Bihar polls

Lalu Prasad Yadav pulls up MLAs for grabbing official bungalows

Amid reports of some RJD and JD(U) MLAs grabbing official bungalows here of their choice, Lalu Prasad on Tuesday denounced such behaviour and reminded them of the "great responsibility on their shoulders to honour the huge mandate."

Nov 24, 2015, 20:01 PM IST

BJP re-iterates Bihar debacle has not affected PM Modi's 'popularity'

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday continued to maintain their stand that the Bihar debacle in no way had affected the image of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and that he still remained one of the most popular leaders in the world.

Nov 22, 2015, 15:48 PM IST

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav finds 'supporters' in JD(U)

Bihar's recently appointed Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, it seems, has found backing from the Janata Dal (United), one of the key members of the Mahagathbandhan.

Nov 22, 2015, 14:12 PM IST

JD(U) likely to make a U-turn on GST Bill

The massive victory of the grand alliance in Bihar is likely to echo in Parliament.

Nov 22, 2015, 13:38 PM IST

LK Advani puts aside Bihar debacle, lavishes praise on PM Modi

LK Advani on Sunday lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Nov 22, 2015, 13:00 PM IST

'Son rise' should not become 'sunset' in Bihar: BJP after Tejashwi becomes deputy CM

Terming the important positions given to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's two sons-Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav as 'son rise', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said this 'son rise' should not become the cause of 'sunset' of governance in Bihar.

Nov 21, 2015, 14:17 PM IST

Shatrughan Sinha rubs salt into BJP's Bihar debacle wounds, calls Rahul Gandhi 'rising star'

A day after Rahul Gandhi's high-voltage charge against PM Modi, disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha fired another salvo, hailing the Congress vice president as a "rising star"

Nov 20, 2015, 14:19 PM IST

Mamata Banerjee's Bihar visit a protest against Centre's authoritarian attitude: TMC

TMC said that West Bengal Chief Minister's attendance at the oath-taking ceremony of Nitish Kumar would be as a mark of "protest against authoritarian attitude of the Centre".

Nov 20, 2015, 00:26 AM IST

Venkaiah to represent PM Modi at Nitish Kumar's swearing-in, nine CMs to be present

Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted the invitation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to be present at the swearing-in ceremony of his new government.

Nov 18, 2015, 23:08 PM IST

LK Advani, Shatrughan Sinha invited for Nitish Kumar's swearing-in ceremony as Bihar CM: Reports

Veteran BJP leader LK Advani and saffron party MP Shatrughan Sinha have been invited for Nitish Kumar's oath-taking ceremony as Bihar CM.

Nov 16, 2015, 12:17 PM IST

Intolerance debate created by those being paid money: Union Minister VK Singh

Union Minister VK Singh hit back at those who were saying that India was becoming intolerant.

Nov 16, 2015, 11:22 AM IST

Dalai Lama says 'Bihar victory result of religious harmony'; JD(U), Congress back him

Expressing their support for a statement made by Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama that the results of the recently conducted Bihar assembly elections had shown that 'a majority of Hindus believed in religious harmony', the Janata Dal-United and the Congress claimed that a strong and befitting reply has been given to extremist groups in India.

Nov 15, 2015, 13:30 PM IST

Bihar defeat has no link with intolerance debate: Dharmendra Pradhan

"Bihar defeat has no connection with intolerance although many people are trying to link the two," Dharmendra Pradhan told reporters.

Nov 14, 2015, 17:06 PM IST

Nitish Kumar elected Grand Alliance legislature party leader

Legislators of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) on Saturday elected Nitish Kumar as their leader in the assembly, paving the way for him to become the chief minister yet again.

Nov 14, 2015, 14:25 PM IST

Nitish resigns, Bihar assembly to be dissolved

'Nitish Kumar met the governor and submitted his resignation to him'

Nov 14, 2015, 13:06 PM IST

DNA: Controversies likely to emerge during PM Modi's United Kingdom visit

This is perhaps not the best time for PMO as NDA just lost Bihar election, however, PM Modi is all set to visit Great Britain and Turkey.

Nov 10, 2015, 23:39 PM IST

BJP old guards hold leadership responsible for Bihar debacle, say no lesson learnt from Delhi fiasco

Exerting pressure on the party top brass including PM Modi, Shah, BJP stalwarts have issued statements over Bihar polls.

Nov 10, 2015, 20:29 PM IST

Bihar's 162 new MLAs are crorepatis

Of the 243 newly elected Bihar legislative assembly members, 162 are crorepatis or multi-millionaires, an analysis said on Tuesday.

Nov 10, 2015, 19:41 PM IST

Non-admission of mistakes due to arrogance causes more damage: RSS pracharak's advice

Amid rumblings after BJP's massive defeat in Bihar, a senior RSS Pracharak from Gujarat on Tuesday made an oblique reference to it and warned the party that non-admission of mistakes due to continued arrogance causes more damage than admitting to shortcomings and atoning for them.

Nov 10, 2015, 19:29 PM IST