The plea challenges the alleged award of grace marks on account of loss of time apparently due to several reasons. The petition is yet to be listed for hearing.
According to sources, the Bihar police was reluctant to book Indian Mujahideen founder Yasin Batkal on Thursday, and wanted to hand him over to the National Investigation Agency soon after his arrest.
In an attempt to revamp its image as people friendly, the Bihar police have re-launched its campaign to enroll underprivileged children to government schools.
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.
The Intelligence Bureau has issued an alert on Saturday to the Bihar government that terrorists could attack the Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's rally on March 3 in Muzaffarpur district in the state, police officials have said.
Bihar police on Tuesday claimed to have unearthed a suspected ISI link to target the railways with arrest of three persons in East Champaran district of the state bordering Nepal and are being interrogated to find out if they had a role in the derailment at Kanpur Dehat in November and elsewhere.
Manish Kashyap, a YouTuber wanted by the Bihar Police for allegedly sharing fake videos of 'attacks on migrant workers in Tamil Nadu', surrendered before the law enforcers in West Champaran district on Saturday, a statement said.
Yadav was involved in a fracas in the Lok Sabha two days ago.
Unprecedented chaos erupted inside the Bihar assembly on Tuesday when police was called inside to assist the marshals in evicting unruly opposition members who tried to physically prevent the Speaker from taking his Chair.
Four people were arrested in connection with the murder of journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav in Bihar's Araria district, police said on Saturday.
The state police also advised people not to believe in rumours.
Akash Deep had just finished his spell and was manning the boundary when he heard everyone in the Bengal dressing room clapping in unison and congratulating him.
"That is fantastic. A (former) cabinet minister is not traceable. Fantastic. How could it happen that a (former) cabinet minister is not traceable and nobody knows where she is? Do you realise the seriousness of this? You have to explain to us how a (former) cabinet minister is not traceable," the bench said.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray has moved the Bombay high court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in a public interest litigation demanding a CBI probe in connection with the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager Disha Salian.
'The assailants knocked at the gates of Yadav's house around 5.30 am and opened fire as soon as he opened the gates,' the Bihar Police tweeted.
The patrol team first found 13 pressure IEDs and later recovered 149 such bombs, weighing about one kilogram each, from a nearby cave in the area.
Patna's additional director general of police JS Gangwar said the woman had been staying in India for the last two years while her visa only allowed her to stay in the country for 90 days only.
Altogether 77 people have been arrested in connection with the communal violence that erupted in Bihar Sharif town in Nalanda district during the Ram Navami festivities, police said on Sunday.
The Economic Offence Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police has booked four persons in connection with the case, they said in a statement.
The bandits not only looted cash, they also killed two home guard jawans, assaulted and injured bank staff and threatened to kill customers.
The Mumbai Police held the accused from Patna on Wednesday for allegedly issuing the death threat to Pawar by making a call on the latter's landline phone, the official said.
The Bihar police have detained a suspected Chinese woman in Bodh Gaya in connection with alleged threat to Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama and are interrogating her, J S Gangwar, ADG (headquarters) confirmed to ANI.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the state police was conducting an in-depth inquiry into the death of an Assam-based student Pritam Bhattacharya whose body was found near Katoriya station in Barauni-Katihar rail section on July 17.
'Lalu understands that his words can be used by rivals to consolidate Hindu votes which may damage the prospects of his party's social support base.'
Four people were arrested in connection with the incident that happened on Tuesday.
Cyber criminals are using apps and young women to trap people through mobile phone calls and video chats.
'We will interrogate and punish the guilty.' 'Please don't use this case as a Maharashtra versus Bihar issue.' 'This is the most deplorable thing to do.'
BJP official spokesperson Nikhil Anand alleged that the proof and evidence related to the case are being destroyed and tampered with. "An absurd article was written in Saamna by Shiv Sena in which Rajput's fans, his family, Bihar Police and Bihar Government were insulted. It is clear that Shiv Sena leaders are afraid of CBI investigation and they are nervous about it," he said.
Commotion broke out today at the venue of a rally at Gaya in Bihar shortly before Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi was to address it prompting police to resort to a mild lathicharge.
The FIR by the Bihar police says Rs 15 crore was siphoned off from Sushant's account.' 'During the probe, we found he had Rs 18 crore in his account of which around Rs 4.5 crore are still there.'
With one more person succumbing to injuries, the toll in Monday's police firing on a mob in the Bagaha police district rose to six even as the Officer In-charge of Naurangia police station has been placed under suspension, police sources said today.
Earlier, district police officers had claimed that two bike-borne assailants were involved in the incident.
The Bihar government, realising that it does not have the jurisdiction to probe the case, is now adopting this 'illegal method' of recommending the case to be handed over to the CBI, says Rhea's lawyer.
Notwithstanding Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's offer for talks with Maoists, the state government decided to intensify operations to secure the safe release of 4 policemen taken hostage by Naxals as there was no guarantee the other three cops would be spared.
However, the magnitude of the Naxalite offensive came as a surprise.
Rajput's father while opposing the plea of Chakraborty, said Mumbai Police has not filed any case after the death of his son and did not allow the Patna Police to investigate by quarantining their senior officers.