Bihar has been an experimenting ground for liquor ban in past. In 1979, Karpoori Thakur imposed a prohibition on liquor but the ban was lifted by Ram Sundar Das in wake of corruption and bootlegging. The chapter of liquor ban was again repeated by Nitish Kumar which came into action[Read More…]
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Another case of mob lynching in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district
Once again a person is beaten to death by the mob over suspicion of being a thief in his home district in Bihar. Rupesh Jha a resident of Singerhiya village of Sitamarhi district was returning from the town after getting his sister treated. In the wee hours, around 4 am[Read More…]
Bharat Bandh: “Relatives had left late from home,” says SDO Jehanabad over 2-yr-old girl death
Amid the nationwide shut down called by Congress protesting against rising fuel prices, a shocking incident emerged where, a two-year-old girl died in Bihar’s Jehanabad on Monday allegedly due to the Bharat Bandh. The parents of the deceased claimed that the child died as her ambulance, en route to Bihar’s Jehanabad[Read More…]
We didn’t get an ambulance and then our vehicle was stopped at two places, claims 2-year-old kid’s father
The two-year-old, who died in Patna amid the nationwide shutdown, did not get an ambulance first and later his vehicle was stopped at two places which led to the delay. The kid had a high fever since Sunday night. Senior district officers, however, have rejected the parents’ claim and said[Read More…]
Trader kidnapped from MP found in Bihar, five arrested
A trader kidnapped from Madhya Pradesh more than a month ago was on Saturday rescued from Muzaffarpur in Bihar and five persons were arrested from two districts in this connection. In Rohtas district, police also seized Rs 40 lakh in cash hurled from a moving train by the trader’s family members as ransom demanded by the abductors. Senior Superintendent of Police, Muzaffarpur,[Read More…]
50 schoolchildren fall ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
At least 50 children fell ill on Saturday after consuming their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar’s East Champaran district, officials said. According to district officials, some students have found parts of a dead lizard in their meal. Soon after, the children complained of uneasiness, stomach ache, nausea and some also started vomiting. This incident took place at a middle school at[Read More…]
Bihar: Retired Commissioner along with his wife found dead in Patna
A retired commissioner of Irrigation Department and his wife has been found dead in their house in the Bihar capital. Four people have been detained, police said on Friday. Harender Prasad Singh, 88, and his second wife Sapna Das Gupta, 70, were found murdered late on Thursday in Dujra’s Buddha colony here. Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Manu Maharaj said an investigation is on. Those detained[Read More…]
Bihar: ‘Bharat Bandh’ supporters attack Pappu Yadav in Muzaffarpur
A member of parliament from Madhepura constituency Pappu Yadav attacked by supporters of ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Thursday in Muzaffarpur Bihar. Reports suggest that MP is injured in the attack. Pappu Yadav was going to participate in ‘Nari Bachao Padyatra’ in Madhubani district along with his bodyguards. His bodyguards had a[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: The attack on freedom of the press and right to know
Nivedita Jha has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the Supreme Court on Wednesday against the blanket ban on reporting of Muzaffarpur shelter home case. Speaking with Newsd she says that “the Patna high court in CWJC No. 12845/2018 vides its order dated 23-08-18 has imposed a blanket media ban on[Read More…]
Kanhaiya Kumar’s entry in the electoral fray may well open a new chapter in politics
The former Jawaharlal Nehru University students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar appears to be on way to bring new blood and verve to the politics of not only his home State, or Bihar, but also to that of the rest of the country. The reason for this is that he for[Read More…]
Patna: Man bluffs US girl in the name of love for Rs 56 lakh
Patna police arrested a thug identified as Jyoti Ranjan, who bluffed a US engineer girl for lakhs of money. The accused cheated the girl Parul Verma, by trapping her into fake love story where the accused allegedly portrayed himself as the owner of a big company. The accused even tried[Read More…]
Some in NDA don’t want Modi as PM again: Kushwaha
RLSP chief and Union Minister of State for HRD Upendra Kushwaha on Friday said that some people in the BJP-led NDA did not want to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister again in 2019. Kushwaha refused to reveal the names of such people and said everything will be known at the[Read More…]
“I visit cowshed every morning,” says Nitish Kumar
