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  Will become Modi supporter if he grants special status: Manjhi

  Politics | November 15, 2014 20:12 IST

  Barh(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'

  Politics | November 15, 2014 11:59 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 14, 2014 15:56 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | December 27, 2014 11:59 IST

  New 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

  Politics | November 13, 2014 16:20 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 12, 2014 15:48 IST

  Bettiah/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'

  Politics | November 10, 2014 16:51 IST

  Patna:  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)

  Politics | November 08, 2014 16:34 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 08, 2014 8:25 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 07, 2014 17:13 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 06, 2014 16:04 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 06, 2014 15:54 IST

  Patna:  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

  Politics | November 05, 2014 23:25 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 05, 2014 21:37 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | November 02, 2014 8:08 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | October 31, 2014 15:50 IST

  Patna/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 | October 26, 2014 13:44 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | October 25, 2014 18:02 IST

  Patna: 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

  Politics | October 18, 2014 8:17 IST

  Motihari: 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 | October 16, 2014 14:33 IST

  Patna/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