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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav meet PM Modi to push for caste census

Stepping up their campaign for a caste-based census, a delegation of 10 parties from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday in support of the demand.

Nitish Kumar leads all-party delegation to meet PM on caste census

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with a 10-member all-party delegation from the state on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi to press the demand for a caste-based census.

PM Modi now has to take a call on caste-based census: Nitish Kumar

Following the meeting with PM Modi on Monday over caste-based census in the country, Kumar said now the prime minister has to take a call on the matter

Bihar CM-led delegation to meet PM on Aug 23 to discuss caste-based census

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday said he along with representatives of all the parties in the state will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 23 to discuss the issue of a caste-based census

Educating women is my preferred way to control population: Nitish

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday dug in his heels on the issue of population control, making it clear that he preferred to control demographic explosion by educating and empowering women.

Have sought appointment with PM to discuss caste census: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the tricky issue of caste-based census

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