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Nitish denies rift with NDA, BJP wary

Even as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday denied any rifts between his party JD(U) and ruling ally BJP and refuted charges of he snubbing a BJP MP, stern advice came his way from BJP nationa

Kirti sulks at being ‘snubbed’ by Nitish

The barely veiled acrimony between Bihar’s ruling allies JD(U) and BJP resurfaced on Sunday with leaders of the two parties engaging in verbal spats after chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kuma

Pappu Yadav is acquitted

Bihar don-turned-politician and former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, was on Friday acquitted by the Patna high court of all charges in connection with the 1998 murder of CPI(M) legislator A

Nitish backs PC on backwardness panel

Ignoring ally BJP’s expressions of scepticism over the UPA government’s recent overtures towards granting special category state status to Bihar, chief minister and JD(U) strongman Nitish Kumar on Mon

Modi posters at Nitish venues test NDA ties

A fresh wave of posters asserting Narendra Modi’s suitability for the Prime Minister’s post that have come up on the roads and meeting venues of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s third leg of Seva Y

Gangraped girl dies; 60-yr-old raped & killed

A 10-year-old girl died at a hospital in Bihar’s eastern town of Katihar late on Thursday night, five days after she was gangraped by three men. Hours after her death, a six-year-old girl was admitted at a nearby hospital in the town in a critical condition following an alleged rape.

JD-U rattled by Modi hoardings in rural Bihar

Just a week after Bihar chief minister and JD(U) strongman Nitish Kumar said all was well between his party and ally BJP, the regional party is rattled by hoardings and posters of Narendra Modi put up by the BJP along the roads of Mr Kumar’s ongoing Seva Yatra tour of the state.

Lalu: Will make Bihar shine like railways

Vowing to make Bihar shine as brightly as he made Indian Railways shine when he was a Union minister, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday urged the state’s people to vote for his party in the 201

Don visits home on jail-to-court trip

The rule of law in Bihar turned into a travesty once again when a jailed criminal and brother of a tainted MLA of the ruling JD(U) was allowed to visit his home while being taken from the jail to a co

Arnab Goswami to BCCI lawyer: “Is this a cover up?” BCCI lawyer: “No, it’s not a cover up.” Arnab Goswami: “I am asking you again, is this a cover up?” BCCI lawyer: “No, it’s not a cover up.”

Ever since the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal broke on Thursday morning (May 16), there have been two equally tiresome responses. On Thursday itself, a succession of former cricketers, Indian or otherwise, turned up in television studios and spoke about the “romance of the game” being violated.