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Man, who breached Nitish’s security, was job seeker
Patna: A man, who breached Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s security, was a job seeker from Munger district and wanted employment on compassionate grounds. After the man identified as Nitish Mandal entered…
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Bihar caste survey: SC defers hearing for August 18 on plea challenging Patna HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred for August 18 hearing on a plea challenging the Patna High Court’s August 1 order giving the go-ahead for a caste survey in Bihar.…
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Body of nurse ‘gang-raped’ by doctor, hosp staff found in Bihar
A nurse was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by staff of a private nursing home, including a doctor, in Bihar’s East Champaran district. Her body was found in an ambulance in Muzaffarpur. The…
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Field survey exercise of ongoing caste-based headcount in Bihar complete: Officials
Patna: The field survey exercise pertaining to the ongoing caste-based headcount survey in Bihar is complete now, officials said. District authorities across the state have intensified the process of digitally recording the…
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Bihar: AIMIM district president arrested for diesel theft
Patna: The police in Bihar’s Araria on Friday arrested the district President of AIMIM in connection with a diesel theft case. The accused has been identified as Rahmat Ali, who was arrested…
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Sonu Sood helps 65-year-old from Bihar to clear Rs 12 lakh debt
Mumbai: Bollywood actor and humanitarian Sonu Sood helped a 65-year-old man from Bihar to help him clear his debts. The man named Khilanand Jha travelled all the way to Mumbai only to…
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Bihar per capita income lower than Jharkhand, UP, Odisha, MP: CAG
Patna: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that the per capita income of Bihar is lower than its neighbours — Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. The…
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Cold drink bottle attached to patient in place of urine bag at Bihar hospital
Patna: A negligence on the part of the health department surfaced in Bihar’s Jamui district where the medical staff at the Sadar hospital attached a cold drink bottle to a patient instead…
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Minor girl gang raped for 28 days by 6 people in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Patna: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang raped for 28 days by six people in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, an official said. On the evening of August 5, the accused called the…
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SC to hear plea against Patna HC verdict upholding Bihar caste survey on Monday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition challenging the August 1 verdict of the Patna High Court which had upheld the validity of the caste survey…
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Caste-based politics overrides sub-national identity formation in Bihar
If you elaborate on sub-nationalism in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, these states have Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu languages dominating and that gives a sub-nationalist experience to those who…
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NIA files supplementary charge sheet against 4 in PFI Patna case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has filed a supplementary charge sheet against four arrested cadres of the Popular Front of India in a case related to the “unlawful and anti-national activities”…
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Bihar politicos squabble over Nitish contesting LS polls from UP
Patna: Fresh speculations of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar contesting Lok Sabha polls from adjoining BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have left the ruling Mahagathbandhan in Bihar and the saffron party, in opposition here, at…
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Petition filed in SC against Patna HC’s order on caste-based survey in Bihar
New Delhi: A petition was moved before the Supreme Court on Thursday against the recent order of the Patna High Court dismissing pleas challenging the caste-based survey in Bihar. The special leave…
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Patna HC rejects all petitions challenging caste survey in Bihar
Patna: The Patna High Court on Tuesday rejected all petitions challenging the caste survey ordered by the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, senior advocate Dinu Kumar, a counsel for one of the…