To harass, bully, intimidate, maul and even kill weak and vulnerable sections like minorities, women and Dalits are somehow, though whether rightly or wrongly, thought to be the new normal as society in general has been getting more and more brutalised through past few years. Yet, occupational susceptibilities and easy[Read More…]
Tag: Bihar
Bihar: Four workers suffocate to death in Ludhiana hosiery factory
Four labourers suffocate to death in a hosiery factory in Punjab’s Ludhiana district. The incident happened in the Bajwa Nagar, a clothes factory area of Ludhiana. Two of them are from Madhepura District, Bihar. A sudden fire broke out in the wee hours when these four workers, in their night[Read More…]
Woman kills self after husband dies in Bihar
Patna: A young woman committed suicide by jumping from the roof of a reputed private hospital here on Thursday after her husband died there, police said. According to police, Sanoj Kumar, husband of Priti Devi, was admitted to the hospital with infection in his liver four days ago but his[Read More…]
Birthday Special: Relevance of Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan in current political situation
‘Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan’ was born on October 11, 1902, in Sitabdiara village, Bihar. His father Harsu Dayal Srivastava was a junior staff in the State Government. He married to Prabhavati Devi in 1920. Popularly known as ‘Lok Nayak’, Jai Prakash Narayan was a great freedom fighter and a[Read More…]
Attack on migrants: Bihar, Gujarat economy to get a bolt if migration continues
The migration of people of Bihar from Gujarat amid the violence and hatred is seen as a huge damage to the economy of both the states. According to experts’ speculations, if the migration continues, the economy of both the stats, Bihar and Gujarat is expected to get a bolt from[Read More…]
After NEET, now JEE to decide the fate of engineering aspirants in Bihar
No more! No more multiple runs to the examination centres for the engineering aspirants in Bihar willing to get admission in government colleges. After NEET (national eligibility-cum-entrance test) for medical admissions, now the Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board has declared to conduct a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) regulated under[Read More…]
Misa Bharti rubbishes report about discord between her brothers
Patna: There is no truth in speculation about differences between RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s two sons, Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav, said Lalu ‘s eldest daughter Misa Bharti, party’s Rajya Sabha MP. “There is some discord among party workers about two brothers in our family,” Misa Bharti said at[Read More…]
Gujarat: RSS-BJP men behind this planned attack against north Indians, alleges Amit Chavda
Gujarat Congress Committee president Amit Chavda has condemned the attack followed against people north India in Gujarat, after a minor girl was raped by a resident of Bihar and said that “Such incidents of attacks against the Migrants also exposes the rising lawlessness and sheer failure of Gujarat government in[Read More…]
Bihar: 34 residential school girls hospitalised after being attacked by molesters
Patna: Students of a residential school for girls in Bihar’s Supaul district were thrashed when they tried to oppose a bid to sexually harass them, police said on Sunday. The incident happened when a group of youths forcibly entered the Kasturba Awasiya Balika Vidyalay on Saturday evening with the intention[Read More…]
Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi shown black flags by upper caste activists
Patna: Activists belonging to upper caste groups on Saturday waved black flags at Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and tried to blacken his face, as they protested the Centre’s restoration of a stringent provision in a law that seeks to protect the lower castes from oppression. The incident[Read More…]
Gujarat: 150 arrested for targetting migrants from UP, Bihar after 14-month-old’s rape
The Gujarat police arrested over 150 Gujarati locals in a week-long time in the wake of increasing violence incidences against migrants of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The incidences of violent attacks on non-Gujaratis erupted subsequently after the arrest of a Bihar native for allegedly raping a 14-month-old girl in Sabarkantha[Read More…]
Bihar: Man attacks 5 members of a family, 3 killed, 2 critically injured in Sasaram
In a heinous incident in Sasaram district of Bihar, a man slashed a woman and her four children, killing three of them on Friday. The woman and her two children died on spot whereas, the other two kids are admitted to a hospital in a critical situation. The young man[Read More…]
Bihar Police Recruitment Scam: Susashan’s pin drop silence on forgery in police recruitment drive
Under the supervision of the Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar (CSBC) examination of police constable recruitment took place between 15-22nd October 2017 for selection of total 9,900 candidates. It had two levels of evaluation- first, the written and the last was Physical Evaluation Test (PET). On June 11, 2018,[Read More…]
