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Patna, March 10 – A crucial meeting of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was held on Tuesday in Patna, the state capital of Bihar, to finalize the party's strategy for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Speaking to the media before the meeting, RJD MLA Bhai Virendra expressed confidence about the...

Patna, March 10 RJD national working president Tejashwi Yadav convened a meeting of party legislators and MLAs from other constituents of the 'Mahagathbandhan' on Tuesday to devise a strategy ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar on March 16, a party leader said.The meeting will be held...

New Delhi, March 9 NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Union minister Ramdas Athawale were among the 26 candidates elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.After the last date for withdrawal of nominations, elections for the 11 seats in the Upper House – five in Bihar, four in Odisha, and...

Patna, March 9 – Amidst ongoing political developments in Bihar, Rohini Acharya, daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, has once again sharply criticized Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his decision to join the Rajya Sabha.In a post on X, Rohini Acharya mocked Nitish Kumar over his earlier...

Patna, March 9 Six candidates—five from the ruling NDA and one from the opposition—are contesting for five Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar, where biennial elections are scheduled for next week, an official said on Monday.According to Bihar Vidhan Sabha secretary Khyati Singh, none of the six...

Patna, March 7 JD(U) MLA Hari Narayan Singh, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday claimed that a "unanimous" decision has been taken to make the party supremo's son Nishant the deputy CM in the new government to be formed upon his father's resignation.Singh, the MLA...

Kolkata, March 6 Union Minister Giriraj Singh has criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and accused the Trinamool Congress supremo of betraying the state and its people by granting Indian citizenship to illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.While addressing a press conference in...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin filed their nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, along with three other candidates from the NDA, which is hopeful of winning all five seats going to the polls despite the opposition RJD...

Patna/New Delhi/Ranchi, March 5 The decision by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to enter the Rajya Sabha drew sharp criticism from his political opponents on Thursday, with the RJD and the Congress leading the charge against what they said was a "betrayal" of the people's mandate orchestrated...

Patna, March 5 Amid political buzz over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar moving to the Rajya Sabha, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday alleged that he had been "forced" into the decision under pressure from the BJP and termed the development a "betrayal of the people".Speaking to reporters...

Patna, March 5 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and BJP president Nitin Nabin filed their nomination papers for Rajya Sabha elections on Thursday, along with three other candidates from the NDA, which is hopeful of winning all five seats going to the polls despite the opposition RJD entering...

Patna, March 5 Nitish Kumar may well be remembered as a shrewd politician who managed to hold the post of Bihar chief minister for longer than all his predecessors, despite his JD(U) never achieving a majority in the state assembly.Ironically, however, a section of his loyal supporters see the...

Patna, March 5 – Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s announcement that he intends to join the Rajya Sabha has intensified speculation about an imminent change in leadership in Bihar.Leader of the Opposition and RJD National Working President Tejashwi Prasad Yadav strongly opposed this development...

Patna, March 5 Nitish Kumar, supremo of the JD(U), "wishing to become a Rajya Sabha member," has paved the way for the formation of a new government, with the BJP now appearing poised to have its "own CM" in the only Hindi-speaking state where the party has been unable to secure the post.The...

Patna, March 5 – Soon after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced his decision to move to the Rajya Sabha, RJD leader Rohini Acharya criticised the JD(U) leader, saying that he is paying the price of "repeated betrayals" of his political allies.Speaking on the social media platform X...

Patna, March 03 BJP president Nitin Nabin is set to enter Parliament on Tuesday, with the party announcing him as one of its two candidates from Bihar for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections.Nabin, who currently holds the Bankipur assembly seat in the state, has been named along with Shivesh...

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...

Patna, March 1 The NSUI, backed by the Congress, secured the president and general secretary positions in the Patna University Students' Union elections, while the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) won two seats, officials said on Sunday.Another student union team, Team Osama, also...

Gayaji (Bihar), February 28 In a fresh outburst, Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Saturday that his party, the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), should be given a Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar, for which elections would be held on March 16.Manjhi claimed that the HAM, a constituent of the NDA...

Patna, February 27 RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav welcomed the Delhi court's order to acquit Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and others in a liquor policy case, and demanded that fresh elections be held in the national capital.A special court on Friday acquitted Kejriwal, AAP leader Manish...