Indian news that made headlines 2013

Moving on to the other shockers of the year, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-lef Janata Dal-United ended its 17-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, after the latter named Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.

The JD-U removed 11 saffron ministers from the state cabinet, and decided to seek a vote of confidence on a later date.