Chandrika Rai with his daughter Aishwarya Rai (file photo).

Patna: With his daughter's marriage to Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pratap Yadav on the rocks and their divorce almost a foregone conclusion, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Chandrika Rai on Thursday hinted of leaving the party and joining Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-U ahead of this year's Bihar Assembly elections.

Congress women protesting in Patna on Thursday.

Patna: The women cell of Bihar Congress in Patna on Thursday staged a protest march against skyrocketing cooking gas cylinder prices saying the Modi-led government at the Center had failed to stick to its promise of keeping prices of essential items in check.

Nitish Kumar with other NDA leaders at the unveiling of a statue of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyaya in Rajendra Nagar in Patna on Tuesday.

Patna: With Bharatiya Janata Party's loss in the Delhi elections that followed similar fate in Jharkhand a few weeks ago, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is increasingly looking nervous about his own prospect in the upcoming Assembly polls as his own two candidates in Delhi lost their deposit after losing to AAP candidates by huge margins.

BJP chief of Delhi Manoj Tiwari.

New Delhi: Bhojpuri actor-turned-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari, reluctantly conceded party's abysmal performance in the polls by congratulating Arvind Kejriwal, the incumbent CM of Delhi, while also thanking the Delhi voters for their support to the BJP.

Former JD-U leader Prashant Kishor.

New Delhi: With the Bharatiya Janata Party's crushing defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls in which Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won 62 of the 70 seats rejecting the policies of Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, former Janata Dal-U national vice president and poll strategist Prashant Kishor congratulated the Delhi voters thanking them for 'protecting the soul of India'.

RJD meeting in Patna on Sunday.

Patna: Hoping to revive the fortunes of the party his father founded nearly a quarter century ago, his son and leader of the opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Yadav on Sunday said that unlike the party's reputation of being a coalition of mainly Muslims and Yadavs (M-Y), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) was in fact the party of A to Z.

JD-U leader Sanjay Singh (file photo).

Patna: Janata Dal-U spokesperson Sanjay Singh on Sunday chose to take the low road in taking a shot at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejaswi Yadav saying those who couldn't even pass Class 9 were naturally interested in the stories of cat and mouse as was evident recently when Yadav mocked the Nitish government of blaming everything on rats.

Trash being picked up in Patna on Sunday.

Patna: Six days after the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) daily workers went on strike leaving Patna to turn into a gargantuan landfill while turning the state capital into a stink city, the district administration claimed the strike was finally over and clean-up work had already begun in most areas.

Hajipur man attempts suicide to attract CM's attention.

Patna: A man outside the official residence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday tried to self-immolate in an attempt to attract the attention of the Chief Minister though he was quickly saved by the security guards on duty and taken away to the Gardanibagh police station.

Patna streets filled with garbage due to strike by the PMC daily workers.

Patna: Just days after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, in an attempt to disparage the Kejriwal government in Delhi, bragged about Bihar being better than the nation's capital, the entire city Patna, an already filthy city by most standards, has turned into a giant landfill as the ongoing strike of the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) entered into its fourth day making life of Patna'ites even more miserable.

BJP state president Sanjay Jaiswal.

Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Sanjay Jaiswal on Wednesday praised the Narendra Modi government for coming up with the blueprint of the proposed Ram Temple in Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram.

RJD leader Tejaswi Yadav (file photo).

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) de facto president Tejaswi Yadav on Monday took a shot at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar saying if Bihar was better than Delhi as Kumar had been claiming during his campaign rallies in Delhi then he should explain why more and more people were leaving Bihar.