Shivanand Tiwari

RJD Challenges Nitish Kumar To Snap Ties With BJP Over Arunachal Move

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 27, 2020

The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday hinted at the possibility of a fresh alignment in Bihar if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar chose to snap ties with the BJP following the "humiliation" in Arunachal Pradesh.

"Rahul Gandhi Was On Picnic During Polls": Tejashwi Yadav's Party Leader

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday November 16, 2020

The first cracks in opposition amity after the stinging defeat in the Bihar elections surfaced on Sunday, with a senior leader of the Tejashwi Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) calling out the Congress for putting up a half-hearted fight.

"Gorakhnath, Sant Kabir Born 4 Centuries Apart": RJD Leader Fact Checks PM

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday June 29, 2018

A senior leader from Lalu Yadav's RJD today criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for having reportedly said at a function held in the memory of Sant Kabir that the medieval era mystic-poet "sat together" with Guru Nanak and Sant Gorakhnath though they were not contemporaries.

Nitish Kumar's partyman Sabir Ali expelled from party for praising Narendra Modi

Elections News | Edited by Devesh Kumar | Monday March 24, 2014

Sabir Ali, one of the most prominent Muslim faces of Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), was today expelled from the party for praising Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.

Janata Dal United expels Nitish Kumar's critic Shivanand Tiwari

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday February 27, 2014

Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United today expelled its parliamentarian Shivanand Tiwari, who had openly criticized the Bihar Chief Minister in the past few weeks.

Nitish Kumar's party dismisses the AAP factor in Bihar

Elections News | Press Trust of India | Friday February 7, 2014

A day after one of its leaders joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) quitting the government as well as the party, the JD(U) today dismissed the Delhi-based party as a factor in Bihar in the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls.

Shivanand Tiwari questions Nitish Kumar's sincerity to confront Narendra Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 6, 2014

Senior JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari, who has been denied re-nomination to Rajya Sabha, today attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar questioning his sincerity to confront BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.

No thanks, says NK Singh to Nitish Kumar for Lok Sabha election

Elections News | Edited by Devesh Kumar | Thursday January 30, 2014

Retired bureaucrat NK Singh, who was denied a renomination to the Rajya Sabha by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, today spurned the Janata Dal (United)'s offer to field him from the Banka parliamentary constituency in the general elections due by May.

Fodder scam: There is no evidence against Nitish Kumar, CBI tells Jharkhand High Court

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday November 23, 2013

CBI today informed the Jharkhand High Court that it did not find any evidence against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari in the Rs 950 crore fodder scam.

Shiv Sena slams Shivanand Tiwari for questioning Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar

Press Trust of India | Monday November 18, 2013

JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari had said giving the Bharat Ratna to Tendulkar, who has earned millions from playing the sport of cricket, was nothing more than a joke.

JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari questions decision to award Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar

India News | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With IANS inputs) | Monday November 18, 2013

A Janata Dal (United) parliamentarian Shivanand Tiwari today questioned the decision to award Sachin Tendulkar India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.

JD-U leader questions Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday November 18, 2013

According to Shivanand Tiwari - a member of parliament, Dhyan Chand deserved the honour more than Sachin Tendulkar.

Tea seller can't become India's PM, says Samajwadi Party's Naresh Agarwal on Narendra Modi

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday November 14, 2013

Narendra Modi will be delighted at being handed fresh material today for his next election speech. Not by the Congress, but by the Samajwadi Party's Naresh Aggarwal, who said today, "a tea seller cannot become the country's Prime Minister."

Lata Mangeshkar roots for Narendra Modi as PM; she is entitled to her view, says Congress

India News | Edited by Mala Das | Saturday November 2, 2013

Lata Mangeshkar said she wished to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister.

After praising Narendra Modi, he was the first to congratulate Nitish Kumar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar; Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Tuesday October 29, 2013

After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar delivered a speech studded with criticism of his political rival, Narendra Modi, he received thundering applause. Not unexpected, given that he was addressing his own party at a conference to plan its strategy for the national election.