PATNA: BiharThe main opposition RJD and its allies attacked the prime minister on Wednesday Nitish kumar for appointing Mewalal Choudhary of JD (U) as Minister of Education despite the fact that he faces corruption charges and was suspended from the party on the issue, and demanded his removal. RJD Leader …
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PATNA / NEW DELHI: Bihar, which puzzled many last Tuesday by re-electing the NDA in defiance of psephologists’ predictions and the consensus on a possible setback, has not been without surprises. On Sunday, the BJP removed Sushil Modi as the leader of its legislative group in Patna, in a move …
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NEW DELHI: As the trends come from the polls, the BJP is emerging as the largest party in the state, but Congress cannot repeat its 27-seat performance in 2015 and the Mahagathbandhan is behind the NDA. Congressional leaders say that while it is early to comment on the outcome of …
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Tejashwi Yadav could be Bihar’s next top minister if the exit polls are anything to follow, with two of the six available giving the Mahagathbandhan led by him a landslide victory in the assembly elections, one indicating that the RJD alliance is more likely to get a majority and two …
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NEW DELHI: The BJP released a list of 46 candidates on Sunday, all for the second phase of the Bihar assembly polls, bringing to 75 the number of constituencies for which the party has announced its nominees so far. State Minister Nand Kishore Yadav (of Patna Sahib) and Nitish Mishra, …
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Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh Prime Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s 40-minute meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 6 has fueled speculation about the prospects for Reddy’s Yuvajana Sramika Rytu Congress (YSRC), with 22 MPs in Lok Sabha and six in Rajya Sabha, joining the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Although there …
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Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Tuesday that his party, Janata Dal (United), will participate in the 2020 Bihar Assembly elections from 115 seats and the BJP will compete in 121 seats in a 243-member assembly. At a press conference on October 6, the CM of Bihar said that …
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NEW DELHI: The JD (U) led by Nitish Kumar and the BJP on Tuesday reached a formula of 122: 121 shared seats for the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar. Announcing the agreement to share seats for the 243-member assembly, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said the allies will be accommodated …
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NEW DELHI: Just weeks before the assembly elections in Bihar, former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joined JD (U) on Sunday in the presence of Prime Minister and Party Leader Nitish Kumar. Pandey had met with Nitish Kumar in Patna on Saturday, giving credence to speculation that the IPS officer’s sudden …
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NEW DELHI: Just weeks before the assembly elections in Bihar, former Bihar DGP Gupteshwar Pandey joined JD (U) on Sunday in the presence of Prime Minister and Party Leader Nitish Kumar. Pandey had met with Nitish Kumar in Patna on Saturday, giving credence to speculation that the IPS officer’s sudden …
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