Tag Nitish Kumar

India, Politics

JDU, BJP on collision course amidst reports of IRIMEE being shunted out of Bihar

Iconic Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Jamalpur. Photo Courtesy: railpost.in

TNW, Patna 7 May: The central government decision to shift Indian Raiway Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Enginering, Jamalpur in Munger district to outskirt of Lucknow snowballed into point of contention between Janta Dal(U) and Bhartiya Janta Party. On Wednesday,…

Thenewsweb
May 7, 2020

Opinion, State

Double whammy for Bihar’s contractual teachers, 54 dies

Contractual teachers of Saran district taking oath to continue the protest until their demands are met. ( File Photo)

Amid ongoing lock down, the double whammy of financial crunch and psychological trauma are taking heavy toll on these contractual teachers and their families.

Shams Khan
April 22, 2020

Social, State

Jean Derez, other activists urge CM for Emergency Food Assistance in Bihar

Jean Derez (File Photo). Courtesy: Social Media

TNW, Patna, April 13. Several prominent activists and economists including Jene Derez–visiting professor at Department of Economics, Ranchi University–have urged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to provide ‘emergency food assistance’ on much larger scale in the state. In a letter,…

Thenewsweb
April 13, 2020

Health, State

How Healthy is Bihar’s Healthcare System in Battling COVID-19.

What lies ahead for crumbling health infrastructure of Bihar. (Photo: Fusion Medical Animation/ UNSPLASH)

—Shams Khan TNW, April 1. When world’s leading health care facilities are struggling to cope up with the Corona Virus, one wonders what lies ahead for ill-equipped Indian state like Bihar. This bears importance because last year at the time…

Thenewsweb
April 1, 2020

Features, Politics

Suspense over chief ministerial candidate within grand alliance persist

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attacked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over another bridge collapsed before inauguration (file photo)

TNW, Patna 19, March.The issue of who will lead the Bihar’s opposition grand alliance in the upcoming assembly election has still lingering. The biggest constituent RJD has thrown its weight firmly behind party’s de-facto leader Tejashawi Parsad Yadav. The RJD leaders…

Thenewsweb
March 19, 2020

Features, Politics

Is there any possibility of JDU, RJD coming together?

CM Nitish Kumar and opposition leader Tejashawi Yadav. (file photo)

TNB, Patna 18, March. The politics may take a new turn in Bihar as rumors are doing the round that there is possibility of realignment between Janta Dal United and Rashtriya Janta Dal. Three recent developments have added fuel to…