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Nitish launches electric bus service in Bihar
Patna: Public transport in Bihar is all set to grow environment-friendly and make use of sustainable energy with the launch of electric buses here on Tuesday by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.…
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Tejashwi raises Sitamarhi encounter in Assembly, hits out at govt
Patna: The Bihar government is on the backfoot after an encounter with the liquor mafia in Sitamarhi district on Wednesday claimed the life of a sub-inspector while a guard sustained…
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Nitish Kumar repeats need for sub-quotas for EBCs
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday reiterated the need for a separate sub-quota for the extremely backward classes in reservation for OBCs at the central level. The JD(U) leader…
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Class 10 exams begin in Bihar with tight security
Patna: Class 10 exams conducted by the Bihar School Examination Committee began on Wednesday amid tight security. In order to prevent malpractices in the exams being held in two shifts…
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Crime
Bihar: Man throws baby into fire as mother rejects sexual advances
Muzaffarpur: A man allegedly threw a three-month-old baby girl into a fire in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Sunday after her mother protested against his sexual advances, police said. The baby received…
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Is Bihar entering a phase of Jungle Raj 2.0?
Patna: While the police in Patna are facing criticism over the sensational murder of an Indigo state head, a section of people in Bihar are apprehensive that they might be entering…
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Crime and Accident
Bihar court awards lifer to 7 for raping girl
Bihar: A Bihar court on Wednesday sentenced seven persons to life imprisonment for gangraping a girl in Nalanda district in September 2019. Additional District and Sessions Judge VII-cum-POCSO Special Judge Mohammad…
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Bihar officials seize liquor from ‘rat hole’ in Gopalganj
Patna: Rats and liquor have no connection, whatsoever. However, an ingenious liquor smuggler in Bihar’s Gopalganj district tried to ward off queries from excise officials by telling them that a…
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Bihar: Man abducted, forced to marry unknown woman at gunpoint
The occasion of marriage is generally a happy one but not in this case of Bihar. A 21-year-old man was abducted and forcefully married to an unknown girl at gunpoint…
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Bihar reports 282 new COVID-19 cases, 2 fresh deaths
Patna: Bihar’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,53,933 as 282 more people tested positive for the virus, while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 1,405, a health department bulletin said…
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Inspired by China, Bihar gets its own glass skywalk bridge
Get ready for some sky walking without having to go all the way to China because a glass bridge in Rajgir, Bihar is almost ready. The glass bridge is built-in…
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Nitish Kumar chairs meeting on urban development and housing
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday chaired a high-level meeting where he shared his vision for urban development and housing in the state with special focus on shelter for…
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Crime and Accident
4 arrested on charge of theft flee from lock-up in Bihar
Madhepura: Four persons, arrested on the charge of theft, escaped from a police station in Bihar’s Madhepura district on Sunday, officials said. They were arrested on Saturday during a drive to…
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Death of a driver: Dreams of Sunil for decent living crushed under truck wheels
Mohammed Wajihuddin He was not a blood brother. But human relations are created outside the bloodline too. My relation with Sunil Kumar was created neither at the college/university campus nor…
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India
HC grants conditional custody parole to ex-RJD leader Mohd Shahabuddin
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has granted custody parole for three days to jailed former MP Mohd Shahabuddin, who is lodged in Tihar Jail and serving life term in…
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JDU MLA Amarendra Pandey’s aide shot dead in Bihar’s Gopalganj
Gopalganj: An aide of Janata Dal-United legislator Amarendra Pandey died on Saturday in Gopalganj after unidentified miscreants opened fire at him and two others. Those who sustained injuries in the…
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Education and Career
MANUU starts orientation of madarsa principals in Bihar
Patna: Maulana Azad National Urdu University in coordination with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is conducting an Orientation Program from 25th to 27th and 29th to 30th November 2020 at…
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Data shows lack of Muslim representation in state governments
New Delhi: Nitish Kumar recently took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for the fourth straight term. However, there is no Muslim representative in his 15-member cabinet. Irrespective of the…
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SDPI condemns Bihar Govt. for hushing up setting ablaze case of Muslim girl
By Pervez Bari New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI), has condemned the Nitish-led Bihar Government for following in the footsteps of Yogi Adiyanath-led UP’s BJP Government in the…
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Asaduddin Owaisi: Lesson for Indian Muslims from Bihar
By Zafar Agha Bihar: Communities in decline often fail to distinguish between friends and foes, ending up paying a heavy price for their folly. It would appear after the Bihar…
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Bihar: Muslim girl burnt to death after she denied marriage proposal
Bihar: Days after she was burnt alive by a Hindu boy, a 20-year-old girl hailing from Vaishali district in Bihar succumbed to the injuries inflicted upon her on Sunday. Gulnaz…
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Photos
Nitish Kumar takes oath as Chief Minister of Bihar for 4th time
Patna: Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan administers the oath of office to Janta Dal-United National President Nitish Kumar as Bihar Chief Minister at Rajbhawan in Patna, Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. (PTI…
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Nitish unanimously elected as leader of NDA in Bihar; to return as CM
Patna: The NDA in Bihar on Sunday unanimously elected Nitish Kumar as its leader in the state legislature, paving the way for his return as Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive…
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In pics: Tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pays tribute to the first prime minister late Jawahar Lal Nehru on his birth anniversay, in Patna, Saturday, Nov. 14, New Delhi: Congress leader…
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Making MIM ‘fall guy’ for MGB’s defeat does not hold water
Abdul Bari Masoud Bihar assembly election is marred by the allegation of rigging and irregularities. Opposition Mahagathbandhan (MG) has accused the state election machinery of ‘tampering and rigging’ in over …
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Dismal performance of Congress in by-poll should be cause of concern for party
Disquiet is bound to be felt in the Indian National Congress’ camp at the near wipeout of the party in the by-elections held for 57 seats across 11 states. Its…
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Politics
Bihar poll result: Modi & Owaisi, two sides of the same coin!
Hyderabad: A cliffhanger election to the Bihar State Assembly has come to an end with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal (United) or JDU, crossing the magic number…
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India
‘NDA triumph in Bihar result of PM Modi’s hard work’
New Delhi/Patna: Union ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ashwini Kumar Choubey credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the electoral victory that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) pulled off in…
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NDA overcomes stiff challenge to retain power in Bihar
Patna: Surmounting anti-incumbency of 15 years, a mutinous former ally, and a spirited challenge from a resurgent opposition that rose from its ashes like proverbial phoenix after the 2019 Lok…
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