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.
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.
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’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
News channels were also in two minds about removing stray dogs to the government dog pounds. NDTV took credit for it and CNN-News 18 called ‘controversial order’.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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