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- India
Bihar: Over 17.62 lakh anaemia cases detected in screening drive
Patna: More than 17.62 lakh people have been found anaemic in Bihar’s ongoing special screening campaign, the health department said on Tuesday, September 29. Over 94.71 lakh people have been screened between…
- India
Over 34 lakh affected by Bihar floods as Ganga rises
Patna: The Bihar flood situation worsened as over 34 lakh people across 13 districts have been affected, with the authorities sounding an alert in downstream areas after the water level of the…
- India
Eight HC chief justices appointed
New Delhi: Eight high court chief justices were appointed on Saturday, September 5, days after their names were recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium. In a post on X, Law Minister Arjun…
- India
Bihar: Cops use water cannon on students marching to CM’s house
Patna: Protesting students broke through police barricades in their bid to gherao the Bihar Chief Minister’s residence in Patna, even as the law enforcers used water cannons to disperse the agitators. Police…
- India
Right to practice religion subject to public order restrictions: Patna HC
Patna: The right to profess and practice religion is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interest of public order and societal norms, the Patna High Court has said.…
- India
Security stepped up for counting of donations at Mahavir Temple
Patna: Security has been stepped up at the revered Mahavir Temple in Patna to ensure greater transparency in the donation counting process in view of the alleged embezzlement of devotees’ offerings at…
- Hyderabad
Higher salaries, higher unemployment in Hyderabad: NSO report
Hyderabad: Even as Hyderabad ranks among India’s better-paying urban labour markets, the city is grappling with higher unemployment than many of its peers and a sizeable number of young people remaining outside…
- India
Patna court refuses bail to Khan Sir’s two security guards
Patna: The Patna Civil Court on Tuesday, June 16, did not grant immediate relief to the two security guards employed by Faisal Khan, popularly known as Khan Sir. The court was hearing…
- India
Bihar NDA hails Modi as longest-serving elected PM
Patna: NDA leaders in Bihar on Wednesday, June 10, expressed pride over Narendra Modi becoming the country’s longest continuously serving elected prime minister, and said he has ignited hope and confidence among…
- India
Khan Sir gets relief as Patna court stays his arrest
Patna: A Patna district court on Tuesday, June 9, stayed the arrest of popular educator Faisal Khan, widely known as Khan Sir, in a case arising from a firing incident outside his coaching…
- India
Khan Sir’s institute vandalised in Patna over inter-coaching rivalry
Patna: A coaching institute of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as ‘Khan Sir,’ was allegedly vandalised and pelted with stones in Patna, police said on Wednesday, June 3. Three people, including the…
- India
Massive fire erupts in passenger train in Bihar
Patna: A massive fire broke out in one of the coaches of a passenger train bound for Patna. No injuries have been reported, officials said on Monday, May 18. The incident occurred…
- Hate Crime
MP: 163 minors going to madrasa ‘taken away’ by police from railway stations
Jabalpur: As many as 163 minors on their way to a madrasa were allegedly picked up by the police in Madhya Pradesh from different railway stations on April 10. The 163 children,…
- India
SC sets aside Patna HC orders suspending sentences of 2 in murder case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, April 10, said parameters governing suspension of sentence post-conviction are qualitatively distinct from those applicable at the stage of pre-trial bail. The observation came from…
- India
Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary as Bihar CM put up outside BJP office
Patna: Posters declaring Samrat Choudhary, the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, as the man who would head the new government in the state, on Thursday, April 9, were put up outside the…
