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Bihar votes in Phase 1 today, 3.75 crore voters to seal fate of 1,314 in fray

Polling officials carrying EVM machines and other election material leave from a boat to their respective polling stations on the eve of the first phase of the Bihar assembly election, in Patna on Wednesday,
Updated on Nov 06, 2025 06:26 am IST

After JD’s whiskey, Tennessee will now be famous for Google’s nuclear reactor

Google partners with Kairos Power to build a nuclear reactor in Tennessee for carbon-free energy.
Updated on Aug 19, 2025 05:56 pm IST

‘If Hinduism is attacked…’: Dhirendra Shastri's speech sparks row, Cong reacts

Bageshwar Dham Sarkar Acharya Dhirendra Krishna Shastri said that after Bihar state assembly polls are done, he will do a padyatra in the state.
Updated on Jul 06, 2025 08:06 pm IST

Speculations rife son of Nitish may enter politics

Speculations rife son of Nitish may enter politics
Published on Jan 27, 2025 09:15 pm IST

Cong to face politically opposition's foot march to Mysuru over MUDA 'scam', says CM Siddarmaiaah

Cong to face politically opposition's foot march to Mysuru over MUDA 'scam', says CM Siddarmaiaah
Published on Jul 29, 2024 03:14 pm IST

Bihar: Rupauli MLA Bima Bharti quits JD(U), joins RJD

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Published on Mar 24, 2024 12:10 am IST

JD(U) gets ‘farmer driving a tractor’ symbol in Jharkhand

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday allotted the ‘farmer driving a tractor’ symbol to the JD(U) after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which had a similar symbol, lodged a complaint for the state’s polls.
Updated on Sept 14, 2019 07:32 am IST

JD(S) pips Congress in Vokkaliga outreach over DK Shivakumar’s arrest

JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy, met Congress leader DK Shivakumar's mother at Kanakapura on Friday.
Published on Sept 07, 2019 01:02 pm IST

Congress bypoll preparations hint at end of coalition with JD(S)

The Congress’s apparent decision to part ways with the JD (S) comes after the partners’ dismal performance in the recent parliamentary elections, in which they managed to win only one each of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Updated on Aug 02, 2019 07:49 am IST

Three cops suspended after JD(U) leader dies in custody

Local residents protest on highway after the incident.
Published on Jul 13, 2019 02:03 am IST

JD(U) Mahadalit leader commits suicide in Bihar’s Nalanda district

A 52-year-old Mahadalit leader, detained in connection with a case of a minor’s elopement, allegedly committed suicide inside a police station in Bihar’s Nalanda district . (Representative Photo)
Updated on Jul 12, 2019 04:47 pm IST

Karnataka CM back home, crisis meeting underway with coalition partner Congress

The strength of the ruling coalition in Karnataka has come down to 105, which is eight short of the half-way mark of 113. (Photo shared by CM’s media secretary)
Updated on Jul 07, 2019 09:49 pm IST

JD(U) distances itself from Prashant Kishor’s activities in Bengal

On Saturday, Nitish Kumar had stated that Kishor would explain the reason for his firm’s association with the Bengal CM.
Updated on Jun 10, 2019 12:03 am IST

JD(U) to go solo in three states, will fight Bihar polls as NDA ally

The Bihar cabinet expansion led to speculation about a possible rift between the JD(U) and the BJP even as both parties appeared to play down the issue. Kumar had said the BJP will induct a minister from its quota later.
Updated on Jun 10, 2019 07:50 am IST

Janata Dal (U) now a state party in Arunachal

Nitish Kumar-led party had won seven out of the 60 seats in the recently held assembly polls.
Published on Jun 09, 2019 01:39 pm IST

‘JD(S) leaders should be ready’: Nikhil Kumaraswamy on assembly polls

ikhil, who lost the recent Lok Sabha poll from Mandya to BJP-backed independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh in a fiercely fought contest, said there was no threat to the government and his father will complete the tenure.
Updated on Jun 07, 2019 11:16 am IST

Nitish Kumar expands his cabinet, inducts 8 JD(U) ministers

Bihar now has 33 ministers. The state can have a maximum of 36 ministers, including the chief minister, as the strength of a ministry cannot exceed 15% of the strength of the state assembly.
Updated on Jun 03, 2019 12:12 am IST

Congress rushes senior leaders to Karnataka amid reports of rift with JD(S)

Congress leader K C Venugopal (centre) shares a light moment with chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and former CM Siddaramaiah.
Updated on May 28, 2019 05:29 pm IST

FIR against JD(U) leaders in Purnia

Police have registered five FIRS, three of them against two JD(U) leaders, Shankar Kushwaha (elder brother of sitting MP Santosh Kumar) and senior JD(U) leader Neelu Patel.
Updated on May 04, 2019 01:18 pm IST

4 JD(S) workers touring Colombo dead, 3 missing after Sri Lanka blasts

Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019.
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 01:29 pm IST

Lok Sabha 2019 constituency: BJP has an edge over JD(S) in Karnataka’s Bijapur

Polling staff checking Electronic Voting Machines in Bengaluru.
Updated on Apr 19, 2019 02:00 pm IST

‘Prashant Kishor proposed JDU-RJD merger’: Rabri Devi puts Nitish Kumar’s aide in dock

Prashant Kishor, a poll strategist who became a full-time member of the JD(U) in September last year, took to Twitter admitting that he had met Lalu Prasad “many times” before joining the party.
Updated on Apr 12, 2019 07:03 pm IST

‘Congress, JD(S) have a common goal to defeat communal BJP’: Siddaramaiah

Former chief minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru.
Updated on Apr 04, 2019 08:12 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Nitish Kumar to launch JD(U) campaign with NDA rally

Bihar chief minister and JDU leader, Nitish Kumar during a rally at Meetha Pur near Badar Pur in New Delhi.
Published on Apr 02, 2019 07:07 am IST

Done deal for BJP, JD(U) in Seemanchal; jury out on Grand Alliance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
Published on Feb 28, 2019 09:52 am IST

Woman shot at by ex-JD(U) MLA in Delhi farmhouse dies: Police

The woman, allegedly shot at by former Janata Dal(United) legislator from Bihar during celebratory firing on New Year’s Eve, has succumbed to her injury, news agency ANI reported quoting the police.
Updated on Jan 03, 2019 02:16 pm IST

‘Schools, not temples’: Kushwaha’s double-barrelled attack on BJP, JD(U)

Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday launched a scathing attack against both the BJP government at the Centre as well as the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) government in Bihar.
Updated on Dec 06, 2018 06:46 pm IST

Karnakata bypolls 2018: BJP’s negative politics rejected, it’s time for change, says Congress after big win in Karnataka

Chief minister HD Kumaraswamy said the victory of the Janata Dal(Secular) and Congress in the Karnataka bypolls has proven that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s claim about the alliance between the two parties was wrong.
Updated on Nov 06, 2018 02:59 pm IST

JD(S) alliance with Congress for 2019 Lok Sabha polls depends on how it treats us: HD Kumaraswamy

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, who is also the JD(S) state unit chief, during an interview at Karnataka Bhavan, in New Delhi.
Updated on Jul 24, 2018 08:15 pm IST

Congress, JD(S) hold first meet, to have common minimum programme of Karnataka alliance

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (left) arrives for the first co-ordination committee meeting in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Published on Jun 14, 2018 09:41 pm IST