Manish Kumar

Sharjeel Imam, JNU Student Accused Of Sedition, Arrested In Bihar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 28, 2020

Sharjeel Imam, the research scholar of Delhi's prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University accused of sedition, has been arrested from his hometown - Bihar's Jehenabad.

'Press EVM Button So That Current...' Prashant Kishor Vs Amit Shah

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 27, 2020

Amit Shah's comment on "pressing the button (voting) with anger" during the Delhi election to make a point against anti-CAA protesters inspired a sharp retort from Prashant Kishor, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)'s election strategist and the number two leader of BJP's Bihar ally Janata Dal United (JDU).

In Prashant Kishor vs Sushil Modi, An Old Clip Attacking Nitish Kumar

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Saturday January 25, 2020

Janata Dal United's deputy chief and election strategist Prashant Kishor today launched an all out attack against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, days after the BJP leader took a shot at Mr Kishor and another senior JDU leader Pavan Kumar Varma and called them "ungrateful".

Nitish Kumar Folded His Hands Before The Media. What Made Him Angry

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Saturday January 25, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is not the best at hiding his emotions. For two days, he has dealt with undisguised fury over his close aide Pavan Varma's very public letter revealing his alleged private criticism of ally BJP.

"Is That A Letter?" Nitish Kumar's Cutting Message For Aide Pavan Varma

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 24, 2020

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, after hitting out at close aide Pavan Varma over a letter criticizing him, made it clear today that he was not about to oblige the Janata Dal United (JDU) general secretary with a response. "Is that a letter," Mr Kumar said caustically to reporters.

Free To Leave: Nitish Kumar Dares Party Colleague Pavan Varma In Fight Over CAA

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday January 23, 2020

Nitish Kumar has delivered a knock-out snub to close aide Pavan Varma, who had publicly called him out on his stand on ally BJP and the decision to partner with it for the Delhi election amid nationwide protests against the citizenship law CAA. "He can go and join any party he likes, my best wishes," the Bihar Chief Minister declared to the media t...

"Perplexed": Party Leader Calls Out Nitish Kumar On Delhi Tie-Up With BJP

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday January 21, 2020

Delhi assembly elections 2020: Pavan Kumar Varma, in letter to Nitish Kumar, questions JD(U) tie-up with BJP, seeks ideological clarity

"Want To End Rumours": Amit Shah's Assurance To Nitish Kumar Amid CAA Row

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 17, 2020

Amit Shah, campaigning in Bihar for polls later this year, said on Thursday that he wanted to "end all rumours" by declaring that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition would contest under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

"You Said About RSS...": Nitish Kumar Gets Reminder From Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday January 15, 2020

Tejashwi Yadav, in his latest attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, sought to embarrass his former boss with a throwback to what he called the times they sat together and discussed how "dangerous" is the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP's ideological mentor. The RJD leader was speaking in the Bihar assembly against the controversia...

On Citizenship Law, NPR, Nitish Kumar's Remarks Signal Significant Change

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 13, 2020

Nitish Kumar today said he was open to a debate on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in the Bihar assembly, signalling, for the first time, his reservations on the controversial law that his party Janata Dal (United) supported in parliament. On the National Register of Citizenship (NRC), Nitish Kumar said that there was "no question" of or need...

Not Enough Trains, Police Exam Candidates Throw Stones At Rajdhani

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Sunday January 12, 2020

Hundreds of angry students - who had to appear for an entrance exam for Bihar Police - threw stones at a train, blocked rail and road traffic on Saturday in Hajipur, about 21 km from Patna, as they accused the administration of not running special trains for them.

With Thank You Tweet To Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor Takes On BJP Again

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Monday January 13, 2020

Prashant Kishor, a close aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, today drew fresh battlelines with ally BJP, tweeting that there would be no implementation of the citizenship law or list in the state. To compound it, he also thanked Congress's Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, "for their formal and unequivocal rejection of #CAA...

"Complete Breakdown Of Trust": Why JNU Deadlock May Not Be Resolved Soon

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday January 10, 2020

The crisis at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in the aftermath of a masked mob attack last Sunday may not have an easy solution, officials at the Human Resources Development ministry told NDTV after meeting the faculty and students of the university on Thursday. JNU students, led by union leader Aishe Ghosh, met the officials as part of a pro...

Nitish Kumar's Party Irked As BJP Leader Talks Of Options For Top Post

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 9, 2020

The BJP should rein in its leaders who speak out of turn and violate "coalition dharma", Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United suggested today after a leader pitched for another Chief Ministerial candidate from his party. The BJP has already officially accepted Nitish Kumar as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the alliance.

Centre Keeps Bihar Waiting For Flood Funds Again, Opposition Slams Amit Shah

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday January 8, 2020

With less than a year to go for the assembly polls, the centre has yet again kept Bihar's Nitish Kumar government waiting for the Rs 4,000 crore it has demanded in flood damages.