Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

Earlier, police neither had vehicles nor weapons. Due to the lack of modern weapons, the morale of the police was very low, Nitish Kumar said

PM Modi to inaugurate Khelo India Youth Games 2025 in Patna: Nitish Kumar

Kumar was addressing a function attended, among others, by Union minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Mansukh Mandaviya

His 20 years in power will be remembered for wasted opportunities: Prashant Kishor attacks Nitish Kumar

Kishor alleged the JD(U) boss was fretting over his party's share in the Union council of ministers and using his clout with the BJP to settle scores with detractors at the state level, instead of leveraging his position to rehabilitate the state industrially.

In a big blow to Nitish Kumar's JDU, Centre denies special status for Bihar

The decision was made based on an integrated consideration of all factors and the peculiar situation of the state, says Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary.

'Shall I touch your feet...?' Nitish Kumar's sarcastic request to official on Bihar land survey

'I have said that these works (land survey) must be done before the Assembly elections in the state. If all these works are done before July 2025, it will be good,' said Kumar

SC junks Munger RJD candidate's repoll plea, asks to move Patna HC first

A vacation bench of justices Satish Chandra Sharma and Prasanna B Varale asked Anita to approach the high court instead

Explained: What Nitish Kumar’s exit from Mahagathbandhan means for JD(U) and Bihar

Kumar’s repeated flip-flops not only underscore the volatile nature of Bihar's politics, but also raises questions on why coalition partners are more than happy to accommodate the JD(U) supremo.

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar Chief Minister; severs ties with the mahagathbandhan

At the JD(U) legislators meeting Nitish Kumar announced he was going resign and is about to leave for Raj Bhawan in few minutes to put in his papers before Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar.

Bihar tangle: Nitish Kumar's exit plan sends INDIA bloc into tizzy

Lok Sabha Election 2024: As speculations over Nitish Kumar's likely political switch mounts, the BJP has swung into action mode. The party is holding meetings with top state leaders to explore the idea of forming an alliance with him.

Bihar Political Crisis Highlights: Nitish Kumar likely to resign by Sunday morning

News Highlights: BJP sources said instructions have been received from the top leadership to put on hold "any formal announcement" till Kumar, who had dumped the NDA less than three years ago, resigns.

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bihar runs into rough patches as Nitish widens rift with RJD over seat deal

Nitish Kumar, known for switching sides, has taken multiple U-turns in the past. In 2013, the Janata Dal (United) broke its alliance with the BJP and joined hands with the RJD and Congress.

Bihar Assembly passes Appropriation Bill for 2023-24 fiscal

While presenting the bill in the House, the state's Finance Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary said the education department will be allocated Rs 7,672 crore, urban development and housing Rs 4,276.05 crore, panchayati raj Rs 3,340.61 crore and rural development Rs 1,500 crore for the projects in the 2023-24 fiscal.

Bihar to expand integrated emergency service 'Dial 112' in rural areas

The proposal mooted by the home department was approved at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on November 3.

Ramcharitmanas row: JD(U) MLC goes overboard

A row had erupted when the state Education minister Chandra Shekhar, who belongs to the RJD, made controversial remarks about the popular version of Ramayana, penned by medieval saint-poet Goswami Tulsidas.

Nitish govt draws flak over refusal to compensate victims of hooch tragedy

The administration has confirmed 30 deaths since Tuesday night, following suspected consumption of spurious liquor, making it the biggest hooch tragedy in the state since it went dry over six years ago.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to visit Saifai on Wednesday to pay Mulayam Singh Yadav last tributes

Janata Dal (United) spokesperson K C Tyagi said a party delegation, which will include Lok Sabha MP Dulal Chandra Goswami and himself, will be in Saifai on Tuesday when he will be cremated.

News Highlights: Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance government wins trust vote in Bihar Legislative Assembly

Business and Political News Highlights: Some Bihar BJP MLAs walked out of the State Legislative Assembly.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meets RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Patna hospital

Lalu Prasad Yadav had on July 3 fractured his shoulder and injured his back after he tripped and fell at his wife Rabri Devi's residence.

Nitish Kumar’s Rajya Sabha snub puts a question mark over RCP Singh’s political future

Singh’s Rajya Sabha term ends on July 7. Singh has to get elected to either the Rajya Sabha or the Lok Sabha in six months to continue as a Union minister. Singh must now be regretting that day in 2021, when he allegedly included his name in the JD(U) list for a cabinet berth, without consulting Nitish Kumar

Explained | Caste-based census in India: Why is there a growing demand?

From 1951 to 2011, every census in India has published the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, comprising the Dalits and the Adivasis, along with the gamut of data including religions, languages, socio-economic status, etc. It, however, has never counted OBC’s which roughly constitute about 52 percent of the country’s population.

Grateful to PM Modi for listening to us, now he has to take a decision on caste census: Nitish Kumar

Kumar led an eleven-member delegation that met the Prime Minister on August 23 to ask the Centre to order a Caste Census to count the OBCs.

COVID-19 | India reports record single-day deaths as Bihar revises tally after HC-ordered audit

6,148 deaths in a day is the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities reported in 24 hours in any country, so far, in the pandemic. The United States of America had reported 5,444 daily COVID-19 deaths, a previous global record, on February 12.

Amid criticism, Nitish Kumar vows to continue liquor ban in Bihar

The Tejashwi Yadav-led opposition launched a scathing attack on the Kumar-led NDA government after a police sub-inspector was killed and the village chowkidar sustained gunshot injuries in a shootout with liquor mafia in Majorganj area of Sitamarhi district last week.

Leading by example: Home Minister Amit Shah, EAM S Jaishankar take first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Soon after the PM, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar were among the first leaders to receive the first dose of the vaccine.

What to make of ex-Union minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain’s shift from Centre to Bihar

The announcement means the BJP leader's return to electoral politics, from Centre to the state though, since 2014 when he lost the Lok Sabha election from Bhagalpur in Bihar.