NEW DELHI: Is the Bharatiya Janata Party worried about the growing bonhomie between its NDA ally and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Tejashwi, the son of Bihar strongman Lalu Prasad Yadav? There is a growing proximity between Yadav scion and Kumar over the caste-based census. And it was enough to ruffle […]
NEW DELHI: On a long, winding stretch – overlooked by the towering hills on the right — in Bihar’s Gehlaur, it is hard to miss Dashrath Manjhi’s bust. Manjhi, who once earned the sobriquet of mountain man of India, remains Gehlaur’s mentor, inspiration, guide and friend even 14 years after his death. After all, the […]
PATNA/NEW DELHI: A day after two more migrant workers from Bihar were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar raised his concern over the incident and said that the attacks on the migrants were “intentional”. Kumar also spoke to the Lt Governor Manoj Sinha to share his apprehensions. On Sunday, terrorists […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Tarkishore Prasad replaced Sushil Kumar Modi as the deputy CM of Bihar following the developments that changed Bihar politics scenario in 2020. Since then, Prasad has been actively supporting the JDU alliance CM, Nitish Kumar in the state. Speaking to The New Indian’s Executive Editor Rohan Dua in a special […]