The authorities in Bihar have registered an FIR against Khan Sir and five teachers for allegedly inciting violence over the controversy surrounding the results of tests conducted by the RRB-NTPC after the recent violent protests in Patna.
There is a view that heavyweight portfolios like home, finance, defence and external affairs besides education and culture, two ministries with strong ideological hues, will be kept by the BJP, while its allies can get anywhere between five to eight cabinet berths.
Alleging 'step motherly' attitude by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, about 100-odd present and former cricketers under the banner of Bihar Players Association on Saturday demonstrated outside BCCI chief Jagmohan Dalmiya's residence in Kolkata demanding full membership for the state.
The Election Commission is making sure that the winds of potential change cause no disruption in the counting process.
Huma Qureshi's Rani Bharti was the ace in the pack, but everything that she does in this season smacks more of script conveniences than careful plotting, observes Deepa Gahlot.
'Hundreds of engineers have complained that they are being threatened by criminals for allotment of contracts and extortion.'
A sixth arrest has been made in the Parliament security breach case -- Mahesh Kumawat from Rajasthan's Nagaur who was allegedly in contact with the other accused for the last two years for hatching the conspiracy and had destroyed their mobile phones to get rid of the evidence, police said on Saturday.
The family members of outgoing WFI President Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh will not contest the upcoming federation elections despite eligibility, reliable sources told PTI on Tuesday.
'This is a politically motivated decision.' 'Nitish Kumar is desperate to win as many parliamentary seats as possible.'
The IMD has warned of heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in parts of West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh during the next five days.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Friday formed an ad-hoc committee for cricket administration in the states of Bihar and Uttarakhand.
Ironically, rival Tamil Nadu governments expend the most on social welfare schemes, especially targeting women and youth and children, but that money comes only by selling more liquor. There is always the specious plea, which has been peddled very many times in the past, that without licensed liquor, drinkers would go after hooch and there could be more hooch tragedies and hooch deaths. No one is convinced, but no one can dispute it either, comments N Sathiya Moorthy.
A complaint was filed at a court in Muzaffarpur against suspended BJP spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal who were in news for their derogatory statements against Prophet Muhammad.
Two sadhvis at the Maharshi Mehi Ashram in Bhagalpur, Bihar were allegedly gangraped by its in-charge and his associates, police said on Monday.
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.'
This was a difficult election to win, but the Modi card, the caste divide and the division in the Opposition vote bank helped overcome many challenges.
The bandh was called by Left parties in protest against CAA and NRC. It is being supported by several small political parties of the state.
Sonelal Gupta, a BJP leader was shot dead in Raxaul in Bihar's East Champaran district when he was returning to his residence. Gupta was a close associate of local BJP MLA Sanjay Singh.
Setting up the Darabhanga module was perhaps the easiest job the Indian Mujahideen ever pulled off. With politics, appeasement and a safe hiding ground on offer, the agencies are finding this terror module the toughest one to crack.
In a fourth case of suspected suicide by a NEET aspirant this month, a 16-year-old student was found hanging in his hostel room in the Kunhari area of Kota, the police said on Thursday.
Dr Nagendra Prasad walked into Maheshkhut police station at Khagaria district in the afternoon unharmed.
The proposed mass leave by nearly 70,000 policemen in Bihar was on Wednesday deferred till November 30, following an assurance by Director General of Police Abhayanand that their demands would be looked into, an office-bearer of the Bihar Policemen's Association said.
A Special Investigation Team, constituted by Bihar Director General of Police P K Thakur to trace the couple, suspects the involvement of an inter-state gang in the abduction.
Seeking his custody, the police told the court that the mental health condition of the accused constable was yet to be conducted and that he was not cooperating with them.
Making the arrest of Indian Mujahideen commander Yasin Bhatkal public has resulted in operatives from the Mangalore and Udupi sleeper cells, who worked directly under him, going underground, reports Vicky Nanjappa
Three Bihar ministers have threatened to take action if VHP leader Pravin Togadia delivers a 'hate speech' in Patna.
'He has always loved to help people. He has donated his blood three times'
Pandey had hit the headlines recently for his vocal condemnation of the non-cooperation meted out to the Bihar police team that had visited Mumbai to probe the death of Patna-born actor Sushant Singh Rajput.
Earlier, The Nitish Kumar government had banned sale and consumption of country and spiced liquor in rural areas from April 1 this year, but had allowed sale of foreign liquor in towns and cities.
The Delhi police on Tuesday arrested two persons including NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha in connection with a probe in the portal's foreign funding, officials said.
Plans for a 500-car road show were abandoned after the controversy surrounding his release.
Worried by a spate of suicides by hanging, the authorities in the coaching hub of Kota have taken a desperate measure -- ordering hostels to install a spring device on ceiling fans to stop students from taking their lives.
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his associate were flown to Delhi by a special plane to Patna on Friday afternoon.
Following the arrest of a top terrorist who had made a video of National Security Advisor Ajit Doval's office, it has come to light that Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad is planning a strike in Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh said on Sunday.
Around three lakh school teachers in Bihar have decided to boycott the mid-day meal scheme from July 25 after 23 students died of poisoning after consuming the mid-day meal served in a school in Bihar's Saran district.
The order to kill journalist Rajdeo Ranjan, the police say, was issued from Siwan jail.
The Centre on Thursday disputed in the Supreme Court the figure pertaining to alleged attacks on Christian institutions and priests, terming the data "wrong" and claiming the petitioners wanted to keep "the pot boiling" to sully the image of the country abroad.
A serial blast suspect Arshad Ahmad has been picked up for questioning from a village in Bihar's East Champaran district, police said on Wednesday.
Trouble erupted in Godapur village under the Town police station area, where an idol was found vandalised, following which the members of two communities indulged in heavy stone-pelting, District Magistrate Kaushal Kumar said.
The police have also detained the wife of Chunnu Thakur, a dreaded gangster lodged in Hajipur jail, for interrogation.
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