http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:15:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-trust-vote-today-nitish-confident-of-proving-majority-885161.html#comments Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:04:13 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ahead-of-vote-nitish-confident-of-proving-majority-885161.html Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is confident of proving his majority in the assembly Wednesday after dumping the BJP as an ally, party leaders said Tuesday. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-trust-vote-today-nitish-confident-of-proving-majority-885161.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-hopeful-of-political-re-alignment-after-2014-lok-sabha-polls-884327.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:06:33 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=884327 Senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu hopes that political parties opposed to the Congress would join hands with the BJP.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-hopeful-of-political-re-alignment-after-2014-lok-sabha-polls-884327.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/like-bjp-lalu-takes-dig-at-nitish-for-praising-modi-884233.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:36:56 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=884233 RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today joined the BJP in taunting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his praise for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ten years ago and exhorting him to play a national role.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/like-bjp-lalu-takes-dig-at-nitish-for-praising-modi-884233.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-bandh-jdu-workers-responsible-for-violence-says-bjp-883095.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:09:25 +0000 FP Politics http://www.firstpost.com/?p=883095 The BJP on Tuesday sought to blame JD(U) workers for the violent clashes reported during a bandh called by the party in Bihar.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-bandh-jdu-workers-responsible-for-violence-says-bjp-883095.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/polls-2014-back-to-basics-for-congress-and-bjp-883049.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:33:47 +0000 Mishra http://www.firstpost.com/?p=883049 With the playing field level, from now on it will be a battle of strategies for the Congress and the BJP]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/polls-2014-back-to-basics-for-congress-and-bjp-883049.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/india/sly-fox-tale-how-upa-approved-2-bihar-road-projects-split-nda-882483.html#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:32:51 +0000 FP Editors http://www.firstpost.com/?p=882483 Two road projects worth thousands of crores were central to the recent split in the National Democratic Alliance, says a report in the Economic Times]]> http://www.firstpost.com/india/sly-fox-tale-how-upa-approved-2-bihar-road-projects-split-nda-882483.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-broke-the-nda-now-he-wants-to-split-bjp-digvijaya-singh-878439.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:23:08 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=878439 He alleged that Modi has always been known as a man who bites the hand that feeds him and that Modi had been glorified to a large extent although there was reason for him to be glorified in this way.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/modi-broke-the-nda-now-he-wants-to-split-bjp-digvijaya-singh-878439.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/may-return-to-nda-if-advani-is-at-helm-sharad-yadav-878387.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:03:52 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=878387 "Advani aye to dekha jayanga (we will see if Advani returns at the helm of affairs)," Yadav said.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/may-return-to-nda-if-advani-is-at-helm-sharad-yadav-878387.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cpi-welcomes-jd-us-decision-to-severe-ties-with-bjp-877333.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:15:12 +0000 hidden http://www.firstpost.com/?p=877333 CPI on Monday welcomed JD(U)'s decision to break its 17-year ties with the BJP and said its legislators would vote in support of Nitish Kumar government in the confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly on Wednesday.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/cpi-welcomes-jd-us-decision-to-severe-ties-with-bjp-877333.html/feed 0 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-nitish-kumar-really-dumped-the-modi-led-bjp-876703.html#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:53:03 +0000 Vivek Kaul http://www.firstpost.com/?p=876703 While prima facie it might seem to be a clash of two strong personalities i.e. Modi and Kumar, there is much more to the split than that.]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-nitish-kumar-really-dumped-the-modi-led-bjp-876703.html/feed 0