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JUNE-2015
People's President, Missile Man Kalam laid to rest
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu), July 30 (IANS) Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was laid to rest on Thursday here with full military honours in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other leaders who paid tributes to the man who strengthened India's missile programme and played a key role in country's 1998 nuclear test -- making him a national hero. |
Memon hanged in Nagpur, buried in Mumbai
Nagpur/Mumbai (Maharashtra), July 30 (IANS) Yakub Abdul Razzak Memon, the lone death row convict in the March 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, was hanged in the Nagpur Central Jail early Thursday, after a prolonged legal battle that continued till barely a couple of hours before his execution. |
Political war of words erupts over Memon's execution
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) A political war of words erupted on Thursday over the execution of 1993 Mumbai blast convict Yakub Memon and the issue of terrorism, with a section of opposition leaders speaking against the death sentence and the government hitting back. |
Dharna, demonstration site shifted from R-Block after Patna high court directive
Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Chief Justice L. Narasimha Reddy and Justice Anjana Mishra of Patna High Court on Wednesday issued a directive to shift the designated place of protest, dharna (sit-in) and demonstration from R-Block to Sanjay Gandhi Stadium, Gardanibagh, for two months as temporary arrangement. After this Kargil Chowk or a dumping yard at Gardanibagh would be made the permanent site. |
'Manjhi - The Mountain Man' made tax free in Bihar
Patna, July 30 (IANS) The Bihar government on Thursday announced that "Manjhi - The Mountain Man", an upcoming Indian biopic based on the life of 'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi, will be exempted from tax in the state. The idea is to get the maximum number of people to watch it, officials said. |
Bihar to name college, science city after Kalam
Patna, July 30 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to name Kishanganj Agriculture College and the proposed science city in Patna after late former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, officials said. |
Nitish refuses to comment on HC order on Badh Chala Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday refused to comment on the Patna high court order banning the use of photos of chief minister and his ministerial colleagues from the state government’s Badh Chala Bihar campaign. |
Modi to address three rallies in Bihar in August
Patna, July 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three rallies in Bihar next month to bolster BJP prospects in the coming assembly elections, a party leader said here on Wednesday.
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Top poll official to visit Bihar on August 7
Patna, July 29 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner Naseem Zaidi, along with his team, will visit Bihar on August 7 to review preparations for the upcoming assembly polls, an official said here on Wednesdsay.
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Lovely Anand joins HAM as party gets EC recognition
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former MP Lovely Anand on Wednesday joined Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) in the presence of its president Jitan Ram Manjhi and state party chief Shakuni Chaudhary. She may even get the party ticket for the coming Assembly election. |
Manjhi's HAM recognised by poll panel
Patna, July 29 (IANS) The Election Commission has recognised the Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM) of former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi as a political party, the party said on Wednesday. |
Bihar to introduce Grievance Redressal Bill in the Monsoon Session: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Four years after the Bihar government enacted Right to Services Act in 2011 to ensure timely disposal of applications the state government would introduce the Grievance Redressal Bill in the Monsoon Session of the state Assembly and enact a law that would further strengthen the rule of law. |
Ketan Mehta to donate share of profits to Manjhi's village
Mumbai, July 29 (IANS) Director Ketan Mehta has stated that he is overwhelmed with the response to the trailer of his upcoming venture "Manjhi- The Mountain Man" and plans to donate a share of the film's profits to Dashrath Manjhi's village in Bihar. |
Mob kills rape accused in Bihar village
Patna, July 29 (IANS) A youngster, accused of raping a teenage girl, was beaten to death by a mob in a village in Bihar's Samastipur district on Wednesday, police said.
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Kalam's last rites to take place in Rameswaram
New Delhi/Chennai, July 28 (IANS) The last rites of former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be held in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu following his family's wish, it was announced on Tuesday. |
Bihar schools closed as mark of respect for Kalam
Patna, July 28 (IANS) Most Bihar schools, including government and private, remained closed on Tuesday as mark of respect to former president A.P.J Abdul Kalam, who passed away on Monday, an official said. |
Bihar to name college after Kalam
Patna, July 28 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday said the Kishanganj Agriculture College will be named after former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. |
Two more cases against Modi over DNA remark
Patna, July 28 (IANS) Two more cases have been filed against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for questioning the "DNA" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, a lawyer said here on Tuesday. |
Kayasthas apart: A matter of concern for BJP?
