Nitish Kumar promises better infrastructure on I-Day

August 15th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has promised the people of the state better infrastructure and more measures to curb corruption in the administration. Kumar was speaking after hoisting the national flag at the Independence Day programme in Gandhi Maidan here on Saturday.

August 15th, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar hoisted the national flag on Independence Day Saturday and promised adequate relief to people affected by drought, better infrastructure in the state and more measures to curb corruption. Speaking at the Gandhi Maidan here, Nitish Kumar expressed concern for the millions hit by drought this year due to scanty rainfall in the state.

May 16th, 2009 PATNA - The Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) near sweep of the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar is being widely attributed to the development work done by party leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The JD-U and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine was leading in 32 of Bihar's 40 seats as counting of votes was underway Saturday.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was very much part of their National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader said he was willing to support any party that would grant his state a special status. 'Nitish Kumar hasn't asked for anything unusual.

May 11th, 2009 PATNA - Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday attacked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said the latter sacrificed 'his secular image by joining a murderer like Modi'. 'Nitish sacrificed his secular image by joining a murderer like Modi,' Lalu Prasad told television channels here.

May 11th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar 'professes' be a secular leader but there are doubts about that after he shared a dais with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. 'There is no doubt Nitish Kumar professes to be a secular leader,' the prime minister said, a day after Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Modi clasped hands in a show of camaraderie at an election rally here.

May 10th, 2009 LUDHIANA - Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar, who is being wooed by all political fronts, was the cynosure of all eyes at the BJP-led NDA's show of strength here. However, Nitish Kumar, who had earlier stated he would not share the stage with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, did exactly the opposite at the rally Sunday, exchanging a warm greeting with Modi and clasping his hand.

May 10th, 2009 LUDHIANA - After having categorically stated that he would not share the stage with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar did exactly the opposite Sunday. Sweeping aside all speculation about his switching sides, Nitish Kumar arrived in this industrial city of Punjab Sunday afternoon to participate in a rally by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA that was meant to be a show of strength of the alliance.

May 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Sunday denied any 'setback' due to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar attending an NDA rally in Ludhiana, but asked how the Janata Dal-United leader had shared the stage with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi after saying he wouldn't. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, reacting to Nitish Kumar attending a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) rally in Ludhiana in Punjab, said: 'Certainly not, we have no setback.' Asked to comment on Nitish Kumar sharing the stage with Modi, he said: 'You must ask this question to Nitish Kumar.' The JD-U leader had told NDTV that he would not share the dais with Narendra Modi.

May 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress Saturday continued its flip-flop over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, with senior party leader Digvijay Singh saying the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader has, 'by and large, a secular image'. 'He (Nitish Kumar) has, by and large, a secular image, and the only question mark about him is his present alignment with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),' Singh told India TV editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma in 'Aap Ki Adalat' show.

May 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - After the Congress, it is now the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) that is wooing Janata Dal-United leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for a post-alliance with the Left-led Third Front grouping. CPI-M leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Budhhadeb Bhattacharjee Thursday said that the party was in constant touch with Nitish Kumar.

May 5th, 2009 PATNA - With the Congress tactically wooing him, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar denied Tuesday for the second time in as many days any move to join the Congress-led UPA and asserted he would never leave the NDA. A day after saying there was no truth in Congress leader Sheila Dikshit's statement that the JD-U leader could switch over to the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) after the polls, Nitish Kumar had to ward off overtures from Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

May 4th, 2009 PATNA - Putting an end to speculation about aligning with the Congress or the Left parties after the polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said he and his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) were part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and would remain with the alliance. 'We are already in the NDA and will remain with it after the polls,' Nitish Kumar told newspersons Monday when asked about reports of his likely move to align with either the Congress or the Left parties after the Lok Sabha elections.

May 2nd, 2009 PATNA - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday maintained that he was not in the running for the prime minister's post, a day after a senior Janta Dal-United (JD-U) leader suggested his name as a possible candidate for the top job. 'I am not in the race for the prime minister's post,' Nitish Kumar told reporters here before leaving for campaigning.

April 29th, 2009 PATNA - Angry that a bridge state Chief Minister Nitish Kumar promised in the last Lok Sabha poll has not yet come up, villagers in his home district Nalanda Wednesday tartly told him: 'no bridge, no votes'. Hundreds of angry villagers protested moments after Nitish Kumar finished his speech at an election meeting Wednesday.