Nitish returns as Bihar CM

Patna, Feb 22 , 2015: Nitish Kumar onSunday returned as the chief minister of Bihar, nine months after he resigned following his party's massive defeat in the 2014 general elections. He said he will speed up development work initiated by him earlier. The 66-year-old Janata Dal-United leader was administered the oath of office as the 24th chief minister of Bihar by Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi. Along with Nitish Kumar, 22 ministers also took oath at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan here.