Patna,(BiharTimes): Shatrughan Sinha may dismiss late Saturday night meeting with chief minister Nitish Kumar a courtesy call to a personal friend and that no political meaning should be attached to it.
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Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam dead Shillong, July 27 (IANS) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, who won popular acclaim as India's president in 2002-07, died here on Monday evening after collapsing during a lecture at the IIM-Shillong, officials said. |
RJD's Bihar shutdown halts rail services
Patna, July 27 (IANS) Rail services were on Monday hit hard after RJD workers halted several trains to enforce a state-wide shutdown to protest against the central government's failure to make public the caste-based census. |
PM may revisit Bihar in August
Patna, July 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Bihar again next month to address a rally ahead of the upcoming state assembly polls, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said on Sunday. |
 RJD fasts against withholding of caste data
Patna, July 26 (IANS)RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his supporters fasted here on Sunday to protest against the central government's failure to make public the caste-based census. |
 Modi attacks Nitish & Co, hints at Bihar special package
Muzaffarpur/Patna, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday denounced Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, only hours after sharing a stage with him, and RJD leader Lalu Prasad as he formally kickstarted the NDA's campaign for the Bihar assembly polls. |
Shatrughan Sinha meets Nitish, praises CM, flays PM
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a major development Patna Saheb MP of the BJP, Shatrughan Sinha, virtually crossed over to the rival JD(U)-RJD camp. Not only he skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public meeting in Muzaffarpur, but went on to meet chief minister Nitish Kumar.
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Modi attempting Lalu-Nitish divide: Lalu
Patna, July 25 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of trying to create differences between him and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. |
 Development answer to all ills: Modi
Patna, July 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that development is the answer to all ills including poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. |
Two minors gang-raped in Bihar
Jul 15 (IANS) Two minors, who are cousins, were gang-raped by 15 youth when they were returning from a temple in Bihar's Rohtas district on Wednesday, police said, addding a search was on for the accused. |
Police inspector shot dead in Bihar
Patna, July 14 (IANS) A police inspector was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bihar's Araria district on Tuesday while he was on a routine check, police said. |
RJD calls Bihar shutdown on July 27 over caste census
Patna, July 14 (IANS) A day after leading a protest march through the state capital, RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called for a Bihar bandh (shutdown) on July 27 to protest the withholding of caste-based census data by the central government. |
Mahadalits face social boycott in Bihar village
Patna, July 14 (IANS) The poorest of poor Mahadalits are facing a social boycott in their village in Bihar after one of them refused to remove a dead ox from an influential person's house, police said on Tuesday.
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 Lalu protests withholding of caste census data
Patna, July 13 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad led thousands of his party workers here on Monday to protest the withholding of the caste-based census data by the Centre and demanded it be made public. |
| Nitish rubbishes reports of differences with Lalu Patna,(BiharTimes): Before leaving for New Delhi to attend the Iftar party of Congress president Sonia Gandhi Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday denied that the media reports that differences have cropped up with RJD chief Lalu Prasad after results of Legislative Council election. |
Full house at Sonia's iftar but Lalu stays away
New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A week before parliament's monsoon session, it was a show of strength for Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday with leaders of prominent opposition parties including the JD-U, RJD, the Trinamool Congress, DMK, and the BSP present at an iftar she hosted though RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was conspicuous by his absence. |
| Bihar jailor's sex video uploaded on porn sites Patna, July 13 (IANS) Inmates of central jail in Bihar's Kishanganj district uploaded a video clip of jailor Kripa Shankar on porn sites allegedly showing him forcing them to indulge in sex, police said. |
Took more than a month to feel normal: Nawazuddin
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui said he had to take various steps for one and a half months to detach from the character he plays in director Ketan Mehta's "Manjhi - The Mountain Man".
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 Manjhi, Pappu meet sparks off speculations of Third Front
Patna,(BiharTimes): The statements given by former chief minister and Hindustani Avam Morcha (HAM) leader Jitan Ram Manjhi and Madhepura MP, Pappu Yadav, in a joint Press conference after their meeting on Sunday sparked off speculations in the political circle.
