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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Nearly 110 dead in four days as heavy rains, flooding hit northern, eastern India

Patna was reeling under knee-deep water as weather department said that active monsoon still prevailed over Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

Away from limelight, Kanhaiya Kumar can be found in Begusarai or with friends in Bollywood

Kanhaiya Kumar, who rose to fame after a sedition case against him, has been keeping a low profile since his Lok Sabha poll defeat from Begusarai.

Bihar DGP named in 2012 abduction case accused of intimidating petitioner, victim’s family

Petitioner Abhishek Ranjan says his family was threatened, while victim’s father alleges DGP Gupteshwar Pandey is maligning his elder daughter's character.

2.08 lakh Prohibition cases pending, HC asks Nitish govt how it plans to dispose of them

Court tells Bihar govt to file affidavit by 25 September explaining if it plans to appoint judges and set up courts that deal only with Prohibition law violations.

NHRC flags ‘sheer lawlessness’ in Bihar, state police question gang rape victim’s claim

A former inmate of the Muzaffarpur shelter where a sexual abuse scandal was uncovered last year has claimed she was gang-raped.

Rename Bakhtiyarpur to ‘undo sins of the past’, VHP-backed body writes to Bihar CM

Bakhtiyarpur was named after Bakhtiyar Khalji, who had destroyed Nalanda University. Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti says it should be renamed after Chanakya or Shilbhadra.

NCW chief to meet Nitish Kumar, Bihar DGP as Muzaffarpur ‘horror home’ inmate is raped

The 18-year-old was an inmate at the Muzaffarpur shelter where a sexual abuse scandal was discovered last year.

Why Nitish, Mamata, Uddhav and Kamal Haasan need Prashant Kishor

Prashant Kishor gives a big leg-up to his clients, working on their strengths and weaknesses. But his successes expose his clients, too.

Supreme Court allows 8 girls from Muzaffarpur shelter home to reunite with families

The court directed the Bihar government to provide all necessary financial and medical aid to the girls who were among those sexually assaulted at the NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur.

Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) needs to make space for BJP to rule Bihar alone

The trajectory of Nitish Kumar has made JD(U) a party premised on an individual and not an idea. BJP needs to take over. 

On Camera

Is support reducing for Kolkata doctors? Mamata not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?