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Nitish chairs JD(U) meeting, discusses Jharkhand polls
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) on Saturday said that it wanted to contest the assembly elections in neighbouring Jharkhand in alliance with the BJP. Kumar chaired a meeting of his…
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to skip Niti Aayog meeting in Delhi
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will not be attending the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, officials said. The state will be represented at the meeting by deputy chief…
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Woman MLA who faced CM Nitish’s ire in Assembly speaks up
New Delhi: Rekha Devi, an RJD MLA from Bihar, has criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for treating a woman legislator with disrespect in the Vidhan Sabha. “All the coalition MLAs were protesting…
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Video: ‘Mahila ho, kuch jaanti nahi…’, says Nitish Kumar to RJD MLA
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on, Wednesday, July 24, sparked a fresh controversy when he made a disparaging comment on a woman MLA amid aggressive protests by the opposition members in…
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Centre’s ‘no’ to special status for Bihar evokes cryptic response from Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday came out with a cryptic response to the Centre’s refusal to grant special category status to the state. Kumar, whose JD (U) is a…
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Lalu Prasad Yadav slams Nitish Kumar over poor law & order in Bihar
Patna: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Monday criticised the Nitish Kumar government for the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar. Lalu Prasad Yadav blamed the “double engine” government for the…
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JD(U)’s J-K unit asks Nitish to reconsider alliance with BJP at Centre
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday, July 21, asked the party’s national president Nitish Kumar to reconsider the alliance with the BJP at the Centre.…
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Future tense: Naidu, Nitish twisting BJP’s arms, albeit gently
The Bharatiya Janata Party is keeping a close eye on any development taking place in Andhra Pradesh-Telangana and Bihar-Jharkhand theatres for obvious political reasons. While the Janata Dal (United) is reportedly keen…
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BJP must lead next govt in Bihar: Disgruntled party leader Choubey
Patna: Disgruntled BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Thursday said his party should “lead” the next government in Bihar with “a majority on its own” in next year’s assembly polls. Speaking in…
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Bihar CM Nitish congratulates Naidu on becoming Andhra CM
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday congratulated N Chandrababu Naidu, the Telugu Desam Party chief who has assumed power in Andhra Pradesh. Kumar spoke to Naidu over phone and hoped…
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Naidu and Nitish are `dissatisfied souls’ after portfolio allocation, claims Raut
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that BJP allies Nitish Kumar and N Chandrababu Naidu were “dissatisfied souls” following the allocation of portfolios in the Union cabinet. Talking…
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Chandrababu, Nitish eye LS Speaker’s post: Why is it important?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 seats on its own and 293 along with its allies. Twenty-eight of the 53 allies’ seats belong to Janata Dal (United) led by Nitish Kumar…
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Nitish’s confidant junks claim of INDIA bloc offering to make him PM
New Delhi: Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha, a confidant of party president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday junked his party spokesperson K C Tyagi’s claim that the opposition…
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Balance regional aspirations, national interests: Chandrababu Naidu
New Delhi: Key BJP allies — TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) supremo Nitish Kumar — on Friday endorsed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of…
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Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) sticks to its demand for Special Category Status for Bihar
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), which the BJP relies on heavily since losing majority in the Lok Sabha, has reiterated its demand for special category status (SCS) for the state.…
