Members of allies, the BJP and LJP, were left out from the cabinet expansion.

Bihar CM will add at least five news faces in cabinet. The new additions to Bihar cabinet will be Narendra Narayan Yadav, Neeraj Kumar, Shyam Rajak, Sanjay Jha and Ranju Geeta, sources said.

"I am seeing reports in newspapers that we had asked for 3 seats, this is false. We had not asked for any seat," Nitish Kumar clarified.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that his Janata Dal-United will not be part of the Narendra Modi government as it did not want "symbolic representation".  

"After a new government is formed after the elections, leaders of all political parties should seriously consider holding the polls either in February or November. It will facilitate campaigning. People will cast votes in comfort, boosting the turnout. It will strengthen democracy," the Lok Janshakti Party leader said. In his comments, Kumar also disfavoured gap between voting days.

"Nathuram Godse was a 'deshbhakt', is a 'deshbhakt' and will remain a 'deshbhakt'. People calling him a terrorist should instead look within. Such people will be given a befitting reply in these elections," Pragya Singh Thakur told reporters in Bhopal on Thursday.

Interestingly, this is the first election the JD-U has contested without a manifesto. However, its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) partners -- the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) -- did release their manifestos.

A video has gone viral -- in which Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar can be seen not reacting to PM Modi's call for shouting Vande Mataram into the air. Kumar, in fact, is all silent and is waiting for the chants to get over.

"Since Narendra Modi has refused the basic rights of Bihar, ignored the aspirations of the people of Bihar, denied the rightful share out of each allocation, investment, the people of Bihar reject Modi," he added.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar minces no words when he is speaking. This time he chose an official forum to convey his feeling about the law and order condition in Bihar. Nitish picked up DGP Gupteshwar Pandey for a piece of advice on handling media. Here's what Nitish Kumar told Gupteshwar Pandey:

PM Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar grabbed eyeballs on Sunday (March 3), when they shared the stage at a NDA rally for the first time in a decade. 

With the Sankalp Rally in Patna, the prime minister officially kickstarted NDA's election campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, also the first show of strength in Bihar ruled by BJP in alliance with JD-U.

BJP General Secretary Bhupendra Yadav claimed that Sunday's public meeting would be the biggest so far at the huge Gandhi Maidan in terms of presence of people.

The party enthusiasts are busy campaigning in villages, panchayats, blocks, sub-divisions and district headquarters to garner the largest numbers ever to congregate at the Gandhi Maidan.

More than 16 lakh students appearing for Class 10 Board exams in Bihar have been asked not to wear shoes and socks. The bizarre order is an attempt to curb cheating during Bihar Board examinations.  

The court's order came as it heard a petition filed by accused Ashwani, a self-claimed medical practitioner, demanding an investigation into the role of the three.   

Refusing to say anything on Banerjee's dharna against the CBI action, Kumar said now the case is in the Supreme Court and only court can say anything.

Kumar welcomed provisions like an annual assistance of Rs 6,000 to farmers and Rs 3,000 monthly pension to those employed in the unorganised sector.  

Kumar snapped 17-year-old ties with the BJP in 2013 when it became amply clear that the party would fight the Lok Sabha polls with Modi as its face.Kumar, however, returned to the NDA in 2017 after a short-lived alliance with arch-rival Lalu Prasad's RJD. 

On Tuesday, the Congress demanded that the Election Commission address the "very serious" issues raised at a London presser by a self-proclaimed cyber expert on the functioning of EVMs.