In Patna, Nitish Kumar’s namesake tries to break into high-security zone on I-Day
1 year, 4 months ago

In Patna, Nitish Kumar’s namesake tries to break into high-security zone on I-Day

Firstpost  

The man, identified as 26-year-old Nitish Kumar, was demanding a government job on compassionate grounds as his father, a Bihar Military Police personnel, had died while on duty a few years ago In what seems to be a security lapse, a man, sharing his name with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, tried to break into a high-security zone with a poster in his hand during the state-level Independence Day event at the Gandhi Maidan in Patna. The man, identified as 26-year-old Nitish Kumar, was demanding a government job on compassionate grounds as his father, a Bihar Military Police personnel, had died while on duty a few years ago. Holding a poster outlining his demand, Kumar tried to enter a high-security area where his namesake — the Bihar Chief Minister was addressing a gathering after hoisting the national flag. Preliminary investigation revealed that his father was a BMP personnel who died on duty a few years ago,” Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh told news agencies.

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Opinion: How the Nitish flip has rattled mahagathbandhan in Bihar
9 months ago

Opinion: How the Nitish flip has rattled mahagathbandhan in Bihar

India Today  

The long series of U-turns spanning Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s career saw another addition on January 28, two days after he snubbed his deputy chief minister and “political heir” Tejashwi Yadav during Republic Day celebrations in Patna. Just days before the national flag was to be hoisted for the Independence Day celebrations in Patna, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on …

Man who sent bomb threat to Nitish Kumar arrested
10 months, 1 week ago

Man who sent bomb threat to Nitish Kumar arrested

Op India  

A man who sent a bomb threat to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been arrested from Karnataka. In the message, Sonu was threatening to blow up Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and other MLAs with a bomb if he does not sever ties with the Bhartiya Janata Party. The message sent by the accused read: “Nitish Kumar ko kahiye BJP …

Nitish Kumar once again hints at passing the mantle to Tejashwi Yadav says 'this kid is everything to me'
1 year, 2 months ago

Nitish Kumar once again hints at passing the mantle to Tejashwi Yadav says 'this kid is everything to me'

India TV News  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday once again hinted that his Deputy Tejashwi Yadav will be his political successor. "Please remember that the chief minister has made it clear in the past that he would like Tejashwi to lead the charge in the next elections. Tejashwi next Mahagathbandhan's leader Kumar had last year said Yadav would "lead" the state's …

Man tries to gate-crash Bihar Chief Minister's event. His name is Nitish Kumar
1 year, 4 months ago

Man tries to gate-crash Bihar Chief Minister's event. His name is Nitish Kumar

India Today  

In an incident of security lapse, a man, sharing the name with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, tried to enter a high-security area with a poster in his hand during the state-level Independence Day function at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. The man, identified as 26-year-old Nitish Kumar, was demanding a government job on compassionate grounds as his father, …

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's security breached during Independence Day, man tries to enter high-security area
1 year, 4 months ago

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's security breached during Independence Day, man tries to enter high-security area

India TV News  

Independence Day 2023: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's security was breached by a man during the Independence Day event at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Security personnel apprehended youth As per the police, Chief Minister was delivering a speech to the public after hoisting the national flag at Gandhi Maidan on Independence Day. He was demanding a government job …

Bihar man believed to be dead for months found enjoying momos in Noida. Viral story
1 year, 6 months ago

Bihar man believed to be dead for months found enjoying momos in Noida. Viral story

India TV News  

Trending News: In a bizarre turn of events that can only be described as a real-life soap opera, a man from Bhagalpur, Bihar, who was believed to be as dead as a doornail by his family, was unexpectedly found relishing some mouthwatering momos in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Picture this: Nishant, the supposed "dead" man, was peacefully chomping on his momos …

BJP quips at Nitish as he skips Lalu's 76th birthday bash
1 year, 6 months ago

BJP quips at Nitish as he skips Lalu's 76th birthday bash

India Today  

Supporters of Lalu Prasad Yadav gathered outside Rabri Devi's official residence on Sunday to celebrate the 76th birthday of Rashtriya Janata Dal's founding president. The occasion saw the presence of several notable dignitaries, including Janata Dal United chief Lalan Singh and Bihar State Legislative Assembly speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary. However, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's absence was noticeable, even though …

Nitish seeks security for Bihar people living in violence-hit Manipur
1 year, 7 months ago

Nitish seeks security for Bihar people living in violence-hit Manipur

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the chief secretary to talk to his counterpart in violence-hit Manipur to provide adequate security to people from the state living there. He also asked the chief secretary to make arrangements for the safe return of those who are willing to come back to their native places in the eastern state. "The Chief …

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sidesteps query on fighting Lok Sabha poll
1 year, 7 months ago

