As Bihar gears up for assembly polls later this year, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday expanded his cabinet with seven Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs taking oath as ministers.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to expand his cabinet with significant addition of his ally Bharatiya Janata Party ministers.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh held that the punishment awarded to Singh was highly excessive and disproportionate to the nature of the misconduct committed by him.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant Kumar appealed people of Bihar to vote for his father in the upcoming Bihar elections scheduled to be held later this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the 19th instalment of the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana on Monday and inaugurated various development projects, dedicating them to the nation from Bhagalpur in Bihar.
Yadav questioned the PM's contributions to Bihar, highlighting the fact that Patna University was not granted Central University status despite 11 years in power. He expressed scepticism about the government's commitment to the state's development.
Union Textiles Minister Giriraj Singh has said that the Narendra Modi government has taken major development initiatives in Bihar and expressed optimism that the state will return "double engine" government in assembly polls later this year.
The race for the Chief Minister post in Bihar has begun. This time, it seems to be centred around the fitness of the chiefs of both leading parties--Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Tejashwi Yadav on Friday criticised the BJP, alleging that it lacks coordination within the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and has neglected the people of Bihar and the state's core issues.
Patna Police on Tuesday detained four individuals in connection with firing in the Kankarbagh area around 2 pm and is working to apprehend additional suspects who have absconded.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday lambasted the state government, led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, for its inability to control the deteriorating law and order situation. He claimed that over 200 rounds of bullets are fired every day in Bihar, and kidnappings are rampant in Pa