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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar favours inquiry into Pegasus controversy

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday favoured a thorough inquiry into allegations of phone tapping with the help of Pegasus spyware which has led to a logjam in Parliament.

Nitish reaffirms demand for caste-based census; urges Centre to consider it

The JD(U) de facto leader said that though caste census began in 2010 and a report came in 2013 but it was never released

Prashant Kishor and Congress: A political mercenary to the party's rescue?

Having Kishor on board will certainly get the Congress media attention. However, it could impact internal processes in the party

Not law but better women education will control population: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that educating women was the best remedy for unchecked population growth

Comeback time for Lalu: Will his return to Patna change the power dynamics?

The 73-year-old politician is suffering from several ailments

Tejashwi Yadav blames Nitish Kumar for split in Lok Janshakti Party

Tejashwi also suggested to Chirag Paswan to leave the lure of the saffron party and think about his future.

Meet LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who led coup against Chirag Paswan

Paras is Chirag's uncle and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan's younger brother

Churn in Bihar politics: Chirag Paswan removed as LJP's national president

His uncle, Pashupati Paras, took control of the LJP, ousted Chirag from the presidentship of the party and decamped with five MPs to the Janta Dal United (JDU), the very target of Chirag's attack

Covid-19 looks up in Bihar, though black fungus remains a cause for concern

Covid-19 situation continued to look up in Bihar where the govt on Tuesday announced further relaxations, even though the state appeared to be grappling with rising incidence of the black fungus

Churn in Bihar politics as five MPs remove LJP leader Chirag Paswan

The group of five MPs has conveyed their decision of electing Pashupati Kumar Paras as the LJP's leader in Lok Sabha to the Speaker

NITI Aayog SDG index: 'Bihar ranks top from bottom'; Lalu taunts Nitish

Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav also hit out at Nitish Kumar.

Covid-19: PM Modi speaks with Punjab, Bihar, Karnataka, Uttarakhand CMs

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke with Chief Ministers of Punjab, Karnataka, Bihar, and Uttarakhand over the situation

Nitish chairs high-level meeting on Covid ahead of Saturday all-party meet

Nitish Kumar held a high level meeting here Friday discussing steps taken so far to check spread of the virus

Covid: Partial lockdown in Bihar, education institutions shut till April 18

Keeping in view the strong second wave of the coronavirus, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to shut all educational institutions till April 18

LJP sole MLA who promised to send Nitish Kumar in jail, joins JD-U

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) MLA Raj Kumar Singh who contested against the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) claiming that he will send Nitish Kumar to jail during 2020 Assembly elections, had joined the JD-U.

Tejashwi tears into Nitish, threatens Assembly boycott for 5 years

Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said he will boycott the assembly for the next five years if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not apologise publicly

Aage-Aage dekhiye: Nitish Kumar refuses to reveal cards on RLSP-JDU merger

Kushwaha called a meeting of its functionaries from the district as well as from the national level for the two-days meeting to decide its future course of action

Bihar CM Nitish unimpressed by Rahul Gandhi calling Emergency a mistake

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday appeared unimpressed with the candid remark of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that Emergency imposed was a "mistake".

Nitish gets Covid-19 vaccine; urges people of Bihar to follow suit

Nitish reaffirmed his government's decision to provide the jabs free of cost, including at private facilities

Bihar CM Nitish fumes over criticisms of liquor prohibition in Bihar

Nitish Kumar bristled at questions being raised against his highly touted alcohol prohibition drive