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar sidesteps query on fighting Lok Sabha poll

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Ahead of the Lok Sabha Election 2024, questions are rising over the prime ministerial candidate representing the opposition. Along with Rahul Gandhi, Nitish Kumar can also contest as he is a grand old man of Bihar politics and has huge popularity. However, when about the possibility of him contesting the next year’s Lok Sabha poll from …

Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi, likely to meet non-BJP leaders
1 year, 8 months ago

Nitish Kumar leaves for Delhi, likely to meet non-BJP leaders

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar left for Delhi on Tuesday amid speculation that he will meet non-BJP leaders in an attempt to forge unity among the Opposition parties against the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Party sources told The Hindu that during his four-day visit to Delhi, Mr. Kumar is expected to …

'If Nitish Kumar Wants..' Bihar Ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi Bats For Son As Chief Minister
1 year, 10 months ago

'If Nitish Kumar Wants..' Bihar Ex-CM Jitan Ram Manjhi Bats For Son As Chief Minister

ABP News  

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha founder Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday again asserted that his son and current party president Santosh Kumar Suman is the perfect candidate for the post of Bihar CM if Nitish Kumar wants it that way. While showering praise on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Manjhi said his son Santosh will prove to …

Nitish Kumar makes veiled attack on RSS, PM Modi; says talks are all around about 'new father of modern India'
1 year, 11 months ago

Nitish Kumar makes veiled attack on RSS, PM Modi; says talks are all around about 'new father of modern India'

India TV News  

Nitish vs BJP: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, on Saturday, made a veiled attack on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Without taking the name of PM Modi, he said nowadays talks are all around about the "new father of modern India." Earlier on Friday, senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath claimed …

Nitish Kumar drops big hint, says next Bihar polls to be fought under Tejashwi
2 years ago

Nitish Kumar drops big hint, says next Bihar polls to be fought under Tejashwi

Hindustan Times  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday dropped further hints that he was looking forward to passing on the mantle to his young deputy Tejashwi Yadav, leaders emerging from a meeting of legislators of the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' said. File photo of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar The septuagenarian JD supremo, once again, ruled himself out as a prime ministerial candidate …

Nitish Kumar drops hints he may pass on mantle to Tejashwi Yadav
2 years ago

Nitish Kumar drops hints he may pass on mantle to Tejashwi Yadav

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on December 13, 2022 dropped further hints that he was looking forward to passing on the mantle to his young deputy Tejashwi Yadav, leaders emerging from a meeting of legislators of the ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' said. "The Chief Minister pointed towards Tejashwi ji and said he is the leader of the future, under whose leadership the …

'May be he wants to help BJP': Nitish Kumar's sharp swipe at Prashant Kishor
2 years, 3 months ago

'May be he wants to help BJP': Nitish Kumar's sharp swipe at Prashant Kishor

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, whose Delhi visit this week has brought the focus back on the opposition, on Wednesday took a sharp aim at his former colleague Prashant Kishor. In his push for the unity of the opposition, Nitish Kumar has held a flurry of meetings this week, including with the Congress’s Rahul Gandhi and Delhi chief minister Arvind …

Nitish Kumar on party MLA's objection to cabinet expansion: ‘Not possible…’
2 years, 4 months ago

Nitish Kumar on party MLA's objection to cabinet expansion: ‘Not possible…’

Hindustan Times  

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday hit back after one of his party colleagues expressed discontentment over the cabinet expansion carried out earlier this week. This was a day after JDU MLA Bima Bharti said she was upset with Leshi Singh of her party finding a spot in the state cabinet, yet again. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar with …

Bihar: Giriraj Singh digs up Lalu's old tweet on Nitish, says 'snake in your house'
2 years, 4 months ago

Bihar: Giriraj Singh digs up Lalu's old tweet on Nitish, says 'snake in your house'

India TV News  

Bihar: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday dug up an old tweet of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav where the latter had targeted Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. The BJP MP of Bihar's Begusarai shared a 2017 tweet of Lalu Yadav saying, "The snake has entered your house." In the 2017 tweet, the 74-year-old RJD president Lalu Prasad had …

Bihar Political Crisis: When Nitish Kumar said Lalu Yadav wanted to 'murder' him
2 years, 4 months ago

Bihar Political Crisis: When Nitish Kumar said Lalu Yadav wanted to 'murder' him

Firstpost  

The rift between the BJP-JD alliance in Bihar became evident after Nitish Kumar skipped a key meeting of the NITI Aayog, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday and JD leader RCP Singh tendered his resignation from the party New Delhi: All eyes are on political developments in Bihar, where the ruling NDA government seems to be on the …

Nitish Kumar-BJP tensions hitting peak? Key meeting today: 10 points
2 years, 4 months ago

