Page 17 - Nitish Kumar

Shekhar Gupta: Medium of political education

Modi govt's push for education in Indian languages is out of touch with reality. State leaders know voters want English-medium education for their children more than anything

Chirag questions prohibition's impact in Bihar in fresh salvo at Nitish

LJP president Chirag Paswan attacked CM questioning the success of prohibition in Bihar as he cited a case in which a ward councillor, reportedly in an inebriated state, abused him and his father

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's rally postponed in view of Covid-19 outbreak

A much-anticipated virtual rally of Bihar CM next week has been put off for the time being, a top office-bearer of the ruling Janata Dal (United) said here on Friday.

Bihar govt files caveat before SC challenging Rhea's plea for FIR transfer

A team of Bihar Police that arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday, recorded statements of two persons, including actor Sushant Singh Rajput's sister, on Wednesday in connection with the case

38,47,531 people affected by Bihar floods, over 25K living in shelter homes

In Muzaffarpur district, 8,77,138 people have been affected due to floods while in Supaul 81,198 people have been affected so far

Ruling, Oppn parties struggle to get their act together in Bihar

The father-son leadership of Ram Vilas Paswan and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party has thrown a spanner in the works by demanding more seats

Time to fight coronavirus not elections: Prashant Kishor to Nitish Kumar

Polls in Bihar are due in October-November but the Election Commission has so far not made any official announcement about its schedule

BJP planning to forge a balance between its allies in Bihar amid tension

Tension between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Chirag Paswan is becoming evident

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, 14 CMO staffers test negative for Covid-19

Kumar, earlier in the day, underwent a Covid-19 test after acting Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council Awadhesh Narayan Singh tested positive for the virus

Nitish Kumar takes Covid-19 test after leader he sat next to tests positive

The sample has been sent to Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences

400,000 ex-gratia each for kin of lightning strike victims: Bihar CM

The strike claimed the lives of three people in Samastipur, two in Lakhisarai, one each in Gaya, Banka and Jamui

Nitish hatching plots against oppn: Tejashwi after 5 RJD MLCs join JDU

Yadav said that all the steps taken by Nitish Kumar are aimed at furthering his personal ambitions

Xi, Premier Li disagree over role of street vendors in post-Covid-19 China

Li Keqiang openly addressed employment concerns and praised street vendors for creating jobs

India wants revenge against China: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar at all-party meet

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired an all-party virtual meeting to discuss the situation in India-China border areas

Nitish says Bihar prepared for floods as coronavirus cases rise in state

At a high-level meeting that he chaired here, Kumar directed officials to make arrangements so that those displaced by floods are relocated at camps without compromising on social distancing norms

Tejashwi asks Nitish to focus on corona management, not 'manage headlines'

RJD on Sunday observed 'Garib Adhikaar Diwas' in protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah's virtual rally

NDA will get two-thirds majority in Bihar under Nitish's leadership: Shah

Shah attacked the opposition RJD saying the growth rate of the state was just 3.9% when the party was in power, but it rose to 11.3% under NDA

Focus of political storm in Bihar shifts from Covid-19 cases to jobs

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has emerged after many weeks to challenge the chief minister on the issue

Shah to kickstart Bihar campaign on Sunday with 'virtual rally' in Chhapra

This will be the first of the several "virtual rallies" the BJP has planned for its Bihar Assembly poll campaign. The polls are scheduled for October.

Workers going from one state to another are not 'migrants': Nitish Kumar

People who have returned from other states do not need to leave because of helplessness, the chief minister says