Patna: Days after the BJP-JD(U) split, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar moved a trust motion in the state legislature on Wednesday. Nitish Kumar is confident of getting a majority with the Congress confirming that all four of its MLAs will vote for the JD(U).
The BJP claims all 91 of its MLAs will vote against Nitish, but sources say there is infighting within the state unit for the post of leader of the opposition. In fact, four BJP MLAs skipped a meeting of legislators.
For now, the BJP has nominated Sushil Kumar Modi as its leader in the Bihar Legislatve Council and Nand Kishore Yadav in the Legislative assembly. Sushil Modi will be leader of the combined legislative party.
JD(U) leaders said Nitish Kumar was "calm and cool" and spent the day in office on Tuesday, not worried about the trust vote in the 243-seat legislature. "Nitish Kumar was busy as usual in office work. He was not at all tense," an official in the chief minister's office said. ...
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11:20 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Patna: Adding more speculation to the growing Congress-JD(U) friendship, sources have indicated that the Congress is likely to vote in favour of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the trust vote on Wednesday. Sources say the Congress is keeping its options in the Bihar Assembly open. It is a big day for Nitish Kumar as his party will move a trust vote in the state legislature in what is being...
10:20 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Washington: The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation severely restricting abortions, a move that could alienate women from the conservative party. The bill would ban abortions 20 weeks after fertilization occurs, a time when a fetus begins to feel pain, Republicans said. The legislation makes exceptions for victims of rape and incest as long as they first report the crime to authorities. The bill has no chance...
07:29 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Washington: The United States and the Taliban raised hopes on Tuesday for a negotiated peace in Afghanistan with commitments to meet this week after 12 years of bloody and costly war between American-led forces and the insurgents. The Taliban opened an office in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Tuesday to help restart talks and said it wanted a political solution that would bring about a just government and end foreign...
06:17 AM, Jun 19, 2013
Washington: A group of major American business organisations and advocacy groups on Tuesday launched a new alliance against what they allege as India's "discriminatory" economic policies, including intellectual property issues, which they claim hurt US jobs and economy. Co-chaired by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the US Chamber of Commerce's Global Intellectual Property Centre (GIPC), the Alliance for Fair Trade with India (AFTI) was launched in Washington ahead...
01:02 AM, Jun 19, 2013
A new set of Cabinet ministers were sworn in on Monday evening at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. ...
10:46 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New York: Starbucks has a new way to wake up its US customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will start posting calorie counts on menu boards nationwide next week, ahead of a federal regulation that would require it to do so. Calorie counts on menus are already required in some parts of the country, including New York City. But starting June 25, Starbucks...
10:23 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Washington: US military leaders are ready to begin tearing down the remaining walls that have prevented women from holding thousands of combat and special operations jobs near the front lines. Under details of the plans obtained by The Associated Press, women could start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later. The military services have mapped out a schedule that also will include reviewing and...
10:20 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Even as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has said Barack Obama's failed promises led to the leaks, the US President has defended his government's policy, while appearing to champion freedom over security. ...
09:33 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: Outsourcing firm iGate has been slapped with class action lawsuit in the US for alleged violations of federal securities laws in view of its sacked CEO Phaneesh Murthy's "improper relationship" with a subordinate employee. The suit has been filed on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or acquired securities of iGate between March 14, 2012 and May 21, 2013. The New York-Based law firm, Pomerantz Grossman Hufford...
07:13 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Mumbai: Resuming its downfall, the rupee on Tuesday sank by a whopping 90 paise to all-time closing low of 58.77 on massive dollar buying by banks and importers as forex markets became jittery ahead of Fed's decision on continuing monetary stimulus. Capital outflows also affected the market sentiment with FIIs offloading shares worth over Rs 750 crore in two days, amid talks of continuing sell-off in debt as well. Since...
06:55 PM, Jun 18, 2013
IBNLive Sports gives you Tuesday's round-up of all the latest transfer news and gossip from the leading clubs and top players around the world. Manchester City's new boss Pellegrini targets Robben, Sneijder: Report Manchester City's newly-appointed manager Manuel Pellegrini is planning to bid for Dutch internationals Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder, a report said on Tuesday. Robben and Sneijder were the two players Pellegrini never wanted to sell during his...
06:20 PM, Jun 18, 2013
London: English Premier League team Newcastle United have confirmed the appointment of Joe Kinnear as the club's new director of football. The club confirmed the news on its official website on Tuesday. "The board are pleased to welcome Joe back to the club. Joe has many years of experience working within the game, and this experience will be of great benefit to the club in achieving our objectives over the...
05:04 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Amid reports surrounding his future with the Premier League champions, Manchester United winger Luis Nani has attracted interest from Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur according to SportsDirect News. Nani's contract at Old Trafford runs out in the summer of 2014, with no new deal yet in place in for the Portugese international. While Arsenal have been linked with move for the 26-year-old for some time, the agency reported that Spurs are...
01:42 PM, Jun 18, 2013
The Bihar Bandh called by the Bharatiya Janata Party two days after the Janata Dal United walked out of the National Democratic Alliance has been partially successful in some parts of Patna. ...
11:01 AM, Jun 18, 2013
Over the last few months, Nitish Kumar had given enough hints that elevation of Gujarat CM Narendra Modi was not acceptable to him. ...
11:58 PM, Jun 17, 2013
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11:50 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Patna: A day after walking out of NDA, JD(U) President Sharad Yadav on Monday said his party could consider coming back to the alliance if veteran BJP leader LK Advani returns at the helm of the party. "We will consider rejoining NDA if LK Advani returns to helm of the party. We had fought 2009 elections projecting Advani as our Prime Ministerial candidate," the JD(U) chief said. The statement comes...
10:15 PM, Jun 17, 2013
Just 24 hours after the JD(U)-BJP split, both the parties are washing their dirty linen in public. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar accused the BJP of showing disrespect towards its elders. ...
07:37 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: Within 24 hours of the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal United split, the two parties are taking potshots at each other. The BJP has hit back at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for accusing that the BJP does not respect its elders. Addressing a press conference in Patna, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said that people of Bihar will get to see the 'real' face of Nitish Kumar very...
07:30 PM, Jun 17, 2013
