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Union minister Paras faces angry protests in Bihar’s Hajipur, his home constituency

PATNA—Pashupati Kumar Paras, union minister for food processing and younger brother of late dalit leader Ram Vilas Paswan, on Monday faced angry protests as he reached Bihar for the first time after becoming a minister in Narendra Modi…
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Protesting migrants shoo away food plates over poor quality, lack of potable water at Bihar…

PATNA—Angry migrant workers kept at the quarantine centres in Bihar are shooing away plates of foods and protesting over lack of quality foods and potable water and prevailing unhygienic conditions at the centres. A peculiar scene was…
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Modi greeted with heavy protest, shown black flags in Andhra Pradesh

Guntur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Sunday greeted with heavy protests during his visit to Andhra Pradesh— his first visit to the state since the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) pulled out of the NDA last year. Reports said none from…
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Protests by upper castes turn serious in Bihar, could spoil NDA show

PATNA: The continuing protests by the Swarn Sena over the issue of restoration of provision for immediate arrest under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act is slowly becoming a matter of serious concern…
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Nitish Kumar’s JD-U joins opposition protests over hike in fuel prices

PATNA: The ruling BJP is caught in a new trouble. Even as the opposition parties enforced “Bharat Bandh” over the soaring fuel prices, its allies too are now opposing the price hike. On Friday, the JD-U which is a key ally of BJP in…
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Angry protests greet Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on his state-wide tour

PATNA: Angry protests continue to greet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar who is currently on another yatra (tour) of the state since early this week. This is the 11th tour of the chief minister during his past 12 years in office,…
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Pappu Yadav threatens to sit on fast in front of offices of BJP, JD-U over currency ban

PATNA: Activists of the Jan Adhikar Party (JAP) today held protests in Bihar to protest the demonetization drive launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The workers led by party chief and parliamentarian Pappu Yadav blocked roads,…
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‘Not my President,’ shout anti-Trump supporters as protests erupt in US post win

New Delhi/New York: Anti-Trump protesters across the US have been thronging the streets chanting or showing placards saying 'Not My President', the media reported on Thursday. Republican party candidate Donald Trump became the 45th…
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Salman’s bid to support Pakistani artists triggers strong protests in India

Film actor Salman Khan’s move to come to the support of Pakistani artists has triggered string protests in India with many suggesting him to migrate to the neighbouring country. “He (Salman) needs to be taught a lesson. If he has so much…
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