Nitish Kumar
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Can Nitish Kumar avoid the fate of his mentor Fernandes
The difficulty Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar faced while taking oath on November 20 reminded one of the campaign undertaken by his frail-looking mentor, George Fernandes, during the 2009 Lok Sabha election. …
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Owaisi promises ‘full cooperation’ to NDA in Bihar, urges against communalism
Patna: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has promised “full cooperation” to the NDA government in Bihar provided Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did “justice” to the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region, and kept “communalism” at bay.…
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Portfolios allotted to Bihar ministers, Samrat Chowdhury assigned Home dept
Patna: The Home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, BJP leader Samrat Chowdhury, this time,…
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PM Modi congratulates Nitish Kumar on taking oath as Bihar CM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Nitish Kumar on taking oath as Bihar chief minister, hailing him as an experienced administrator with a proven track record of good governance.…
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Nitish Kumar sworn in as CM of Bihar for record 10th time
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar on Thursday was sworn in as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at the Gandhi Maidan here. Governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the…
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Nitish Kumar to take oath as CM of Bihar for record 10th time
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as the chief minister of Bihar for a record 10th time at Patna’s historic Gandhi Maidan on Thursday. Along with him, 19…
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Nitish Kumar’s Record 10th Swearing-In as Bihar Chief Minister
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar is set to be sworn-in as Bihar chief minister for a record 10th time on Thursday, days after the NDA secured a landslide victory in the assembly…
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Nitish Kumar is leader of NDA in Bihar, submits resignation as CM
Patna: JD (U) Supremo Nitish Kumar on Wednesday submitted his resignation as the head of the outgoing NDA government in Bihar to Governor Arif Mohammad Khan, state BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal said.…
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Nitish chosen as leader of JD(U) legislature party in Bihar
Patna: JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar was chosen as the leader of its legislature party during a meeting of newly elected MLAs in Bihar’s capital Patna on Wednesday, state minister Shrawon Kumar said.…
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Nitish meets Guv after cabinet authorises CM to recommend dissolution of assembly
Patna: The last cabinet meeting of the outgoing NDA government in Bihar on Monday “authorised” Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to recommend dissolution of the assembly, official sources said. A resolution to this…
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NDA’s landslide victory in Bihar better than expected: Nitish Kumar’s son
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s son Nishant on Sunday said the NDA’s landslide victory in the assembly elections was “better than expected”, and claimed that the people have witnessed his father’s…
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Dalits, AIMIM, Prashant Kishor: What broke Mahagathbandhan and powered NDA
The 2025 Bihar elections were a litmus test for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Mahagathbandhan. And the former sweeped an overwhelming 202 seats while the latter barely scraped 35, a stark…
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Women appear to be a game-changer in NDA’s sweeping victory in Bihar
Patna: In Bihar, women outvoted men and, perhaps, became one of the decisive factors behind the NDA’s landslide victory in the assembly polls in the state on Friday. Women outdid men by…
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We will form government with full majority: Tejashwi remains ‘optimistic’
Bihar: As the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Nitish Kumar‘s Janata Dal (United) cross the magic number, cementing its win in the Bihar Assembly elections, Rashtra Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav…
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‘Tiger abhi zinda hai’ poster seen near Nitish Kumar’s house as NDA leads
Patna: A striking poster featuring Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar standing beside a tiger, captioned boldly ‘tiger abhi zinda hai’ (tiger is alive), appeared outside his residence on Friday morning, just as…