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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Topic: Bihar government

‘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.

‘No run-outs this time’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar wins floor test with deputy Tejashwi Yadav

Kumar manoeuvred his way out of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA coalition two weeks ago and revived his old alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav’s RJD.

How little green men can save Bollywood from boycotts & Bihar creates 31 new jobs

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Officials don’t listen to me’, says Bihar minister as bureaucrats’ power irks Nitish’s allies

Ex-CM Jitan Ram Manhji supported minister Mukesh Sahani’s complaint in front of CM Nitish Kumar at NDA meeting Friday, in latest instalment of tussle over officials’ dominance in Bihar.

From special status to namaaz ban, ally BJP is playing opposition to Nitish’s Bihar govt

The Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance in Bihar has seen fraught moments before, but now BJP leaders are publicly denouncing the actions of a government of which they are part.

On Camera

Let’s talk about the Democrats, the party of elites

Kamala Harris' balancing act just didn't work in the 2024 US Presidential election. It was an impossible hill to climb anyway.

Resurgence in India’s air cargo expected to continue as Red Sea crisis crosses one-year mark

After negative growth in 2022-23, air cargo volumes grew 18% year-on-year from October 2023 to March 2024 and 20% year-on-year from April 2024 to August 2024.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.