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Don't take Lalu-Nitish alliance lightly: Shatrughan
Patna, July 12 (IANS) BJP parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha on Sunday cautioned his party not to treat lightly the coming together of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad ahead of the state assembly polls. |
Lalu Prasad to pen book on Mandal movement
Patna, July 12 (IANS) A raconteur with an inimitable style, RJD chief Lalu Prasad will now put pen to paper and write on the Mandal politics that took the country by storm in 1990, changing forever the Indian political scene. |
JD-U, RJD in shock after NDA win in Bihar
Patna, July 12 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Lalu Prasad's RJD are licking their wounds after being worsted by the BJP-led NDA in legislative council polls. |
I and not BJP made the first backward caste as PM: Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): After chief minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal (United) leader K C Tyagi it is the RJD chief Lalu Prasad who on Satur-day blasted the BJP chief Amit Shah for claiming that Narendra Modi is the first prime minister who hails from the backward castes. |
Nitish hits out at Amit Shah for OBC blunder
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday asked the BJP national president Amit Shah to get his facts correct and do not indulge in spreading misinformation. |
Trains, road traffic hit in Bihar shutdown
Patna, July 11 (IANS) Several trains were halted and traffic was blocked in Bihar on Saturday because of a shutdown called by Jan Adhikar Party chief Pappu Yadav over the death of a youth. |
Is there scope for scoring political point over Siku’s death?
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even before the full facts could come as to who is responsi-ble for the thrashing, which led to the death of Shyam Narayan Bhardwaj alias Siku Raj––BSF, Kishanganj Police or both––opposition parties have started mak-ing political capital out of the situation. |
Pappu dares Nitish, Lalu to contest from Madhepura
Patna,(BiharTimes): Expelled RJD MP Pappu Yadav on Wednesday dared chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad to contest Assembly election against him from any segments of Madhepura Lok Sabha seat. |
Nitish orders probe into Siku’s death
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday ordered a high level probe into the death of 21-year old Shyam Narayan Bhardwaj alias Siku Raj in a private nursing home after he was thrashed allegedly by BSF personnel and Kishanganj police a week ago. |
Gaya boy who went for BSF recruitment test dies after return
Patna,(BiharTimes): Gaya boy Shyam Narayan Bhardwaj alias Siku (21), who went to Kishanganj for physical fitness test on July 1 for recruitment in the BSF but “returned beaten and bruised” died at a private hospital in the state capital early on Wednesday. |
BPCC chief moves privilege motion against Patna SSP
Patna,(BiharTimes): As said on Monday the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ashok Choudhary, MLC, on Tuesday moved a privi-lege motion against Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Vikas Vaibhav in the Legislative Council and accused the officer of being vindictive against him because he comes from a Scheduled Castes.
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BPCC chief faces police action over influencing SSP Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): A station diary entry was lodged with the Gandhi Maidan police station on Monday against the state Congress president Ashok Choudhary for calling the Patna SSP Vikas Vaibhav and requested him not to take harsh action against some National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) members in a case of vandalization outside the official residence of the human resources development minister, P K Shahi, on July 22, 2013. |
BJP makes bid to reach out to Muslims
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party will have a smooth sail in the coming Assembly election provided it get consolidated support of Muslims. |
Record 94 % polling in Bihar Council poll
A record 94 per cent polling was recorded on Tuesday’s election to 24 legislative council seats in Bihar, which has been billed as a semi-final ahead of the crucial State Assembly polls scheduled later this year. |
 Nitish Kumar’s hoardings contradicts him
Patna,(BiharTimes): Not long back Nitish Kumar used to criticize RJD chief Lalu Prasad when big hoardings and billboards would come up at various places in Patna on the occasionof rallies and ‘raillas’. |
Absconding postal agent in CBI net after 10 years
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) An agent of post office saving schemes, wanted in a 10-year-old case of issuing forged Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) certificates of Rs.2.63 crore, was arrested by CBI officials from Badrinath where he was living as a seer on Monday, agency officials said. |
SC allows polls for Bihar legislative council
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Election Commission to go ahead with the election of 24 members of the Bihar legislative council taking note of its submission that if one-third of these had to retire every two years, then these members would be selected through draw of lots.
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Pappu Yadav to join NDA?
