Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday dismissed speculations of the state moving back on the new liquor law and asserted that there is no question of “diluting” after advertisements of excise department appeared seeking public opinion on it. Mr Kumar categorically said there was no question of going back on prohibition or “diluting” […]

New Delhi: Throwing his hat in the ring for prime ministership, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he was more qualified than many other aspirants. Explaining why he is a better choice for the top job, Nitish said, “I am more qualified than those roaming around for the post of prime minister.” […]

Mysore:  The former Prime Minister and Janata Dal (S) national president H.D. Deve Gowda on Sunday said that the Janata Dal(S) is not a party of one family or of a father-and-son but a party fighting for the cause of social justice. Mr. Deve Gowda, who is part of the efforts being made by leaders […]

Patna: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will on Thursday lay the foundation stone of Aligarh Muslim University’s centre in Bihar’s Kishanganj amidst war of words with the state government. Bihar Chief Minister will, though, share the stage with Gandhi. Notably, Kumar was reportedly angry with the Congress for keeping him in dark about the event. The […]

Patna : Ruling out any possibility of a JD(U)-Congress alliance in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said that his party never sought any coalition with the Congress. However, he left room for imagination when he said that the LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan was a “gentleman”. However, adding oil to […]

Ahmedabad : At a time when Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi are at loggerheads over the prime ministership issue, the BJP has registered a consolidated win in the Gujarat by-polls, whereas at the same time, the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar has lost the Maharajganj constituency to the […]

New Delhi : Pledging secularism, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said NDA’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls should be someone who can keep the country together. Speaking on the second and the last day of the Janata Dal (United)’s two-day national executive meet here, Kumar took potshots at Gujarat […]

New Delhi : The two-day national meet of the JD-U beginning here on Saturday is expected to focus on pressurising its ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to reveal whether Narendra Modi will be its prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 General Elections. It is being reported that the JD-U is likely to make a […]

New Delhi : Days after the DMK pulled out of the Congress-led ruling coalition at the Centre and with the Samajwadi Party posing a similar threat, the Congress government is now looking to rebuild its strained ties with old allies and find new ones. Reports, Tuesday, claimed the Congress government is now mulling to accept […]

Madhubani: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faced the wrath of the people at a rally, when a group of para teachers (contractual teachers) staged a protest by showing their slippers to Mr Kumar. The agitating teachers were demanding parity in salaries and allowances with regular teachers. The incident happened in Madhubani during the Chief Minister’s […]