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Bihar: 5-year-old carries gun to school, shoots another student
Supaul (Bihar): A five-year-old boy in Bihar reached his school with a handgun on Wednesday and opened fire on another child, leaving the Class 3 student injured, police said. The shocking incident…
- India
SC refuses to stay HC order against 65% quota in Bihar
New Delhi: In a setback to the Bihar government, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court order setting aside the amended reservation laws in the state that…
- India
Bridge collapse incidents: SC seeks responses of Bihar, NHAI on PIL
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Bihar government and others, including the NHAI, on a PIL that raised concerns about the safety and longevity of bridges in…
- India
Prashant Kishor announces to launch political party on Oct 2
Patna: Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor announced on Sunday that he would launch a new political party on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on October 2. The most significant aspect of his annoucement…
- India
Man’s intestines bulge out as Bihar railway cops thrash passenger
Samastipur: Government Railway Police personnel brutally beat up a person on board a train in Bihar, causing his intestines to come out as stitches on a recent abdominal surgery got ruptured, an…
- India
Bihar: GRP officer thrashes youth, angry commuters vandalise station
A shocking incident of police brutality has come to light from Bihar where a 25-year-old Muslim youth was mercilessly beaten by a government Railway Police (GRP) officer. According to the reports, the…
- India
Bihar Appropriation Bill passed in assembly by voice vote
Patna: The Bihar Appropriation Bill, 2024 was passed in the state assembly on Thursday, clearing the deck for expenditure of Rs 47,512 crore from the treasury for the 2024-25 fiscal. The bill,…
- Politics
Woman MLA who faced CM Nitish’s ire in Assembly speaks up
New Delhi: Rekha Devi, an RJD MLA from Bihar, has criticised Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for treating a woman legislator with disrespect in the Vidhan Sabha. “All the coalition MLAs were protesting…
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Bihar Assembly passes bill to curb paper leaks, malpractices in exams
Patna: The Bihar assembly passed a bill on Wednesday aimed at curbing the scourge of question paper leaks and other malpractices in government recruitment examinations in the state. The Bihar Public Examinations…
- India
Video: ‘Mahila ho, kuch jaanti nahi…’, says Nitish Kumar to RJD MLA
Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on, Wednesday, July 24, sparked a fresh controversy when he made a disparaging comment on a woman MLA amid aggressive protests by the opposition members in…
- India
Bihar woman found dead with throat slit in Bengaluru, police suspect murder
Bengaluru: A woman from Bihar was found dead with her throat slit in a paying guest accommodation at Koramangala here on Wednesday, police said. Police said it appeared to be a case…
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‘Kursi Bachao budget’ of ‘Naidu-Nitish dependent alliance’: Telangana CM Revanth
Hyderabad: Calling the Union budget 2024 as a “Kursi Bachao Budget of the Naidu-Nitish Dependent Alliance (NDA),” Telangana chief minister A Revanth Reddy alleged that it was a quid pro quo arrangement,…
- India
Very little to cheer about in Budget; only Bihar, Andhra gained: Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday criticised the Central government over the Union Budget, saying that there was very “little to cheer about” in the Budget as it has failed…
- India
Budget 2024-25: Centre proposes Rs 26,000 crore for road projects in Bihar
New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday proposed an outlay of Rs 26,000 crore for various road projects in Bihar. In her Budget for 2024-25, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the Union government…
- India
Centre’s ‘no’ to special status for Bihar evokes cryptic response from Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday came out with a cryptic response to the Centre’s refusal to grant special category status to the state. Kumar, whose JD (U) is a…