Patna, July 6 (IANS) Lok Sabha member Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who was expelled from Lalu Prasad's RJD for six years for anti-party activities, is likely to join the BJP-led NDA ahead of the Bihar assembly polls. |
Vyapam scam: Centre's no to CBI probe, Uma fears for people's lives
Bhopal/New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) The central government on Monday rejected calls for a CBI probe into the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, even as a police trainee recruited through Vyapam was found dead -- the third death in three days, while union minister Uma Bharti said she fears for the lives of those around her. |
RJD to protest withholding caste Census data: Lalu
Patna, July 5 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday announced that his party would compel the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government to make public the caste-based Census data. |
Rods, knives, phone, jewellery found inside Bihar jail
Patna, July 5 (IANS) A day after an undertrial prisoner was killed in Beur Central Jail in Bihar, police recovered from inmates five iron rods, six knives, a mobile phone, SIM cards, gold jewellery, and cash, officials said. |
Left to jointly contest Bihar elections
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The CPI-M and five other Left parties on Sunday announced that they will jointly contest the coming Bihar elections "as an independent, united bloc". |
Day after scribe's death, opposition seeks SC-monitored Vyapam probe
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) The Congress and the AAP on Sunday hit out at the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government over the recruitment scam in the state's Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (or Vyapam), and demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe after a TV journalist covering the scandal died under mysterious circumstances. |
Prisoner beaten to death in Bihar jail
Patna, July 4 (IANS) An undertrial prisoner was beaten to death on Saturday in a clash between two groups of inmates in a jail here, prompting authorities to suspend two jail wardens. |
Bihar court orders FIR against Sunny Deol, others
Patna, July 4 (IANS) A court in Bihar on Saturday directed the authorities to file an FIR against actor Sunny Deol, director Chandra Prakash Dwivedi and writer Kasinath Singh, saying their movie "Mohalla Assi" hurt religious sentiments of people. |
RJD seeks action against criminals in ruling party
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national general secretary of Rashtriya Janata Dal Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha on Friday asked the JD(U) leadership for disciplinary action against leaders with criminal antecedents.
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Nitish launches disaster management programme for school children
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday inaugurated Mukhya Mantri Vidyalaya Suraksha Yojana (MMVSY) and a fortnight-long mass awareness programme––Vidyalaya Suraksha Jagrukta Pakhwara–– in every school of the state during the period. He announced that July 4 will be observed as School Safety Awareness Day in Bihar.
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Sunil Pandey denies links with Lambu Sharma
Patna,(BiharTimes): Tarari MLA of Janata Dal (United) Sunil Pandey on Saturday denied having any link with the noted criminal and an accused in Ara blast case of January 23 last, Sachchidanand Sharma, alias Lambu Sharma.
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BJP may get 47 seats in Bihar, internal survey Patna,(BiharTimes): An internal survey conducted by the BJP after the Lalit Suri episode saw the light of the day revealed that the BJP may end up getting as less as 47 seats in the com-ing Assembly election in Bihar. |
C P Thakur puts pressure on NaMo with win or lose statement
Patna,(BiharTimes): In an apparent bid to pressurize the central leadership to announce the chief ministerial candidate for Bihar former Union minister and senior BJP leader Dr C P Thakur on Thursday cautioned that if the party contest the Assembly election projecting Narendra Modi as its face, the responsibility of its victory or defeat would be on the Prime Minister. |
'Hema Malini never inquired about our child'
Jaipur, July 3 (IANS) The distraught father of the two-year-old girl, who died in a car crash with actor Hema Malini's sedan, is inconsolable, while the injured mother is constantly asking "Chinni kahan hai?", not knowing her daughter is dead. The family is even more hurt that neither the actor nor her aides bothered to ask about their well-being though, they say, the accident was caused by her speeding car. |
Cambodia's protest delays Ramayan temple work in Bihar
Patna, July 3 (IANS) Cambodia's protest over the design of 'Virat Ramayan Mandir' in Bihar - touted as the world's largest Hindu temple - put a spanner in the launch of its construction, leaving lakhs of devotees across the state and outside disappointed. |
EC told to state 24 Bihar councillors' term by draw of lots
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Election Commission to file an affidavit stating that upon the election of 24 members of Bihar legislative council, their term would be decided by draw of lots as one-third of these members had to retire every two years. |
In bulk of rural India, Rs.5,000 is highest monthly wage
New Delhi, July 3 (IANS) For nearly 75 percent of the 17.9 crore (nearly 180 million) households in rural India, the monthly income of a highest-earning member is less than Rs.5,000 ($83), even as 40 percent are landless, toiling as manual casual labourers, as per latest official data. |
