Tag: Bihar

Manjhi quits, says should've resigned before

Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he has quit, adding he should have "resigned before"

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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RJD splits; 13 RJD MLAs extends support to Nitish Kumar Govt

In a jolt to Lalu Prasad ahead of Lok Sabha polls, the RJD split today as 13 of the 22 RJD MLAs in Bihar announced they have quit the party but six of them later claimed they are not part of the breakaway faction....

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Elderly woman raped by youth in Bihar

A 75-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man at a village in Bihar, police Sunday said

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Dacoits loot train passengers in Bihar

Patna: Armed criminals Sunday night looted cash and valuables amounting to lakhs of rupees from train passengers in Bihar's Jamui district, leading to the agitated victims protesting over the railway police personnel's inaction.

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
Bihar paan seller offers free condoms

In an innovative way to create awareness about population control, a paan seller in Bihar has been offering his customers a free condom with each betel leaf

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Kolkata police bust gang behind rape of Japanese tourist

Kolkata: The city police Friday busted an inter-state racket operating in Kolkata and Bihar whose members had allegedly duped and raped a 22-year-old Japanese tourist in November, arresting five people. “We have arrested three people from Kolkata and two from Gaya in Bihar. This gang used to operate from Kolkata and used to dupe and […]

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Policeman shot dead on train in Bihar

A policeman was shot dead by unidentified criminals over a minor dispute on a train in Bihar's Munger district early on Friday, police said

  • Monday, 21 June 2021
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Op-Ed: Bypoll Results in UP, Bihar Will Spur Opposition Unity

Gujarat had hinted at it. Recent by-elections in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh had corroborated it. And now, the outcome of the latest round of by-elections in UP and Bihar has confirmed it. The BJP is losing its support and Prime Minister Narendra Modi his brand equity. The loss of all three Lok Sabha by-elections – […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Laloo Could Prove A more Potent Force Inside Jail

There are two ways in which Laloo Prasad Yadav is viewed outside Bihar depending on the social (read caste) origins, educational accomplishments and political leanings of the person concerned. People belonging to the ‘lower’ or backward classes, especially the undereducated among them, see him as their messiah, who has waged a long, courageous and unrelenting […]

  • Thursday, 10 June 2021
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Two Firearms Smugglers Arrested By Crime Branch STF; Guns & Ammunitions Seized

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough, a Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested two inter-state gun smugglers while they were cracking a deal with some buyers…

  • Wednesday, 05 May 2021
Every Time Nitish Kumar Becomes CM, This Die-Hard Fan Sacrifices A Finger
Bihar Imposes Lockdown Till May 15, Says CM Nitish

Patna: Lockdown was imposed in Bihar till May 15 amid the surge in COVID-19 cases, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced on Tuesday. Detailed guidelines regarding the lockdown will be decided…

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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7 killed as 11 coaches of Seemanchal Express derail in Bihar

Sonpur (Bihar): At least seven passengers died and 29 others were injured early Sunday when a rail fracture caused 11 bogies of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express to jump the tracks in Bihar’s Vaishali district, railway and police officials said. The 12487 Jogbani-Anand Vihar Seemanchal Express originated from Jogbani in Kishanganj district and the accident took […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
Man arrested for vulgar tweet against Priyanka Gandhi

Patna: A man was arrested in Bihar’s Katihar district for posting a vulgar tweet against Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, police said on Monday. Yogi Sanjay Nath was arrested following a complaint filed to the Bihar Cyber Crime Investigation Unit by social activist Shaheen Syed. “We were directed to take action against Nath,” Katihar town […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Teenaged girl gang-raped in front of father in Bihar

Patna: In a shocking incident, a teenaged girl was gang-raped in front of her father by six youths in a village in Bihar’s Kishanganj district, police said on Thursday. According to police officials, the 19-year-old victim lodged a police complaint on Wednesday that six youth of her village under Kodhowadi police station knocked at her […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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Child marriages still prevalent in Bihar, Bengal, Rajasthan: Unicef

New Delhi: Although child marriages in India have declined, a few states like Bihar, West Bengal and Rajasthan continue to carry on with the harmful practice and there is nearly 40 per cent prevalence in these states, the Unicef said. A new report ‘Factsheet Child Marriages 2019′ released by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency […]

  • Tuesday, 04 May 2021
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