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…]
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Mahila Congress demands marriage registration bill, audit of shelter homes
A delegation of All India Mahila Congress led by Lok Sabha member Sushmita Dev on Tuesday met Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi and demanded a compulsory marriage registration bill to prevent desertion of Indian brides by the NRIs and regular audit of women shelter homes. The delegation informed the Minister[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case: CBI submits progress report to Patna High Court
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today submitted a progress report on the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case to the Patna High Court. During a hearing on the shelter home rape case, the Patna High court has asked the CBI for further more documents related to the case including detailed[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…]
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…]
After Muzaffarpur horror, 2 Bihar shelter home women dead in Patna
Patna: Police in Bihar said on Sunday that two women from a shelter home died at a hospital here. A 40-year-old woman and an 18-year-old girl from the Asra shelter home here died on Friday night in the Patna Medical College and Hospital. Neither the police nor the Social Welfare Department were informed of the incident. A police[Read More…]
Tejashwi gives one week ultimatum to Nitish Kumar to unveil missing girls’ whereabouts
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has come up with a fresh attack on the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over ongoing Muzaffarpur shelter home controversy. Asking CM Kumar to resign Tejashwi has alleged that he is unable to run a state and claimed that it will be proved that he is[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: Bihar Minister Manju Verma finally resigns
In a major development to Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, Bihar Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma resigned from her post. According to the police, call records proves that her husband Chandrashekhar Verma was in touch with Brijesh Thakur on a regular basis. The police confirmed there are seventeen calls exchanged[Read More…]
SC slams Bihar govt over shelter home rape case, calls it ‘state sponsored’
Supreme Court on Tuesday slammed Bihar government over the Muzaffarpur Shelter Home rape case, stating that “It seems these activities are state sponsored”. Amid the many controversies and hearings over the rape incidents of minor girls in Bihar, Supreme Court asked why the credential of the institution running it weren’t[Read More…]
After Muzaffarpur it’s Deoria; 24 girls rescued from shelter home in Uttar Pradesh
After Bihar, it is Uttar Pradesh. Another incident of abuse and harassment against minors in government shelter home registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria. 24 girls from the shelter home in Deoria have been rescued. The victims narrated the atrocities they were going through in the shelter home. UP chief minister[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur horror: Bihar government suspends 6 child protection unit officials
Patna: The Bihar government has suspended six officials of a state child protection unit in the wake of the Opposition’s demand to take stringent actions against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district, authorities said on Sunday. The state’s Social Welfare Department suspended the[Read More…]
Bihar is witnessing ‘Rakshas raj’, daily Sita is kidnapped and Duryodhan is doing chirharan: Tejashwi Yadav
Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav held a candle march today on Saturday evening at Jantar-Mantar in Delhi to protest against Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. There he was accompanied by Congress President Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI leader D Raja, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury,[Read More…]
Bihar Shelter Home Rape Case: Only comment from woman lawmaker of BJP comes as shame
Meenakshi Lekhi was trolled by twitterati on Saturday after her comments over Rahul Gandhi joining the candle march led by Tejashwi Yadav at Jantar-Mantar in protest to the highlighted rape case of Muzaffarpur shelter home. Adding further disgrace to the BJP and NDA Meenakshi Lekhi said, “Jaaton ke gaon mein[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Who all are joining Tejashwi Yadav’s rally at Jantar-Mantar
Bihar leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav has taken the protest to the roads of Delhi. He has called everyone to join him and RJD at Jantar Mantar in the protest. He tweeted today morning, “Come Delhi, join us today at Jantar-Mantar in evening for dignity and safety of Bharat Mata’s[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar’s ‘Sushasan’ is a ‘Kushasan’ for Women and Girls of Bihar
Bihar, exactly a year ago had hit headline of every media house. The reason was the shocking political masterstroke by Nitish Kumar for his survival as Bihar’s Chief Minister anyhow by hook or crook. Year after, it is again in headlines but this time it is not about settling political[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Journalists thrashed over questions on sexual abuse
Bihar Social Minister Manju Sharma had an encounter with media while she was leaving after the inauguration ceremony of ‘Kanya Utthan Yojana’ (Girls upliftment project). There she was asked by the media about the delay in the investigation into the rape cases of Muzaffarpur shelter home and about oppositions demand[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur Shelter Home Case: Calls from Bihar govt made to release Brijesh Thakur
It is both sorrowful and disturbing to see Bihar government trying hard to safeguard the prime culprits of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case. According to Bihar’s Opposition leader and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, The shelter homeowner Brijesh Thakur is a close ally to Social Welfare Minister Manju Verma and the[Read More…]
Muzaffarpur shelter home case: SC takes suo motu, bans publishing of victims’ image
Taking suo motu cognizance of Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, the Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Bihar government and the Ministry of Women and Child Development and has asked to keep the identity of the rape survivors confidential. Putting a ban on releasing or publishing the victims’[Read More…]
Bihar govt gave ads to Muzaffarpur shelter home accused’s newspaper
As CBI investigates the Muzaffarpur shelter home case more instances of crime are duged up. The owner of the government-funded NGO, Brijesh Thakur has been the main accused in the shelter home case. Two separate cases have been registered against him so far. The second case was filed only after[Read More…]
11 girls go missing from another shelter home in Muzaffarpur
It has been a week since the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case came into light and few days since Central Bureau of Investigation took over the case. The investigation into the matter is on and yet another shocking and saddening case has been discovered. Earlier the CBI had registered a[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar agrees for CBI inquiry into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case
After repeated insistence by RJD and Congress MLAs for CBI probe into Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case, finally, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has ordered a CBI probe into the matter. Earlier, Nitish Kumar and Sushil Modi had shown their reluctance over any Central Bureau of Investigation in the mass gang[Read More…]
FIR against absconding Bihar BJP leader for mowing down 9 school kids
Patna: An FIR was lodged against BJP leader Manoj Baitha for the death of nine school children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district, police said on Monday. The parents of the killed children demanded his arrest. “We have registered an FIR against Baitha on Sunday on the basis of a complaint by Moh[Read More…]
Day after Nitish Kumar launches campaign, JDU leader allegedly kills daughter-in-law for dowry
A Janata Dal (United) leader was charged with killing his daughter-in-law in Muzaffarpur district, just a day after Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar has launched a campaign against dowry. A FIR has been registered against JD(U) organisational secretary Arun Kumar Kushwaha on Tuesday. The political leader’s son and two others[Read More…]
Fake notes worth Rs 70,000 seized in Bihar
Fake Indian currency notes (FICN) of a face value of Rs 70,000 were recovered by police in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district on Thursday. Vivek Kumar , Muzaffarpur senior superintendent of police, said that fake notes in the denomination in Rs 100, Rs 50 and Rs 20 were recovered from a shop[Read More…]
Researchers confirm Lychee fruit behind the mysterious death of malnourished children in Bihar
A recent study had confirmed that a chemical present in the Lychee fruit is behind the mysterious death of malnourished children in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur for years. According to a study report published in the Lancet, an investigation begun in 2013 by India’s National Centre for Disease Control and the US[Read More…]