Jitan Rammanjhi
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Will become Modi supporter if he grants special status: Manjhi
National | Nov 15, 2014, 08:12 PM ISTBarh(Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he was ready to become the support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi if he granted special category status to the state and fulfilled other long pending
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'Modi government paying attention to power-starved eastern states'
National | Nov 15, 2014, 11:59 AM ISTPatna: Keeping politics at bay, the Narendra Modi government is paying special attention towards eastern states, including Bihar, for improving power situation, Union Minister for Power Piyush Goyal said today.“We have clear cut instruction from
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Protests in JD(U) over Manjhi's upper castes remark intensifies
National | Nov 14, 2014, 03:56 PM ISTPatna: Protests within the ruling JD(U) over Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remarks that the upper caste people were foreigners intensified today with another legislator seeking removal of Manjhi as CM.A day after
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Read 10 funny remarks made by Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi
National | Dec 27, 2014, 11:59 AM ISTNew Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has developed the knack to make headlines for all wrong reasonsHe has been making controversial remarks on a regular basis.His remarks have embarrassed his party Janata Dal
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Manjhi's remarks on upper castes evoke sharp criticism
National | Nov 13, 2014, 04:20 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's controversial remarks that the upper caste people were foreigners today evoked sharp criticism from his own party with a JD(U) MLA Anant Singh demanding his resignation.In another snub,
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Manjhi dubs upper caste people as foreigners, BJP slams comment
National | Nov 12, 2014, 03:48 PM ISTBettiah/Patna: Stirring yet another controversy, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has termed upper caste people as “foreigners and descendants of Aryan race”, a remark for which the BJP has slammed him for “stoking caste
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Jitan Ram Manjhi empathises with Shiv Sena, says BJP is 'unreliable'
National | Nov 10, 2014, 04:51 PM ISTPatna: With the BJP and Shiv Sena on the verge of ending their 25-year-old relationship, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today empathised with the Maharashtra party and described BJP as an “unreliable” partner.Manjhi justified
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'Misunderstanding' between Manjhi and Nitish ends: JD(U)
National | Nov 08, 2014, 04:34 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish Kumar have resolved through talks the “misunderstanding” triggered by some recent utterances of the CM, a senior JD(U) leader said today.“It was an open
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Jitan Ram Manjhi meets Nitish Kumar to ease out tension
National | Nov 08, 2014, 08:25 AM ISTPatna: Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi yesterday met JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and had discussions amid reports of "power tussle" between him and five ministers.Manjhi reached Kumar's 7, Circular Road residence and was engaged in
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Manjhi to push for international status to Patna Book Fair
National | Nov 07, 2014, 05:13 PM ISTPatna: Inaugurating the 21st Patna Book Fair (PBF) at Gandhi Maidan here, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said that he will seek the Centre's help to make the fair an international affair.“I will
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CM's resignation demanded on moral ground
National | Nov 06, 2014, 04:04 PM ISTPatna: Slamming Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for appointing his close kin as personal staff as a ‘highly immoral, unethical and unconstitutional step', the BJP today sought his resignation on moral ground and proposed
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Bihar: Manjhi blames Cabinet department for appointment controversy
National | Nov 06, 2014, 03:54 PM ISTPatna: In the eye of the storm over the controversial appointment of his son-in-law as his Personal Assistant (PA), Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he was not aware of the rules and
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Manjhi's son-in-law resigns after appointed as CM's PA
National | Nov 05, 2014, 11:25 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was today at the centre of a controversy over appointment of his son-in-law Devendra Kumar as his personal assistant, evoking sharp criticism following which Kumar resigned from the
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Manjhi appoints son in law as PA
National | Nov 05, 2014, 09:37 PM ISTPatna: In a controversial action, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has appointed his son-in-law as his Personal Assistant (PA) allegedly violating a rule and another kin as personal staff.As per a notification of the
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Nitish, Manjhi cannot go together: Paswan
National | Nov 02, 2014, 08:08 AM ISTPatna: Amid reports of differences between Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor Nitish Kumar, LJP has accused Kumar of making mockery of a mahadalit Chief Minister and said the two could not
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Jitan Ram Manjhi denies 'differences' with Nitish
National | Oct 31, 2014, 03:50 PM ISTPatna/Gaya: Amid reports of growing distance between Jitan Ram Manjhi and Nitish Kumar, the Bihar Chief Minister today dismissed claims that he had any “difference” with his predecessor and blamed media for “triggering a controversy
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Jitan Ram Manjhi reviews preparations for Chhath festival
India | Oct 26, 2014, 01:44 PM ISTPatna: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today directed cleanliness and electricity supply at river embankments and related water bodies among various other measures for the two-day ‘Çhhath' festival next week.He also asked the officials
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Nitish to hold 'Sampark Yatra' across Bihar from Nov 13
National | Oct 25, 2014, 06:02 PM ISTPatna: Senior JD(U) leader and former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's ‘Sampark Yatra' from November 13, apparently to launch campaign for the Assembly polls next year, will be a whirlwind tour where he will address
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Jitan Ram Manjhi threatens to chop off hands of negligent doctors
National | Oct 18, 2014, 08:17 AM ISTMotihari: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi gave a warning to doctors that stern action would be taken against those found ‘playing with the (lives of the) poor'.Manjhi was addressing a public meeting after inaugurating
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Jitan Ram Manjhi orders speedy trial in Dalit boy's murder case
India | Oct 16, 2014, 02:33 PM ISTPatna/Sasaram: Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today ordered speedy trial into the burning of a 15-year old Dalit boy at a village in Bihar's Rohtas district.Manjhi said he had spoken to Director General of