Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday reiterated that his government is committed to enforce liquor ban or prohibition in the state. M I Khan/ Rediff.com report from Patna.
'Maybe the BJP believes, in the post-poll scenario, it will have the might to foist, anybody endorsed by the RSS, upon Bihar,' observes Mohammad Sajjad.
A Bihar member of Parliament has alleged on Monday that an unidentified man demanded Rs 10 lakh from him and threatened to kill him if he did not pay up, the police said.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar sat on a dharna in front of Mahatma Gandhi's bust at Gandhi Maidan as part of the Janata Dal-United daylong Bihar bandh to protest the Centre's "discriminatory" attitude towards the state and vowed to get special status.
At least 12 pilgrims, five of them women, were killed and 22 others injured when a speeding container ran over them on the New Delhi-Kolkata NH 2 in Bihar's Aurangabad district early on Tuesday
Incensed over the Railway's decision to withdraw stoppage of several trains at Khusrupur station in Bihar, angry locals on Monday ransacked and torched the station, attacked the Intercity Express and uprooted rail lines under Danapur division, approximately 32 km from Patna. Deputy Superintendent of Government Railway Police (Patna East) Rajendra Singh said hundreds of people from nearby villages stormed the Khusrupur railway station today morning, ransacked and burnt it down
Police says Amitesh and two others were trying to flee after stealing a motorcycle. Father, however, denies the charge.
The convoy started from Bhalla college ground and went to Har ki Pauri with a host of party leaders and family members in attendance.
The attack took place when Pankaj Kumar was going for his morning walk to a park in Jakkanpur locality in Patna.
Hours before Narendra Modi's scheduled rally in Bahraich, the district administration gave a conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party to hold the meet on Friday.
Several protests -- some peaceful, some violent -- erupted across India on Monday against the police crackdown in Jamia Millia Islamia and the controversial citizenship law as students and political leaders took to the streets, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these protests "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.
School principal suspended, vice-principal and 14 other teachers transferred after a video emerged of a boy being thrashed by other schoolboys.
Our men are deputed in the dedicated control rooms of states so that we are on the same page with the local authority in terms of the information, work and tasking, he added.
Three Bihar ministers have threatened to take action if VHP leader Pravin Togadia delivers a 'hate speech' in Patna.
She reportedly informed the board that she is not well and unable to appear for the re-exam.
Here's a recap of events that occurred in India in the past 24 hours.
Police have found evidence about the existence of a printing press in Patna that was run by Telgi and his associates.
Prayers were offered and sweets distributed though people mostly took the virtual route to extend wishes. People also visited temples, observing social distancing norms.
The Government Railway Police in Bihar has arrested one of the 26 individuals allegedly involved in setting on fire four air-conditioned bogies of the Delhi-Patna Shramjeevi Express.
Shaili Devi was being treated in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna.
There has been a spike of 1,813 cases since Tuesday evening. The number of active COVID-19 cases stand at 22,982, while 7,796 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, the health ministry said.
More than 45 years after the country's first President Rajendra Prasad's 18K pink gold Rolex Oyster watch was stolen, a case has been lodged in Patliputra police station in Patna, police on Tuesday said.
India pacer Mohammad Shami has once again become a victim of social media trolling after he posted pictures of his wife during their daughter's second birthday celebrations.
A total 4.16 lakh people have been evacuated so far from the 12 flood-affected districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar.
Prima facie, the derailment was caused by a rail fracture.
Ayesha Bano, who was detained at Mangalore airport on Tuesday morning, allegedly ran a hawala racket to sponsor terror strikes in India. Ayesha, also known as 'Pakistan Boss', is a married woman with three children.
The Patna attack was just the beginning, the alleged SIMI terrorist told NIA agents. His organisation has resolved to attack Narendra Modi wherever possible.
Rampant crime challenges the chief minister's promise to maintain law and order. But some say there are other forces at play.
He launched the "cleanliness is service" exercise to push for greater public participation in one of his government's centrepiece programmes launched on October 2, 2015.
Two cases have been registered in the paper leak incident so far. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police has questioned nearly 60 people, including students and tutors, in this connection.
With Jha's arrest, the number of those behind bars in the scam has gone up to 20.
An unaccounted cash of Rs 12.36 lakh was on Thursday seized from a car registered in the name of a Bharatiya Janata Party MLA's husband in the state capital during a special drive in view of Bihar assembly elections.
After five days-long interrogation of a suspected terrorist arrested last week, Bihar police disclosed on Tuesday that he had close links with the dreaded Taliban.
10 central trade unions have called a nationwide shutdown against 'anti-worker policies' of the central government. Apart from being successful in Bengal, Kerala and NE states, the bandh has also got support from Cong leader Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena in Maharashtra.
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