Anant Singh, Sunil Pandey may join LJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) may have to pay for the action the state government has taken against two of its controversial legislators Anant Singh and Sunil Pandey. |
Manjhi questions Nitish cabinet’s decision to implement his 34 agenda
Patna,(BiharTimes): Strongly flaying the chief minister Nitish Kumar former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday questioned the decision of the state cabinet to implement, what he said ‘modified’ versions of 34 decisions taken by his government in the last three cabinet meetings. |
DD woman programme executive receives threat letter
Patna,(BiharTimes): A senior woman programme executive with Doordarshan, Ratna Purkayastha, on Wednesday lodged a complaint with the Gandhi Maidan police station in which she said she had received an anonymous letter threat-ening to eliminate her if she did not take back a case she had filed against state food minister, Shyam Rajak, in 2013. |
Three killed by lightning in Bihar
Patna, July 2 (IANS) At least three youths were killed and four seriously injured on Thursday when they were struck by lightning in Bihar's Katihar district, police said. |
School director lynching: Six arrested, case lodged against 400
Patna,(BiharTimes): Six persons were arrested and FIR against more than 400 lodged on Wednesday for leading a violent protest at Nirpur village in Nalanda district after the bodies of two boys of the schools were recovered from a pond on the school campus. |
Case filed against RLSP MP Aurn Kumar for his remarks against CM
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior Jehanabad district leader of Janata Dal (United), Chandrika Parasad Yadav, on Tuesday filed a case against Jehanabad MP Arun Kumar for his chest-breaking (‘kaleja tod denge’) remarks against chief minister Nitish Kumar. The case was filed in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Daya Shankar Singh. |
66 SAP personnel sacked
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state police headquar-ters on Tuesday terminated the contract of 66 personnel of Special Auxiliary Police on charges of indiscipline and breaching rules of employ-ment. |
SuMo calls on Manjhi, discusses council poll
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday called on former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi at the latter’s residence. Among other things they chalked out plan to jointly campaign for the coming election for 24 seats of the legislative council. |
US-based doctors' group promoting veganism in India
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) A lot of Hollywood actors were already doing it but when closer home Bollywood icon Aamir Khan recently announced his plans of turning vegan, many became curious. While some may express doubts, a doctors' group from the US has initiated an India tour to propagate the benefits of a vegan life. |
War against medical negligence yet to be won: Kunal Saha
Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) His relentless fight might have taken away the 'untouchable shield' from doctors guilty of medical negligence, but Indian American doctor Kunal Saha insists there are miles to go to cleanse the Indian healthcare system - plagued by corruption and inefficiency. |
Disgruntled Yadav quartet resolve to defeat Lalu, Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Four disgruntled Yadav leaders of Bihar on Sunday met under the banner of Mandal Vichar Manch at the residence of former MP, Ranjan Yadav, to unanimously pass a resolution to campaign against candidates of the RJD-JD(U) alliance.
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Protest in Bihar over lynching of school director
Patna, June 29 (IANS) A day after the director of a private residential school in Bihar's Nalanda district was lynched by villagers, hundreds of angry protestors on Monday blocked traffic and demanded action against those involved, police said. |
100 Bihar children ill after mid-day meal
Patna, June 29 (IANS) Nearly 100 children fell ill on Monday after eating their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar's Madhubani district, an official said. |
BJP now plays Kayastha card ahead of Assembly election
Patna,(BiharTimes): Ahead of the Assembly election the Bharatiya Janata Party is leaving no stone unturned to play caste card. After wooing extremely backward castes, Yadavs and Dalits the saffron party is now playing Kayastha card.
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Nitish decries use of foul language against him
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday directly held the Bharatiya Janata Party responsible for the ‘kaleja tod denge’ remarks of the state Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Arun Kumar made a day earlier. |
 Bihar school director lynched
Patna, June 28 (IANS) The director of a private residential school in Bihar's Nalanda district was beaten to death by villagers on Sunday after the bodies of two missing students were found in a pond nearby, police said. |
Has BJP conceded Round One to Nitish?
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) After months of 'will it? will it not?', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has declared that - by political implication - Narendra Modi still remains its best bet in the Indian electoral arena. |
Pappu Yadav, now a new darling of media
After Nitish Kumar, and for a brief period Jitan Ram Manjhi, it seems that the Madhepura MP, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, is emerging as a darling of the media, especially the electronic channels.