Nitish Kumar-BJP tensions hitting peak? Key meeting today: 10 points

Hindustan Times  

Weeks after Maharashtra’s state politics captured the nation’s attention, Bihar is now in focus in the midst of buzz over tensions brewing between the Nitish Kumar-led JD and the BJP. Nitish Kumar’s absence from the NITI Aayog meeting on Sunday, which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggested that ties between the ruling coalition partners in the state were …

Nitish Kumar's unique record: To take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time in 22 years
2 years, 4 months ago

Nitish Kumar's unique record: To take oath as Bihar CM for 8th time in 22 years

India TV News  

Highlights Nitish Kumar snapped ties with BJP once again The BJP said that it followed the dharma of the alliance and didn't break it Nitish is once again set to take oath as Bihar Chief Minister with the support of RJD Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar on Tuesday resigned as Chief Minister again, after breaking ties with the BJP saying …

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar visits ailing Lalu Prasad at Patna hospital
2 years, 5 months ago

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar visits ailing Lalu Prasad at Patna hospital

The Hindu  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reached a private hospital in Patna to meet Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, 74, who was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit for health complications following a fractured shoulder. Mr. Prasad’s younger son and Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Assembly, Tejashwi Yadav, told media persons that his father’s condition was …

Why a 12-year-old’s Plea to CM Nitish Kumar in Viral Video Turned into A Political Tussle in Bihar
2 years, 7 months ago

Why a 12-year-old’s Plea to CM Nitish Kumar in Viral Video Turned into A Political Tussle in Bihar

News 18  

A 12-year-old boy is the latest sensation in Bihar politics. After a video of Sonu Kumar went viral on social media demanding education from the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, political leaders from across parties have lined up at the student’s home. There’s no proper education in government schools… My father drinks alcohol and toddy, the entire money goes for …

Nitish Kumar faces attack, is hit on shoulder; man caught
2 years, 8 months ago

Nitish Kumar faces attack, is hit on shoulder; man caught

Deccan Chronicle  

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was assaulted by a man at Bakhtiyarpur, his hometown, in Patna district on Sunday. The incident came to light when CCTV footage showed a man rushing towards the Chief Minister and hitting him on his shoulder. Terming the incident as a "major breach in Chief Minister's security cover" the JD's alliance BJP has demanded …

Nitish Kumar unhappy with PM Modi's cabinet reshuffle?
3 years, 5 months ago

Nitish Kumar unhappy with PM Modi's cabinet reshuffle?

India TV News  

By the looks of it, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar does not seem to be pleased with the cabinet reshuffle carried out by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Nitish Kumar, a day after RCP Singh become a Union minister, has so far not posted any congratulatory message for him on social media. Modi Cabinet Expansion: Full Coverage Political analysts believe that …

Nitish Kumar: Masterful craftsman of realpolitick who believes politics is the art of possible
4 years, 1 month ago

Nitish Kumar: Masterful craftsman of realpolitick who believes politics is the art of possible

India TV News  

"Politics is the art of the possible", German statesman Otto Von Bismarck once famously said. And who understands it better than Nitish Kumar, the modern-day craftsman of realpolitik, who has survived many a headwind to secure a fourth straight term as the Bihar chief minister despite his party finishing a poor third in the 243-member state assembly. Four years later …

Why Nitish Kumar is losing his 'Mr Cool' image during Bihar election campaign
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Nitish Kumar is losing his 'Mr Cool' image during Bihar election campaign

India Today  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has an image of maintaining his cool in the trickiest of situations. ‘Go and ask your father’ On Saturday, while addressing an election rally in Teghra in Begusarai, a section of the crowd raised pro Lalu Prasad Yadav slogans which angered Nitish and he reacted "Agal bagal dekh lo aur samajh lo, yeh jiske liye …

Fashion to tweet sitting at home, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to critics in last I-Day speech before polls
4 years, 4 months ago

Fashion to tweet sitting at home, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to critics in last I-Day speech before polls

India Today  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday expressed distress over "uninformed criticisms" faced by his government and stressed on the need to apprise people of the abysmal condition the state was in before he took over so that they had a better idea of his accomplishments. Addressing the Independence Day celebrations at the historic Gandhi Maidan, for the last time …

On top: The Hindu Editorial on Nitish Kumar’s re-election bid in Bihar
4 years, 5 months ago

On top: The Hindu Editorial on Nitish Kumar’s re-election bid in Bihar

The Hindu  

In the last 15 years, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been on the winning side in all elections, barring one to the Lok Sabha in 2014. Helped by an amoral agility and elastic ideological moorings, Mr. Kumar has outperformed expectations of political survival that his thin social base could yield in the normal course. Mr. Kumar’s claims of being …

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