Akhilesh Sharma Manish Kumar

Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again-off-again ally, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

The INDIA bloc appears to be on the brink of unravelling as a third key leader -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar -- appears likely to walk out.

Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur was conferred the nation's highest honour, Bharat Ratna, posthumously by the President of India Droupadi Murmu this evening.

Launching an attack on the AAP amid the row over videos from the prison cell of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, the BJP today said AAP leader Manish Sisodia must read the jail manual, as "you never know who enjoys the hospitality next

Protests by army aspirants that have escalated and spread beyond Bihar to many states have created a new pressure point for the Centre after it launched a new military recruitment plan.

A day after five of six Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MPs broke away in a stunning coup led by his uncle, Chirag Paswan's attempts at reconciliation were roundly snubbed.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing four rallies today in Bihar as he visits the state where voting began on Wednesday for the three-phased elections, the country's biggest since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The BJP is likely to spell out its stand tomorrow on ally Chirag Paswan's move to go solo in the October-November Bihar election. Sources say the party plans to tweak its strategy and its choice of candidates, given the changed caste math. But it is likely to underscore that it remains firmly with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata dal United (JD...

The ruling BJP, steeped in ally trouble, has been served an ultimatum by key Bihar ally Chirag Paswan just weeks before the October-November state election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesdaythat a key government scheme to distribute free food grains to 80 crore of India's poorest would be extended by five months to November-end to give relief during the festival season as the country fights coronavirus.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today attacked the Centre, accusing it of using the coronavirus crisis for playing politics, sources told NDTV.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United cannot use its arrow symbol to contest elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra as it's similar with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Shiv Sena's bow and arrow symbol, the Election Commission has said.

Patna airport today witnessed one of the rare instances of factionalism within the BJP as supporters Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party colleague RK Sinha came to blows. Mr Sinha, 67, the owner of a prominent security agency, is a contender for the Patna Sahib constituency, from where the 64-year-old minister has been nominated

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who has unfailingly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in sarcasm-laden tweets, is likely to be replaced by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Bihar's Patna Sahib constituency that he currently represents. Mr Sinha may contest the elections as an independent, backed by the Cong...

Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, his on-again-off-again ally, sources told NDTV Friday afternoon.

The INDIA bloc appears to be on the brink of unravelling as a third key leader -- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar -- appears likely to walk out.

Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur was conferred the nation's highest honour, Bharat Ratna, posthumously by the President of India Droupadi Murmu this evening.

Launching an attack on the AAP amid the row over videos from the prison cell of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, the BJP today said AAP leader Manish Sisodia must read the jail manual, as "you never know who enjoys the hospitality next

Protests by army aspirants that have escalated and spread beyond Bihar to many states have created a new pressure point for the Centre after it launched a new military recruitment plan.

A day after five of six Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MPs broke away in a stunning coup led by his uncle, Chirag Paswan's attempts at reconciliation were roundly snubbed.

The Trust set up to construct the Ram temple in Ayodhya at what was for long a disputed site today launched its fund-collection drive across the country. Leaders of various political and quasi-political outfits joined the bandwagon, with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) flagging off the programme with the blessings of President Ram Nath Kovind at Ra...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing four rallies today in Bihar as he visits the state where voting began on Wednesday for the three-phased elections, the country's biggest since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The BJP is likely to spell out its stand tomorrow on ally Chirag Paswan's move to go solo in the October-November Bihar election. Sources say the party plans to tweak its strategy and its choice of candidates, given the changed caste math. But it is likely to underscore that it remains firmly with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata dal United (JD...

The ruling BJP, steeped in ally trouble, has been served an ultimatum by key Bihar ally Chirag Paswan just weeks before the October-November state election.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesdaythat a key government scheme to distribute free food grains to 80 crore of India's poorest would be extended by five months to November-end to give relief during the festival season as the country fights coronavirus.

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today attacked the Centre, accusing it of using the coronavirus crisis for playing politics, sources told NDTV.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party Janata Dal United cannot use its arrow symbol to contest elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra as it's similar with the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Shiv Sena's bow and arrow symbol, the Election Commission has said.

Patna airport today witnessed one of the rare instances of factionalism within the BJP as supporters Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and party colleague RK Sinha came to blows. Mr Sinha, 67, the owner of a prominent security agency, is a contender for the Patna Sahib constituency, from where the 64-year-old minister has been nominated

BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha, who has unfailingly attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi in sarcasm-laden tweets, is likely to be replaced by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad as the party's Lok Sabha candidate from Bihar's Patna Sahib constituency that he currently represents. Mr Sinha may contest the elections as an independent, backed by the Cong...