Patna (Bihar) [India], June 20 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed grief over the death of 17 persons in lightning and thunderstorm and announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh for the family members of each of the victims.
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): As part of the BJP's reach out to various parties in the NDA as also in opposition for the presidential poll, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday spoke to Janta Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 11 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced an ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh each for the next of kin of people who died after their vehicle fell into a pond in Kanjia village of Purnia district late last night.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 10 (ANI): The rift between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and senior Janata Dal (United) leader RCP Singh continued to deepen with the state government allotting the latter's government bungalow in Patna to the state's chief secretary Sanjay Kumar.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 8 (ANI): Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was fined Rs 6,000 in a 13-year-old poll code violation case on Wednesday by a special court in Jharkhand's Palamu.
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], June 6 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav has filed an application at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi seeking the release of his passport for renewal as he has to go abroad for a kidney
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that the state government will take suggestions for the caste-based census from all the political parties regarding its implementation process.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 3 (ANI): After the Bihar cabinet approved the caste-based census, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday termed it a "historic step" and said that its a victory for the former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and the people of Bihar.
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 1 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced that the State Government will soon conduct a caste-based census in the state.
Patna (Bihar) [India], May 31 (ANI): A day after the Janata Dal (United) decided against nominating Union steel minister RCP Singh for the June 10 Rajya elections, the minister said on Monday he would consult Prime Minister Narendra Modi about continuing in this current responsibility.
Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): Amid the rift between Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Minister- Janata Dal United (JDU) leader RCP Singh, the former denied a Rajya Sabha ticket to Singh as JDU announced Khiru Mahto as Rajya Sabha candidate of JDU from the state on Sunday.