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Our talks centred around forming united oppn: Nitish after meeting Hemant Soren
Ranchi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday met his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren here and said their talks centred around forming a “united opposition” to defeat the BJP in the 2024…
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Nitish meets Patnaik, both claim no talks held on alliance for 2024 poll
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar met here for more than an hour on Tuesday but later claimed that there was no discussion on politics or…
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The Kerala Story: Giriraj Singh urges Nitish Kumar to declare film tax-free in Bihar
Patna: Union Minister Giriraj Singh Tuesday urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to declare the film ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free in Bihar. The film, directed by Sudipto Sen, has been declared tax-free in…
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Thackeray to host lunch for Nitish with Oppn unity on the menu
Mumbai: Janata Dal (U) President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will arrive in Mumbai on Thursday morning as part of his Opposition unity efforts, and hold meetings with top Maharashtra leaders,…
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SC seeks replies of Bihar, Centre on plea against early release of ex-MP Anand Mohan
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought a response from the Centre and the Bihar government on a plea challenging the state government’s decision to prematurely release former MP Anand Mohan,…
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SC refuses to entertain plea of Bihar YouTuber against invoking NSA
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea of jailed Bihar YouTuber Manish Kashyap against whom the stringent National Security Act (NSA) has been invoked for allegedly circulating…
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Success stories of Bihar women entrepreneurs to be showcased in G20 meet
Patna: The Bihar government will highlight the rise of rural women entrepreneurs breaking all barriers and the success of the World Bank-backed village livelihood programme Jeevika’ among several other socio-economic programmes during…
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Caste-based census will happen at any cost: Lalu
Patna: A day after the Patna High Court put an interim stay on the caste-based survey, RJD national president Lalu Prasad said the survey is the demand of a majority of people…
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Committed to conduct caste-based survey in Bihar, says Tejashwi
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said that he is committed to the caste-based census in Bihar and despite the Patna High Court’s interim stay, asserted that it will…
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Patna High Court stays caste survey in Bihar
Patna: The Patna High Court on Thursday put an interim stay on the enumeration of castes and economic survey in Bihar. On Wednesday, the Patna HC completed the hearing and reserved its…
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Bihar law minister says ‘if you want UP style of governance, shut courts’
Patna: While the BJP leaders are advocating a Yogi Adityanath style of governance in Bihar, state Law Minister Shamim Ahmed has said that first it needs to close all the courts and…
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Petition accusing Amit Shah of spreading communal tension filed
Darbhanga: A Congress leader in Bihar on Tuesday filed a petition before a court accusing Union Home Minister Amit Shah of spreading communal tensions and tarnishing the party’s reputation. The petition was…
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‘Am still alive’: Bihar man ‘killed’ 6 months ago tells CM, DGP
Patna: A Bihar man, declared dead in a police record nearly six months ago, wrote to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the DGP, SP, Gopalganj and SHO, Deoria police station, claiming that he…
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Giriraj Singh dares Bihar govt to stop Dhirendra Shastri’s Patna visit
Patna: Politics over the visit of self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri continues in Bihar with Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday challenging the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan to stop him from coming to…
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Minor thief tied to pole, brutally thrashed in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Patna: Mob ‘justice’ has become frequent in Bihar and one such incident was reported from Muzaffarpur district on Sunday when a thief was tied to an electric pole and brutally beaten by…