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  Nitish Kumar attacks PM, says 'Hawabaazi' will not work this time

  Politics | September 29, 2015 21:14 IST

  Rosera/Bachwara: Sharpening his attack on the NDA for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not fulfilling the promises" made during the last general elections and said

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  PM Modi to return to Bihar poll campaign

  Politics | September 26, 2015 21:24 IST

  Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to the Bihar assembly election campaign on October 2, for the first time since the poll schedule announcement, with a rally in Banka.BJP chief Amit Shah will hold

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  Bihar Polls: 586 candidates in the fray for 1st phase after withdrawal

  Politics | September 26, 2015 20:21 IST

  Patna: Altogether 586 candidates are in the fray from 49 seats in the first phase of Bihar Assembly elections on the last day of withdrawal of nominations today.A total of 605 candidates had filed nomination

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  Bihar polls: Rajnath Singh rubbishes RK Singh's remark on ticket distribution

  Politics | September 26, 2015 16:26 IST

  Lucknow: In a snub to BJP MP R K Singh, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today trashed his allegation that criminals were given tickets in Bihar Assembly elections."In BJP, ticket distribution is done fairly considering

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  Bihar Polls: Advani, Joshi, Shatrughan among BJP star campaigners

  Politics | September 23, 2015 16:14 IST

  New Delhi:  BJP veterans Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha are among the star campaigners enlisted by the party to woo voters ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.Sources said Prime Minister

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  Bihar Polls: BJP declares 11 candidates in third list

  Politics | September 20, 2015 20:09 IST

  New Delhi: BJP today announced the third list of 11 candidates for Bihar Assembly polls which includes a Muslim nominee from Kochadhaman constituency.  The party has declared candidates for 153 seats out of the total

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  Bihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing today

  India | September 13, 2015 10:48 IST

  Bihar Assembly polls: Decision on seat-sharing todayNew Delhi:  Ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly polls, former state chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Saturday over discusions related to

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  BJP takes stock of Bihar assembly poll campaign

  Politics | September 02, 2015 1:53 IST

  New Delhi:  BJP today took stock of its Bihar assembly electioncampaign at a meeting of its general secretaries chaired by party president Amit Shah and claimed that it had been able to reach out to

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi quits legislative assembly seat

  Politics | August 25, 2015 14:52 IST

  Patna: In a surprise move, former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today resigned as the member of Bihar legislative assembly, according to his close aide Danish Rizwan.Manjhi met the legislative assembly acting secretary Hare

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  Nitish Kumar to make denial of spl status a major poll plank

  Politics | August 02, 2015 10:32 IST

  New Delhi:  Crying "betrayal", Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-RJD alliance will flag in a big way in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections the denial by the Centre of special category status to the state.JD(U) Secretary General and

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  Bihar has developed in last one decade: Nitish Kumar

  Politics | July 27, 2015 16:25 IST

  Patna:  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the state had developed in the last 10 years and his government had worked for its development with justice for all.Nitish Kumar also said that Bihar

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  Vyapam Scam: Hearing on Kumar Viswas's plea today; 5 other major events of the day

  India | July 24, 2015 9:56 IST

  Vyapam Scam: Hearing on Kumar Viswas's plea in SC todayNew Delhi: The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas  today who has joined others including Congress leader Digvijay Singh in

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  PM Narendra Modi to review highway projects today; 6 other news events of the day

  India | July 02, 2015 10:13 IST

  PM Narendra Modi to review highway projects todayNew Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting to review the status of highway projects today, prompting the Nitin Gadkari-led road ministry to prepare a presentation

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  RJD MLA's remarks against Smriti Irani rocks Bihar Assembly

  Politics | March 17, 2015 19:35 IST

  Patna: RJD MLA Akhtarul Islam Sahin's comments on Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani's life before politics drew fierce opposition with BJP members throwing the Bihar Assembly in pandemonium for about 20 minutes during post-lunch session

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  BJP creates ruckus in Assembly over power tariff hike

  Politics | March 17, 2015 17:08 IST

  Patna: Opposition BJP today created ruckus in the Bihar Assembly over hike in electricity charges by 15 paisa per unit in urban areas and 10 paisa per unit in rural areas and urged the government

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi absents himself from Bihar Assembly as Nitish Kumar takes floor test

  Politics | March 11, 2015 13:46 IST

  Patna: Jitan Ram Manjhi, who had resigned as Bihar Chief minister just hours before a crucial trust vote last month, today absented himself from the inaugural sitting of the joint session of Bihar Legislature after

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  Fortunate if Manjhi resigned because of me: Bihar Speaker

  Politics | February 21, 2015 15:55 IST

  Patna: Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary today said he considered himself “fortunate” if Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned due to him, and justified his decisions taken in the run-up to Manjhi's floor test

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  NDA hits out at Nitish, Congress says Manjhi quit at BJP panicked

  Politics | February 20, 2015 15:37 IST

  New Delhi: NDA today accused JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar of "sacrificing" a Mahadalit while Congress saw BJP's "panic" behind Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's resignation hours before a trust vote in Assembly and said it

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  BJP does not 'repent' backing Manjhi: Sushil Modi

  Politics | February 20, 2015 15:52 IST

  Patna: BJP today said it did not "repent" backing Jitan Ram Manjhi during the trust vote as the party wanted to send out the message to people that it stood against "humiliation" of a mahadalit

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  Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party

  Politics | February 20, 2015 13:22 IST

  Patna: Bihar's outgoing Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi may float a new political party ahead of the assembly elections due to be held in October-November this year.According to  India TV sources,  Manjhi has called a