India

SAYED MOHAMMAD SHAHBAZ PATNA—After the recent face-off over Caste-based enumeration in Census 2021, the relations between the two ruling NDA partners in Bihar may further sour with the JD-U led by chief minister Nitish Kumar by…
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PATNA—Tribal women in Jharkhand have turned to non-traditional cultivation of Aloe Vera, a kind of medicinal plant, which has brought them joy with good financial returns. Residents from Deori village in Jharkhand’s Ranchi district…
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PATNA—AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday dared the Centre to declare Taliban a terrorist organization. The Taliban have only recently captured power in Afghanistan. “If the government has courage, it should put Taliban in the…
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PATNA— Bihar politics has taken another curious turn. Weeks after letting him ignored in the aftermath of LJP split following overnight coup, the BJP has now come to realize the importance of Chirag Paswan and just doesn’t want to leave him…
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SAYED MOHAMMAD SHAHBAZ PATNA—The first death anniversary of Dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, the founder of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), turned out to be a mega political event here on Sunday with a host of politicians—from ruling to the…
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PATNA—In a curious political development, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has decided not to attend a function being organized to mark the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Devi Lal who served the deputy Prime Minister in the government of…
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PATNA—In another worry for the people, suspected swine flu has struck Bihar, leaving around six persons in its grip. Unconfirmed reports said one person has also died of swine flu. Local newspaper Dainik Bhaskar reported on Friday that a…
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PATNA—Marriages are made in heaven but are being solemnized just ahead of the elections in the Indian state of Bihar. Sounds weird but that’s what has been noticed here. In a fresh case, a prospective candidate in the race for Mukhiya…
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NEW DELHI—India’s progress in electrification of its vehicular fleet remains extremely tardy and slow, despite a policy intent which asks for 30 per cent of all new vehicles to be electric ones by the year 2030, says Centre for Science and…
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PATNA—Bihar Governor Fagu Chauhan on Thursday asked the vice-chancellors to take appropriate actions in including the ideologies of veteran socialist leaders such as Jayprakash Narayan and Ram Manohar Lohiya in university’s syllabuses as…
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