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Amid the ongoing Political chaos in Bihar, and a boisterous impasse over corruption allegations against deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, who happens to be RJD chief Lalu Yadav's son, mentioning his "pricked conscience", Nitish Kumar has tendered his resignation as the Bihar chief minister. He met Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi to give his official resignation, saying that the situation wasn't favorable for him to carry on as Bihar CM. 2015 Bihar Assembly Elections Back in April 2015, the Janata Parivar comprising six prominent parties announced their intention to fight the election united, with Nitish Kumar as their Chief Ministerial candidate. The Janata Parivar was then joined by the INC and the Nationalist Congress Party. This mighty coalition at that time considered to be a formidable alliance, which was reorganized as Mahagatabandhan or Grand Alliance when the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal (Secular), Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Janata Party (Ra...

Mutual distrust, lack of personal chemistry and contradicting goals may not be the finest substance for a productive relationship, but for President Obama and President Putin, it seems they'll have to do. This is not the first time they confront each other. On the first day of the 70th session of the UNGA, both U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin gave their speeches, First President Obama, and then followed an hour later by President Putin; for sure these two speeches dominated the opening of the annual UNGA gathering of the world leaders.   Few interesting nuances are lost between speeches, as when President Obama said, “Nowhere is our commitment to international order more tested than in Syria.” And after a few lines he said “The United States is prepared to work with any nation, including Russia and Iran, to resolve the conflict”. President Obama also added that he commands the most powerful military force on the planet. But no matter how powerf...