Nitish Kumar Muslims

A newly elected MP of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Monday found himself at the centre of a controversy for laments about "Muslims and Yadavs" not voting for the BJP-led NDA.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' will on Monday reach Bihar through Kishanganj, a district with a heavy Muslim population which is also a party stronghold.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Bihar's Nitish Kumar government, accusing it of deliberately showing inflated Muslim and Yadav population in the state's caste survey as part of its "appeasement politics".

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would not harm the interests of Muslims or the tribal communities, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said here on Wednesday.

The Bihar assembly was on Monday adjourned for an urgently convened meeting of the business advisory committee as opposition members seemed determined to corner the Nitish Kumar government on a range of issues.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, addressing party workers on Sunday, urged Muslims to end protests over the citizenship law and asserted that he would not tolerate any discrimination or injustice against minorities.

As protests against the new citizenship law swept the country on Thursday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took out time to reassure the Muslim community, left upset by his party's role in passing the law in parliament.

The contentious bill to ban 'Triple Talaq', which failed the Rajya Sabha test last time, sailed through the upper house today aided by a series of walkouts and abstentions. The bill, which sought to end the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice, saw stiff opposition when it was presented in the Lok Sabha.

The contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice - which failed the the Rajya Sabha test last time, is expected to have a smooth passage today as the opposition to it suddenly crumbled. While Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal supported the bill, the AIADMK and Nitish Kum...

BJP ally Janata Dal (United) Friday opposed the triple talaq bill, which is likely to be tabled by the Narendra Modi government in the upcoming Parliament session, and said any view should not be imposed on Muslims without wide consultations.

A few hours after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the centre to bring in a law aimed at constructing the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the ruling BJP's primary political ally in Bihar today said it would be more prudent to await the Supreme Court's verdict on the matter.

Under attack from the opposition over a cow-vigilante attack this week in Bihar that has added to concerns over his revived partnership with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has moved quickly to demonstrate his commitment to minorities.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today questioned the silence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on the Allahabad High Court's observation that "triple talaq is cruelty against Muslim women".

The defeat of the BJP in the Bihar assembly elections is certain since the poor, Dalits, OBCs, EBCs and Muslims had decided to vote for the 'Grand Alliance' of Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said today.

At the height of a war of words over beef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a sharp dig at Lalu Prasad Yadav while campaigning in Bihar and was promptly attacked by Nitish Kumar for his "deafening silence" on the mob killing in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.

A newly elected MP of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Monday found himself at the centre of a controversy for laments about "Muslims and Yadavs" not voting for the BJP-led NDA.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' will on Monday reach Bihar through Kishanganj, a district with a heavy Muslim population which is also a party stronghold.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday attacked Bihar's Nitish Kumar government, accusing it of deliberately showing inflated Muslim and Yadav population in the state's caste survey as part of its "appeasement politics".

The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) would not harm the interests of Muslims or the tribal communities, Union minister Ramdas Athawale said here on Wednesday.

The Bihar assembly was on Monday adjourned for an urgently convened meeting of the business advisory committee as opposition members seemed determined to corner the Nitish Kumar government on a range of issues.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, addressing party workers on Sunday, urged Muslims to end protests over the citizenship law and asserted that he would not tolerate any discrimination or injustice against minorities.

As protests against the new citizenship law swept the country on Thursday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took out time to reassure the Muslim community, left upset by his party's role in passing the law in parliament.

The contentious bill to ban 'Triple Talaq', which failed the Rajya Sabha test last time, sailed through the upper house today aided by a series of walkouts and abstentions. The bill, which sought to end the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice, saw stiff opposition when it was presented in the Lok Sabha.

The contentious bill to ban Triple Talaq - the practice of Muslim men instantly divorcing their wives by uttering "talaq" thrice - which failed the the Rajya Sabha test last time, is expected to have a smooth passage today as the opposition to it suddenly crumbled. While Naveen Patnaik's Biju Janata Dal supported the bill, the AIADMK and Nitish Kum...

BJP ally Janata Dal (United) Friday opposed the triple talaq bill, which is likely to be tabled by the Narendra Modi government in the upcoming Parliament session, and said any view should not be imposed on Muslims without wide consultations.

A few hours after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat urged the centre to bring in a law aimed at constructing the Ram Temple at Ayodhya, the ruling BJP's primary political ally in Bihar today said it would be more prudent to await the Supreme Court's verdict on the matter.

Under attack from the opposition over a cow-vigilante attack this week in Bihar that has added to concerns over his revived partnership with the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has moved quickly to demonstrate his commitment to minorities.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today questioned the silence of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad on the Allahabad High Court's observation that "triple talaq is cruelty against Muslim women".

The defeat of the BJP in the Bihar assembly elections is certain since the poor, Dalits, OBCs, EBCs and Muslims had decided to vote for the 'Grand Alliance' of Janata Dal-United, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said today.

At the height of a war of words over beef, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today took a sharp dig at Lalu Prasad Yadav while campaigning in Bihar and was promptly attacked by Nitish Kumar for his "deafening silence" on the mob killing in Dadri in Uttar Pradesh.