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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

Congress pick for Lok Sabha leader shows party has run out of ideas

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Grief gives way to outrage on Nitish’s Muzaffarpur visit to assess encephalitis outbreak

The death toll has climbed to 105 with two hospitals reporting a death each last night, said a district administration official.

Nitish raises Bihar’s special status issue again, leaves ally BJP wondering what’s next

Nitish Kumar has raised the demand before, and the timing has always been seen as holding a larger message, a factor ally BJP suspects is true this time as well.

Why 100 deaths from encephalitis have prompted Bihar to issue a lychee advisory

As authorities look to rein in the encephalitis toll, ThePrint looks at the outbreak in Bihar, the nature of the disease, its correlation with hypoglycemia and how to treat it.

Death toll of children in Muzaffarpur acute encephalitis case touches 83

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ordered payment of Rs 4 lakh as ex-gratia to the next of kin in each family of the deceased.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar expresses sorrow after 30 children die of hypoglycemia in Muzaffarpur

He additionally said that the Health Department had sent its team to Muzaffarpur which would take stock of the measures being taken to tackle the disease.

Leaderless & desperate, RJD wants to ally with Nitish Kumar again to help reboot party

Lalu Prasad in jail, son Tejashwi ‘hiding in Delhi’ and allies attacking it for poor poll show, RJD turns to Nitish for help. But Bihar CM’s not interested.

Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) gets state party status in Arunachal Pradesh

The Election Commission said JD(U) is officially recognised as a state party in Arunachal and Bihar after the party won 7 seats in the 60-member assembly in the north eastern state.

Prashant Kishor tie-up with Mamata triggers talk about Nitish’s future as BJP ally

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor of JD(U) has signed up to help Mamata Banerjee win 2021 Bengal elections, where BJP is hoping to defeat her.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

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.

India & France ink pact for joint R&D. The aim—to develop solutions for future defence challenges

This agreement is not with regard to any specific project like the planned co-development of fighter engines, but an overarching agreement that will enable a host of joint development and research.

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.