Thursday, January 15, 2026

Topic: Nitish Kumar

Muslim woman doctor withholds joining duty after Nitish Kumar’s hijab pulling sparks outrage

The Muslim woman doctor whose hijab was allegedly pulled down by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a public event earlier this week did not report for her assigned duty on Saturday, officials said.

Video shows CM Nitish Kumar removing woman’s hijab in public, RJD asks if he has become “100% sanghi”?

A video has gone viral showing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar allegedly pulling down the hijab of a Muslim woman doctor during an official government function in Patna, drawing sharp condemnation from the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress.

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a historic tenth time

At Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday, Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar Chief Minister for a record tenth time, a day after being unanimously elected leader of the NDA at a meeting of its 202 legislators in the Central Hall of the Assembly.

Unravelling Bihar 2025: Alliances, ambitions, fight for power

As the countdown to the Bihar Assembly elections has begun, the political atmosphere in this bustling state, home to over 120 million people, intensifies....

Congress slams JD(U)-BJP alliance, says it has turned Bihar into “crime capital”

The Congress on Tuesday accused the “double engine” government in Bihar of having ruined the law and order situation in the state, asserting that change is inevitable in the upcoming Assembly elections.

“All trust lost”: 2 senior Muslim leaders of JDU resign over party’s support to Waqf Bill

Senior leaders of Janata Dal (United) Mohammed Qasim Ansari and Mohammed Nawaz Malik on Thursday from the party and all their posts, criticising the party’s support for the Waqf Amendment Bill, which was passed in the Lok Sabha despite widespread opposition.