Patna: There was a lot of talk about Lalu Prasad Yadav and his love for cows in Bihar’s politics. The stories of cows and cattle were narrated by Lalu often. On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar also narrated stories related to cow while describing himself as a cow lover. Nitish Kumar said[Read More…]
Bihar: 7 molest Saharsa school girl, 1 arrested after viral video
Following a viral video from Bihar’s Saharsa district showing a school girl being molested by a group on men in the middle of the road, police have arrested one of the accused. “A case has been filed and the victim from the video has been identified. A probe is underway,”[Read More…]
Modi, Shah to hold meeting with BJP CMs
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will hold a day-long meeting with BJP chief ministers and deputy chief ministers on Tuesday. The BJP has 15 chief ministers and seven deputy chief ministers including two in Uttar Pradesh and one each in Gujarat, Bihar, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. In Bihar the[Read More…]
Patna High Court’s order gagging media is systematically draconian
In a recent hearing, the Patna high court in the context of Muzaffarpur shelter abuse case restrained print and electronic media from reporting anything on the case. The order said, “We have also noticed that in the media, both print media as well as electronic media, the reporting is made with respect[Read More…]
Another political murder in Bihar, CPI (ML) leader shot dead
Ara: Political murder has been on the rise in Bihar. The latest case is in Nadhi village of Sahar police station area of Bhojpur district. Unidentified criminals shot CPI (ML) leader Ramakant Ram, died on the spot. Police reached the spot. However, the reasons for the murder have not yet been ascertained. After the incident,[Read More…]
Remembering BP Mandal, the crusader of OBCs on his 100th birth anniversary
Bindheshwari Prasad Mandal (1918–1982) was an Indian parliamentarian, a social reformer of the country who served as the chairman of the Second Backward Classes Commission, popularly known as the Mandal Commission. B. P. Mandal was born in a Yadav family in Banaras, India. He was raised in the village of Murho,[Read More…]
Bihar: Police figures reveal ‘increased crime in JDU-BJP rule’
Police statistics among the recent horrific criminal incidents that took place against women recently in Bihar showed that after the formation of the government with Nitish Kumar ‘s re-election last year, 20% of the total criminal incidents in the state There has been an increase of 23% in the incidents of rape. These figures are[Read More…]
Bihar: 15 held after mob strips, parades woman naked
A day after a woman was thrashed and paraded naked by a mob in Bihar’s Bihiya town in Bhojpur district, the police arrested 15 suspects, but denied that it was a case of mob lynching. S.K. Singhal, Additional Director General (police headquarters), said 15 persons have been arrested on the basis of video footage of[Read More…]
Bihar turned into ‘monster raj’: Tejashwi Yadav
Reports of a woman being paraded naked in a Bihar town prompted Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday to allege the state has been transformed into a ‘jungle and monster raj’. A mob attacked, stripped and paraded a woman naked in a locality in Bhojpur district on Monday[Read More…]
Ground Report: The Musahar community in Bihar at the bottom in peril
“If our cattle somehow enter agricultural fields of upper castes we are verbally abused, beaten up and forced to pay a certain amount as fine,” says, Ram Rati Devi, a daily wage landless labour of Saandhadumber Musahartoli, in Sandhadumber village of Motipur in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar. Musahartoli is the[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar silent over mob attack on professor: Jamia teachers
The Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association (JTSA) on Sunday slammed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his silence over a mob attack on an Assistant Professor in the state. Sanjay Kumar was attacked on August 17 in Motihari in Bihar after he posted a comment in response to a post, criticising[Read More…]
Bihar: Boy shot dead in Patna
Patna: Unidentified criminals shot dead a boy at Sultanpur village under Danapur police station in the state capital Patna. Police said here that 17 year old Mohammad Farooque, son of Salahuddin was shot dead when he and his elder brother Haider Ansari were sleeping together in their house. At the moment,[Read More…]
Bihar shelter home rapes: Opposition demands another minister’s resignation
Opposition RJD and Congress on Saturday demanded the resignation of another Bihar minister over his alleged involvement in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape cases. Without naming the minister, leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday demanded Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sack the minister, a BJP MLA from Muzaffarpur. Yadav held out threat[Read More…]