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| CM face: State NDA leaders leave it upto PM Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the RLSP national president and Union minister Upendra Kushwaha had thrown his hat in the race for the chief ministerial candidate of the NDA and had said that the BJP, LJP and his party should contest 102, 74 and 67 seats respectively the state unit chiefs of these three parties on Saturday agreed that it should be the prime minister Narendra Modi who should take call on the CM face of the alliance.
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Kaleja tod denge, state RLSP chief Arun Kumar warns CM Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Jehanabad MP and state president of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, Arun Kumar, on Saturday accused chief minister Nitish Kumar of harassing and torturing innocent men, women and children of a particular caste in Mokama-Barhaiya region of Bihar. |
BJP’s mysterious silence over Anant Singh episode
Patna,(BiharTimes): If a one-man army of Pappu Yadav can protest so strongly against the incident in Barh and RLSP MP Arun Kumar can warn Nitish Kumar of dire consequences why is the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders not speaking against the Mokama don. |
Ranjan quits JD(U) over alliance with RJD
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Pataliputra MP Ranjan Yadav on Wednesday resigned from the primary membership of the Janata Dal (United) in protest against the party’s alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal. |
Nitish’s role in protecting Anant Singh should be probed: Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that Anant Singh should have been arrested the day he threatened to eliminate the then chief minister (that is, he himself) the president of Hindustani Awam Morcha, Jitan Ram Manjhi, sought probe into the role of chief minister Nitish Kumar in protecting the Mokama MLA. |
Manjhi appeals to Dalits to throw out Nitish government
Patna,(BiharTimes): Dubbing the coming together of chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad as an unholy alliance former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday called upon all the 22 Dalit castes to join hands to keep the Janata Dal (United)-Rashtriya Janata Dal combine away from power. |
Cabinet nod for JP memorial in Bihar
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The government on Wednesday decided to set up a national memorial at the birthplace of social activist Jai Prakash Narayan at his birthplace in Bihar. |
Six new IIMs to come up across India
New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The union cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Wednesday approved the proposal to set up six new Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) across the country. |
Bihar CM writes to PM, again seeks special category status
Patna,(BiharTimes): Reacting to Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s lecture in California (the United States) on the issue of Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday wrote another letter to prime minister Narendra Modi demanding speedy action on the state government’s demand of special category status and special financial assistance. |
Anant Singh taken into custody?
Patna,(BiharTimes): The controversial Janata Dal (United) MLA from Mokama, Anant Singh, was on Wednesday afternoon reportedly taken into police custody. However, the report has not yet been officially confirmed. |
Backstabbers or arm-twisters: Are Kushwaha, Ram Vilas playing into some BJP leaders’ hand
Patna,(BiharTimes): With the BJP central leadership hinting that it would go to the election without naming any chief ministerial candidate started the arm-twisting by allies like Rashtriya Lok Samata Party and Lok Janshakti Party. Though the two parties have not a single MLA in the current Assembly yet RLSP’s Upendra Kushwaha on Sunday dropped a bombshell by claiming that the BJP should not contest more than 102 seats as it did in 2010 election and should leave 74 and 67 respectively for the LJP and RLSP. |
BJP caught in ‘Jungle Raj’, ‘anti-development Nitsh’ dilemma
Patna,(BiharTimes): Whenever the media raises questions about the languages used by them against each other in the past Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad get embarrassed. In the same way the BJP leaders are finding it difficult to sketch an anti-development image of the present Bihar chief minister. |
Anybody who helps a 'bhagoda' is wrong, says BJP MP
New Delhi/Jaipur, June 23 (IANS) A day after union minister Nitin Gadkari dismissed charges against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhra Raje of helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi, a Bharatiya Janata Party parliamentarian said "anybody who helps a bhagoda (fugitive) is wrong". |
Maoists call for shutdown, torch tractors in Bihar
Patna, June 23 (IANS) Maoists called for a two-day shutdown beginning Tuesday in Bihar over the killing of their men and burnt down eight tractors and set ablaze a mobile tower in separate incidents, police said. |
Patna HC grants bail to BJP MLA, two former MPs
Patna,(BiharTimes): The single bench of Justice Gopal Prasad of the Patna High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 14 persons, including two former MPs and a sitting BJP MLA, in a case related to an attack on Sitamarhi Collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998.
