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Topic: Nitish Kumar

Why Bihar CM Nitish’s latest yatra has BJP scoffing, JD(U) weary — ‘whole show is staged’

Nitish Kumar faced backlash over remarks in aftermath of Chhapra hooch tragedy. Pressure is also mounting from ally RJD for the JD(U) chief to make way for Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.

Bihar’s plan to buy 2 aircraft sparks row, Nitish says BJP wanted them during alliance period

Bihar Cabinet Secretary S Sidharth said that the plan to purchase the aircraft was not about VVIP movement alone, but that they will be used for law and order and disaster management.

Why Nitish is wary about Owaisi’s AIMIM making a mark in Bihar — ‘it can wreck us’

Patna: Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), seems to be giving the jitters to the Nitish Kumar-led grand alliance in...

Nitish Kumar is riding a tiger with prohibition in Bihar. Everyone knows it’s failed

Last week's hooch tragedy, which killed over 70, has again raised questions on implementation of prohibtiion law, with many blaming corruption in police & system for easy availability of liquor.

NHRC to depute its own team for investigation into Bihar hooch tragedy

The panel said it has decided to depute a team as it is concerned about rehabilitation and treatment being provided to the victims & asked the state govt to submit a report in 4 weeks.

Is Raghuram Rajan Congress’s next Manmohan, asks Urdu press as RBI ex-governor joins Bharat Jodo

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

BJP slams Nitish’s ‘daru, balu, bhrashtachar’ govt, wants damages for kin of hooch victims

CM Nitish Kumar has been adamant on not paying compensation, telling the Assembly this week that if someone drank spurious liquor, he would die.

What People’s Liberation Army is really ‘liberating’ us from & Mumbai’s Love Quality Index

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Angry Nitish in the House — Bihar CM’s rage over hooch deaths is latest in spate of flare-ups

CM lashed out at BJP MLAs Wednesday when they raised Saran tragedy in Assembly. Once called a 'role model for MLAs', Nitish has been losing his cool in public more & more.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.