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PATNA—The BJP on Friday named former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi as its candidate for the by-election to the Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar. The seat has fallen vacant following death of LJP president Ram Vilas Paswan who died…
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PATNA—The state government in Bihar has finally decided to reopen all the schools, both government-run and private, from September 28. However, the schools will get open for only students from Class IX to XII and will function with just…
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PATNA—At least 15 people were killed in lightning strikes in Bihar on Tuesday. According to a Press statement by CM House, 3 each died in Gopalganj, Bhojpur and Rohtas, and 2 each in Saran, Kaimur and Vaishali districts. Bihar chief…
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PATNA—JD-U’s move to cause defection in opposition camp continues in Bihar ahead of assembly polls. Two Congress legislators—Purnima Yadav (Govindpur) and Sudarshan Kumar (Narbigha) joined the JD-U of Nitish Kumar today. The Congress…
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PATNA—A young lawyer was shot dead in Patna while he was on way to the local court. Reports said the Harendra Singh, a resident of Naubatpur block in Patna district, had left his home for the local Danapur court on his bike when the…
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NEW DELHI/PATNA—Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), a key NDA ally headed by Chirag Paswan, on Monday decided to contest elections on 143 assembly seats in Bihar. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of LJP parliamentary board chaired…
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PATNA—Police in Bihar have arrested two youths who are accused of cheating close to 1,000 people in the name of providing jobs. The accused who were arrested from Kulharia complex in Patna on Saturday had formally opened an office to…
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PATNA—More than 70 percent of convicts lodged in various jails of Bihar belong to three categories— Other Backward Castes (OBCs), Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A report in The Times of India quoting National Crime Records Bureau…
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PATNA—The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has asked the Bihar government to declare as “Covid martyrs” all the private doctors who died of Covid-19 infections while treating Covid patients at their clinics or private hospitals. The IMA…
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A man in India tried to kill his babies by mixing poison in bottled milk after his wife gave birth to twin girls. The shocking incident took place in the southern Indian state of Telangana. According to media report, the man got upset…
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