Nitish

Nitish Kumar era in Bihar comes to an end: How history may judge state's longest-serving CM

April 15, 2026 10:36 pm

The JD(U) leader helped turn around Bihar, building infrastructure, empowering women, and stitching together stable coalitions. In the end, he represented some of the best qualities of his predecessors.

K C Tyagi, who shared socialist space with Nitish for almost 5 decades, quits JD(U)

March 18, 2026 5:59 am

Likely to join another party and enter UP’s political landscape, says his ‘relation with Nitish Kumar remains unchanged’

After Nitish: What his exit means for Bihar politics

March 06, 2026 6:52 am

As the long-time fulcrum of Bihar politics moves to Delhi, ally BJP will eye the caste coalition he crafted in the state.

In Bihar’s ‘Leningrad’, ‘Dashazari Yojana’ fortifies women’s vote for Nitish, but youth restless

November 05, 2025 10:05 am

While campaigning in Begusarai, Bihar CM reaches out to the vote bank he has carefully nurtured since first coming to power two decades ago. Many of the women concur, crediting him for whatever work has happened for their welfare and that of the state.

From the Urdu Press: 'Could Nitish checkmate BJP, Chirag?', 'Mahagathbandhan fiasco derails Rahul-Tejashwi Yatra'

October 21, 2025 5:17 pm

“It is incumbent on President Trump and other world leaders to rein in Israel and stop its attacks on Gaza in order to bring the ceasefire back on track,” says Siasat

Nitish and Lalu houses have sleepless night as tempers boil over on election tickets

October 15, 2025 4:38 am

JD(U) chief angry over seat concessions made to Chirag Paswan’s party in NDA; livid Tejashwi questions Lalu distributing tickets on own

‘Belated lollipop dangled by Nitish govt': RJD targets JD(U) amid push to include 18 castes in central OBC list

October 14, 2025 4:02 am

National Commission for Backward Classes asks state government for data on the communities, some of which are categorised as EBCs in Bihar; JD(U) says move an attempt to “include even numerically smaller sub-groups in the welfare net”

From the Urdu Press: 'Nitish had ruled out NRC, EC move reignites similar fears', 'Cong must settle Siddaramaiah vs Shivakumar tussle'

July 08, 2025 4:39 pm

“The raging language row in Maharashtra has degenerated into the politics of hooliganism being played by different parties, with the language used by their leaders to fuel the dispute hitting a new low,” says Siasat

Akhilesh welcomes Bihar change, hopes Oppn can put up a strong option in 2024

August 18, 2022 6:26 pm

Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the BJP's allies in Uttar Pradesh were not happy with it either, and would break away too. The BJP had tied up with the Apna Dal (Sonelal) and the NISHAD party in the 2022 Assembly polls.

Assembly elections: Campaigning for Delhi assembly poll ends

February 06, 2014 3:42 pm

The campaigning in Delhi saw major parties fielding top leaders.

Nitish Kumar, Lalu Prasad Yadav share stage after two decades

August 11, 2014 3:24 pm

Bitter foes for almost two decades, former Bihar chief ministers Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad on Monday hugged each other.

Arvind Kejriwal Slams Modi's Bihar Package, Bats For Nitish Kumar In Bihar Polls

August 20, 2015 8:08 pm