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Nitish announces JD(U)’s support to Dhankhar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced that his Janata Dal (United) will support NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar in the upcoming vice presidential election. In a statement issued here, Kumar…
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Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish, BJP over Bihar’s law and order situation
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday attacked the Nitish Kumar government over the law and order situation in Bihar. In a Facebook post, he said that BJP leaders including Deputy Chief…
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Bihar BJP leaders asked to avoid speaking out against Nitish Kumar
Patna: With relations between Bihar ruling allies not at their best, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has reportedly directed leaders of his BJP to avoid any statement against the JD-U and Chief Minister…
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Four out of five AIMIM MLAs in Bihar join RJD
Patna: The opposition RJD in Bihar on Wednesday reclaimed its status as the single largest party by weaning away all but one of the five MLAs of the AIMIM. Leader of the…
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Nitish Kumar will remain CM till 2025: Dharmendra Pradhan
Patna: All is well in the NDA in Bihar and, differences of opinion between BJP and JD(U) notwithstanding, Nitish Kumar will complete his current term as Chief Minister, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan…
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Nitish Kumar must clear his stand on Agnipath: Bihar opposition
Patna: Opposition members protested in the Bihar Assembly on Monday over the Agnipath scheme of defence recruitment and demanded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar spell out his stand. Opposition parties, including the RJD,…
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Bihar: Agnipath protests trigger fresh friction between allies BJP, JD (U)
Patna: The protests against the Centre’s ‘Agnipath’ scheme that envisages recruitment of soldiers on a short-term contractual basis, triggered a fresh war of words between the two ruling allies – the BJP…
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Nitish Kumar not happy with Amit Shah’s stance on history
Patna: The BJP’s insistence that history be rewritten with more emphasis on Hindu kings who resisted Muslim invasion than on the invaders themselves has received a thumbs down from Bihar Chief Minister…
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Nitish Kumar has all the abilities for the President: Bihar Minister
Patna: After the announcement of the presidential poll, Bihar Rural Development Minister Shrawan Kumar on Thursday said that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has all the ability to hold the office of President.…
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No need for anti-conversion law in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that there was “no need” for an anti-conversion law in the state where the government was “alert” and members of different religious communities…
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Nitish questions UPA’s 2011 socio-economic and caste census
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday raised questions on the socio-economic and caste census conducted by the then UPA government in 2010-11. He said that the census report was never…
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Nitish Kumar announces caste-based census in Bihar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday announced the conduct of the long-demanded caste-based census in the state. The decision was taken after an all-party meeting in the Secretariat here on…
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Caste-based census possible only due to Nitish, not RJD: Upendra Kushwaha
Patna: Janata Dal-United Parliamentary Board President Upendra Kushwaha on Saturday claimed that the caste-based census is taking place in Bihar only due to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. “If Nitish Kumar was not…
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Nitish grew close with Tejashwi to pressurise BJP: RJD leader
Patna: RJD vice president Shivanand Tiwari said on Thursday that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar showed close proximity with Tejashwi Yadav to put pressure on BJP and take its benefit on the issue…
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Nitish Kumar’s dream project 80% failed, says Bihar Assembly Speaker
Patna: Amid souring relations between ruling allies Janata Dal-United and Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha on Tuesday said that 80 per cent of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s dream…