Manish Kumar

Election 2019: "Conspiracy To Kill Me," Says Tej Pratap Yadav After Journalist Is Beaten

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Sunday May 19, 2019

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's son Tej Pratap has denied that his security guards thrashed a video journalist in Patna on Sunday as voting in the Lok Sabha election entered its final day. He called it a "conspiracy to kill" him.

Election 2019: "Jobs Not An Issue In Bihar": BJP's Sushil Kumar Confident of Poll Win

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edted by Jimmy Jacob | Wednesday May 15, 2019

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi on Tuesday said that unemployment is not an issue in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections because the ruling coalition has helped create jobs by extending electricity to its remotest villages.

"Lalu Won't Get Out Of Jail," Says Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav Responds

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Edited By Swati | Tuesday May 14, 2019

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said jailed Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav "will never get out of the prison despite whatever he does" as he dismissed claims by RJD chief's son, Tejashwi Yadav, that he and the BJP were "responsible" for sending Lalu Yadav to jail.

Election 2019: Lalu Yadav Writes To "Younger Brother Nitish" On 'Lantern vs Arrow'

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 13, 2019

Jailed Bihar politician Lalu Yadav has written to his former ally and the state's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, pointing out reasons why, according to him,his party's symbol is better than that of Mr Kumar's Janata Dal (United).

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: With Roadshow, Amit Shah Challenges Shatrughan Sinha In His Backyard

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday May 11, 2019

BJP chief Amit Shah today took out a roadshow in Bihar's Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency to support Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in a high-profile contest against actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Mr Sinha had quit the BJP for the Congress earlier this year over not being granted a ticket from the...

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Amit Shah Campaign Route In Shatrughan Sinha's Home Base Is A Big Message

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday May 9, 2019

BJP president Amit Shah's roadshow in Bihar's Patna Saheb seems like a boldface message for Shatrughan Sinha, who quit the party and joined the Congress last month.

Elections 2019: PM Modi A "Jallad (Executioner) Of Savage Mentality", Says Rabri Devi

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Jailed Bihar politician Lalu Yadav's wife Rabri Devi on Wednesday reportedly described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "jallad", the Hindi word for executioner. The former chief minister was responding to Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's comment likening PM Modi to Duryodhana, the main villain of the epic Mahabharata.

A Manager Who Saw India Credit Crisis Now Warns Of Realty Stress

Business | Divya Patil and Ameya Karve, Bloomberg | Wednesday May 8, 2019

The country hardly needs more stresses now just as credit markets regain some normalcy after policy makers took steps to inject more liquidity into the financial system.

Maoists Dressed As Cops Shoot Jeweller, Daughter In Bihar's Jamui

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Prionka Jha | Wednesday May 8, 2019

A jeweller and his 20-year old daughter in Bihar were shot at allegedly by Maoists dressed as policemen on Tuesday.

Shakeel Ahmed, Contesting As Independent In Bihar, Suspended By Congress

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Sunday May 5, 2019

Shakeel Ahmed, a Congress stalwart, has been suspended by the party for playing spoilsport in the Bihar mahagathbandhan's efforts to consolidate anti-BJP votes in Madhubani by filing papers as an Independent.

Tej Pratap Campaigns Against Father-In-Law Chandrika Rai In Bihar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Friday May 3, 2019

Tej Pratap, the elder son of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav, is campaigning against his party, urging people not to vote for his father-in-law Chandrika Rai, an RJD candidate from Bihar's Saran candidate.

General Elections 2019: In Video Of PM Modi's Bihar Rally, Nitish Kumar Is An Uncomfortable Ally

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 1, 2019

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi chanted Vande Mataram at a rally in Bihar, pumping fists in the air, ally Nitish Kumar, who was on the stage, stayed silent. The video, which is in wide circulation on social media, is seen by many as a telling visual on the contradictions within the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.

Kanhaiya Kumar Says No Division Of Votes In Begusarai On Day Of Test

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 29, 2019

Kanhaiya Kumar, one of the most watched candidates in the national election, faces his test today in Bihar's Begusarai, where he is debuting as a CPI contestant against the BJP's Giriraj Singh, a Union Minister known for his controversial pronouncements. The RJD has fielded Tanveer Hassan.

Tejashwi Yadav Endorses Rahul Gandhi, A "Priyanka Chopra" Jab At PM Also

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday April 26, 2019

Allies Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav, the leader of the RJD, finally shared a stage in Bihar on Friday, well into the national elections and just before the fourth round of voting. Tejashwi Yadav, who had skipped several rallies of the Congress president over the past few weeks, more than made up with his ringing endorsement of Rahul Gandhi for t...

NDA Claims "Sweep" In Bihar As Women Voters Turn Out In Strength

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday April 26, 2019

In the '90s, when every political pundit predicted a political defeat of Lalu Yadav, his claim was "my Djinn will come out". And he did prove his critics wrong at election time. What he called his "Djinn" were voters of backwards classes, who formed the core support base of his party. For Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, it is women, who, in some const...