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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

Digital polls in Bihar will meet the same fate as demonetisation, lockdown: Kanhaiya Kumar

Kanhaiya Kumar also says amid increased consciousness about the issues facing the poor, opposition parties must band together in their support.

Unemployment in Bihar haunts Nitish govt in poll year as it grapples with migrant crisis

A CMIE survey pegs unemployment rate in Bihar for April at 46.6%. With the influx of migrants, the Nitish govt is staring at a crisis in election year.

Captain of ship changed in middle of Covid war: Tejashwi slams Nitish on health secy transfer

In an interview, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav says Bihar govt is treating migrant workers as ‘second-class citizens’, questions CM Nitish Kumar over transparency.

Bihar has a lot to lose due to Covid crisis, but Nitish Kumar is the most relaxed CM

JD(U) president and BJP ally Nitish Kumar has been remarkably unaffected by migrants' plight, months before the assembly election in Bihar.

Nitish may have ‘mismanaged’ Covid crisis, but here’s why he needn’t worry about fallout

Bihar's Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP govt is facing criticism for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, especially the state healthcare system and migrant crisis.

‘IAS officers don’t fight polls’: Bihar BJP tells CM Nitish to make MLAs face of Covid relief

BJP has asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to allow MLAs stuck in Patna to return to their constituencies so they can distribute relief material there.

Paswan slams ally Nitish over food beneficiary list, JD(U) says he is doing politics

Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is upset with Nitish govt for not sending updated list. But Bihar food minister says list already updated on Centre’s portal.

Kejriwal’s AAP playing politics on migrants’ rail fare: Bihar minister Sanjay Jha

In an interview to ThePrint, JDU leader & Bihar Water Resources Minister Sanjay Jha said CM Nitish Kumar’s stand of not allowing migrants to come back earlier being appreciated now.

It’s Nitish vs Kejriwal again as Bihar minister trashes AAP ‘white lies’ on migrant rail fare

Bihar minister Sanjay Jha accuses AAP of cheap politics amid pandemic, says Delhi has sent a reimbursement bill of Rs 6.3 lakh for rail fare of migrant workers.

Nitish Kumar must lift alcohol ban to rescue Bihar from low GST and corona crisis

Liquidity injection via partial lifting of the liquor ban and subsequent elevated taxation can help boost Bihar's depressed finances in the lockdown.

On Camera

With MGNREGA dismantled, Modi govt now has to prepare for upheaval in rural economy

That the Modi government would actually dismantle the architecture of one of the UPA era’s most significant rural welfare programmes, and remove MK Gandhi’s name, took the Opposition by surprise.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.