Nitish Modi Rift

The BJP-led alliance is struggling to hold together a widening rip in Bihar between two key allies ahead of state elections due later this year. The sharp differences between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag Paswan are becoming too obvious to ignore.

The severe water-logging in Patna that has left thousands affected and an outbreak of dengue have revealed an apparent rift between the partners of the ruling alliance in Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United and it ally BJP are bickering over who is to blame for the situation in the state capital, where even Deputy Chief Minister ...

The NDA will contest next year's Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Monday - a comment seen as an effort to allay the tension between the two allies, simmering since the victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was upset after his party was offered only a single berth in the Narendra Modi government, has hit back at the BJP's state unit. In the much-awaited Cabinet expansion on Sunday, he included eight of his party colleagues.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed reports of any "rift" between his Janata Dal (United) and ally BJP over sharing of seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, adding that he was in no hurry to resolve the thorny matter.

Lalu Yadav accused former partner and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of being "greedy for power," calling him a palturam (turncoat) who lacks political character. Mr Yadav has continuously attacked Mr Kumar since last week when the latter dissolved their partnership and chose the BJP as his new ally.

Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time on Thursday morning, 14 hours after he resigned from that position, ending his two-year-old alliance with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. He is back with the BJP, whose Sushil Modi was also sworn in; he gets his old post of Deputy Chief Minister back. Other new ministers will take oath ...

A very public manifestation of the rift between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his alliance partner Lalu Yadav has mushroomed on the streets of Patna -- posters against Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United, which accuses party leaders of taking orders from the BJP.

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...

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP chose Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its candidate for PM in 2014, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit out at the party and said the nation will "never accept a man who creates rifts in the society."

At a meeting in Delhi on Thursday of the BJP's top 12 leaders, Narendra Modi and LK Advani were placed next to each other - a tactical seating plan to suggest that their rift has ended.

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, has made good on his warning to his political spouse, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His party today said that it will not back PA Sangma for president, even though the BJP has endorsed him as its candidate.

The BJP-led alliance is struggling to hold together a widening rip in Bihar between two key allies ahead of state elections due later this year. The sharp differences between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag Paswan are becoming too obvious to ignore.

The severe water-logging in Patna that has left thousands affected and an outbreak of dengue have revealed an apparent rift between the partners of the ruling alliance in Bihar. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United and it ally BJP are bickering over who is to blame for the situation in the state capital, where even Deputy Chief Minister ...

The NDA will contest next year's Bihar assembly elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Monday - a comment seen as an effort to allay the tension between the two allies, simmering since the victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was upset after his party was offered only a single berth in the Narendra Modi government, has hit back at the BJP's state unit. In the much-awaited Cabinet expansion on Sunday, he included eight of his party colleagues.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today dismissed reports of any "rift" between his Janata Dal (United) and ally BJP over sharing of seats in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, adding that he was in no hurry to resolve the thorny matter.

Lalu Yadav accused former partner and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of being "greedy for power," calling him a palturam (turncoat) who lacks political character. Mr Yadav has continuously attacked Mr Kumar since last week when the latter dissolved their partnership and chose the BJP as his new ally.

Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for the sixth time on Thursday morning, 14 hours after he resigned from that position, ending his two-year-old alliance with Lalu Yadav and the Congress. He is back with the BJP, whose Sushil Modi was also sworn in; he gets his old post of Deputy Chief Minister back. Other new ministers will take oath ...

A very public manifestation of the rift between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his alliance partner Lalu Yadav has mushroomed on the streets of Patna -- posters against Mr Kumar's Janata Dal United, which accuses party leaders of taking orders from the BJP.

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...

A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP chose Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its candidate for PM in 2014, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hit out at the party and said the nation will "never accept a man who creates rifts in the society."

At a meeting in Delhi on Thursday of the BJP's top 12 leaders, Narendra Modi and LK Advani were placed next to each other - a tactical seating plan to suggest that their rift has ended.

Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar, has made good on his warning to his political spouse, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His party today said that it will not back PA Sangma for president, even though the BJP has endorsed him as its candidate.