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Topic: Pappu Yadav

Protesting BPSC aspirants continue push for re-examination amid allegations of political ‘intrusion’

Protests flare up across the state as student organisations & political party workers disrupt road, rail travel. A delegation of aspirants met Bihar chief secretary Monday.

A suicide, an arrest & a lathi-charge add to furore as BPSC aspirants press on with re-exam demand

BPSC, while dismissing protesters’ allegations of a widespread question paper leak as a ‘rumour’, has ordered re-exam for those who appeared for exam at Bapu Nagar center in Patna.

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'.

Pappu Yadav’s arrest ‘undemocratic, insensitive’ say Nitish allies as cracks appear in NDA

Don-turned-politician & former MP Pappu Yadav was among the few politicians seen helping people on ground amid Covid surge. He was arrested Tuesday for violating lockdown rules.

Don-turned-politician Pappu Yadav has a new avatar — drowning Patna’s saviour

Pappu Yadav and his team of volunteers helped flood-hit victims in Patna all through the crisis, earning a slew of admirers and embarrassing Nitish govt.

Why Kanhaiya Kumar backing Pappu Yadav is giving Bihar’s Left nightmares

CPI says Kanhaiya Kumar's support for the Bihar strongman was a misunderstanding, says he made a speech on the request of Pappu Yadav's supporters.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.