M I Khan

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JD-U to go alone in Gujarat polls

JD-U to go alone in Gujarat polls

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that he will campaign for his party Janata Dal-United in the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. The JD-U has decided to contest the Gujarat polls, due in December, alone.

Priests look for Thackeray family's Bihar connection

Priests look for Thackeray family's Bihar connection

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

Traditional Hindu priests of the Vishnupad Temple in Bihar's Gaya town -- known as Gaywal Pandas -- are busy trying to find out if Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray, his son Uddhav Thackeray and his nephew and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray were originally from Bihar.

Coalgate: Beneficiary co got block WITHOUT revised MoU

Coalgate: Beneficiary co got block WITHOUT revised MoU

Rediff.com   6 Sep 2012

Information acquired Right to Information activist Mahendra Yadav, has revealed that JAS Infrastructure Capital Pvt Ltd, one of the five companies against whom the Central Bureau of Investigation had registered first information reports, had acquired the coal blocks without signing a revised Memorandum of Understanding.

Bihar jail inmates eager to make noose to hang Kasab

Bihar jail inmates eager to make noose to hang Kasab

Rediff.com   31 Aug 2012

Over a dozen inmates of a jail in Bihar are eagerly waiting for the much sought demand to prepare a hangman's noose, made of the famous 'manila' rope, to hang Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab after the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentence of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks convict.

Bihar to confiscate property of notorious criminals

Bihar to confiscate property of notorious criminals

Rediff.com   28 Aug 2012

Opposition parties cry foul over the list drawn up by the police. They allege that the list targets criminals only from the Muslim community and the Yadav caste. M I Khan reports.

Criminals having a happy time in Bihar, claims Oppn

Criminals having a happy time in Bihar, claims Oppn

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2012

With the sudden spurt in crimes against women, children and Dalits in Bihar, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui said that criminals are ruling the roost in the state allegedly due to discriminatory police action against culprits belonging to a certain caste and creed.

Minor gang-raped: Bihar women commission begins probe

Minor gang-raped: Bihar women commission begins probe

Rediff.com   24 Aug 2012

Bihar State Women Commission has begun its probe into the alleged gang-rape of a minor girl in Madhepura district. The victim delivered a baby girl at Sadar hospital and became an unwed minor mother, officials on Friday said.

Gangraped minor delivers days after Bihar police files FIR

Gangraped minor delivers days after Bihar police files FIR

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2012

It took nearly nine months for the Bihar police to file an FIR against four accused for the allegedly gang-rape of a minor girl in Madhepura district.

Bihar temple changes name after protest from Cambodia

Bihar temple changes name after protest from Cambodia

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2012

A Hindu trust has changed the name of a temple, proposed to be the world's largest, in Bihar's East Champaran district from Viraat Angkor Wat Ram Temple to Viraat Ramayan Mandir in view of a controversy.

1.53 lakh people affected by floods in Bihar

1.53 lakh people affected by floods in Bihar

Rediff.com   8 Aug 2012

More than 1.53 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Bihar's six districts.

Bihar's Rs 12 cr uterus scam doesn't spare men either

Bihar's Rs 12 cr uterus scam doesn't spare men either

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2012

Men don't have a uterus -- that's the universal truth. But in Bihar's Samastipur district, officials and doctors have, on paper, removed uteruses of more than a dozen men on paper to usurp the health insurance money provided under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna.

Bihar to appoint new teachers for 'Mahatma's schools'

Bihar to appoint new teachers for 'Mahatma's schools'

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2012

The Bihar government has decided to appoint five teachers in each of the 391 buniyadi vidyalayas (basic schools) set up by Mahatma Gandhi in the state. After decades of neglect -- during which the quality of education in these schools suffered due to lack of teachers and funds -- the Mahatma ke schools, as they are known, will finally witness a revival.

Can't risk traveling to Delhi for op: Conjoined twins' kin

Can't risk traveling to Delhi for op: Conjoined twins' kin

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2012

The family of 16-year-old twins Saba and Farah Shakeel is not willing to take them to the New Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences for examination.

Another scam? 23,000 get freedom fighters pension in Bihar

Another scam? 23,000 get freedom fighters pension in Bihar

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2012

Even 65 years after India's independence, about 23,000 freedom fighters in Bihar continue to receive 'Swatantrata Senani Samman Pension' (Freedom Fighters' Pension).

Will agree to surgery only if both twins survive: Parents

Will agree to surgery only if both twins survive: Parents

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2012

The parents of 16-year-old conjoined twins Saba and Farah have decided to agree for a surgery to separate the twins only if doctors from AIIMS assure them that both would survive the operation.

Bihar to provide biometric cards to PDS beneficiaries

Bihar to provide biometric cards to PDS beneficiaries

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2012

In order check irregularities, Bihar has decided to introduce biometric cards in the Public Distribution System, officials said on Monday.

Dalit stabbed; in detention for marrying upper-caste girl

Dalit stabbed; in detention for marrying upper-caste girl

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2012

A Dalit youth, who had married an upper-caste girl against the wishes of her family, was stabbed, and his wife abducted by his in-laws in Motihari town in Bihar's east Champaran district nearly 10 days ago, is seeking justice from the hospital bed as he has been put under police detention.

Girl gang-raped in Patna: Three arrested

Girl gang-raped in Patna: Three arrested

Rediff.com   26 Jul 2012

Bihar police on Thursday arrested three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a teenage girl in Patna by her friends and classmates. The accused had filmed the incident and distributed CDs and MMS's of the crime, police on Thursday said.

Don't take 1,000 and 500 Indian rupee notes to Nepal

Don't take 1,000 and 500 Indian rupee notes to Nepal

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2012

Tourists, businessmen and officials from India visiting Nepal are facing a new problem, following the Nepal government's ban on exchange of Indian currency in the denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

'Boycott MLA, MLC involved in Mukhiya murder'

'Boycott MLA, MLC involved in Mukhiya murder'

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2012

Ranvir Sena's front organisation Akhil Bharatiya Rashtrawadi Kisan Sanghathan has urged people, particularly supporters and sympathisers of upper caste Bhumihars, to socially boycott Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United MLA Sunil Pandey, his MLC brother Hulas Pandey and the families of Hareram Pandey, suspected to be involved in the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh Muhiya on June 1.