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.
Read MoreAccording to reports, the explosion took place just 15 to 18 feet away from where CM Nitish Kumar was present during a function in his home district Nalanda.
Several netizens took a dig at Tej Pratap for the post as few years ago, he had stood outside Rabri Devi's residence with a placard reading "No entry for Nitish Chacha."
The chief minister started off as an MLA in the early 1980s, got elected to the Lok Sabha thereafter for a number of terms during which he also served as a Union minister for many years and has been an MLC since becoming the chief minister in 2005.
Nitish Kumar said people consume hooch despite knowing that liquor consumption is harmful. He said they are responsible for the consequences, not the government.
Rabri Devi made the comment while lambasting the BJP-JDU dispensation for alleged failure to maintain law and order situation in Bihar.
After the Bihar Prohibition and Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2022, gets the governor’s approval, first-time offenders will get bail from the duty magistrate after depositing a fine. However, if the person fails to pay it, he or she is liable to face a one-month jail term.
JD-U leader Deepak Mehta was gunned down outside his home in Danapur by unidentified bike-borne assailants. They had opened fire on him indiscriminately.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday sacked Mukesh Sahni the minister for fisheries and animal husbandry from his cabinet.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was punched by a man in Patna's Bakhtiyarpur when the CM was garlanding the idol of Sheelbhadra Yaji installed in the Community Health Center.
A lot is being read into the “body language” of Kumar at the glittering ceremony. His photographs, greeting the PM with folded hands and bending at his waist, have been lapped up by the opposition in Bihar.
Mukesh Sahani rubbished claims by the BJP that during his hurried induction into the NDA ahead of the 2020 assembly polls, a deal was struck that he will merge his VIP within six months.
Nearly 12 hours after a massive fire tragedy at a scrap godown in Hyderabad killed 11 people, all hailing from Bihar, the Nitish government appeared to be in a slumber.
According to a notification issued by the state home department, Ranjan Kumar, the sub-divisional police officer of Lakhisarai, has been transferred to Areraj in East Champaran in the same rank.
The incident is likely to add to the already tense relationship between the NDA partners Bharatiya Janata Party and Nitish's Janata Dal-United in Bihar.
Ramsurat Kumar told the Assembly that Bihar will be 1st state in India where people will get facility of doorstep delivery of digitized land documents and all preparations have been made for launching the facility.
The apex court has said why it should not pursue a contempt of court case against the Bihar government which did not follow the top court's direction and appointed Singhal as the DGP.
The tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind ends in July. The electoral college comprises members of both Houses of Parliament besides legislative assemblies of states and union territories.
Kumar, however, played down the meeting, saying their ties are old and not much should be read into the meeting.
Channi courted controversy during a rally in poll-bound Punjab by asking people not to let the "bhaiyas" of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi "rule" the state.
The police resorted to lathi-charge (Baton charge), water cannon to control the protesters. LJP workers were marching towards Raj Bhavan when they were stopped by police.
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