Union Minister Smriti Irani shown black flag by Swarn Sena in Bihar
Patna: Union Minister Smriti Irani was shown black flags on Thursday by Swarn Sena activists in Bihar’s Gopalganj district, following which angry BJP and its Yuva Morcha workers severely beat up a protestor, police said. “Some youths waved black flags at her and shouted slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party.[Read More…]
Bihar: Woman gang raped while taking bath in Ganga, 2 arrested
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) A woman in Bihar was gang raped on the banks of the Ganga river when she had gone for a bath two days back. Police said on Wednesday that they have arrested the two accused who recorded the crime and even posted it on the social[Read More…]
2 Bihar policemen arrested for selling liquor
Patna, Oct 3 (IANS) Two police officers — a police station incharge and a sub-inspector — were arrested in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Wednesday for selling liquor in the dry state, police said. Gopalganj Superintendent of Police Rashid Zaman said: “I have informed the top officers of the police department[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav fingers at CM Nitish Kumar’s party leaders involved in former mayor’s murder
Former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav claimed serious charges against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, alleging that a close leader from his party was involved in murder of Sameer Kumar, the former mayor. RJD leader Tejashwi alleged that Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harpreet Kaur was transferred when she[Read More…]
Rodent at it again! Bihar police blames rats again as liquor disappears in storage rooms
Patna: Authorities in Bihar have once again accused marauding rats of guzzling liquor worth millions of rupees stored in police store rooms in Bhabhua, This is the second incident after the prohibition in Bihar when the rats have broken the liquor stock. According to officials, a total of 11,584 bottles were[Read More…]
Wedding bells ringing soon! Lalu-Rabri to welcome Tejashwi Yadav’s bride after 2019 LS polls?
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav is the youngest son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Chief Minister Rabri Devi. The ambitious leader of RJD is believed to be the Chief Ministerial face of RJD for the next assembly[Read More…]
Tejashwi Yadav blames Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for spreading rumours of rift within family
Repudiating all the news reported about the differences with his elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav, former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav alleged that the rumours of the rift within his family are spread on the directions of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar to demoralise party cadres and supporters. “All[Read More…]
Bihar: Nitish Kumar’s minister refuses to wear skull cap at a conference of Muslims
Katihar: Nitish Kumar’s minister, Bijendra Yadav, refused to wear a skull cap at a conference of Muslims the public platform. Bijendra Yadav was being welcomed on the platform when he came to attend the Political and Talimi Bedari conference here. Though minister Bijendra Yadav declined to wear the cap, the[Read More…]
Four killed in road accident in Bihar’s Gaya district
Gaya: Uncontrolled pickup van collided with two motorcycles, killing four people. The deceased included husband, wife and father-son duo. After the incident, the pickup van’s driver is absconding. People blocked the Gaya-Panchanpur road route for hours. In the incident, a bike rider, 55-year-old Kishori Yadav and his 22-year-old son Roshan Kumar died on[Read More…]
Modi failed to secure pensioners’ rights, say protesters
New Delhi, Sep 30 (IANS) A large number of elderly people and those with disabilities from across the country protested here on Sunday in support of their demands and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of failing to secure their right to pension. Converging on Parliament Street, the protesters, mostly labourers[Read More…]
Magadh University students protest for not getting admit cards goes violent in Bihar
Angry students frustrated over not getting admit cards for their examination set a bus on fire inside the Magadh University’s police station campus in Bihar. The university is known for it delayed sessions and examinations schedules. 500 students were protesting against the university for the last four days to get[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: Tejashwi Yadav attacks Bihar CM Nitish Kumar over SP’s transfer
Former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav has once again raised his voice against the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. He has accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of transferring Muzaffarpur SP Harpreet Kaur, the police who was probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home case. Harpreet is the police officer who[Read More…]