Nitish Kumar Dinner

At a time his future with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is the subject of fierce speculation, political strategist Prashant Kishor dined with his former boss Nitish Kumar on Friday evening.

After their breakfast and dinner together last week, reportedly to iron out differences over seat sharing for the 2019 national election, Nitish Kumar and BJP president Amit Shah were a picture of #friendship goals. Today, the Bihar Chief Minister got down to business and declared a deadline of sorts for his ally.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had laid out an extensive spread for his breakfast and dinner meetings with BJP chief Amit Shah. On dinner table, the Mr Kumar had laid out a fair mix of vegetarian delicacies from Bihar and Gujarat, Mr Shah's home state. But food was the last thing on their minds as the two party bosses, accompanied by senior leaders of...

Amid a downturn in ties between Bihar's ruling allies, BJP chief Amit Shah reached Patna this morning on what's seen as a trip to mend fences. The ice-breaking session took place during a breakfast session this morning with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

BJP president Amit Shah will hold discussions with JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over breakfast and dinner during his visit to Patna tomorrow. This comes amid reports of differences between the two parties.

As an event meant to demonstrate squad goals, a dinner in Patna last night hosted by the BJP was a failed venture. Upendra Khushwaha, a key ally, who chose not to attend the dinner, said he should not be called out for choosing to fly into Patna pointedly the morning after. "Amit Shah too did not attend the dinner.

It was publicised as a gathering of the four constituents of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, meant to display a show of unity. The event organized to mark four years of the central government was supposed to be a huddle of leaders from the BJP, JD(U), LJP and RLSP highlighting the achievements of the centre, followed by a di...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday nudged Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to take a stand on corruption charges against Lalu Yadav's son and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and get him to step down. Mr Kumar has not set a clear deadline but sources said the Chief Minister is keen that a decision on the 28-year-old Deputy Chief Minister is...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is in Delhi to attend a dinner hosted by PM Narendra Modi for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi this evening. The conversation between Mr Kumar and Rahul Gandhi comes at a time their coalition in Bihar, the Mahagatbandhan, is in serious trouble amid corruption charge...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend a farewell dinner being hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Delhi's Hyderabad House on Saturday evening for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee. Ram Nath Kovind, who takes oath as India's next President on Tuesday, will also be present, along with PM Modi's ministers and allies in the ruling Natio...

For the first time since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ended his nearly two-decade-long alliance with the BJP, the party's senior leaders attended an official dinner at his residence in Patna. However, not everyone feasted and made merry. Mr Kumar's invite was ignored by two BJP stalwarts, Prem Kumar and Nand Kishore Yadav; the party's top man, Sushi...

Nitish Kumar has said that it was the BJP, and not him, that cancelled a dinner in 2010, an incident referenced repeatedly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he has attacked the Bihar Chief Minister in election speeches.

Leaders of "like-minded" parties will meet for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Iftar dinner tomorrow where they are likely to deliberate on the strategy for Parliament session beginning July 21.

In what's been seen as a signal of protest, Lalu Yadav will not attend an iftaar party on Monday hosted in Delhi by long-time ally Sonia Gandhi, the chief of the Congress party.

In their post-mortem of their relationship, which flat-lined yesterday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP have expectedly swapped recriminations. "

At a time his future with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is the subject of fierce speculation, political strategist Prashant Kishor dined with his former boss Nitish Kumar on Friday evening.

After their breakfast and dinner together last week, reportedly to iron out differences over seat sharing for the 2019 national election, Nitish Kumar and BJP president Amit Shah were a picture of #friendship goals. Today, the Bihar Chief Minister got down to business and declared a deadline of sorts for his ally.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had laid out an extensive spread for his breakfast and dinner meetings with BJP chief Amit Shah. On dinner table, the Mr Kumar had laid out a fair mix of vegetarian delicacies from Bihar and Gujarat, Mr Shah's home state. But food was the last thing on their minds as the two party bosses, accompanied by senior leaders of...

Amid a downturn in ties between Bihar's ruling allies, BJP chief Amit Shah reached Patna this morning on what's seen as a trip to mend fences. The ice-breaking session took place during a breakfast session this morning with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

BJP president Amit Shah will hold discussions with JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over breakfast and dinner during his visit to Patna tomorrow. This comes amid reports of differences between the two parties.

As an event meant to demonstrate squad goals, a dinner in Patna last night hosted by the BJP was a failed venture. Upendra Khushwaha, a key ally, who chose not to attend the dinner, said he should not be called out for choosing to fly into Patna pointedly the morning after. "Amit Shah too did not attend the dinner.

It was publicised as a gathering of the four constituents of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, meant to display a show of unity. The event organized to mark four years of the central government was supposed to be a huddle of leaders from the BJP, JD(U), LJP and RLSP highlighting the achievements of the centre, followed by a di...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday nudged Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi to take a stand on corruption charges against Lalu Yadav's son and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav and get him to step down. Mr Kumar has not set a clear deadline but sources said the Chief Minister is keen that a decision on the 28-year-old Deputy Chief Minister is...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is in Delhi to attend a dinner hosted by PM Narendra Modi for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee, met Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi this evening. The conversation between Mr Kumar and Rahul Gandhi comes at a time their coalition in Bihar, the Mahagatbandhan, is in serious trouble amid corruption charge...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will attend a farewell dinner being hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Delhi's Hyderabad House on Saturday evening for outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee. Ram Nath Kovind, who takes oath as India's next President on Tuesday, will also be present, along with PM Modi's ministers and allies in the ruling Natio...

For the first time since Chief Minister Nitish Kumar ended his nearly two-decade-long alliance with the BJP, the party's senior leaders attended an official dinner at his residence in Patna. However, not everyone feasted and made merry. Mr Kumar's invite was ignored by two BJP stalwarts, Prem Kumar and Nand Kishore Yadav; the party's top man, Sushi...

Nitish Kumar has said that it was the BJP, and not him, that cancelled a dinner in 2010, an incident referenced repeatedly by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he has attacked the Bihar Chief Minister in election speeches.

Leaders of "like-minded" parties will meet for Congress president Sonia Gandhi's Iftar dinner tomorrow where they are likely to deliberate on the strategy for Parliament session beginning July 21.

In what's been seen as a signal of protest, Lalu Yadav will not attend an iftaar party on Monday hosted in Delhi by long-time ally Sonia Gandhi, the chief of the Congress party.

In their post-mortem of their relationship, which flat-lined yesterday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the BJP have expectedly swapped recriminations. "