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TopicJanata Dal (United)

Topic: Janata Dal (United)

Resident doctors at AIIMS Patna call off strike, but clash with JD(U) MLA has put Nitish in a fix

Resident doctors at AIIMS Patna were on strike since 1 Aug following clash with JD(U) MLA Chetan Anand, son of former MP Anand Mohan. Nitish met Mohan in bid to resolve standoff.

Tejashwi flips the script on NDA’s charge of dynasty politics, advises Nitish to ‘form damad aayog’

Appointments to SC commission, women's panel & apex court raise eyebrows, but JD(U) says appointees have been active in politics & Lalu family 'dynasty politics' is different.

Eye on Nitish, BJP’s stake, Modi govt gives Bihar Rs 58,000-cr-plus infra bonanza in budget

Besides development of Vishnupad and Mahabodhi temple corridors, Union Budget also proposed industrial node for Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor at Gaya in Bihar.

BJP to contest 1 seat more than JD(U) in Bihar — what it says about CM Nitish Kumar’s clout in NDA

Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) likely to get 5 seats, remaining to go to parties led by Upendra Kushwaha, Jitan Ram Manjhi & possibly Mukesh Sahani's VIP, if it joins.

From UP’s ‘most wanted’ to Parliament to jail — Dhananjay Singh’s journey comes full circle

JD(U) leader, who has had 46 cases lodged against him between 1991 & 2023, was sentenced to 7 yrs in jail in a 2020 abduction case soon after he declared he'll fight LS polls from Jaunpur.

Bihar BJP thinks it doesn’t need Nitish Kumar anymore. Ball now in Modi-Shah’s court

Minority view in Bihar BJP is that JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar's return to NDA might help party win 28-30 Lok Sabha seats in the state & 'deliver death blow to INDIA bloc'.

Why ex-CM Karpoori Thakur, now honoured with Bharat Ratna, still defines Bihar politics 36 yrs after death

Thakur announced quota for backward castes in 1978, a year before Mandal commission was set up. He was known to be a simple man with a legendary disdain for worldly pleasures.

1 yr of Jan Suraaj: How Prashant Kishor’s bid to mobilise Biharis on development, not caste, is going

Kishor’s yatra, which started from West Champaran district on 2 October 2022, completed one year Monday. Theme of his speeches has been development all through.

Nitish can’t dare contest polls, says Prashant Kishor amid talk of Bihar CM’s 2024 bid for UP seat

On Wednesday, Bihar minister Shrawan Kumar had said there was a demand from party workers in Phulpur that Nitish should contest from there in 2024.

Was Nitish upset with alliance name ‘INDIA’? Bihar CM’s hasty exit after Oppn meet sparks murmurs

Nitish left Bengaluru without addressing press conference held after meeting of 26 Oppn parties owing to bad air traffic, say JD(U) leaders. BJP says he was 'ignored and insulted'.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

China pushes for separation of border issue from larger bilateral ties at 24th round of talks with India

New Delhi: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi Tuesday pushed for a “dual-track” progress for ties with India, separating economic ties from the boundary question,...

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?