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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to introduce a Vande Bharat train between Ayodhya and Sitamarhi so that pilgrims get better rail connectivity between the two holy towns.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not attend the important NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today, officials said.

In a deft move, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday managed to strike a balance as it announced a liberal allocation for Bihar in the Union Budget without yielding ground on the state's demand for a 'special status/package'.

A video of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's index finger for the indelible vote ink has gone viral on social media, shortly after the two leaders attended the inauguration ceremony of new Nalanda University

Political strategist turned activist-politician Prashant Kishor on Friday charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with having "touched the feet" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure his own continuance in power.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should raise demands for special status for the state, nationwide caste census and greater quotas for deprived castes before the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan popularly known as Lalan Singh, who was inducted as a minister in the Narendra Modi government on Sunday, has been among Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's closest aides for many years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take the oath of office on Sunday for a third term in power alongside coalition allies after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU are likely to get one cabinet berth and one Minister of State post each in the third Narendra Modi government as NDA leaders brainstorm on what the Modi 3.0 team would look like, top sources have said.

Chandrababu Naidu's TDP will be getting four portfolios in the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while the JDU will get two berths, sources have said.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in for a third consecutive term, the newly elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will finalise the list of cabinet ministers today in a crucial meeting.

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Narendra Modi - to be sworn in Sunday as a three-term PM after Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU dragged his BJP past the 272-seat majority mark - mocked eternal rivals Congress for failing to win as many seats in this poll.

Nitish Kumar on Friday endorsed Narendra Modi for Prime Minister - for a third straight term - at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to introduce a Vande Bharat train between Ayodhya and Sitamarhi so that pilgrims get better rail connectivity between the two holy towns.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not attend the important NITI Aayog meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi today, officials said.

In a deft move, the Narendra Modi government on Tuesday managed to strike a balance as it announced a liberal allocation for Bihar in the Union Budget without yielding ground on the state's demand for a 'special status/package'.

A video of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar checking Prime Minister Narendra Modi's index finger for the indelible vote ink has gone viral on social media, shortly after the two leaders attended the inauguration ceremony of new Nalanda University

Political strategist turned activist-politician Prashant Kishor on Friday charged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with having "touched the feet" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure his own continuance in power.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should raise demands for special status for the state, nationwide caste census and greater quotas for deprived castes before the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.

JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan popularly known as Lalan Singh, who was inducted as a minister in the Narendra Modi government on Sunday, has been among Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's closest aides for many years.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take the oath of office on Sunday for a third term in power alongside coalition allies after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority.

The Congress has refuted JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's claim that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was offered the prime ministerial post by the INDIA bloc after the Lok Sabha election results were announced.

N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU are likely to get one cabinet berth and one Minister of State post each in the third Narendra Modi government as NDA leaders brainstorm on what the Modi 3.0 team would look like, top sources have said.

Chandrababu Naidu's TDP will be getting four portfolios in the new cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while the JDU will get two berths, sources have said.

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in for a third consecutive term, the newly elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will finalise the list of cabinet ministers today in a crucial meeting.

Key BJP allies - TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar - on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA.

Narendra Modi - to be sworn in Sunday as a three-term PM after Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU dragged his BJP past the 272-seat majority mark - mocked eternal rivals Congress for failing to win as many seats in this poll.

Nitish Kumar on Friday endorsed Narendra Modi for Prime Minister - for a third straight term - at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs.