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TopicNitish Kumar

Topic: Nitish Kumar

There’s disquiet among Bihar’s BJP MPs after seat sharing with Nitish Kumar

At least 6 BJP MPs in Bihar fear losing their ticket because of seat sharing pact with Nitish Kumar.

BJP move to placate Nitish Kumar, upsets Bihar ally Upendra Kushwaha

RLSP leader Upendra Khushwaha is miffed at the possibility of fewer seats for his party, to address media later today. 

Strategist to Nitish Kumar’s right-hand man: What makes Prashant Kishor so special

Nitish Kumar's No.2, who has worked with both Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi, will be crucial to Bihar CM's plans in 2019.

Nitish Kumar makes poll strategist Prashant Kishor vice-president of JD(U)

Having worked for a number of parties as a poll strategist, Prashant Kishor had joined Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) last month, and has quickly become powerful.

In new engineering course: Wright brothers didn’t invent plane, batteries existed in Vedic age

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Rahul Gandhi let Nitish Kumar go into the BJP’s waiting arms—and wants him to stay there

Rahul’s handling of the Bihar mahagatbandhan shows why opposition unity is so difficult.

Why Rahul Gandhi will fall off the tightrope between Hindu and Hindutva

The path to neutralising Hindutva goes through the temporal.

Prashant Kishor joins Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United)

Nitish Kumar likely to ask Kishor to negotiate seat-sharing with BJP for 2019. 

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?