Tag: Bihar

Purnea (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a Rs 500 crore relief package for Bihar after conducting an aerial survey of the flood-hit regions in the state. “Announced a package of Rs 500 crore for Bihar,” the Prime Minister’s Office tweeted. Modi assured “all assistance” to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He also […]

Patna: Nearly two million people have been affected by the floods in Bihar, including thousands who have been forced to evacuate from their homes, officials said on Monday. Over one million people were affected in the worst-hit districts of Kishanganj, Araria, Purnea and Katihar in last two days. “Thousands were displaced after their villages were […]

Patna: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead near here on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur when the attack took place, the police said. “It appears to be the work of a sharpshooter,” a police officer added. A seriously injured […]

Bihar: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader was shot dead on Saturday by unidentified assailants in Bihar’s Siwan district, police said. “A group of armed unidentified assailants shot five bullets into Minhaj Khan’s head while he was sleeping in his house in Sheikhpura village,” district police officer Sanjit Kumar said. According to the police, Khan […]

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money-laundering case against RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife, younger son, and others regarding the upkeep of two IRCTC hotels during his term as Railway Minister, an official said on Thursday. The agency filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) following registration of […]

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shortly after he took oath with the BJP as an alliance partner in his government. Modi said he was looking forward to working together for Bihar’s progress. Modi also greeted Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, a senior BJP leader. “Congratulations […]

Patna: Nitish Kumar on Thursday took oath as Bihar Chief Minister with the Bharatiya Janata Party as a partner of his Janata Dal-United, within hours of quitting the Grand Alliance. This is his second innings in the last two years, after he snapped ties late on Wednesday with Grand Alliance partners Rashtriya Janata Dal and […]

As the rugged hands of laborers clear away the last of the debris of the fallen ‘Pearl Cinema’ they also collect with them the coffin of the single-screen theatres in Patna, which demolition has put virtually the last nail to.

Patna: Eight more patients have died duing the ongoing strike by junior doctors at the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) since Wednesday night, taking the total deaths to 15, official sources said on Thursday. The strike has left hundreds of other patients, many of them serious, in a lurch. Ther attendants and family members […]

New Delhi/Patna: A Twitter war erupted between actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha and his BJP party colleague Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday when the former tweeted in favour of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal saying “enough of negative politics and mudslinging”. Modi, responding to Sinha’s tweet, demanded that the “enemies of the […]

New Delhi/Patna: The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted raids at 22 places in and around Delhi in connection with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family in an alleged “benami” property case. This comes a day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stated that if there was documentary proof or solid evidence against […]

Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to dissolve the Lok Sabha and hold fresh general elections, as he claimed that the BJP-led central government had “failed on all fronts” in the last three years. “Modi should dissolve the Lok Sabha and get fresh polls conducted along with assembly polls […]

Patna: A BJP leader on Saturday filed a case against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and five other unidentified persons after some RJD leaders tied cows in front of his home in Vaishali district of Bihar. The case was filed in Hajipur civil court by BJP’s Chandeshwar Bharti, a resident of Hajipur — district headquarters […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will monitor the filling of vacancies in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu police departments. A bench of Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul said the Chief Secretaries of these six states would assist the […]

Patna: Bihar has set up its first special court for speedy trial in cases relating to violations of the new prohibition law that seeks a total ban on liquor in the state, officials said. “A first special court has been set up in Patna civil court here following a directive of the Patna High Court […]