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Sangam Kumar Sahoo takes oath as chief justice of Patna High Court
Patna: Sangam Kumar Sahoo was sworn in as the chief justice of the Patna High Court on Wednesday. The oath was administered by Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan in a ceremony at…
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Opinion: When a chief minister is guilty of a public act of moral turpitude
By Kalpana Kannabiran The recent public misdemeanour by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, against a woman doctor, grabbing her hijab and pulling it off her face in full public view…
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Bihar CM Niqab row: Officials confirm Nusrat Parveen did not join duty
Patna: Nusrat Parveen, the young Muslim doctor, whose niqab was pulled by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar during an appointment letter distribution programme earlier this week, did not join duty on Saturday,…
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Nitish Kumar meets PM Modi, Amit Shah in Delhi
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a month after retaining charge of the eastern state following the NDA’s landslide victory in the assembly…
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‘Painful Incident’: Bihar Gov slams CM’s niqab removal act
Patna: Bihar Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said he was “disappointed” to witness the row after the niqab (veil) of a doctor was removed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Khan was…
- India
JD-U defends CM Nitish Kumar amid hijab row
New Delhi: Amid the controversy triggered by a viral video allegedly showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing a woman’s hijab during a public event, Janata Dal-U MP Rampreet Mandal on Saturday…
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Amid naqab row rumours, official says doctor to join Bihar govt duty
Patna: Amid rumours that a doctor has declined a government job in Bihar after her naqab (veil) was removed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during a programme here, an official concerned on…
- India
Nitish Kumar niqab row: Women protest in Kolkata, demand apology from CM
Kolkata: A large number of women on Thursday evening took out a protest march in Kolkata over Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar publicly removing the veil from the face of a female…
- India
Veil-pulling row: Nitish should apologise to woman doctor, says Omar
Mumbai: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday demanded an apology from his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar for pulling down a woman doctor’s veil, while simultaneously accusing the BJP of…
- India
She can go to hell: Union minister’s remark fuels outrage in CM Nitish niqab row
New Delhi/Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was in the crosshairs of controversy for the fourth day on Thursday — a Union minister defending his act of pulling down a Muslim woman’s…
- India
Nitish Kumar niqab row: Health minister unaware of doctor’s refusal to join duty
Patna: Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said he was not aware of reports that Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by CM Nitish Kumar while giving away appointment letters to…
- India
Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by CM Nitish Kumar, may not join govt job
Nusrat Parveen, whose niqab was pulled by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar while giving away appointment letters to newly recruited AYUSH doctors, has decided not to join the government service. The hijab-wearing…
- India
‘Aadmi toh hai…’: UP minister defends remarks on niqab row
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Nishad on Wednesday sought to justify his controversial remarks linked to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s hijab row, saying he often speaks in several regional languages where…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad activists file complaints against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over niqab row
Hyderabad: Two prominent activists from Hyderabad, Khalida Parveen and Lubna Sarwath, have filed police complaints urging action against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar after he tried to pull the niqab from a…
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Hyderabad Congress condemns Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over niqab removal
Hyderabad: Hyderabad district congress committee (DCC) president, Syed Khalid Saifullah, strongly condemned Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for allegedly pulling off a woman’s niqab during a recent government function, calling it a…
