Patna: Apparently distancing himself from suggestions that he was targeting Narendra Modi, Senior JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said his comment made at the recent party conclave that triggered a controversy was not against anybody. "I had also praised former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for the successful run of NDA coalition...How can it (the comment) be construed as comment against somebody," Kumar said, addressing...
01:45 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Patna: The European Union On Tuesday praised the rapid development spree in Bihar within a short period of time. EU envoy Joao Cravinho met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at his residence and attributed the turnaround to "dynamic leadership" of the Chief Minister. The EU envoy was accompanied by First Counsellor and head of its political affairs Anne Marchal. During the meeting, the EU representatives discussed about new initiatives taken by...
12:15 AM, Apr 24, 2013
Cyrus takes on NDA's PM candidate. Bihar CM Nitish Kumar last week gave a hint that Narendra Modi would not be acceptable to JD(U) as a PM candidate, above all Shiv Sena has also said that BJP should take the decision soon. Cyrus also takes on Pak ex-president Musharraf's arrest and IPL. ...
01:00 PM, Apr 21, 2013
Mumbai: In a fresh salvo apparently aimed at alliance partner JD (U), Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said BJP would not take it lying down if any of its allies tries to impose its views on the party even as he expressed confidence that NDA will remain intact. "I would like to tell our alliance partners that nobody has the right to wield veto on us",...
01:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday strongly condemned the brutal rape of the five-year-old girl in Delhi but opined against death sentence for the perpetrator of such heinous crime. "The act is barbaric. Such incidents raise serious question on humanity," Kumar told reporters while expressing his anguish over the minor's rape which has sparked outrage across the country. Asked a debate has again begun in the country for...
01:02 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In wake of the rape of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday proposed the setting up of a special citizen force for women while demanding removal of union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and the Delhi Police commissioner. "The Delhi Police should be given two months time to rectify its past failures and regain the faith of people, else Aam Aadmi Party proposes...
12:11 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: In a major move, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Backward Region Development Grant for Bihar and other states. Bihar got the lion's share of Rs 12,000 crore. The announcement came in the backdrop of souring relations between the JD(U) and the BJP, with some calling it an attempt by the government to woo the JD(U). It remains to be seen how Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responds to...
09:04 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: In a major move, the Cabinet on Thursday cleared the Backward Region Development Grant for Bihar and other states. Bihar got the lion's share of Rs 12000 crore. The announcement came in the backdrop of souring relations between the JD(U) and the BJP, with some calling it an attempt by the government to woo the JD(U). It remains to be seen how Chief Minister Nitish Kumar responds to...
08:54 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: As the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal United continue to lock horns, the Cabinet is on Thursday likely to announce a special package for Bihar. In what is being seen as the government wooing the JD(U), the Cabinet could give a go ahead for a Rs 12,000 crore special package. Bihar will get this money under the Backward Regions Grant Fund to be implemented in the...
03:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Former Bharatiya Janata Party chief Nitin Gadkari has denied reports that he assured Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will not be the Prime Ministerial candidate. Gadkari said he met Nitish along with senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, but did not say that Modi won't be the PM candidate. In his statement, Gadkari has said that he and Jaitleyhad in 2012 told Nitish...
11:37 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Patna: Refusing to buy Nitish Kumar's argument absolving himself of the Godhra tragedy, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday accused him of closing the Railways' probe in the train burning incident to suit the interest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. "Nitish as Railway Minister had closed inquiry into the Sabarmati train burning incident to suit interest of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. This had triggered riots,"...
10:14 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Patna: World Health Organisation (WHO) appreciated the successful implementation of health programmes, particularly anti-polio and immunisation campaigns, in Bihar on Wednesday. The appreciation was expressed by WHO Representative in India Nata Menabde after a meeting with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna. Praising the anti-polio campaign, Menabde said Bihar had not registered a single case of polio in the last three years, an official statement said. On the immunisation programme,...
05:00 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: In the midst of Nitish Kumar raising the pitch against Narendra Modi, Congress on Wednesday accused the Gujarat Chief Minister of "communalising" politics and debunked his development model. "Gujarat's economic development under the present Chief Minister is a glass full of gas and no water. It's a myth, a hype. There are many other states like Odisha and Bihar, which are doing much better," Gujarat CLP leader Shankersinh...
03:56 PM, Apr 17, 2013
Mumbai: Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked the BJP leadership to clear its stand on the issue of its prime ministerial candidate and demanded that a meeting of the NDA be convened soon. The BJP ally, however, gave a clean chit to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi over the Gujarat riots, but said that by declaring someone's candidature, allies, who have been with BJP faithfully for so many years will go away,...
02:55 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United has now openly challenged its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party following the wrangling over the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. JDU General Secretary Shivanand Tiwari in a strongly worded comment said that his party was not bending before the BJP for support. Tiwari said that that the BJP has always known the party's views on the PM candidate and it...
12:24 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: RJD, arch rival of JD(U) in Bihar, on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of being a "puppet" in the hands of LK Advani and playing the politics of misleading the Muslims. "In the internal quarrels in the top leadership of BJP on the leadership issue, Nitish is a puppet in the hands of Advani....," RJD General Secretary Vijay Krishna said, adding "only communal can protect the communal"....
02:55 AM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal United has escalated as Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "JD(U)'s statement in Delhi's national executive against our leaders was completely unwanted," Modi said. "We will discuss our future course of action on April 18 in our national executive meet," Modi added. Nitish Kumar on Sunday did...
03:26 PM, Apr 16, 2013
New Delhi: There is a new low in the ties between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) as the two parties have taken on each other over the Sabarmati tragedy in Godhra in 2002. BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi on Monday pointed out that it was Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who was the rail minister during the Sabarmati tragedy of 2002. "There is no one in the...
01:52 PM, Apr 16, 2013
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11:29 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday laid down the JD(U)'s criteria for the NDA's PM nominee which clearly reflected the party's opposition to Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. ...
11:22 PM, Apr 15, 2013
