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Topic: JD (U)

Bihar CM is biding for a time when brand Nitish will be stronger than brand Modi

After Nitish Kumar refuses lone berth in Modi cabinet, focus shifts to next year’s Bihar elections where the CM wants to play ‘big brother’.

Bihar’s dons are propping up their wives, sons and brothers to keep their political clout

From RJD to JD(U) and LJP to Congress, virtually every party in Bihar is giving tickets to dons’ family members for the Lok Sabha elections.

How ally JD(U) cut BJP to size in Bihar by blocking its Dalit outreach

Of the Bihar's six seats reserved for Scheduled Castes or Dalits, the LJP will contest three and the JD(U) two, leaving just one for the BJP.

Loan waiver for students could be part of Congress’ 2019 manifesto

The proposal is driven by concerns among students and the youth about higher education becoming too expensive, especially for the middle class.

Priyanka Gandhi unlikely to make big impact in Lok Sabha polls, says Prashant Kishor

Janata Dal (United) national vice president Kishor though rated Priyanka as a big name and a popular face, and would therefore pose a challenge to NDA in future.

Vasundhara Raje demands Election Commission act on Sharad Yadav for calling her fat

Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje demanded the Election Commission set an example of such actions.

Maharashtra minister’s liquor delivery statement leaves CM Fadnavis high and dry

Pre-Truth — snappy, witty and significant snippets from the world of politics and government. No home delivery of liquor, clarifies Maharashtra CM Maharashtra Excise Minister Chandrashekhar...

Nitish Kumar makes poll strategist Prashant Kishor vice-president of JD(U)

Having worked for a number of parties as a poll strategist, Prashant Kishor had joined Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) last month, and has quickly become powerful.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.