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Huge jump in Scheduled Castes, and not Muslim, population in Bihar
The most surprising aspect of the Bihar Caste Survey is that the population of the Scheduled Castes—undoubtedly the weakest of all the social groups–witnessed a huge jump when compared to the 2011…
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Bihar: All-party meet welcomes caste survey, BJP says there are irregularities
Patna: Bihar’s all party meeting, which was called by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, has welcomed the caste based survey released by the Bihar government. However, BJP said that there appear…
- India
Transgenders not happy with caste survey in Bihar, calls it ‘fake’
Patna: After Bihar on Monday became the first state in the country to release data from a caste-based survey, the transgender community in the state has expressed its displeasure over the report.…
- India
Bihar: Violent communal clash rocks Gopalganj, several injured
Communal clashes erupted between two groups in Bihar’s Gopalganj district during Mahavir Akhara procession on Sunday, October 1. The incident took place near a mosque in Chiktoli area which falls under the…
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Giriraj Singh terms Bihar govt’s caste-based survey as false
Patna: Hours after Bihar became the first state in the country to release data from a caste-based survey, senior BJP leader and Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday put a question mark…
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OBCs, EBCs comprise over 63% of Bihar’s population: Caste survey
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Monday released findings of its much-awaited caste survey, which revealed that OBCs and EBCs constitute a whopping 63 per cent of the state’s total…
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Bihar: Dalit driver lynched after accident on Patna’s outskirts
Patna: The driver of a pick-up van was beaten to death on Patna’s outskirts on Sunday after he mowed down a three-year-old girl, police said. The incident was reported from Sogahi Kushpur…
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Passenger ‘misbehaves’ on IndiGo flight from Hyderabad to Patna
Patna: A ‘disabled’ passenger was detained for allegedly “misbehaving” and “locking himself” inside a bathroom onboard an Indigo Hyderabad-Patna flight following a complaint against him by the crew, officials said. The alleged…
- India
NCSC member questions working style of Patna Police in Khusrupur urination case
Patna: A team of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) raised questions over the working style of Patna Police in the Khusrupur incident, where a Dalit woman was stripped, and brutally…
- India
Bihar: 6 men gang-rape minor girl near Patna; accused held
Patna: A 14-year-old girl was gang raped by six men in a village on the outskirts of Patna, police said, adding that three of the accused have been arrested. According to the…
- India
Bihar CM makes surprise check on ministers, finds several missing from office
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday conducted surprise checks at various ministries and found a majority of ministers and Additional Chief Secretaries (ACS) and Secretaries coming late or absent. When…
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Bihar: Urination on Dalit women’s mouth could not be established during probe, say cops
Patna: Two days after a Dalit woman alleged that she was stripped, assaulted and urinated on her mouth by a moneylender and his associates in Bihar’s Patna district apparently for complaining to…
- India
Bihar: Dalit woman stripped, thrashed, and urinated on by creditor, CM assures action
Patna: A Dalit woman was allegedly stripped, assaulted and urinated on her mouth by a moneylender and his associates in Bihar’s Patna district apparently for complaining to the police about his “unjustified”…
- India
Nitish rubbishes speculations of JD(U)’s return to NDA
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday rubbished speculations in a section of the media about his party JD(U)’s return to the BJP-led NDA, with which it snapped ties around a…
- India
Over 230 people booked for damaging Shivling in Bihar’s Begusarai
Patna: Police in Bihar’s Begusarai registered 30 named and over 200 unnamed FIRs in connection with damaging the Shivling at a temple in the district and have arrested 12 accused so far,…