Is Sanjay Jha Nitish's Political Heir?

Sanjay Jha's importance lies in his connections to senior BJP and RSS leaders to maintain a smooth relationship within the NDA government in Bihar and at the Centre and to contest the 2025 Bihar......

Nitish Kumar: Longest-serving Bihar CM despite JD-U's majority challenges

Janata Dal-United president Nitish Kumar has distinguished himself as a leader who ruled Bihar for the longest time, without his party having ever won a majority on its own. IMAGE: Bihar acting CM......

Expelled Bihar Samata Party leader forms outfit

Expelled Samata Party leader P K Sinha on Friday formed a separate outfit called Loktantrik Samata Party.The leader from Biharclaimed that several Samataleaders would join his new outfit......

Now, Bihar party bids to 'get back' mashaal symbol from Uddhav

A delegation of Samata Party from Bihar met Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in Thane and sought his help in getting back its 'mashaal' (flaming torch) election symbol that has been......

India needs a weak coalition government

'A rag-tag coalition is more insecure and hence, more inclined to reform,' argues Devangshu Datta.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   If we examine economic policy down the years, the......

Allies demand mid-course correction

The National Democratic Alliance's secular partners have revived the demand for a mid-course correction in economic policy, which, according to them, has cast a shadow on the otherwise "excellent"......