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NCPCR notice to Bihar on scrapping school holidays on Hindu festivals
Patna: The National Commission of Protection for Child Rights (NCPCR) has served notice to the Bihar government seeking its response within one week as to why holidays in government schools on major…
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BJP attacks Nitish govt over ‘reduction in Hindu holidays’ in schools
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Tuesday came under heavy opposition fire for alleged reduction in “Hindu holidays”, proposed for government schools across the state for next year. Alleging that…
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Bihar cuts short number of Hindu holidays, BJP demands rollback
Patna: In what is being perceived as a minority appeasement strategy ahead of the Assembly and the Lok Sabha polls, the Mahagathbandhan government of Bihar has reduced the holidays on Hindu festivals…
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BJP denying contribution of Muslims in freedom struggle: Tejashwi Yadav
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday launched a blistering attack on the BJP government at the Centre, accusing it of denying contribution of Muslims in the freedom struggle in…
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‘Akin to Jizya tax’: Union min Giriraj demands ban on halal products in Bihar
Patna: Union Rural Development Minister Giriraj Singh on Thursday asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to ban the sale of “halal certified” products, calling it a “jihad” aimed at the “Islamisation of…
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Will remove BJP from Centre if special status is not granted to Bihar: Lalu
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying that he will remove him from power if the Centre doesn’t grant special status to Bihar. Interacting with mediapersons…
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Nitish gets his cabinet to pass resolution in favour of special status
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar upped the ante on the Chief Minister’s long-standing demand for grant of special status to the state with a resolution to the effect on Wednesday…
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Violence over unrequited love claims two lives in Bihar
Patna: Two persons were killed while four others sustained injuries, all members of the same family, after being sprayed with bullets on Monday by a man living in their neighbourhood who was…
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Delhi Police questions 18-yr-old in Rashmika Mandanna’s deepfake video case
New Delhi: The Delhi Police has questioned a 19-year-old youth from Bihar in connection with a deepfake video of actor Rashmika Mandanna that was widely circulated on social media recently, officials said…
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Punjab: Passengers vandalise Sirhind Rly station over cancellation of train
Chandigarh: Chaotic scenes were witnessed at Punjab’s Sirhind railway station after a special train to Bihar’s Katihar was cancelled on Tuesday. Irked by the cancellation, hundreds of passengers waiting for the train…
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Jitan Ram Manjhi urges Rahul not to meet CM Nitish Kumar today
Patna: Former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi not to meet Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday, the birth anniversary of India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal…
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Bihar: Over 95% people don’t own any vehicle, says caste survey report
Patna: A whopping 95.49 per cent of people of Bihar don’t own any vehicle, while only 3.8 per cent have two-wheelers and a minuscule 0.11 per cent have cars, according to the…
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Teen-run sex racket busted, 4 women rescued in Mumbai
Thane: Police have busted a flesh trade racket allegedly run by a 17-year-old girl at a hotel in Navi Mumbai and rescued four women who were forced into prostitution, an official said…
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Bihar cabinet passes proposal to raise reservation to 75 percent
Patna: Hours after tabling the Caste Survey report in the assembly, the Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday passed a proposal to raise the quota for SCs, STs, Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes,…
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Bihar caste survey report: 6.11pc are graduates, 15% cleared class 10
Patna: There are nearly 80 lakh graduates in Bihar, which is around 6.11 per cent of the total population, says the caste survey report tabled in Bihar assembly on Tuesday. According to…
