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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

BJP’s Ashwini Kumar Choubey bats for Deputy PM, NDA convener post for Nitish Kumar

JD(U) is downplaying Choubey’s comment as ‘personal opinion’, while some in BJP see it as a ‘tactical’ hint of what’s to come. Elections in Bihar are due to be held later this year.

As murmurs grow about a Nitish Kumar son-rise, concerns in JD(U) about losing Lalu trump card

With posters featuring Nishant appearing outside JD(U) office & a Holi Milan event where party leaders gathered around him for photo-ops, speculation grows about a political debut.

Bihar’s Exit Policy-2025 aims to boost industrial growth by unlocking unused land for fresh projects

The policy allows entrepreneurs to return land allotted for closed industrial units to Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority & reclaim a portion of their deposited lease amount.

How Nitish Kumar used cabinet expansion to indulge ally BJP ahead of Bihar polls

The BJP now has 21 ministers in the Bihar cabinet, up from the previous 14, surpassing the JD(U)'s representation of 13 ministers.

Greenfield airports, canal project aid & makhana board. Union Budget gives poll-bound Bihar a boost

In a symbolic message, Finance Minister Sitharaman presented the budget wearing a Madhubani saree—Bihar's cultural heritage. Assembly polls are due in the state in Oct-Nov this year.

Lalu’s jibe at women’s rally by Nitish sparks ‘sexism’ row. It’s nothing new in Bihar politics

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was commenting on Nitish Kumar's proposed 'mahila sambad yatra'. Bihar CM wants to connect with women on govt welfare schemes before 2026 state polls.

How BJP’s fine-tuning its Nitish Kumar outreach to keep things smooth-sailing for Modi 3.0

JP Nadda has visited Bihar thrice in 2 months. Party leaders from both sides say, given the high stakes, there has been a significant shift in BJP’s strategy in dealing with JD(U).

Why BJP’s state leadership is sweating over Nitish Kumar’s land survey project in NDA-ruled Bihar

Absence of paperwork is why land survey project has thousands worried. Bihar BJP leaders say those from backward communities 'suffering most', had alerted ally JD(U) to concerns.

By meeting Tejashwi, Nitish played another optics game. Targets: BJP, Chirag, and his own partymen

Officially, the meeting was about selection of the new information commissioner. According to Tejashwi, Bihar’s 65 percent reservation decision was discussed.

Ideology first, or ties with BJP? KC Tyagi’s resignation lays bare power struggle in Nitish’s JD(U)

From Waqf Bill stand to Tyagi’s exit as spokesperson, JD(U) is trying to strike balance between alliance with BJP & protecting its core identity, But, it appears to be struggling.

On Camera

Nothing suits dictatorship more than a subservient judiciary: Justice HR Khanna

The totalitarian states indeed are never tired of claiming a legal basis for their action and are too eager to make use of conventional legal institutions to further their ends, said Justice HR Khanna in 1980.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

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.