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‘No king is permanent’: Mahagathbandhan targets PM Modi on I-Day
Patna: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech, Bihar’s Mahagathbandhan on Tuesday targeted the Prime Minister for doing ‘politics’ during the Independence Day celebration saying that ‘No king is permanent’. “He…
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Man, who breached Nitish’s security, was job seeker
Patna: A man, who breached Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s security, was a job seeker from Munger district and wanted employment on compassionate grounds. After the man identified as Nitish Mandal entered…
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Bihar caste survey: SC defers hearing for August 18 on plea challenging Patna HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred for August 18 hearing on a plea challenging the Patna High Court’s August 1 order giving the go-ahead for a caste survey in Bihar.…
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Body of nurse ‘gang-raped’ by doctor, hosp staff found in Bihar
A nurse was allegedly gang-raped and murdered by staff of a private nursing home, including a doctor, in Bihar’s East Champaran district. Her body was found in an ambulance in Muzaffarpur. The…
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Field survey exercise of ongoing caste-based headcount in Bihar complete: Officials
Patna: The field survey exercise pertaining to the ongoing caste-based headcount survey in Bihar is complete now, officials said. District authorities across the state have intensified the process of digitally recording the…
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Bihar: AIMIM district president arrested for diesel theft
Patna: The police in Bihar’s Araria on Friday arrested the district President of AIMIM in connection with a diesel theft case. The accused has been identified as Rahmat Ali, who was arrested…
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Sonu Sood helps 65-year-old from Bihar to clear Rs 12 lakh debt
Mumbai: Bollywood actor and humanitarian Sonu Sood helped a 65-year-old man from Bihar to help him clear his debts. The man named Khilanand Jha travelled all the way to Mumbai only to…
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Bihar per capita income lower than Jharkhand, UP, Odisha, MP: CAG
Patna: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has said that the per capita income of Bihar is lower than its neighbours — Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Madhya Pradesh. The…
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Cold drink bottle attached to patient in place of urine bag at Bihar hospital
Patna: A negligence on the part of the health department surfaced in Bihar’s Jamui district where the medical staff at the Sadar hospital attached a cold drink bottle to a patient instead…
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Minor girl gang raped for 28 days by 6 people in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Patna: A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped and gang raped for 28 days by six people in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, an official said. On the evening of August 5, the accused called the…
- India
SC to hear plea against Patna HC verdict upholding Bihar caste survey on Monday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a petition challenging the August 1 verdict of the Patna High Court which had upheld the validity of the caste survey…
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Caste-based politics overrides sub-national identity formation in Bihar
If you elaborate on sub-nationalism in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, these states have Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Telugu languages dominating and that gives a sub-nationalist experience to those who…
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NIA files supplementary charge sheet against 4 in PFI Patna case
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has filed a supplementary charge sheet against four arrested cadres of the Popular Front of India in a case related to the “unlawful and anti-national activities”…
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Bihar politicos squabble over Nitish contesting LS polls from UP
Patna: Fresh speculations of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar contesting Lok Sabha polls from adjoining BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have left the ruling Mahagathbandhan in Bihar and the saffron party, in opposition here, at…
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Petition filed in SC against Patna HC’s order on caste-based survey in Bihar
New Delhi: A petition was moved before the Supreme Court on Thursday against the recent order of the Patna High Court dismissing pleas challenging the caste-based survey in Bihar. The special leave…
