Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against the perpetrators of Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) Preliminary exam paper leak.

An all-party meeting on the caste-based census in Bihar will be held on June 1 under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna, informed Bihar Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Wednesday.

The Bihar government has decided to hold an all-party meeting on the issue of caste-based census on June 1 in Patna

"We want to discuss each and every issue related to caste-based census. The leaders of different political parties will give their suggestions which will be a great help," he said.

Nitish Kumar on Sunday lauded the Centre for the reduction in excise duty on petrol and diesel and hinted that his government might do its bit after due deliberations, raising hopes of further relief.

As many as 33 people in the 16 districts of Bihar died on Friday due to the storm and lightning.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday asserted that "it will not take long" before work began on a state-level caste-based census, which he has agreed to after inability expressed by the Centre

"I met Nitish Ji and he assured me to conduct a caste-based census very soon. He also said that the all-party meeting will be soon organised in Patna followed by announcement of caste based census,"

Kumar said as far as the NPR exercise is concerned, "We had already made it clear that it should be implemented as per the 2010 format"

Prashant Kishor is setting himself up as the vessel that will collect all the pieces and put them together in some sort of political instrument

The BJP is gearing up for presidential election and has begun reaching out to its allies amid indications that the opposition will field a joint candidate for the post.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar asserted that he attached no importance to his administration's uncharitable assessment by Prashant Kishor, who has taken the political plunge giving up his earlier role

Kishor brushed aside speculation that he would be launching a new political party and said, instead he would work for Bihar's development

While interacting with media on the occasion of Eid on Tuesday, the chief minister initially ducked the question, but on being asked repeatedly, he stated that he has nothing to do with it.

The announcement has come within a week of his statement on Twitter that he had declined the Congress' offer to join a group on strengthening the organization in the run-up to 2024 general elections

The statement came at a time when Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Industry Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain are inviting industries to come in Bihar

Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi said: "We have invited leaders of all sections without caring about party politics. It is a religious event where leaders of all sections are welcome."

There was "no need" for a uniform civil code in Bihar, JD(U) minister Ashok Choudhary said on Friday, notwithstanding passionate advocacy by ally BJP.

Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi expressed dismay over rumours that his party wanted to replace Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said this might have contributed to debacle in a recent by-poll

Amid speculation over political re-alignment in Bihar after CM Nitish Kumar attended an RJD-hosted Iftar, leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav cautioned against imagining any 'political twist' to it