The Trinamool Congress and JD(U) provided bizarre explanations in their electoral bond disclosures for 2018-19. They claimed that unidentified individuals had delivered sealed envelopes to their respective offices in Kolkata and Patna, leaving them unaware of the donors’ identities. The Election Commission on Sunday made fresh electoral bonds data public for the period prior to … Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses the Bihar Assembly on electricity tariff. He says, “…I have been saying since the beginning that it will not be given for free. We provide it at a very low price. In some states, they announce that they will provide it for free but we never said that…” Read … Read more
PATNA: Senior JD(U) leader Narendra Narayan Yadav was on Friday elected unopposed as the deputy speaker of the Bihar assembly. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary congratulated him after he was elected for the post. The post fell vacant on Wednesday after the resignation of his party colleague Maheshwar Hazari. Yadav, … Read more
Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday told Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav that he would be in the driving seat when it comes to Bihar. The former Bihar deputy CM joined Gandhi for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which has spent five days in the state in two phases so far. Yadav … Read more
Patna, Bihar: JDU MLA Sudhanshu Shekhar says, “I am loyal towards my leader…I have given all the details in the FIR… I am under no pressure… I got a huge offer… I was offered a ministry and Rs. 5 crore… I received a call through the Internet. They wanted to meet me but I did … Read more
JD(U) national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, will be the party’s candidate for biennial Rajya Sabha polls, sources said on Tuesday. Jha, who is a member of the state legislative council, will be sent to the Upper House of Parliament, the party sources said, adding that … Read more
As the ruling and the Opposition camps in Bihar counted anxious minutes and watched over their flock ahead of the all-important floor test in the Assembly on Monday, expelled BSP leader and Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali on Sunday claimed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may switch sides again if it was politically convenient. Nitish took … Read more
Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Sunday exuded confidence that its national president, who was sworn in as Bihar CM for a record ninth time after forming a new government with the BJP, will win Monday’s trust vote. State parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, who convened a meeting of the JD(U) legislative party, downplayed the absence … Read more
Published By: Pragati Pal Last Updated: February 09, 2024, 23:07 IST Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh said his party was out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and its leader Nitish Kumar was an anchor of the opposition parties. But neither he nor Kumar were targeted by CBI or ED. (File Image: News18) Former … Read more
Last Updated: February 02, 2024, 23:00 IST Lalan Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. (Credits: Twitter/Lalan Singh) Lalan Singh had been a bitter critic of the central government and was considered instrumental in his party’s decision to snap its ties with the BJP in 2022 Janata Dal (United) leader Lalan Singh, a … Read more
