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Strict enforcement of prohibition law in dry Bihar still a challenge, says JD(U) minister while reacting over latest hooch deaths in Saran

PATNA: Bihar’s building construction minister and senior JD(U) leader Ashok Kumar Choudhary on Friday said the station house officer (SHO) of Saran’s Maker police station, where spurious liquors were being illegally manufactured and sold, would be either involved in the racket or he would have overlooked all the liquor-related happenings.

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JD(U) minister Vijay Choudhary supports JP Nadda over remarks against family-centric political parties

PATNA: In a bid to ease the rift between the NDA allies, ruling JD(U)’s senior leader and state’s education minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday said there is nothing wrong in what BJP national president J P Nadda said at Patna on Sunday about the growing “Parivaarvaad” (familialism) and dynasty…

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Har Ghar Tiranga: BJP’s allies, opposition skip changing social media DP to tricolour

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday changed the display picture (DP) of the accounts on his social media platforms to the tricolour and exhorted all to follow suit as part of the ongoing ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ (grand celebrations for 75 years of independence). While Union ministers, BJP…

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Bihar: Opposition slams J P Nadda for his BJP's supremacy remark

PATNA: Opposition parties on Monday flayed BJP's national president J P Nadda for his statement that all other political parties will vanish and only BJP will exist in the country.

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Chhatra JD(U) chief Nitish Patel raises issue of delayed academic sessions in different universities in Bihar

PATNA: The issue of delayed academic sessions in state’s traditional universities was raised by student leaders also at the meeting of newly appointed office-bearers of Chhatra JD(U), held at the JD(U) state office in Patna on Monday.

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Former Jehanabad MP Arun Kumar gets 3-year jail term for remarks against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: A Jehanabad based special court for the MP/MLA cases has sentenced former Lok Sabha member Arun Kumar to three years in prison for his controversial remarks against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in June 2015.

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Patna University students gherao BJP president J.P. Nadda

Earlier in the day, a mega road show was held by state BJP party workers and leaders to welcome him

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Friday offs in Bihar schools brings to the fore ideological fault-lines in Bihar NDA

A section of the BJP leaders raise objections to Urdu medium schools in Muslim dominated districts remaining shut on Fridays and holding classes on Sunday.

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BJP & JD(U) cross swords over weekly holiday in Bihar govt schools

PATNA: Just two days before Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to Patna, JD(U) and its ally BJP again engaged in the war of words, this time on the issue of observing weekly holiday in the state government schools on Friday, instead of Sunday, in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region of…

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Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha takes a dig at former JD(U) president RCP Singh, says only CM Nitish Kumar leader

PATNA: JD(U) on Friday took strong exception to the slogans raised by the loyalists of former party president RCP Singh, projecting him as the “future chief minister of Bihar”.

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Posters, hoardings, huge arches and saffron flags flood Patna

BJP gearing up for two-day joint national executive meeting of all its seven frontal organisations today

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JD(U) revives special status demand ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to Bihar

PATNA: The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday once again raised the demand for special category status to Bihar ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state for the national executive meet of the party’s seven morchas, starting from July 30.

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Expelled JD(U) leader castigates Nitish Kumar in RSS mouthpiece

Ajay Alok says Bihar CM is practising ‘appeasement politics’

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Nitish Kumar skips swearing-in of President Droupadi Murmu, leading to speculations about sour relation between BJP and JD(U)

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar didn’t attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Droupadi Murmu in the national capital on Monday. It was the second invite by BJP’s top brass in the last four days that Nitish preferred to stay away from, leading to speculations that is not all well between…

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BJP leaders hail nomination for Jagdeep Dhankhar, Nitish Kumar to back him

NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders including Union home minister Amit Shah, defence minister Rajnath Singh and party president JP Nadda on Saturday said the election of NDA’s Vice-Presidential candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has a farming background, to the constitutional post will further increase the dignity of the chair.

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Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to support Jagdeep Dhankhar in vice-presidential election

PATNA: Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday welcomed the decision to declare West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the NDA’s candidate for the vice-president post.

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BJP sweeps panchayat bypolls in Arunachal Pradesh

By-elections were held for one Zilla Parishad member seat and 14 gram panchayat seats on July 12.

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BJP, JD(U) spar over Patna SSP Manavjit Singh Dhillon’s remarks on RSS

PATNA: BJP and JD(U), the two leading NDA allies in the state, are at loggerheads over recent controversial remarks by Patna SSP Manavjit Singh Dhillon, in which the IPS officer drew parallels between the Popular Front of India (PFI) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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Bihar: Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha seeks JD(U)’s support

PATNA: Opposition’s presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday invoked his Bihari identity and appealed to the lawmakers to vote for him in national interest, as well as to ward off the lurking dangers to the country’s practice of democracy, and to also prevent the misuse of institutions like CBI, ED…

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BJP, JD(U) at loggerheads over Patna SSP's controversial remarks about RSS

PATNA: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and JD(U) — the two leading NDA allies in the Nitish Kumar-led coalition government — are at loggerheads over recent controversial remarks by Patna SSP Manavendra Singh Dhillon.

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Transfer row: BJP bid to cool down minister Ram Surat Rai in Patna

PATNA: As the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) stayed the transfer of 149 circle officers (COs) made earlier by revenue and land reforms department (RLRD) minister Ram Surat Rai, the latter has adopted a strong posture on the issue, leading to the reappearance of the rift among NDA allies BJP and…

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Union minister RCP Singh has not joined party, says BJP

There was speculation about Mr. Singh's next course of action after JD(U) top brass denied him Rajya Sabha ticket despite being the Minister from the party's quota.

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Tejashwi makes fresh bid to fish in NDA's troubled waters

The BJP was obviously flabbergasted by the scale and intensity of the protests against Agnipath scheme.

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NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to reach Patna on July 5

PATNA: NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will reach Patna on July 5 to muster electoral support from the country's third most populous state. The election for the President's post is on July 18.

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As Maharashtra goes Bihar way, how BJP looks to change power equations in both states

NEW DELHI: As Maharashtra got a new chief minister on Thursday evening with Eknath Shinde, the leader of the rebel faction of the Shiv Sena, taking oath of office, it became the second state after Bihar where the BJP does not have its CM despite the party having more MLAs…

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