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Is there any study to show liquor consumption reduced after prohibition, SC asks Bihar govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday queried the Bihar government whether there is a study or any empirical data to show reduction in liquor consumption in the state after enactment of…
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Man arrested for threatening to blow up Patna airport in hoax call
Patna: Samastipur police arrested a person in connection with a threat call to bomb Patna airport on Wednesday. The accused is identified as Sudhanshu Kumar alias Mukund. Samastipur police also seized the…
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Tejashwi leaves ED headquarters after 8 hrs questioning in ‘land for jobs’ case
New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday left the Enforcement Directorate headquarters here after being questioned for eight hours in connection with the alleged land for job case involving…
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Bihar’s Covid vaccination to continue without Centre’s aid: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that his government will purchase vaccines to continue the Covid vaccination drive in the state, even if it does not get the Centre’s…
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Post Iftar party in Bihar, Owaisi takes dig at Nitish, Tejashwi over riots
Patna: A day after Iftar party held at former chief minister Rabri Devi’s residence in Patna, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi lashed out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav.…
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Minor girl raped in Bihar’s Purnea, clay and sand inserted in genitals
Patna: A 10-year-old girl was raped in Bihar’s Purnea district on Sunday, and the accused also put clay and sand in the victim’s genitals later, police said. The incident occurred in a…
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To retain pole position in 2024, BJP can’t ignore small parties in Bihar
Patna: The 2024 Lok Sabha elections may be contested between the Mahagathbandhan and the BJP in Bihar, but the importance of smaller parties cannot be ruled out. The political leaders know this…
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Nitish refuses to join issue with Pawar on Adani
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday refused to join the issue with NCP president Sharad Pawar, who has caused a flutter with a contrarian stance on the opposition’s demand for…
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Seven charged with communal violence surrender before Bihar police
Patna: Fearing attachment of their property, seven people, accused of communal violence during Ram Navami in Bihar’s Nalanda district, on Saturday surrendered before police. As soon as the district administration initiated the…
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AIMIM Bihar chief stopped from visiting Ram Navami violence-hit areas
Days after of Ram Navami communal clashes in Bihar Sharif, the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) group led by its Bihar unit president Akhtarul Iman tried to visit the violence-hit area in…
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Nitish praises BJP MLC Shahnawaz Hussain in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has praised senior BJP leader and MLC Shahnawaz Hussain during the inauguration of an ethanol plant in Muzaffarpur. While addressing a gathering during the inauguration on…
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TN: OpIndia’s CEO, editor summoned over fake news on migrant workers killing
The CEO of right-wing media OpIndia Rahul Roushan and editor-in-chief Nupur J Sharma have been summoned by the Tamil Nadu police in relation to spreading fake news on the plight of Bihar…
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‘Apologise’: SC to BJP leader for fake news on killings of Bihar migrant workers in TN
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson, Prashant Umrao, to tender an apology for spreading rumours and fake news on the killings of Bihar migrant workers in…
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Bihar riots were orchestrated, culprits will be exposed soon: Nitish
Patna: With the dust settling on communal disturbances in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday rejected charges of administrative laxity and vented spleen against Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the…
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Bihar’s people will straighten those who want to hang people upside down: Tejashwi
Patna: Bihar’s Deputy Chief minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday slammed Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his statement of hanging people, behind the recent violence “upside down”. “The people of Bihar will…