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Veteran JDU leader KC Tyagi has resigned as the party’s spokesperson. JDU leader Nitish Kumar has appointed Rajiv Ranjan Prasad in his place. While the party has said Mr Tyagi took the decision for “personal reasons”, the development is being seen as a JDU’s damage control after Mr Tyagi’s statements on key issues did not…
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New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea challenging the election of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as President of the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)). The court found no substantial reason to interfere with the election results and deemed the petition to be without merit. This decision upholds Nitish Kumar’s position as the…
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Waqf Amendment Bill: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar (File). New Delhi: Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) has become the third ally of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party – and arguably one of the more important – to raise concerns over the government’s Waqf Amendment Bill. Chirag Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) has…
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No injuries were reported in the latest incident Patna: A section of the superstructure of the under-construction Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge collapsed and fell into the Ganga River in Bihar. Although no injuries were reported in the latest incident involving the bridge that has been nine years in the making, the repeated collapses of various sections…
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This investment from Ambuja Cementis “the largest investment in the State by a cement industry player”. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Adani Group-owned Ambuja Cement Ltd (ACL) on August 3 announced an investment of around ₹1,600 crore in Bihar to set up a cement grinding unit at Warisaliganj in Nawada district. The 6 MTPA Warisaliganj…
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. File Photo | Photo Credit: ANI Giving importance to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a key alliance partner of the Narendra Modi government, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 23 announced to sanction ₹58,900 crore to Bihar in the 2024 Union Budget. This includes ₹26,000 crore for road projects, a…
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A month after N Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP and Nitish Kumar’s JDU helped the BJP cobble up a majority to return to power for the third time, the Modi 3.0’s Budget 2024 has earmarked key projects for the two states ruled by its friends in need — Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. Close on the heels of…
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Union Minister of State Anupriya Patel, Ramdas Athawale and JD(U) MP Dileshwar Kamait during the all-party meeting, at Parliament House in New Delhi on July 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: ANI The Janata Dal (United), a key BJP ally which heads the government in Bihar, has strongly argued for a special financial package for the…
Patna (Bihar): Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday took a pot-shot on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said that when his party (Hindustani Awam Morcha) separated in 2015, he raised doubts about how he would run the party without any funds. He also emphasised that now his party is not only functioning but…
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Mr Paswan said the spate of bridge collapse in the state points to corruption having taken place. New Delhi: Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has asked the Bihar government to set a precedent by taking stringent action in cases of crime and the recent spate of bridge collapses, asserting…