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Bihar Congress Vice President Brajesh Kumar – also known as Brajesh Pandey has given his resignation from his post after he has been charged in a case of sexual exploitation of a minor girl. Brajesh has been charged under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on account of[Read More…]
Bihar topped the list of the state with most number of electrified villages during the year 2015-2016. Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Rajasthan hold the next positions respectively. The number of villages electrified in Bihar raised to 1754 in 2015-16 from 341 in 2014-15.[Read More…]
In a significant move, Congress lawmaker Ranjeet Ranjan, wife of Bihar politician Pappu Yadav introduced a private members bill in the Lok Sabha that will curb over-spending or “show of wealth” in marriages if passed. The bill would impact anyone who spends more than Rs 5 lakhs on a wedding[Read More…]
The Bihar cabinet cleared a proposal on Wednesday to alter service rules forbidding government staff from consuming liquor anywhere in the state following the ban which was imposed in the state in April, 2016. As per the new provision, all government workers, including those from the judicial services, will be[Read More…]
Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that RJD leader Mohammad Shahabuddin be shifted from a jail in Bihar’s Siwan district to the national capital’s Tihar Central Jail to ensure free and fair trails. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy asked the Bihar government to transfer Shahabuddin to Tihar[Read More…]
Around 59 newly employed commandos of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) shocked the brass of India’s largest paramilitary force when they abandoned their journey to the headquarters in Bihar and went home without giving any notice or information to anyone. The mass bunking by personnel forced the CRPF to[Read More…]
As a part of Nasha Mukt or addiction free state-wide campaign, the world’s largest human chain has been formed in Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on Saturday led by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The purpose of the human chain is to show staunch support towards the alcohol ban that has been[Read More…]
On January 21, the Bihar will witness a government sponsored human chain promoting prohibition stretching across 11,000 km in the state. The Bihar government claims that this will be world’s largest human chain, a move that will be go down in the Guinness Book of World Records besides promoting alcohol[Read More…]
Pakistan’s ISI hand is suspected behind two major incidents — the derailment of the Indore-Patna Express train near Kanpur that took 140 lives and the failed attempt last year to blow up goods and passenger trains near Ghorasahan station in Bihar, said police on Tuesday. According to the east Champaran[Read More…]
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on declared on Tuesday that he and his son, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav will campaign for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in the assembly elections. “I along with Tejaswi will campaign to ensure the return of Akhilesh as Chief Minister,” Lalu Prasad[Read More…]
At least 24 people, including minors, died after a boat ferrying 40 capsized in the Ganga river in Bihar’s Patna. Many were rescued and the rescue operation resumed on Sunday morning. Six people have been admitted in the Patna Medical College and Hospital. People had gathered at Patna’s Ganga Diara[Read More…]
Nine months after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced a ban on the sale and consumption of country liquor in the state in April 2016, an IndiaSpend analysis of Bihar Police crime data shows that cognizable crime rose by 13 per cent from 14,279 in April to 16,153 in October[Read More…]
PM Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar shared the same dais on Thursday at the function to celebrate Prakash Parv, the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. Surprisingly, the Prime Minister spent the first three minutes his speech praising the CM for the implementation of prohibition policies[Read More…]
Bihar’s capital Patna turns mini Punjab as thousands of Sikh devotees from Delhi and Punjab reached the city on the occasion of 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh, even as gurudwaras in the Delhi wear a festive look to mark the grand occasion. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also[Read More…]
All ministers in Bihar are crorepatis except Sugarcane industry minister Firoz Alam, who owns only Rs 3,100 in cash, as per the details of assets declared. However, Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is poorer than his son, Nishant, and deputy chief minister of the state, Tejaswi Yadav. In 2010, Nitish Kumar[Read More…]
Five prisoners absconded from the Buxar central jail in Bihar on Saturday, said police. As per the reports, prisoners including Sonu Singh (Buxar), Sonu Pandey (Ara), Upendra Sah (Ara), Deodhari Rai (Saran) and Pradip Singh (Motihari) — broke the jail with the help of bed sheets. The escaped inmates were[Read More…]
The Police brutally lathi-charged on a group of villagers including women and children who were sitting on hunger strike for the past few days demanding compensation for having been displaced by the floods a few months back. But, the villagers in return, were beaten by the police so brutally that[Read More…]
Former Bihar Chief Minister and senior RJD leader, Rabri Devi suggested Sushil Kumar Modi to ‘come and take away Nitish Kumar and get him married to his sister’. The retort came in reply to a question from a television news channel journalist about Sushil Kumar Modi’s recent ‘invitation’ to Kumar[Read More…]
Days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced demonetisation, BJP reportedly bought land worth crores in different districts of Bihar. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United has alleged that a series of land purchases made by the BJP in the state for party offices before the Centre’s crack down[Read More…]
Following its demonetisation decision on Nov 8, government claims that the inconvenience is temporary but harsh reality is that the decision has taken toll on people. Ironically, Prime Minister Modi also claimed that his demonetisation decision was somewhat ‘kadak’ (strong) linking it to his ‘chaiwallah’ background. “When I was young,[Read More…]
A journalist was shot dead by three persons on Saturday morning in Sasaram, headquarter of Rohtas district in Bihar. Dharmendra Singh, working for Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, was at a tea stall outside his house in Amra Talab area under town police station in Sasaram when three persons in a[Read More…]
The government’s decision to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency has left many high and dry as Assembly elections are barely few months away. Though the parties are tight-lipped on the issue but normally they keep aside a substantial amount of unaccounted funds for the poll campaign. The role[Read More…]
