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‘Thank you Tejashwi’: Facing possible loss of power in Bihar, RJD puts out full-page ads lauding Dy CM

This comes at a time when Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is likely to exit the Mahagathbandhan and join the BJP-led NDA once again.

Nitish Kumar likely to join NDA again, but this deal may have an ‘exit clause’ for Bihar CM

As suspense over Nitish's next move continues, his current ally RJD & other Bihar parties hold urgent meetings. Once called 'Paltu Ram' by Lalu, he has a long history of making U-turns.

Why ex-CM Karpoori Thakur, now honoured with Bharat Ratna, still defines Bihar politics 36 yrs after death

Thakur announced quota for backward castes in 1978, a year before Mandal commission was set up. He was known to be a simple man with a legendary disdain for worldly pleasures.

‘Manuvadi’, ‘regressive’, ‘RSS mentality’ — Oppn slams Assam CM Himanta Sarma for Varna post

Sarma had tweeted Gita verse that deals with duties of those who possess qualities of Vaishyas & Shudras. Congress, RJD & CPI(M) criticise post.

Delhi University cancels RJD MP Manoj Jha’s lecture, then V-C says he will be reinvited

V-C says he was unaware why 4 September event was cancelled. DU had invited Jha, a professor at the university, to address faculty as part of its series of online refresher courses.

Clipping wings? Bihar ministers’ private secretaries told to focus only on ‘non-govt functions’

Bihar chief secretary said in letter to dept heads that private secretaries not picked from administrative services will now only oversee minister's tours & outdoor political events.

‘Jungle Raj 2?’ — Oppn hits out at Nitish govt over crime in Bihar, ex-DGP calls situation ‘scary’

Several gun crimes have put focus on law & order issue in state. Bihar CM says there's no issue and crime figures in other states are much higher.

Patna preps for Oppn meet: Bihar Congress awaits ‘jan nayak’ Rahul, BJP posters decry ‘thugs’

Former J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti was the first to land. Next was West Bengal CM and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who met RJD chief Lalu Prasad at his residence.

BJP cries treason after RJD’s ‘coffin-like shape’ of new Parliament shows burial of democracy barb

20 Opposition parties boycott inauguration of new Parliament building. Congress's Jairam Ramesh refers to Modi as 'self-glorifying authoritarian PM who rarely attends Parliament'.

Bihar minister continues rant against Ramcharitmanas, says it ‘identifies castes that deserve to be beaten up’

Chandra Shekhar says he has 'original Gita Press copy of Ramcharitmanas' he bought for Rs 8.50 & none of his remarks can be taken as 'anti-Hindu'.

On Camera

People of Assam, we’ll fight to the end until it’s victory for us: Nehru during Chinese invasion

On 19 November 1962, PM Jawaharlal Nehru addressed the people of Assam in a radio address and spoke of the resolve against Chinese attack, saying India won't tolerate this invasion.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.