Referred to as 'Badlav Patr (document of change)', Congress leader Randeep Surjewala and All India Congress Committee's Bihar in-charge Shakti Sinh Gohil presented the manifesto that promises farm loan waiver and 50 percent subsidy in electricity bills to farmers up to 100 units of consumption. The manifesto also promised that it will reject the Centre's farm laws if voted to power.
Among small states, Mizoram ranked first, followed by Manipur and Goa.
The Congress said the rally by the INDIA will send a "strong message" to the Lok Kalyan Marg, where the prime minister's residence is located, that the BJP-led government's "time is up".
Tejashwi accused the Nitish Kumar-led government of meting out "step-motherly" treatment to migrant labourers.
'The commission has taken a serious view of the laxity on the part of political parties and candidates, on the ground, in terms of maintaining crowd discipline'
For them it was a late Diwali, as the tunnel collapse happened on November 12, the day of the the festival.
Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap defiantly said that he doesn't recognise each person he clicks a photograph with.
The Jharkhand high court on Friday deferred till November 27 Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's bail plea hearing in a fodder scam case related to Dumka treasury, after the Central Bureau of Investigation sought more time to file a written reply in the matter.
Police says the reason behind the killing was internal dispute. The deceased's family, however, lodged an FIR alleging that he was killed by two persons for reporting to the police about their return to the village from Mumbai amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The problem of resources is not merely confined to inadequacy; it has to do with their distribution as well.
'By making Rachel Rajeshwari, Tejashwi has done an exemplary thing.'
While India should be concerned about disparities, the fact is that whereas three decades ago about half the people had incomes greater than $2.15 a day, today seven out of eight do, notes T N Ninan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged the use of artificial intelligence for creating deepfakes saying this can lead to a big crisis, as he urged the media to spread awareness about its misuse and impact to educate people.
A staff nurse from a Bihar hospital begs the prime minister for her life as the state's medical staff continues to treat suspected COVID-19 patients without protective safety kits.
The total number of such cases reported from Bihar to seven.
Dozens of women health workers were injured when the police used lathicharge on their protest rally in Patna on Thursday. Several of them were also taken into custody. The police resorted to lathicharge after the women health workers, including trained mid-wives and members of the Accredited Social Health Activist, blocked the Dakbungalow square, the busiest junction in Patna.The health workers were demanding additional benefits and schemes, which have been denied to them.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud considered the submission of Additional Solicitor General Aman Lekhi that CBI has not found any incriminating material against the RJD leader.
A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and Bela M Trivedi said it is not issuing notice but tagging the matter with the pending similar appeal also filed by the CBI.
'How do you apply indelible ink without coming into contact?' 'There have to be options for other activities like casting of vote where you press a button and that of the signature identifying oneself.' 'None of our procedures should lead to exposure to infections.'
The prime minister will be part of the launch of several development initiatives on his birthday.
People lost their lives in the affected districts due to incidents of drowning, electrocution, house collapse and falling of trees, a disaster management department release said.
'I tried telling them while they were giving me the treatment but they did not listen to me'
Among the better painted buildings in rural Bihar are hospitals run by the state government. Archana Masih travels to a village in north Bihar to find out what lies within. As Bihar goes to the polls, Rediff.com looks at the state through the lives of its people.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is welcome in the state to create awareness and popularise generic drugs among people.
While three deaths were reported from Gujarat, two were from Himachal Pradesh and one each from Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Uttar Pradesh besides one reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.
Former prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Deve Gowda will not attend the G20 dinner hosted by President Droupadi Murmu for world leaders on Saturday due to 'health reasons'.
Bihar has made unprecedented progress in the polio eradication programme by successfully interrupting the virus. The state has remained polio-free for over two years, said state health secretary and executive director of Bihar state health society Sanjay Kumar.
'If deaths had been properly reported, it would have helped contain the pandemic.'
The Centre directed Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on Sunday to prevent dumping of dead bodies in the Ganga and its tributaries, and focus on their safe disposal and a dignified cremation after corpses were seen floating in these rivers following a spurt in the number of coronavirus cases.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday assured the Delhi high court it will not arrest Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav this month, after which the politician agreed he will appear before the probe agency on March 25 for questioning in connection with a case related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
India has recorded 9,111 new coronavirus infections, while active cases have increased to 60,313, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday.
The state polls are due in October-November.
In a crowded courtroom, the judge declared that Alam should be hanged to death for the killing of the girl, also from Bihar.
'Through multiple transportation modes, flood waters, a couple of PPE kits, multiple temperature checks, quarantine check point, immigration approval, health declaration forms and through two Covid tests, which thankfully were negative, I finally reached home in Dubai.' Abhijit Masih reveals what it takes to embark on an international journey in the times of the pandemic.
'India has gone digital. They talk about the success of India's Chandrayaan mission but they cannot evacuate our people trapped for around a week'
'By the time actual action began, it was already too late.' 'The virus was raging.'
Bihar has not reported a single case of polio in the last three years and has virtually remained polio free since August 2010, an official said on Monday.
Genome sequencing of the four people, who have recently returned from the US, confirmed that they were infected with the new variant of the coronavirus, he said.
Tej Pratap to play a cameo as Bihar CM in a Bhojpuri film.
The Bihar deputy chief minister received 44,000 wedding proposals on a number he had given out for residents to send photographs of bad roads.
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