of the Centre as railways minister in 2002, he says that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railways is only concerned about rail safety and...
Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar, responding to BJP's jibe earlier that he was a part of the NDA government as railways minister in 2002, said that railways is only concerned about rail safety and maintenance, law and order is a state subject.
JD(U) leader and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar retaliates to BJP's comments on the Godhra incident. BJP had earlier said that when Sabarmati Express was set on fire, Ntish Kumar was the Railway Minister. In response, Nitish Kumar said that a railway minster is not sup...
A day after BJP reminded Bihar CM Nitish Kumar that he was a part of the Centre as railways minister in 2002, he says that he has already explained his stand in the Parliament after the riots. He also added that railways is only concerned about rail safety and...
Newshour | Has Nitish Kumar jeopardised Narendra Modi's chances for becoming the Prime Minister or has he forced the BJP to brazen it out with Modi as the 2014 mascot? Bihar's BJP has put the onus on Rajnath to pull the plug. Rajnath has called for a Bihar uni...
News Night | Nitish Kumar opposes the candidature of Narendra Modi for the prime minister on the grounds that he is not supposedly a secular leader, who can appeal to Hindu as well as Muslim voters. This has brought the JD(U)-BJP coalition to the edge with JD(...
BJP president Rajnath Singh says that BJP is a secular party and its parliamentary board will decide on NDA's Prime Ministerial candidate. Earlier, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar opposed Gujarat CM Narendra Modi's candidature and said that the Prime Minister should be ...
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,...
In yet another stinging attack at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a senior BJP leader from Bihar, Giriraj Singh, says the JD(U) leader's attack on Narendra Modi as 'unacceptable'. He says the way the CM has commented on Narendra Modi in the JD(U) meet was n...
BJP has hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who criticized Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his 'vibrant Gujarat' model. The party has termed the Bihar CM's remarks 'unacceptable'.
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 ...
Achil Vandhavai | Nitish Kumar makes the headlines as his party JD(U) rejects Narendra Modi's candidature for the post of PM. Is NDA headed to a massive split? Also discussed, late singer PB Srinivas' contribution to Tamil cinema, the death penalty row, and mo...
After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took several digs at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in his address and set a deadline for BJP to name its Prime Ministerial candidate, BJP has come out in support of Modi, slamming the Bihar CM. The rift in NDA is ...
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 ...
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JD(U) ahead of its two-day national executive meet has re-ignited the contest for prime ministerial candidate within the NDA. With the title of '2nd Mahabharata War 2014', the poster shows two chariots, one of the UPA and the other of the NDA, but the latter o...
The two-day national executive meet of Janata Dal (United) party begins today, amidst strong reservations against Narendra Modi's much-speculated rise as NDA's prime ministerial candidate. The JD(U) is going to introduce a resolution at its party executive mee...
The JD(U) gives the BJP an ultimatum, and asks the party to announce its Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2014 general elections soon. According to party sources, JD(U) would like to discuss the candidate in their upcoming party meeting. Nitish Kumar had ea...
After Narendra Modi made his Prime Ministerial ambitions public at a Gandhinagar event yesterday, the JDU seeks assurance from the BJP, even as the PM debate heats up. In Gandhinagar, Modi had said that he has repaid Gujarat's debt, and now it is time to repay...
Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar has indirectly mocked Congress VP Rahul Gandhi's pitch of a 'new India' saying that the Congress is incapable of solving people's problems and that it has been ruling for decades without success.
The Trinamool Congress has said that the financial package being considered for Bihar is anti-Bengal. The party says that UPA is indulging in politics by approving backward status for Bihar and that it is being done to placate Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. TMC also p...
The JD(U) is cautiously reacting to the possible grant of backward status to Bihar even as its ally BJP accused the UPA government of blackmailing parties to win their support. Like Nitish Kumar, Sharad Yadav says that the demand for a backward status is for t...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar reiterates his demand for special status for Bihar. He says the demand is only for the rights of the state's people and is not a political one.
Despite having won a special status for Bihar, JD(U) head and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hasn't yet revealed whether he will leave the NDA to join the UPA in future. The UPA government conferred the special state status on Bihar, along with tweaking the...
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.
The UPA government has reported decided to give Bihar 'special state' status, with an eye on 2014 Lok Sabha elections as it is looking at Nitish Kumar as a potential ally. According to sources, the Centre is also considering revision for the criteria for backw...
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...
Newshour | The DMK and SP are continuing with their agendas to trouble and pressurise the government. While DMK pulled out from its alliance last night, the UPA started the day with a confident message of sailing through the crisis. Mulayam Singh is upset with...
Bihar's CM Nitish Kumar has indicated that the elections will take place as per scheduled, next year. He has indicated that the UPA government will last its course. He also said that the Congress will pacify DMK chief Karunanidhi. Earlier, there were speculati...
Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and discussed the issue of special status to Bihar and the economic development of the state, with him. He requested the PM to reconsider criteria for special status to the states. He says t...
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar seeks special status for his state and visits the Prime Minister to put forward this demand. He says states whose development is lesser than the national average should be given special status.
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...
Attempting to pacify Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who aggressively pitched for special status for the state at the 'Adhikar rally' in New Delhi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Rajeev Shukla, says the demand for a special status for Bihar is...
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?
Addressing the JDU supporters at Ramlila Maidan in the national capital, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asks centre to take into consideration Bihar's potential. Bihar has the right to develop and progress says the CM. Nitish Kumar, who pushes for special s...
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 ...
Anything can happen in the Indian Political scene, this time around, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar surprised everyone as he was full of praises for Chidambaram and the Union Budget 2013. This came along with the reservations and criticisms...
Janata Dal ( U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says he is happy at the budget 2013 presented today. He said he thanks the FM for in principle agreeing to give special status to Bihar.
Delhi's Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit expressed her disappointment at the way Delhi has been ignored in the budget for the past 10 years. She said that allocation for the capital hasn't been increased. She said that it was high time that the Finance Minister a...
Within the BJP, Narendra Modi is looked at as the most suitable candidate for the post of Prime Minister for the 2014 elections. But JD(U) leader, Hari Kishore Singh in a statement said that Nitish Kumar was the most suited candidate for the post.
CP Thakur, BJP leader, also announces his support for Narendra Modi as the party's candidate for the post of Prime Minister. He said that BJP should not delay in announcing the candidate as it would cause an unrest in the party as well as public.
Ram Jethmalani said that Narendra Modi is the best candidate for the post of the Prime Minister in the General Elections 2014. He also said that by the end BJP knew what decision would suit them the most. However, he also added that BJP must announce their can...
BJP leader Ram Jethmalani says that Narendra Modi is the best candidate for the post of Prime Minister. He also added that he doesn't want to comment on late Bal Thackeray's views on Sushma Swaraj or on JD(U)'s reservation about Modi. India is a democracy and ...
Newshour | Yashwant Sinha categorically states that Narendra Modi would be BJP's best bet for a Prime Ministerial candidate. Can the BJP take the risk of not naming Modi as the PM candidate for 2014? Can it take a risk by losing Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) who i...
In what is being looked at as a strong and controversial statement, Yashwant Sinha said that Narendra Modi is the right candidate for the post of Prime Minister and if BJP were to project him as the candidate then it would benefit the party. He also added that...
Watch BJP senior leader, Yashwant Sinha, speak exclusively to Aaj Tak regarding his comments on backing Narendra Modi as BJP's candidate for the post of the next Prime Minister as well as his comments on Nitish Kumar and JDU.
With the declaration of Rajnath Singh as the BJP president, the path is now clear for Narendra Modi to be chosen as the Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014. Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha today said that his party should project Modi as the Prime Ministeria...
All eyes to the Capital where arch rivals Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar will meet. The two have been called to the meeting of National Development Council, headed by the Prime Minister, which will discuss the next five-year plan. However, the focus will remai...
While the guest list for Narendra Modi's swearing in ceremony as the Chief minister of Gujarat for the fourth time includes political bigwigs, Modi's arch rival Nitish Kumar has been conspicuously left out.
After yesterday's spectacular win, Modi's journey to Delhi seems more or else guaranteed. Yesterday's win ensured that BJP retained power in Gujarat, a key state in Indian electoral. In spite of this Modi does face a few roadblocks in the form of his allies an...
The two-day Hindi conclave that was conducted by India's leading Hindi news channel saw eminent personalities discuss politics, cinema, social issues and sports. Celebrities like Kapil Sibal, Nitish Kumar, Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Man...
India's biggest Hindi news channel launches a podium for eminent personalities to discuss crucial issues that the nation faces. In this conclave, discussions on politics, entertainment, cricket and social issues would be conducted in Hindi. Kapil Sibal, Nitish...
Questioning the timing of the direct cash transfer scheme of the UPA government, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar criticizes the move. He says that the government has announced the scheme exactly before the Gujarat Assembly elections.
The BJP may have shot off letters questioning the appointment of Ranjit Sinha as the new director of the CBI. However a leader of the JD(U), an NDA ally, has said he has no objection to the appointment. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says he has no objectio...
Vowing to end the electricity scarcity in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that he would not demand vote from people if he fails to end the troubles caused by the lack of power in the state.
18 lives were unnecessarily lost during the stampede in Patna, during the Chhath puja festivities late Monday evening. Were the authorities under-prepared? Why was there a makeshift bridge when the authorities knew there was going to be a barrage of people? B...
18 lives were unnecessarily lost during the stampede in Patna, during the Chhath puja festivities late Monday evening. Were the authorities under-prepared? Why was there a makeshift bridge when the authorities knew there was going to be a barrage of people? Sh...
