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TopicBihar government

Topic: Bihar government

Modi govt opposes Bihar caste survey, says only Centre empowered to carry out statutory process

Bihar govt counsel says Centre's affidavit 'contemptuous' as it is in abrogation of an earlier apex court order in which Centre was directed to carry out caste-based survey in Kerala

Bihar IAS officer warns coaching institutes — ‘stop eating into school hours, employing govt teachers’

In a letter to DMs, K.K. Pathak, additional chief secretary of Bihar’s education department, has vowed a crackdown on private coaching institutes that refuse to heed warning.

Patna HC stays Nitish govt’s caste survey, says state has ‘no power to carry out census’

HC was hearing pleas challenging Nitish Kumar govt’s decision to conduct caste-based survey in Bihar. It has directed state government to ensure data collected so far is preserved.

Caste census: Bihar govt allows transgender people to choose caste after row

The caste census questionnaire categorises castes into 214 different groups. Bihar government had earlier included transgenders as a caste category.

‘Mockery of justice’: IAS Association hits out as ex-MP convicted of DM’s murder freed after Bihar rule tweak

Indian Civil and Administrative Service (Central) Association says change in rules that led to Anand Mohan Singh’s release is a ‘dilution’ that causes ‘erosion in morale of public servants’.

‘Discriminatory’: Activist questions inclusion of ‘transgender’ as category in Bihar caste census, moves HC

Petition submitted in Patna High Court says allocating a code to transgender people alongside caste categories is a violation of their fundamental rights under Constitution.

‘Poor are dying’ — Nitish makes U-turn, announces Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for hooch victims’ families

Compensation to cover deaths since 2016, when sale & consumption of booze was banned. BJP's Sushil Modi says CM made this decision as anti-liquor law was politically affecting him.

Behind arrest of Galwan soldier’s father over memorial, a history of grudges & caste conflict

There was an uproar when late jawan Jai Kishore Singh’s father was allegedly ‘manhandled’ by Bihar cops for building a memorial on ‘encroached’ land. But there is more to the story.

SubscriberWrites: Why granting remission to G Krishnaiah’s killer would be a wrong move by Bihar govt

G Krishnaiah was collector of Gopalganj district when a mob assaulted him and shot him dead in December 1994 but only one person was found guilty, writes Rishi Thakur.

Why liquor cases are still clogging Bihar courts — law eased, but govt, HC don’t see eye to eye

Bihar govt relaxed prohibition law last year to reduce burden on courts. But over 1.5 lakh cases of 1st-time offenders still stuck, largely due to clash between Patna HC & state govt.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.