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PATNA—A man from Bihar donated his entire pension money for the construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya. 78-year-old Ranjit Kumar Singh, a retired college principal from Yarpur locality of Patna, donated Rs25 lakh (Rs2.5 million) on…
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PATNA/NEW DELHI—A teenaged girl who went mysteriously missing from her maternal uncle’s home in Delhi has been found pursuing nursing course thousands of kilometers away in Bihar. Police said the 16-year-old girl had fled maternal…
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PATNA—The main Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Monday demanded for dismissal of the existing Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, alleging the government had failed to curb crime. “The present government has miserably…
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PATNA—Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani took 180 degree turn to file his papers for the by-elections to the Bihar Legislative Council seat on Monday. Sahani who is also a minister for animal husbandry and fisheries…
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PATNA—Vikassheel Insan Party (VIP) president Mukesh Sahani has refused to file nomination for by-poll to a legislative council seat in Bihar in a setback to the ruling National Democratic Alliance in the state. Sahani who is also…
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PATNA—In a curious political development, former Union minister and BJP’s national spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain has been named as party candidate for Bihar Legislative Council. Hussain never looked back since he became the Union…
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PATNA—The massive vaccination drive against COVID-19 kicked off in Bihar on Saturday with rare enthusiasm seen among the persons selected for vaccine shots. The first shot was administered to Ram Babu, a cleaning staff with Indira Gandhi…
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PATNA—Residents of Patna have banned the politicians from using a bridge they constructed by raising funds at their own level. The residents have put a formal board at the Mandiri bridge site which says “local member of parliament and…
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PATNA—A girl jumped off the court’s building in Bihar after her family objected to her inter-caste wedding and asked her stay away from the boy, citing social status. Sangam Kumari, a resident of Dandari police station areas in Begusarai…
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Top farm union leader Bhupinder Singh Mann has stepped down from Supreme Court-appointed committee formed to start dialogues with the protesting farmers over the three controversial farm laws. The move comes a setback to the initiative…
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