How the Congress decided to back Nitish in Bihar trust vote

Kumar has jettisoned his political ideology to sit on the lap of Congress in lief of four MLAs support for his government's survivalSUSHIL KUMAR MODI, Former Deputy Chief Minister

The Congress's four MLAs in the Bihar Assembly cast their votes for the Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal (United) government in the vote of confidence the latter won on Wednesday but, apparently, this gesture should not be over-interpreted. The Congress ...

By extending unconditional support to the JD(U) government during the confidence vote in the assembly on Wednesday, the Congress seems to have closed its doors on the 'traditional" allies - the RJD and LJP - in Bihar. Clarifying its stand, Congress on ...

With all the four Congress MLAs supporting the Nitish Kumar government, the RJD seems worried about its future ties with the UPA. Though the JD(U) could have managed a simple majority with the help of four Independents, the Congress's support ...

Hyderabad: The Telangana bandh spearheaded by Telangana Rashtra Samiti against the "repressive" action of Congress government to put down the march-to-assembly rally evoked a lukewarm response in the Andhra Pradesh capital and other districts of the region on ...

Opposition BJP on Wednesday came down heavily on the ruling Congress for its allegation that previous Government indulged in patronising land mafias and said that facts and figure suggests that it was Congress which indulged in such malpractices. ...

Leader of opposition Prem Kumar Dhumal , on Monday. blamed chief minister Virbhadra Singh-led Congress government for the state's poor financial health, while Congress on its part said there is no shortage of funds for developmental works. Dhumal said that ...

The government will take the ordinance route to bring in the National Food Security Bill, a pet legislation of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Food Minister K.V Thomas said Thursday."We are taking the ordinance route because of the opposition, who has been ...

The biggest takeaway for the JD(U) was the four Congress MLAs, who voted for Nitish's government, raising questions a new political alignment in Bihar. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) too staged a walkout. But the biggest takeaway for the JD(U) ...