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Once a rival ‘bahubali’, Pappu Yadav defends Anand Mohan release, says IAS officer’s murder ‘not motivated’

Pappu Yadav says will fight alongside Anand Mohan Singh 'to save democracy', requests widow of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah to forgive his killers 'like Sonia Gandhi did Rajiv Gandhi's'.

Economist and ex-NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya is Nalanda University’s new chancellor

A Padma Bhushan awardee, Panagariya is the fourth chancellor of the university after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, former Singapore foreign minister George Yeo and computer scientist Vijay P Bhatkar.

Bihar BJP ex-chief ‘met’ Anand Mohan’s MLA son days before party slammed don-politician’s release

RJD MLA Chetan Anand says MP & former Union minister Radha Mohan Singh met him and 'congratulated' him on his father's possible release.

Murdered IAS officer Krishnaiah’s wife moves SC against release of Bihar ex-MP Anand Mohan

New Delhi: The wife of slain Gopalganj magistrate G. Krishnaiah moved the Supreme Court Saturday challenging the release of former Bihar MP Anand Mohan,...

Jungle raj vs clean politics — Anand Mohan’s release sets stage for Bihar’s 2024 battle

Nitish Kumar's govt ensuring the release of a murder convict looks like an apparent bid to garner Rajput votes.

As PK’s Jan Suraaj yatra meanders through Bihar, 1st electoral success spurs hope of ‘impact in 2025 polls’

Prashant Kishor's outfit tasted electoral success for the first time in the Bihar legislative council bypolls earlier this month. But rivals don't see the outfit as a real threat.

‘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’.

IAS officer lynched by mob. 30 yrs on, a statue, angry cadre, and a smiling CM with the killer

CM Nitish Kumar's decision to amend Bihar Prison Manual and facilitate the release of ex-MP Anand Mohan, the only convicted killer of Dalit IAS officer G Krishnaiah, has scratched old wounds anew.

Slain IAS officer’s wife ‘shocked’, as Nitish govt releases ex MP who ‘instigated’ G. Krishnaiah’s lynching

Patna: Hours after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government Monday issued orders for the release of controversial former Lok Sabha member Anand Mohan Singh from...

Facing Nitish-Tejashwi in 2024, BJP’s eyeing alliance with smaller parties in Bihar ‘for caste-based votes’

With 17 sitting MPs, BJP has 23 Lok Sabha seats to distribute. Party could be looking to re-adopt its 2014 when it fought without JD(U) and with smaller parties as allies.

On Camera

No Mamata Banerjee, women’s safety isn’t a curfew issue

For Indian women, the smallest unit of control becomes the family; the largest, the State. Both speak the same language.

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.