All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) district President Arif Jamal was allegedly shot dead by unidentified people in Bihar's Siwan on Saturday night, police said.
In what could be a major political realignment in Bihar ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed that the ruling Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will soon merge with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Friday refuted all the claims regarding the rift between Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JDU) supremo Nitish Kumar and RJD Leader Lalu Prasad Yadav.
JDU MLA Gopal Mandal on Friday said that the common public has no idea about the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and hardly anyone knows about him adding that it is Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who should become the Prime Minister face for the INDIA bloc.
Taking a jibe on the fourth meeting of the INDIA bloc which took place yesterday, the alliance leader and JD(U) MP Sunil Kumar Pintu on Wednesday said that the meeting was just restricted to tea and biscuits and concluded without any discussion on any serious issue.
After some media reports claimed that Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JDU) Supremo Nitish Kumar was "unhappy" over the proposal of Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge as the Prime Ministerial candidate, Congress dismissed the the same stating that the meeting was concluded on a "go
After the JDU blamed the Uttar Pradesh government for cancelling Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's rally in Varanasi, Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey suggested the Bihar Chief Minister of "psychological treatment".
The Income Tax department has, so far, recovered a cash haul of Rs 351 crore during its searches on Boudh Distillery Private Limited, a company based in Odisha. The company is allegedly linked to Congress Rajya Sabha MP Dheeraj Sahu, sources said.
JD(S) leader and Karnataka's former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy come with a shocking claim that a prominent Congress minister along with 50-60 MLAs is considering joining the BJP to escape the legal troubles initiated by the Central agencies.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that questions have been raised regarding the prioritization of specific communities after the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar conducted a caste survey and further urged the Bihar government to address the issues raised in this survey.
JD(S) leader and Karnataka former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Tuesday accused Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of indulging in Muslim appeasement and said that Congress had "misused" secularism for political expediency.