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Topic: JDU-BJP

Why Nitish Kumar’s move out of ‘under-renovation’ CM residence has become talk of the town

Nitish Kumar shifted out of 1 Aney Marg hours after he met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and a day after he attended an iftaar party hosted by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav.

Nitish attends RJD Iftaar party, shows he’s ‘not out of options’, as BJP downplays significance

Bihar CM, whose ties with partner BJP has been strained, was seen at Tejashwi Yadav's party Friday. Kumar last attended Iftaar party hosted by an RJD leader in 2016, when RJD & JD(U) were partners.

BJP celebrates 1857 freedom fighter with plan to beat Pakistani world record, JD(U) miffed again

Plan is for crowd to wave 75,000 national flags on 23 April in honour of Kunwar Singh, to beat Pakistan's world record of 56,618. BJP 'appropriation' of icon sparks political row.

Is Chirag Paswan still ‘Modi’s Hanuman’? Stung by eviction from 12 Janpath, but ‘options open’

LJP chief says his uncle, Union minister Paras, should be 'ashamed’ by how Ram Vilas Paswan’s belongings were thrown out. Paras says Chirag ‘betrayed’ his father’s alliance.

Modi-Nitish then & now — Two photos, taken 13 yrs apart, reflect ‘cycle that’s moved full circle’

From a time when the prime minister, then the Gujarat CM, had become persona non grata in Bihar, to now, when the BJP has eclipsed its NDA partner JD(U) in the Bihar assembly.

Delegation of BJP-ally JD(U) meets Amit Shah to press for caste-based census

The JD(U) had passed a resolution in support of the caste-based census, a move with potentially wide political ramifications, in its national executive meeting Saturday.

Allies step up pressure on BJP to end deadlock with farmers, party says ‘treading cautiously’

JD(U) says govt should include MSP in laws, while AIADMK wants farmers’ concerns to be addressed and JJP in Haryana has urged the govt to add a line on MSP in the laws.

Tejashwi faces corruption charges, must not become Bihar opposition leader, says JD(U)

JD(U) leaders alleged that Tejashwi Yadav had not disclosed full details of cases in which he was named while filing his nomination papers, and urged the EC to take note of it.

Bihar results show BJP is getting closer to its last bastion in Hindi belt

In Bihar, BJP has come into its own but the party respects coalition dharma, Nitish Kumar.

Despite the sweet victory, Modi-Shah BJP has a Nitish Kumar-sized problem in Bihar

There is nothing that would irk Narendra Modi more than allowing a leader who seems jaded and not fully in control to lead the coalition.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

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?