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Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar

Height: 1.73m DOB: 1 March 1951

Nitish Kumar is the Chief Minister of Bihar. He also served as a minister in the Union Government and belongs to the Janata Dal (United) political party. Owning responsibility for his party's poor performance in the 2014 general elections, on 17 May 2014, he resigned. However, in February 2015, he returned to office following a political crisis in the state. In November 2015, he won the state elections. On 10 April 2016, Nitish Kumar was elected as the national president of his party. On 26 July 2017, he resigned again as Chief Minister of Bihar over differences with the coalition partner RJD. Naming of Tejaswi Yadav (the deputy CM and Lalu Yadav's son) in an FIR by the CBI was the main cause of Kumar’s resignation. However, within hours, he joined the NDA coalition and secured a majority in the assembly. The very next day, he was CM, again. He belongs to a socialist class of politicians and learnt the lessons of politics from stalwarts like Jayaprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohia. Between 1974 and 1977, he participated in Narayan's movement. Early life: Nitish Kumar was born in Harnaut, Nalanda district of Bihar. From Bihar College of Engineering, he got a degree in mechanical engineering in 1972. After graduation, he joined the Bihar State Electricity Board and later moved into politics.

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VIDEO: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar offers ‘chadar’ at Khanquah Mujibiya Dargah in Patna on Eid-e-Milad

Sep 29, 2023, 11:57 AM IST

Eid-e-Milad commemorates Prophet Muhammad’s birth anniversary. Muslims who follow the Sufi or Barelvi school of thought observe the feast in Rabi’ al-awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar.

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'Not living in British era': Bihar CM Nitish Kumar displeased with use of English signboard

Sep 28, 2023, 07:02 AM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was in Banka district after the inspection of a bridge in Jamui that got damaged after heavy rainfall last week, inaugurated the digital library. After the board of a digital library was found written in English, he asked the officials to change it.

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'I'm at your office, where are you?': Nitish Kumar calls minister during surprise inspection

Sep 27, 2023, 01:52 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a surprise visit to the secretariat and found out that most of the ministers were not present in their offices. The development has come at a time when speculations are on rise that he may once again switch sides.

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Is Nitish trying to re-enter the NDA by attending the Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary event?

India | Sep 26, 2023, 12:48 PM IST

Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) snapped ties with the saffron party and walked out of the NDA in August 2022.

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Nitish Kumar attends Deendayal Upadhyaya's birth anniversary event, sparks buzz

Sep 25, 2023, 12:52 PM IST

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's attendance at the Deendayal Upadhyaya birth anniversary event in Patna has led to various questions and speculations of his return to NDA.

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Suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar leaves two dead, many lost eyesight | DETAILS

Sep 24, 2023, 04:05 PM IST

Bihar: Notably, sale and consumption of liquor was completely banned in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in 2016. Yet, many cases of hooch tragedy have been reported from the dry states in recent years.

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Nitish Kumar's video of holding Bihar Cabinet minister's neck goes viral | WATCH

Sep 18, 2023, 05:45 PM IST

After offering their tributes, Nitish Kumar, accompanied by his Deputy CM and ministers, approached the journalists for a brief interaction.

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'I am in support of journalists': Nitish Kumar reacts to I.N.D.I.A bloc’s boycott of news anchors

India | Sep 18, 2023, 03:46 PM IST

The I.N.D.I.A bloc’s working group on media on Thursday put out a list of 14 TV anchors on whose shows the constituents would not send their representatives.

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'Home Minister knows nothing about Bihar, India', says Nitish Kumar while reacting to Shah's rally

Sep 16, 2023, 09:46 PM IST

Bihar: Rebutting Amit Shah's charge of misgovernance in the state, Kumar said, "he knows nothing about Bihar and the work we have been doing here. He does not know anything about the country either".

OPINION | PATHETIC CONDITIONS OF GOVT SCHOOLS IN BIHAR

OPINION | PATHETIC CONDITIONS OF GOVT SCHOOLS IN BIHAR

India | Sep 14, 2023, 05:51 PM IST

Girl students who were not attending school, because of lack of proper facilities, were taking private tuitions, but after the circular was issued, they had to attend school.

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Bihar: Enforcement Directorate arrests JDU MLC Radha Charan Shah in money laundering case

Sep 14, 2023, 08:10 AM IST

The JD-U leader was arrested after sleuths of the central probe agency concluded the day-long search operations at his premise in Ara.

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Bihar government asks 81,000 farmers to return ineligible PM-Kisan benefits

Sep 10, 2023, 11:48 PM IST

The ineligible farmers in Bihar were found to be income tax payees since 2020. The other reasons for ineligibility include being government employees, pensioners, and beneficiaries of other government schemes such as MNREGA.

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G20: PM Modi introduces Nitish Kumar, Hemant Soren to US President Biden at gala dinner

India | Sep 10, 2023, 01:08 PM IST

The government had sent an invitation to the chief ministers of all the states to take part in the gala dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, which took place in ‘Bharat Mandapam’ in New Delhi, the venue for the G20 Summit.

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Bihar: Case filed against CM Nitish Kumar over 243 deaths in hooch tragedies despite liquor ban

Sep 09, 2023, 10:12 AM IST

Advocate Sushil Kumar Singh has filed a case of culpable homicide in connection with the deaths of 243 people due to consuming spurious liquor. The lawyer has based his case on government statistics related to deaths caused by alcohol consumption.

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Bihar: After garbage, toilet construction scam surfaces in Kaimur, payments made to over 270 fake ac

Sep 07, 2023, 07:43 PM IST

According to reports, the payments were allegedly made to 273 fake beneficiaries who were not involved in the construction process of the toilets.

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Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar slips, security personnel come to rescue, VIDEO goes viral

Sep 05, 2023, 02:54 PM IST

The CM had gone to Patna University to attend the Teacher's Day programme where he collapsed during the inauguration of the program.

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Bihar: RCP Singh's aide shot at in Nalanda, victim alleges shooter from JDU

Sep 04, 2023, 07:44 AM IST

Former Union Minister RCP Singh's close relative was allegedly shot at in his village Dharhara in Nalanda district. However, his condition was stable and he was referred to Patna.

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Special session of Parliament could be precursor to early Lok Sabha elections: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

Sep 02, 2023, 10:08 AM IST

Special session of Parliament: Parliament, which was last month adjourned sine die after the monsoon session, will meet from September 18 to 22 for a special session of which the Centre has not made public the agenda.

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I.N.D.I.A to contest 'Lok Sabha polls together as far as possible', forms 13-member team

India | Sep 02, 2023, 07:13 PM IST

It was also decided that seat sharing formulae will be finalised by September 30 by INDIA bloc coordination committee, sources said.

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Bihar: 'Hindus will be hurt', BJP attacks Nitish government after holidays of teachers shortened

Aug 30, 2023, 12:33 PM IST

As per the official release, the number of festive holidays in government schools has been reduced to 11 that were 23 between September to December.

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