Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday slammed Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju for his 'unsubstantiated' remarks on curbs on press freedom in the state and trashed the PCI fact finding report. ...
03:37 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The Bihar assembly's month-long budget session began in Patna on Monday on a stormy note as the opposition parties attacked the government over its liquor policy, poor law and order situation, and rampant corruption in the state. ...
10:15 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar during the inauguration of world's tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Patna. ...
03:09 PM, Feb 16, 2013
The people of Bihar have pinned their hopes on Union Finance minister P Chidambaram for consideration of their demand for special status, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday. Kumar said that the Union minister was recently quoted as saying that the Centre would explore what it could do to help the states lagging behind the average national development ratio. ...
07:08 PM, Feb 15, 2013
With a towering height of 70 feet, the world's tallest statute of Mahatma Gandhi was on Friday unveiled in Bihar. Bapu is seen standing affectionately with two children on either side in the bronze statue constructed at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. ...
06:01 PM, Feb 15, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said he was "pained" by leaders of his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) putting his name as a prime ministerial candidate, and termed such people "not my well-wishers". ...
04:41 AM, Feb 09, 2013
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajpaksa, accompanied by his wife Shiranthi Rajpaksa and a 70-member delegation, on Friday arrived at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya for pilgrimage. ...
02:26 PM, Feb 08, 2013
KC Tyagi, senior JD(U) leader and close confidante of party president Sharad Yadav, on February 2 filed nomination for the lone Rajya Sabha seat vacant from Bihar following resignation of rebel leader Upendra Kushwaha. ...
04:48 PM, Feb 02, 2013
As speculation mounts over Bharatiya Janata Party's Narendra Modi being the NDA's prime ministerial candidate in the next general election, a senior Janata Dal(United) JD(U) leader has said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is the best man for the job. "There are several names doing the rounds for the post of PM. But Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is best among them," JD(U) leader Hari Kishore Singh said. ...
05:00 PM, Jan 30, 2013
There is nothing journalists and the viewers love more than a 'big fight'. A Roger Federer is a great tennis player, but the legend is ...
12:15 AM, Jan 25, 2013
In a veiled attack on bete noir RJD President Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said being out of power his condition resembled 'a fish out of water'. ...
08:14 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday described as "irresponsible" Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde's remarks linking the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to Hindu terrorism and asked him to initiate action if he has any information or documents suggesting such charges. "His statement (linking the BJP and the RSS to Hindu terrorism) is irresponsible and reflects his immaturity," Kumar said. ...
05:00 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajnath Singh was on Wednesday elected unopposed as the party president for the 2013-2015 term. He succeeded Nitin Gadkari, who decided against contesting for a second term following charges of corruption against him. ...
03:37 PM, Jan 23, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked Director General of Police Abhayanand to take the strictest possible action against senior Indian Police (IPS) officer and Saran Range DIG Alok Kumar for allegedly demanding Rs 10 crore bribe from a liquor merchant and threatening to falsely implicate him if he failed to pay the amount. ...
05:47 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar's Nalanda district, terming its practitioners "better than scientists" and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated elsewhere. "Indian farmers are better than scientists," Stiglitz said here after visiting organic farmers in Nalanda, the home district of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. ...
12:18 PM, Jan 15, 2013
Indicative of its impressive growth, Bihar's per capita income has almost doubled since 2004. But it is still well below the national average, a state minister says. Planning and Development Minister Narendra Narayan Yadav said that Bihar's per capita income in 2011-12 was Rs 15,268, which was still far behind the national average of Rs 35,993. ...
07:37 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on January 10 ordered an inquiry into the Aurangabad road accident which claimed 25 lives. Condoling the loss of lives, Kumar ordered the district magistrate and superintendent of police to inquire under what circumstances people were being carried in a truck meant for freight, an official statement said here. ...
01:18 PM, Jan 10, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday suggested change in laws against heinous crimes like rape with provision of speedy trial and favoured reducing juvenile age from 18 to 16 years in view of the spate of crimes being committed by youngsters. ...
03:21 AM, Jan 08, 2013
LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan, who set off for his 'Bihar bachao' campaign on Saturday, charged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar with adopting double standard on rape incidents. "The chief minister expresses concern over incidents of rape outside the state and advocates for stringent laws to deal with perpetrators of such crimes. But he choose to gloss over similar cases taking place within Bihar," Paswan told a gathering here before leaving for...
11:09 PM, Jan 05, 2013
Congress in Bihar on Jaunary 3 accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of "not being serious" to acquire special category status for the state as he is not calling an all-party meeting to press for the demand before the centre. ...
06:24 PM, Jan 03, 2013
