Page 22 - Latest Updates on Nitish Kumar
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to tender resignation by Sunday morning: Report
Prior to putting in his papers, Kumar, the JD(U) president, will hold a customary meeting of the legislature party.
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People may not consider it appropriate: Cong on Nitish's imminent switch
He also exuded confidence that the Congress MLAs would not switch and stay united, asserting that "no one will be able to take even a twig away from the Congress"
 "People may not consider it appropriate: Cong on Nitish's imminent switch")
INDIA bloc on verge of collapse, Cong insulted Nitish Kumar: K C Tyagi
Kumar never hankered after a position in the alliance but a section of the Congress leadership repeatedly insulted him, Tyagi said
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Chirag Paswan meets Amit Shah; BJP, RJD, JDU hold separate meetings
BJP National President JP Nadda was also present at the meeting at Shah's residence today
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BJP will form government in Bihar in 2025: Union Minister Giriraj Singh
The Union Minister also said that BJP has no role in the current political development between RJD and JD(U)
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Baghel appointed Cong senior observer in Bihar amid political turmoil
This comes amid speculation that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar may rejoin the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
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BJP central leadership monitoring situation in Bihar: Giriraj Singh
Senior BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said "politics is about probabilities"
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BJP calls meeting of party MPs, MLAs, Cong leaders to meet in Purnea
Amid the turmoil in Bihar's ruling 'Mahagathbandhan', the opposition BJP has called a meeting of its MPs and MLAs on Saturday apparently to discuss the upcoming Lok Sabha polls
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22 IAS, 79 IPS, 45 Bihar Administrative Service officers transferred
The Bihar government on Friday transferred 22 IAS, 79 IPS and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers
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BJP calls meeting of party MPs, MLAs in Patna amid turmoil in Bihar
The BJP leaders on Friday dropped major hints about Kumar's reported discussions with the party's senior leaders
Nitish Kumar turns up at Raj Bhavan high tea on R-Day, Tejashwi skips
The seat next to that of Kumar was occupied by senior JD(U) leader and minister Ashok Kumar Choudhary who removed the slip said to be bearing the name of Yadav before occupying the chair
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Bihar coalition govt on tenterhooks amid rumours of Nitish returning to NDA
The trouble was out in the open when Kumar attended the high tea ceremony held at the Raj Bhavan here on the occasion of the Republic Day but his deputy Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD skipped the function
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Nitish's ties with INDIA bloc worsen, Sushil Modi hints at coalition
They open and close as per the necessity, he said, when asked about the party's earlier stand that its doors were closed for Kumar forever after he snapped ties with the BJP in August 2022
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JDU chief Nitish Kumar will soon return to BJP-led NDA: Jitan Ram Majhi
Earlier in the day, Manjhi had said that the 'grand alliance' government in Bihar would not remain intact
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Doors never permanently closed: Sushil Modi on Nitish Kumar's return to NDA
After Nitish Kumar split away from the NDA in 2022, the BJP said that its doors w ere permanently closed to Bihar's longest-serving chief minister
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Firmly with INDIA bloc but would like Congress to do introspection: JD(U)
State JD(U) president Umesh Singh Kushwaha made the statement, refuting rumours that his party, headed by the chief minister, was thinking of a return to the BJP-led NDA
 "Firmly with INDIA bloc but would like Congress to do introspection: JD(U)")
Book on life, legacy of 'Jan nayak' Karpoori Thakur to hit stands in May
A new book on the life and legacy of former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur, commemorating the birth centenary of the political luminary, will hit the stands in May, Penguin announced
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar unfurls national tricolour on 75th Republic Day
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday unfurled the national flag at his residence in Patna, on the occasion of the 75th Republic Day
Political turmoil in Bihar, Chirag Paswan postpones his R-Day programmes
As the speculations ran rife over a rift in the ruling Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance), the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) went into a huddle at state headquarters
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Will he, won't he? Buzz on Nitish Kumar's BJP return amid INDIA rift
Union Home Minister Amit Shah himself sounded more open to such a possibility in a recent interview