PATNA: In a significant development, Nitish Kumar's cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution demanding the grant of special category status to Bihar in the wake of a caste-based survey conducted ...

“Nitish Kumar has hit two birds with one stone ... according to the caste survey. The general category accounts 15.52 percent. In November 2012, Nitish raised the demand for special category ...

In January this year, Nitish Kumar returned to the NDA, less than two years after he had dumped the BJP-led coalition to join ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday that during the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) government, no one could leave ...

"Still, Nitish Kumar failed to secure a special category status. He has not been able to put pressure on the Narendra Modi ...

Responding to RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's demand for a nationwide caste census and inclusion of 65 per cent quota increase in Bihar in the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay ...

Kumar raised before Shah his long-standing demand for grant of special category status to ... Following a caste survey in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar administration hiked reservations for deprived ...

In the wake of the 2020 Assembly election, where the JD(U) managed to win just 43 of the total 243 seats, Nitish Kumar initially ... extends across traditional caste lines, especially among ...

armed as they are now with the data from the statewide caste survey. Chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United has organised a mega meeting of scheduled castes in state capital on Sunday, ...

The Nitish Kumar Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution requesting the Centre to grant a special status category to Bihar in light of the recent caste survey held. "[The survey has revealed] ...

"Still, Nitish Kumar failed to secure a special category status. He has not been able to put pressure on the Narendra Modi government for a caste census. Recently, when floods hit, no top central ...