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Advances free, fair polls: SC upholds Election Commission’s SIR drive
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, May 27, gave its stamp of approval to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls – a large-scale exercise to…
- India
Supreme Court to pronounce verdict on Bihar SIR challenge on Wednesday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to deliver its judgement on Wednesday on a batch of petitions challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. The pleas have…
- India
Abbu, ladai ho gayi: Bihar youth goes missing after sending distress message
Gopalganj: A 20-year-old Muslim has reportedly gone missing, with his last message from the Purvanchal Express Train to his father pointing to a case of assault. The missing youth, identified as Faizan…
- Hyderabad
CPI (Maoist) Central Committee member surrenders before Telangana DGP
Hyderabad: In a further setback to the outlawed Communist Party of India (Maoist), Central Committee member Pasunuri Narahari, alias Santosh, surrendered before Telangana Director General of Police CV Anand in Hyderabad on…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking ban on child employment in orchestras, spas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, sought responses from the Centre, child rights body NCPCR, and the NHRC on a PIL seeking an absolute ban on the employment of…
- India
Bihar: Muslim man dies after mob attack, FIR filed 10 days later
Bihar: A 66-year-old Muslim man, who was attacked by an angry mob of the Lohar community in Bihar‘s Madhubani district, succumbed to his injuries after ten days. The incident occurred on May…
- India
Youth booked after video of drinking beer while taking bath in Ganga goes viral
Varanasi: A Bihar-based youth was booked here on Friday, May 22, after a video of him purportedly drinking beer while taking a bath in the Ganga river went viral on social media,…
- India
Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari holds first ‘janata darbar’ after becoming CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, May 18, held his first ‘janata darbar’ after assuming office, hearing people’s demands and grievances at a BJP office here. Adhikari, who took…
- India
Massive fire erupts in passenger train in Bihar
Patna: A massive fire broke out in one of the coaches of a passenger train bound for Patna. No injuries have been reported, officials said on Monday, May 18. The incident occurred…
- Hate Crime
Bihar: Cow vigilante group assault Muslim men over ‘beef transport’
Siwan: In another case of cow vigilantism, members of Gau Raksha Dal allegedly captured and assaulted three Muslim men over suspicions of transporting beef in Bihar’s Siwan district. A video of the…
- Bangalore
Bihar woman shares ‘scary’ Bengaluru cab experience after airport ride turns tense
Bengaluru: A woman from Bihar has shared a disturbing cab experience she allegedly faced in Bengaluru while travelling to the airport, with her video now going viral on social media and triggering…
- Telangana
Telangana police nab three in PMJ robbery, say mastermind planned heist from jail
Hyderabad: Telangana police have arrested three members of the notorious Subodh Singh gang in the daylight robbery in a jewellery shop in Karimnagar town, Karimnagar Police Commissioner Gaush Alam announced the breakthrough…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two Biharis held in Kondapur ganja bust, 2.4 kg seized
Hyderabad: Acting on a tip-off that ganja was being sold behind the Kondapur RTO office, the State Excise Task Force conducted a raid led by team leader Anji Reddy. During the operation, authorities…
- India
UP Police to initiate legal action in killing of Bihar imam Tousif Raza
Bareilly: Necessary legal action will be taken regarding the killing of the 30-year-old cleric, Maulana Tousif Raza Mazhari, the Uttar Pradesh Police said late on Thursday, April 30, after receiving a complaint…
- Hate Crime
Bihar imam beaten, thrown from train; wife claims killed over appearance
Bareilly: A 30-year-old cleric was killed after he was allegedly beaten and thrown off a moving train on Sunday, April 26, near the Bareilly Railway Station in Uttar Pradesh. The deceased, Maulana…