Nitish Kumar had joined hands with RJD, founded by his former arch-rival Lalu Prasad, in August 2022 after he severed ties with the BJP which he accused of having tried to engineer a split in the JD(U).

The Nitish Kumar government had transferred 22 IAS, 79 IPS and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers on Friday. In fresh transfers, 478 officials were reshuffled on Saturday.

In a massive development, Nitish Kumar is all set to quit the I.N.D.I.A bloc and join the NDA once again, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. Speculations were rife regarding a rift in the Opposition bloc. A chain of events preceded the huge step by Nitish Kumar. DETAILS

While praising PM Modi for his government's decision to confer Bharat Ratna to socialist leader Karpoori Thakur, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday attacked dynastic politics which many referred as an attack on Lalu's family fueling speculations about a big development in the state politics.

This comes a day after Nitish Kumar thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the central government’s decision to confer the Bharat Ratna upon former Bihar Chief Minister Karpoori Thakur.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday night, in which portfolios of three ministers of his ally RJD were changed. Education Minister Chandra Shekhar, who has been hitting the headlines for different reasons, was made the Sugarcane Industries Miniter.

Earlier in the day, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced the constitution of a new team of the party’s national office-bearers, relieving many Lok Sabha MPs of their organisational positions.

Bihar BJP MLA Prem Kumar has said the party remains firm on its stand and nobody in the NDA wants Nitish Kumar back into the alliance. Nitish Kumar's JD(U) is part of the opposition's I.N.D.I.A bloc.

I.N.D.I.A bloc members held a virtual meeting to discuss key issues including who will be the chairperson, and convenor of the alliance. Apart from this meeting, Congress leaders have been meeting members of the bloc almost on daily basis to discuss seat-sharing for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Two days ago, while distributing appointment letters to outstanding sportspersons under the "medal lao naukari pao" scheme, the Chief Minister announced that soon a separate sports department would be created in Bihar.

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav was earlier summoned to appear on December 22, 2023, but the 34-year-old chose not to respond to the summons. He called the ED notice as a routine affair.

The Patna airport authorities said they received a call for the emergency landing moments after the flight took off, which was accepted.

Several top leaders including Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge will participate in the discussion on the Zoom app. Meanwhile, national presidents of major parties of I.N.D.I alliance are also likely to join, as per sources.

As the time for Lok Sabha elections is approaching, the differences between this alliance are coming to the fore.

There are reports of Nitish Kumar once again returning to the NDA. However, JDU has termed these reports baseless and mere rumours.

The development is crucial as the ruling party is going to face a big challenge to fight the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in the changed political scenario in the state and a change of guard at a crucial juncture may harden the task for Nitish Kumar.

Reports had surfaced that Nitish Kumar was unhappy with the I.N.D.I.A. bloc after alliance meeting which took place on December 19. During the meeting, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal proposed Mallikarjun Kharge's name for PM face.

Eastern Zonal Council Meeting 2023: The five Zonal Councils (Western, Eastern, Northern, Southern and Central) were set up under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 to foster Inter-State cooperation and co-ordination among the states.

The Education Department of the Nitish Kumar government has released the latest holiday calendar, according to which, holidays on some Hindu festivals including Ram Navami and Rakshabandhan have been slashed. The BJP has reacted sharply, calling the move "appeasement politics".

A tragic incident occurred on the last day of Chhath Puja in Bihar's Lakhisarai district, where a man opened fire on a family, resulting in death of two brothers.