Bhupinder Singh 'Honey' was arrested on 3 February & remanded to Enforcement Directorate custody till Tuesday. He was then produced before district & sessions court for extension of custody.
ED had conducted raids against Honey and others on 18 Jan and seized about Rs 7.9 crore cash and another Rs 2 crore cash from a linked person identified as Sandeep Kumar.
With illegal sand mining becoming a poll issue, ThePrint visited SBS Nagar and Rupnagar districts to find out how and why such sites operate, and what local authorities are doing.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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