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JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar to visit Delhi today

2 min read . 25 May 2019

Cabinet gives land to GAIL to set up CNG station in Patna

1 min read . 08 Jan 2019

An analysis based on Google Trends show that in terms of search interest, Narendra Modi is the most popular national leader and Mayawati enjoys the widest appeal among regional leaders, while jobs is the most dominant issue. Photo: HT

What Google reveals about search interest in Indian politics

3 min read . 24 Dec 2018

BJP and JD(U) will contest 17 seats each while LJP will contest six out of the total 40 Lok Sabha seats

In Bihar, BJP takes a step back to accommodate allies LJP, JD(U)

2 min read . 24 Dec 2018

RLSP president Upendra Kushwaha has been upset since the BJP made it clear that it will not be given more than two Lok Sabha seats in 2019 against the three it had fought in 2014. Photo: PTI

Upendra Kushwaha quits NDA and Union Cabinet, accuses PM Modi of betraying backward classes

3 min read . 10 Dec 2018

Prohibition pushes the market underground and actually increases the crime rate, leads to a loss in state revenue, loss in employment.

Opinion | The addictive nature of bad policies

4 min read . 28 Oct 2018

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with Prashant Kishor. File photo: PTI

Nitish Kumar elevates Prashant Kishor as vice-president of JD(U)

1 min read . 17 Oct 2018

A candle-light protest against the rape of a 14-month-old girl in Himmatnagar, Gujarat, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Photo: Sam Panthaky/AFP

Gujarat CM appeals for calm amid mass exodus of migrant workers

2 min read . 08 Oct 2018

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. Photo: HT

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar admitted to AIIMS

1 min read . 18 Sep 2018

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor (left) with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar after joining JD(U) in Patna on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Elections 2019: JD(U), BJP agree on seat-sharing in Bihar

3 min read . 17 Sep 2018

Prashant Kishor (left) with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. Kishor joins JD(U) months ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Photo: PTI

Prashant Kishor joins Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United)

1 min read . 16 Sep 2018

Although Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh became a parliamentarian in 2014, his association with the high offices in Delhi started in the 1990s. Photo: PTI

Harivansh, from editor to new Rajya Sabha deputy chairman

2 min read . 09 Aug 2018

States to issue safety check advisory to shelter homes: Rajnath Singh

1 min read . 07 Aug 2018

(From left) Bihar CM Nitish Kumar with BJP chief Amit Shah and Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi in Patna on Thursday.

Amit Shah meets Nitish to narrow differences over LS seat-sharing

2 min read . 13 Jul 2018

Bihar CM and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar is flanked by party general secretary K. C. Tyagi (left) and senior party leader R.C.P. Singh at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Sunday. Photo: PTI

Nitish Kumar to hold talks with BJP on 2019 Lok Sabha elections

1 min read . 09 Jul 2018

Nitish Kumar’s demand for a special status for Bihar was also echoed by union minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan. Photo: PTI

Souring BJP-JDU ties disrupts 15th Finance Commission’s Bihar visit

2 min read . 09 Jul 2018

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. The JD(U) has decided to contest at least 25 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state, but the party leadership is prepared to negotiate if Nitish Kumar remains the face of the NDA in Bihar, said senior party leaders. Photo: HT

Crisis in NDA over sharing of Lok Sabha seats in Bihar

3 min read . 04 Jun 2018

Altogether 2.70 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of nine candidates contesting from the Jokihat assembly seat in Bihar’s Araria district. Photo: ANI via twitter

Bihar assembly bypoll: 18% votes recorded till 10am in Jokihat constituency

1 min read . 28 May 2018

Former Bihar CM and HAM(S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi addresses a press conference in Patna on Saturday. Photo: PTI

Nitish govt ‘shedding crocodile tears’ on Dalit issue: Jitan Ram Manjhi

2 min read . 29 Apr 2018

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. File photo: HT

Karnataka assembly elections: JD(U) to contest about 25-30 seats

2 min read . 12 Apr 2018