After much pressure from Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the police have arrested Neel Nidhi Singh, main accused of the gang-rape of 5 Mahadalit women, all rag-pickers, in a village in Bihar's Bhojpur district.
Terms of the two dozen seats had expired last year though elections were deferred because of a delay in Panchayat polls which could not be held in time on account of the COVID 19 pandemic.
Eighteen people, including five women, have died after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar's Bhojpur district in last twenty four hours. Four of them were admitted to a government hospital in critical condition, said the police on Saturday. "The death toll from consuming spurious liquor in Bhojpur rose to 18 on Saturday with 11 more people losing lives," a district police official said.
In the midst of electioneering, the Janata Dal-United candidate from Jagdishpur assembly seat Sushumlata Kushwaha delivered a baby girl, drawing rich praise from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday.
A total of 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar spread across 16 districts went to polls on Wednesday in the first phase amid tight security and with COVID-19 guidelines in place.
Shaili Devi was being treated in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna.
Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party vice president Visheshwar Ojha was on Friday shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bhojpur district while returning from a wedding.
The mishap occurred as an overcrowded boat carrying about 35 to 40 people from Dhauri village in Bhojpur district to Masarwa village in neighbouring Arwal district capsized in mid-stream, Superintendent of Police (SP) M R Naik said.
National Human Rights Commission has issued notice to Bihar government over reports that at least 72 children fell ill after having their midday meal in two government schools in the state.
Protests broke out in some states on Friday, including Delhi's Jama Masjid and stone-petling at policemen in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj and Saharanpur, over the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad by two now-suspended Bharatiya Janata Party functionaries with demonstrators in Jharkhand injuring a few policemen while authorities in Jammu imposed a curfew in few areas and parts of Kashmir observed a shutdown.
'It is our right to protest and draw the attention of this government, which is sleeping and appears blind, as it has failed to see the pain and struggle of the jobless youth.'
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday urged job aspirants not to destroy public property and assured them that their grievances would be resolved as candidates went on a rampage over alleged irregularities in a recruitment exam by the public transporter.
Swirling waters inundated 12 districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar.
With four more deaths, the toll in Bihar floods on Saturday increased to 153, while 12 more panchayat areas were inundated affecting a total population of 34.69 lakh in twelve districts.
'Aquaponics can effectively cushion the impact of a calamity like COVID.'
Nepal has been hit by heavy rainfall since Thursday. More than 25 districts and 10,385 households have been affected.
Police question Asma Khatoon and her father following the three day old's death.
With the rise in level of the Ganga, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has expressed apprehension of further rise in water level by Monday in view of release of water from Bansagar dam as flood-like situation prevailed in the state.
Bihar Chief Electoral Officer H R Srinivasa said the Election Commission has established a three-tier security system for strong rooms (housing the electronic voting machines) and the counting centres. The inner core is being guarded by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), then there is the Bihar Military Police (BMP) and then the district police, he told reporters.
With reports of eight fresh deaths on Thursday, the total toll in Bihar flood increased to 135, with Bhojpur district accounting for 12 deaths in the second round of floods due to the swollen Ganga.
Working round-the-clock to help flood victims in Bihar, National Disaster Response Force personnel rendered timely help to three marooned pregnant women at separate places deliver their babies safely.
"I do not want to be known as wife of a terrorist or a man who has worked against the country," Asma, a resident of Azimabad village in Bihar's Bhojpur district said.
At least seven persons, including a women, died after consuming illicit liquor in Bihar's Bhojpur district, while three other were admitted to a government hospital in critical condition, the police said on Friday.
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The bandh called by contractual teachers in Bihar on Thursday affected normal life and hit train services, while 1000 protestors were arrested as opposition parties continued to pillory the Nitish Kumar government in both Houses of legislature for the lathi-charge on teachers.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted aerial survey of 12 inundated districts to take stock of the situation arising out of flood which has claimed 190 lives so far in Bihar.
Trying to escape from a molester identified as an army jawan, a woman on Thursday jumped from a speeding express train near Ara junction suffering injuries on her head and legs, officials said.
Slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji had never written to the police seeking security, Patna Zone Inspector General of Police B Srinivasan said on Thursday.Srinivasan was asked by Bihar Director general of Police Abhayanand to investigate whether Singh or his family members had ever demanded safety cover, apprehending threat to their life, amid circulation of such reports in the public domain.
Tight security arrangements were made in Bhojpur district on Wednesday, with police in riot gear patrolling roads, as the 'shraddh' ceremony of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias 'Mukhiyaji' took place on the 13th day of his death at his native Khopira village.
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Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad on Tuesday accused the Nitish Kumar government of "avoiding" recommendations to the Centre for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the killing of Ranvir Sena Supremo B ahmeshwar Singh Mukhiya on June 1 in Bhojpur district.
A government official in Lucknow said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the incident and announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of the deceased migrants and Rs 50,000 to the seriously injured.
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Citing lack of evidence, the Patna high court on Friday acquitted 14 people for the massacre of 16 people over land dispute in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district in 2009, a police official said.
The funeral procession of slain Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeswar Singh alias Mukhiya from Ara to Patna turned violent with the participants burning police outposts and private vehicles, damaging police and private vehicles and blocking busy Bailey Road for several hours.
The RJD supremo Lalu Prasad slammed Nitish Kumar-headed NDA government for "corruption and misrule" in Bihar and gave a call to the people to overthrow the 'tainted' regime.
Flood victims have been fighting for survival and living in temporary shelters nearby railway tracks with lack of food items. They are yet to get any help from the government, reports M I Khan.
On the appeals filed by the state government and also a family members of some of the victims against the Patna high court's April 16 ruling, a bench of justices Altamas Kabir and J Chelameshwar issued notices to all the acquitted accused.
The kin of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiyaji on Monday demanded a Central bureau of Investigation probe in the latter's murder case last week.
According to state government data, the first 10 months of last year -- January to October 2020 -- witnessed 2,649 murders in Bihar, an average of nearly nine murders a day.
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