It has been almost 45 days since 12-year-old Navruna Chakravarty was abducted from her home in Muzzafarpur in Bihar. Despite protests by her family and friends, the police have failed to make any headway in the case so far. The case has now taken a political t...
Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar attacks on center and warns to march for Delhi with his supporters if his demand for special status of Bihar does not meet. He says soon the dates will be finalised and asked people to march to Delhi in March for a final ba...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will address 'Adhikar' rally at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna today, urging the Centre to grant special status to Bihar. Thousands of Janata Dal (United) supporters are expected to attend the rally from across the state. Accordin...
The stage is set for Nitish Kumar's massive 'Adhikar' rally, to push the Centre to grant special status to Bihar. Sharad Yadav, Janata Dal (United), Chief, said, Advaniji had promised me that he will give all his support for Bihar, but so far there has been no...
Bihar's dons, goons, leaders are a cut above the rest. On Friday, jailed ruling Janta Dal(U) leader Munna Shukla was taken to court, but with his hands free, and no policemen holding him with handcuffs, as is the fate of other remand prisoners. Munna went a st...
Even as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attempts to distance himself from tainted MLA Munna Shukla, the manner in which he was produced in the court suggest that Shukla is offered certain privileges. No policemen were present near him when he was produced in...
While jailed MLA Munna Shukla was first held for making extortion calls from his prison cell to collect money for Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's Adhikar rally, he is now again in the news. Shukla allegedly plastered posters of him and Nitish Kumar together, all over...
Posters of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were ordered to be removed by the CM himself after it drew widespread criticism among the public for the manner in which he and other Janta Dal(United) leaders were depicted. These posters, put up for the November 4...
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reacts to jailed MLA Munna Shukla making extortion calls from prison, and says that if found guilty no one will be protected. A former JD(U) MLA, Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, serving a life sentence, was found making an extorti...
Nitish Kumar's heavyweight leader Munna Shukla, now in jail, calls up the director of a engineering college demanding a Rs 2 crore extortion. Munna is former MLA and husband of JD(U) MLA Anu Shukla. The money Shukla said was to fund the 'Adhikar' rally being o...
Once it was Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD which had become infamous for extortion threats for funding the party's rallies. Now it is apparently the turn of Nitish Kumar's JD(U). An ex-MLA and the jailed husband of current MLA Anu Shukla, has been accused of calling ...
In a shocking turn of events, a former JD(U) MLA, Vijay Kumar Shukla alias Munna Shukla, serving a life sentence, makes an extortion call from his prison cell. Shukla was arrested and kept in the high security Muzaffarpur jail, Bihar, for allegedly murdering a...
From Mysore's royal palace that is lighted up with over one lakh coloured light bulbs to the 'maha' aarti at Surat, to the oath against corruption taken at a huge gathering in Mumbai, across India the penultimate day of the nine-day Navaratri saw a unique spec...
Nitish Kumar prays at Patna's oldest temple Shitlamata temple, while Lal Prasad Yadav visits his ancestral village of Phulwaria where he joins the crowds in chanting 'Har har mahadev' and prays at the Thave Durga temple. Back in Patna, Lalu also organises a Ki...
Narendra Modi has sent a list of his party's star campaigners for the upcoming Assembly elections in Gujarat to the election commission, but there no name of the BJP's leaders from Bihar in the list. Is this his retaliation against them? Also such lists are no...
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...
It was a case of mistaken identity. A love affair, of two teenage lovers running away from Bihar's Madhubani to Delhi, and being found 'alive'. Back home in Bihar, the boy's family said their son was murdered by the father of the 'missing' girl. Riots followed...
Lalu Prasad Yadav and Ram Vilas Paswan get to stage a widely observed bandh on the streets of Bihar. The bandh was called against the firing at Madhubani. Lalu's speech is slightly slurred as he says Nitish Kumar will be forced to run away like Ferdinand Marco...
A former minister of Bihar was beaten by men of local liquor mafia in broad daylight. The ex-minister Hind Kesari Yadav, of the Congress, was on a padyatra demanding total prohibition. The incident once again exposes the claims of law and order situation being...
In an interview to a newspaper Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi said that the BJP government of Bihar does not want Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to visit the State. With Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, making no secret of his deep dislike for N...
Fear of black appears to haunt Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after people protested with black flags and chairs were thrown at him. Police said on Sunday that those donning black or carrying umbrellas or flags that are black, would not be allowed to attend...
In the wake of the recent protests against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's Adhikar rally, the authorities in Bihar have strictly banned people from reaching Kumar’s rally in black dress or carrying any black items, such as black caps, black handkerchiefs...
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...
Watch how Sonia backfired at the BJP, Lalu slammed Nitish's government in Bihar, women filed petition against Jaiswal for sexist comments and how a train escaped an accident in spite of its bogie cutting loose from the engine.