Chief Ministers Nitish Kumar And Yogi Adityanath

A row between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath has reopened cracks in the ruling coalition in the middle of the Bihar election campaign.

Till last night, Nitish Kumar was so firmly against bringing back those from his state who are stranded elsewhere in the country that he described the proposition as "an injustice to the principle of (the) lockdown." His comment, made last week, served as self-defence - he was alone among major states in doing little to bring students and migrant w...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were among the early voters as polling began across 59 parliamentary constituencies across seven states this morning.

A ruling BJP legislator in Bihar today advised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to adopt police encounter policy of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to get rid of criminals and improve law and order in the state.

The attack on migrant workers in Gujarat following the rape of an infant has rapidly acquired political overtones with Congress leader Alpesh Thakor being accused of inciting the locals against the migrants.

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Yogi Adityanath and Nitish Kumar, on Monday spoke to their Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani over the issue of attack of migrant workers that led to many of them leaving the western state. As the pressure mounted, Rupani said the situation in Gujarat "is under control" and appealed to people to "maintain p...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

Voting for by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats, two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar, is being held. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned up at a polling booth in Gorakhpur at 7:15 am to cast his vote. Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur, vacated by Mr Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, respectively, are ...

In a crucial by-election seen as a dry run for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state, Uttar Pradesh voted on Sunday for by-elections to two parliamentary seats - Gorakhpur and Phulpur. Bihar voted for by-elections to the Araria parliamentary seat and two assembly seats. Gorakhpur, stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, polling was 47 per...

On his first visit to Bihar after taking charge of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar government at a rally in Darbhanga district to celebrate the Narendra Modi government's three years at the centre. In his speech, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister dared Nitish Kumar to ban il...

As Yogi Adityanath gets ready to visit Bihar today, Nitish Kumar has a message for the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister: "Do not come empty-handed." Just like his state, Yogi Adityanath should first implement liquor ban and 50 per cent reservation for women in local bodies, says the Bihar Chief Minister.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav today asked all "secular parties" including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav to come together and defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

A row between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his ally BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath has reopened cracks in the ruling coalition in the middle of the Bihar election campaign.

Till last night, Nitish Kumar was so firmly against bringing back those from his state who are stranded elsewhere in the country that he described the proposition as "an injustice to the principle of (the) lockdown." His comment, made last week, served as self-defence - he was alone among major states in doing little to bring students and migrant w...

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar were among the early voters as polling began across 59 parliamentary constituencies across seven states this morning.

A ruling BJP legislator in Bihar today advised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to adopt police encounter policy of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to get rid of criminals and improve law and order in the state.

The attack on migrant workers in Gujarat following the rape of an infant has rapidly acquired political overtones with Congress leader Alpesh Thakor being accused of inciting the locals against the migrants.

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Yogi Adityanath and Nitish Kumar, on Monday spoke to their Gujarat counterpart Vijay Rupani over the issue of attack of migrant workers that led to many of them leaving the western state. As the pressure mounted, Rupani said the situation in Gujarat "is under control" and appealed to people to "maintain p...

A month-long assembly session is coming to an end in Bihar and not once did Chief Minister Nitish Kumar call a joint meeting of lawmakers with his coalition partner, the BJP. There couldn't have been a clearer sign that apart from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar is another state where BJP's friendships have hit a rough patch.

Voting for by-elections to three Lok Sabha seats, two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Bihar, is being held. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned up at a polling booth in Gorakhpur at 7:15 am to cast his vote. Bypolls in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Phulpur, vacated by Mr Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, respectively, are ...

In a crucial by-election seen as a dry run for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state, Uttar Pradesh voted on Sunday for by-elections to two parliamentary seats - Gorakhpur and Phulpur. Bihar voted for by-elections to the Araria parliamentary seat and two assembly seats. Gorakhpur, stronghold of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, polling was 47 per...

On his first visit to Bihar after taking charge of neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar government at a rally in Darbhanga district to celebrate the Narendra Modi government's three years at the centre. In his speech, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister dared Nitish Kumar to ban il...

As Yogi Adityanath gets ready to visit Bihar today, Nitish Kumar has a message for the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister: "Do not come empty-handed." Just like his state, Yogi Adityanath should first implement liquor ban and 50 per cent reservation for women in local bodies, says the Bihar Chief Minister.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad Yadav today asked all "secular parties" including Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and Samajwadi Party's Mulayam Singh Yadav to come together and defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).