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In a major The New Indian impact, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) initiated a probe into the ₹37.5 lakh Goods and Services Tax bill slapped on a poor farmer in Bihar’s Khagaria.

  “Do not buy new cars, do not allow older party leaders or well-wishers to touch your feet, and focus on good behaviour,” said Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday, while issuing a set of instructions for ministers of his party, days after Cabinet expansion in Bihar. Tejashwi, who is the son of Rashtriya […]

PATNA: It was on Wednesday that Nitish Kumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the eighth time. But sources told The New Indian that the decision to snap ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in one of the most important states in the Hindi heartland started in June this year.   […]

NEW DELHI: Recounting multiple stances of rape, murder and dacoity in Bihar after Nitish Kumar walked out of the NDA on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that jungle raj has returned to Bihar. “Prabhat Khabar’s Gokul Yadav was murdered in Bihar’s Jamui on August 10. A Toyota showroom guard was murdered […]

PATNA: A day after taking oath as Bihar’s Chief Minister for the eighth time, Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he never desired to be the Vice President of India. He termed the comments as “bogus” and said, “it is a joke”. Sushil Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former deputy Chief Minister, […]

PATNA: After being sworn in as Chief Minister for the eight-time, Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) should worry about its prospects in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. While speaking to media outside Raj Bhawan shortly after taking oath as Chief Minister, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader said, “He (Narendra […]

History often repeats itself and this adage fits the current state of affairs in Bihar. Nitish Kumar, perhaps the longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar has once again parted ways with Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) only to form an alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) of Lalu Prasad Yadav. Nitish Kumar snapped all ties with […]

NEW DELHI: Hitting back at Nitish Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday said, “Rather than trying to split the Janata Dal (United) and weaken you, the BJP has made you in politics what you are.” Former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that at every available opportunity, the BJP had helped Kumar in […]

PATNA: “I had said one and a half years ago that khela hoga (the game will happen) and today it became reality,” Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tej Pratap Yadav told The New Indian hours after Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar resigned and snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Speaking to The New […]

NEW DELHI: Bihar Chief minister Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party and submitted his resignation to the governor on Tuesday. “I’ve resigned. Everyone in the party wanted to move out of the NDA. “The Governor has accepted the resignation,” Kumar said in Patna. The BJP called this a betrayal of the 2020 […]