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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

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.

Days after rap for remark on farmers’ protests, Kangana says no to caste census. BJP says ‘not our stand’

Congress's Supriya Srinate says the BJP MP has made her party’s stand clear on the issue. BJP has remained equivocal on caste census while key allies JD(U) & LJP are for it, as is Oppn.

‘Unfit to be member’ — RJD MLC expelled for imitating Nitish, he calls it black day for democracy

Sunil Singh accuses Bihar CM of orchestrating expulsion for his closeness to Lalu Prasad. But, minister Niraj Bablu asserts Singh violated code of conduct & remains unrepentant.

Importance of Manish Verma, 2nd ex-IAS whom Nitish grafted into JD(U) after RCP Singh

Verma, a 2000-batch Odisha-cadre IAS officer, had voluntarily retired from services in 2021. The Nalanda native is a fellow Kurmi like the Bihar chief minister.

Modi ‘bear-hugs’ Putin, Russia ‘strategic spoiler’ for the West & ‘warning signs’ for India’s economy

Global media also puts the spotlight on families of Indians stuck on the Russia-Ukraine war front and fiscal pressures on the Modi-led coalition.

PM’s 100-day agenda may have to jettison core issues for coalition partners

Matters of defence and foreign policy are important, but the new government must address widespread discontent in the country. This begins with investing in the rural sector.

Nitish-Naidu no threat until 2028 but Agniparikshas await Modi before he turns 75

In the coming months, Modi must prove the sceptics wrong about his popularity. Nobody prays to the setting sun—least of all politicians.

Fact Check: Video of Nitish meeting INDIA bloc leaders is from 2023, before he left Oppn allliance

The viral video, which shows Nitish Kumar meeting Congress's Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, along with RJD's Tejashvi Yadav, is from last year, before the Bihar CM joined NDA.

What’s 56 inches minus 63 seats & move over, Bulldozer Baba, here comes JCB Babu

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

What Naidu & Nitish want in exchange for supporting BJP. Special category status tops wish list

Other common demands include greater share in Union cabinet. No objection to UCC but there should be discussions first on population control, says senior JD(U) leader K.C. Tyagi.

On Camera

Nitish Kumar’s journey from endurance to exhaustion

Nitish Kumar has mastered the rhythm of renewal in Bihar. In a democracy of churn and chance, endurance may be the rarest—and most refined—form of political art.

India may cancel green projects struggling to find clients

While the move could free up grid capacity struggling to keep up with rapid renewable rollout, it would be a major setback for green ambitions. India aims to double clean power capacity to 500 gigawatts by the end of the decade.

‘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.