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Will take time to provide jobs to the unemployed: Nitish Kumar
Patna: Bihar’s Education Minister Chandrashekher Yadav on Monday said that the Nitish Kumar government will give jobs to unemployed persons but it will take some time. Interacting with media persons here, he…
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Bihar: Liquor mafia attacks police in Siwan, five injured
Patna: Five police personnel were injured after a gang of liquor mafia attacked them in Bihar’s Siwan district, police said on Monday. The injured police personnel were part of a team headed by…
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BJP discusses strategies for 2023 Bengal rural polls
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday held a brainstorming session here to discuss strategies for next year’s panchayat election in West Bengal. Senior leader Amit Malviya, Bengal minder Sunil Bansal, observers Mangal Pandey,…
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Manoj Bajpayee meets Lalu, calls him ”real hero”
Patna: “You are our real hero”, Bihar’s most colourful politician Lalu Prasad was told here by actor Manoj Bajpayee, a son of the soil whose critical and commercial success is a stuff…
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Bihar: Four arrested in connection with Begusarai mass shooting
Begusarai: Four people were arrested on Friday in connection with the Begusarai mass shooting in Bihar, in which one person was killed and 11 others were critically injured, police said. A 30-year-old…
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Spl status for all backward states if non-BJP alliance comes to power at Centre: Nitish
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is trying to forge “opposition unity” after walking out of the NDA, on Thursday promised special category status, which he has been demanding for his…
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Prashant Kishor meets Nitish Kumar amid speculation over 2024 bid
Patna: Poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor, who was giving statements against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar till last week, met him on the dinner table in the latter’s official residence, sources said on…
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Begusarai shooting: 5 detained, 7 cops suspended for laxity
Patna: A day after unidentified criminals went on an indiscriminate shooting spree across Bihar’s Begusarai district, killing one and injuring 10 others, police have detained five persons on Wednesday. Begusari’s Superintendent of…
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Bihar: 8-yr-old Muslim boy accused of rioting bailed after 4 days in custody
Eight-year-old, Rizwan Qureshi, arrested alongside his grandfather following communal violence that erupted on Saturday, September 10, during a Mahavir Akhara procession in Bihar’s Siwan district, was granted bail on Wednesday after nearly…
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Pavan Varma meets Nitish but keeps cards close to his chest
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems intent on mending fences with estranged former colleagues as part of the spadework for posing a credible challenge to the BJP’s national hegemony. Kumar received…
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Giriraj Singh elated over Gyanvapi order, seeks madarsa survey in Bihar too
Patna: Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday expressed elation over a Varanasi court rejecting a plea questioning the maintainability of a prayer seeking permission for Hindus to pray at the Gyanvapi complex.…
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Bihar min’s reported outbursts on corruption embarrasses Nitish govt
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was left embarrassed on Tuesday over the reported candid admission of rampant corruption by the state’s Minister for Agriculture Sudhakar Singh. Singh, whose remarks at…
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When will our Rizwan be released?: Owaisi asks Bihar CM, Dy CM on 8-year-old’s arrest
AIMIM chief and Hyderabad Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday asked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav when the eight-year-old minor boy Rizwan Qureshi, who was arrested…
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Muslim children paying price for Advani’s arrest in 1990: Owaisi
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi condemned the arrest of eight-year-old Rizwan and 70-year-old Yasin in Bihar’s Siwan following communal violence during a Mahavir Akhara procession. The procession, which passed near a mosque, was…
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Eight-year-old Muslim boy arrested after communal violence erupts in Bihar’s Siwan
Communal violence erupted on Thursday, September 10, during a Mahavir Akhara procession in Bihar’s Siwan district, prompting the arrest of a 70-year-old man and an eight-year-old Muslim minor boy along with many…