Bihar Cheating

Four years after switching over to the Rashtriya Janata Dal, former Bihar minister Shyam Rajak claimed he felt "cheated" and decided to quit the party. The ex-minister switched over from Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) to Lalu Yadav's party.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and accused him of 'surrendering' to the BJP.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu formally signed up with the NDA at a strategy session this evening, pouring cold water on Opposition plans for a re-alignment. The NDA will stake claim to form government soon.

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer at 72, had been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in Bihar. His famed skills had been put to test every election season.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the 'born-again' Janata Dal (United)-BJP government will shortly face a test of strength in the Assembly - a hurdle it is expected to clear easily. The trust vote will kick-start the Assembly's Budget session.

Nitish Kumar appears set for a second political volte-face in less than three years and is likely to return to an alliance with the BJP today. He has resigned as Bihar Chief Minister to start the process.

Political circles are abuzz with reports that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may join hands with BJP again, a party he had parted ways with in 2022. Mr Kumar's exit would spell trouble for the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' coalition in Bihar.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on the eve of his birth anniversary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post, described the leader as a beacon of social justice.

A day after releasing data from a controversial caste-based survey in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for an all-party meeting today to present the findings of the census report and deliberate on the next course of action.

The Bihar government is facing a huge backlash for its decision to tweak prison rules, allowing the release of 27 convicts, including gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh who faces life in prison for the murder of a Dalit IAS officer.

A bridge in Bihar snapped into two and fell into a river on Sunday. No one was injured as the bridge had yet to be formally opened to the public due to the lack of an access road.

Three people were arrested from Bihar for posing as representatives of Patanjali Yog Gram in Uttarakhand's Haridwar and duping people seeking Ayurvedic treatment, police said on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in four of the seven assembly seats whose results were declared today. Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena.

In contests symbolic of the fierce turf war between the BJP and regional parties, seven assembly constituencies in six states will elect new legislators in bypolls on Thursday, with Telangana and Bihar hosting two of the more closely watched clashes.

Four years after switching over to the Rashtriya Janata Dal, former Bihar minister Shyam Rajak claimed he felt "cheated" and decided to quit the party. The ex-minister switched over from Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) to Lalu Yadav's party.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Thursday criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and accused him of 'surrendering' to the BJP.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu formally signed up with the NDA at a strategy session this evening, pouring cold water on Opposition plans for a re-alignment. The NDA will stake claim to form government soon.

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who died of cancer at 72, had been the quintessential organisation man with formidable clout as the BJP's tallest leader in Bihar. His famed skills had been put to test every election season.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the 'born-again' Janata Dal (United)-BJP government will shortly face a test of strength in the Assembly - a hurdle it is expected to clear easily. The trust vote will kick-start the Assembly's Budget session.

Nitish Kumar appears set for a second political volte-face in less than three years and is likely to return to an alliance with the BJP today. He has resigned as Bihar Chief Minister to start the process.

Political circles are abuzz with reports that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may join hands with BJP again, a party he had parted ways with in 2022. Mr Kumar's exit would spell trouble for the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' coalition in Bihar.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur will be awarded Bharat Ratna posthumously, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on the eve of his birth anniversary. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post, described the leader as a beacon of social justice.

A day after releasing data from a controversial caste-based survey in the state, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has called for an all-party meeting today to present the findings of the census report and deliberate on the next course of action.

The Bihar government is facing a huge backlash for its decision to tweak prison rules, allowing the release of 27 convicts, including gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh who faces life in prison for the murder of a Dalit IAS officer.

A bridge in Bihar snapped into two and fell into a river on Sunday. No one was injured as the bridge had yet to be formally opened to the public due to the lack of an access road.

Three people were arrested from Bihar for posing as representatives of Patanjali Yog Gram in Uttarakhand's Haridwar and duping people seeking Ayurvedic treatment, police said on Saturday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in four of the seven assembly seats whose results were declared today. Uddhav Thackeray's faction won its first election after a BJP-backed coup led by Eknath Shinde split Shiv Sena.

In contests symbolic of the fierce turf war between the BJP and regional parties, seven assembly constituencies in six states will elect new legislators in bypolls on Thursday, with Telangana and Bihar hosting two of the more closely watched clashes.