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Nadda to meet Bihar party leaders for strategy in state after BJP's ouster

Days after its old ally JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar severed alliance and formed a government with RJD, BJP chief JP Nadda is scheduled to meet party's leaders from Bihar unit

News updates: Vajpayee made pioneering efforts to transform India, says PM

Live news updates: A prime minister for six years between 1998-2004, Vajpayee, a Bharat Ratna awardee, died in 2018 at 93 years of age

Bihar: Nitish cabinet expansion on Tuesday; 30 ministers to be inducted

The state cabinet can have up to 36 ministers, including the chief minister. The induction of ministers on Tuesday is expected to keep a few berths vacant for future expansion.

2 mn jobs for Bihar youth: CM Nitish's Independence Day announcement

After hoisting the national flag at the historic Gandhi Maidan here, Kumar addressed the gathering and said that he was 'wishing not only to give 10 lakh jobs but he wants to double the number'.

Back story in Bihar: No resorts, no money, no blandishments in changeover

Nitish Kumar realised in order to have credibility with his new friends, he needed to go the extra mile

UP parties welcome Bihar development, no sign of such realignment in sight

Opposition parties in UP have welcomed the coming together of the warring JD(U) and RJD in Bihar, but gave no indication of a similar realignment of forces against the BJP in the politically crucial

'Lalan's jealousy, Nitish's overambition, Tejashwi's desperation split NDA'

BJP MP and former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi attributed the "jealousy of Lalan Singh, over-ambition of Nitish Kumar and desperation of Tejashwi Yadav" as the reasons for the split in the NDA

5 die in Bihar's Saran district, suspected to have consumed hooch

A total of five people have died in Bhualpur village in Bihar's Saran district in suspicious circumstances and it is suspected that they had consumed spurious liquor, an official said on Saturday.

BJP devising strategy to counter Nitish Kumar post Bihar snub

Nitish Kumar's unexpected move to snap ties with the NDA and form the government in the eastern state in alliance with the RJD and Left parties has prompted the BJP to come up with a concrete strategy

Nitish's decision to form Mahagathbandhan govt slap on BJP's face: Tejashwi

Yadav met Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence here, accused the BJP of working to finish regional parties and asserted that if they are finished, the Opposition and democracy will be finished as well

Migrant worker shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora

A migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said on Friday. The attack took place around midnight, they said. "During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora," the Kashmir Zone Police said on Twitter. The police said Amrez was shifted to a hospital for treatment where he succumbed to injuries.

Had sought 4 central cabinet berths in 2019, BJP did not agree: Nitish

He also asserted that the induction of his former close aide RCP Singh last year did not have his consent.

CM Nitish defends 'Z-plus' security for Tejashwi, backs 1-mn jobs promise

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday defended his new government's decision to provide Z-plus' security cover to his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, rubbishing criticism of the move by the BJP. Kumar also said his government will try to fulfil the promise of 10-lakh jobs that Yadav had made ahead of the last assembly elections. He is the deputy CM with obvious security needs. Why should he not get the cover? They (the BJP) speak nonsense, said Kumar when his attention was drawn by reporters to criticism from leaders of the saffron party. Reacting to the decision to provide Z-plus security cover for Yadav, senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Modi had tweeted, I was never given a bulletproof car, not Z-plus security either. With minimum security, I served the public for a long time from the government residence at Polo Road. "Why do they need so much security? People are now scared that they have come to power," he added. The 'Z-plus' security comprises a pilot,

Former JD(U) leader Pawan K Varma resigns from Trinamool Congress

His resignation came days after Nitish Kumar returned to the Mahagathbandhan and formed a new government in Bihar, snapping the JD(U)'s ties with the BJP-led NDA in Bihar.

Grave governance challenges await Bihar's new coalition government

Committed expenditures of the state, which has the lowest per capita income, exceed its own revenue by 47% in FY23

Tejashwi Yadav cocks a snook at Modi govt; vows to deliver on job growth

"ED and CBI are welcome to set up their offices inside my residence. If even this does not bring Shanti (peace), I cannot help it", Yadav quipped when asked whether fear of these agencies haunted him

ED, CBI can set up offices at my residence: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

The RJD leader made the tongue-in-cheek reference to allegations of misuse of central agencies against political opponents of the BJP at his mother and former CM Rabri Devi's house

'Bogus, rubbish': Bihar CM on Sushil Modi's claims about VP aspirations

BJP leader Sushil Modi had alleged that Kumar wanted to become the vice president and had parted ways with BJP after the party failed to accommodate his ambitions

BJP bowled bouncer to Jharkhand, lost govt in Bihar: Bhupesh Baghel

In a veiled attack on the BJP, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Wednesday claimed that attempts to topple the Jharkhand government boomeranged and resulted in loss of government in Bihar

Wait and watch: Pashupati Paras on Nitish becoming Bihar's CM again

As Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar's Chief Minister for the eighth time after severing ties with the BJP, Paras said that in politics, new equations are made every day