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Monsoon finally reaches Bihar
Patna, June 22 (IANS) The much-awaited monsoon entered Bihar on Monday with rain lashing several parts of the state and bringing much-needed relief to people, particularly farmers, a weather official said.
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BJP leader's wife sues Bihar health minister for defamation
Patna, June 22 (IANS) Former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi's wife on Monday filed a defamation case against state Health Minister Ramdhani Singh who alleged that she used fake degree certificates to get a professor's job in a government college. |
BJP's C.P. Thakur ready to be Bihar CM candidate
Patna, June 22 (IANS) In a move likely to put the BJP in a dilemma, senior party leader and former union minister C.P. Thakur on Monday said he was ready to be chief ministerial candidate in the run-up to the Bihar assembly elections. |
Manjhi vacates 1 Anne Marg residence after performing Yoga
Patna,(BiharTimes): Four months after resigning from his post former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday vacated 1 Anne Marg bungalow, the official residence of Bihar CM, hours after performing Yoga on the occasion of International Day of Yoga. |
Ram Vilas charged with demanding money for council ticket
Patna,(BiharTimes): Independent candidate for the Bihar legislative council from Hajipur, Rajesh Kumar, on Monday charged the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief and Union food minister Ram Vilas Paswan with allotting ticket after taking money from the candidate. |
RLSP’s challenge to BJP, declares Upendra Kushwaha as CM nominee
Patna,(BiharTimes): On the day the BJP chief Amit Shah is in Patna drawing his party’s electoral strategy the national executive of the Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, in an unanimous resolution on Sunday, declared party chief and Union minister of state for human resources development, Upendra Kushwaha, as the chief ministerial candidate of the National Democratic Alliance.
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Narendra Singh episode: Manjhi urges Ram Vilas not to raise old issues
Patna,(BiharTimes): Responding to LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan’s opposition to the entry of five Hindustani Awam Morcha MLAs, including Narendra Singh, into the NDA former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday urged the Union food minister not to raise the old issues keeping in mind the bigger battle against the combine of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad. |
Bihar minister denies government violating Model Code of Conduct
Patna,(BiharTimes): Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Saturday denied that that Badh Chala Bihar was violating the Model Code of Conduct as election to 24 local body seats of the Bihar legislative council is schedule on July 7 |
Tomar sent to one-day judicial custody
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) A court here on Sunday sent former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, accused in a fake degree case, to one-day judicial custody. |
Garuda's population now 500 in Bihar
Patna, June 21 (IANS) The population of Garuda, an endangered species of the stork family, has risen to nearly 500 in Bihar following conservation measures, forest officials said here. |
 EC stays Nitish's 'Badh Chala Bihar' campaign Patna, June 20 (IANS) In a setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state Election Commission (EC) on Saturday stayed the high tech 'Badh Chala Bihar' campaign after a complaint by the BJP. |
 Yoga day marks start of new era: PM
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday joined thousands practising yoga at the Rajpath here and said the International Yoga Day on June 21 was the start of a new era for training the human mind for peace and harmony.
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 Amit Shah avoids practicing yoga in Patna
Patna June 21 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah attended a yoga camp held here on Sunday, but left hundreds of people disappointed by not performing any asanas. |
Bihar declares all its districts disaster-hit
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The Bihar government on Saturday declared all the 38 districts in the state as disaster-hit in the aftermath of the heavy damage to standing crops caused by thunderstorms, unseasonal rain and hailstorms in the past two months, officials said. |
C P Thakur fkays Advani’s statement on Emergency
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Union minister Dr C P Thakur on Friday became the first BJP leader of Bihar to flay the Emergency-like situation statement of the party patriarch, Lal Krishna Advani. |
Case filed against BJP MP for calling Sonia, Rahul names
Patna, June 20 (IANS) A case was filed on Saturday against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ashwani Kumar Choubey for making offensive remarks about Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi, a Bihar government lawyer said. |
SuMo seeks apology from Ramdhani within seven days
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after health minister Ramdhani Singh’s allegation senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday sought an unconditional apology from him (the minister) within seven days for accusing his wife, Jessie George, of producing fake certificates to get a job in Teachers’ Training College under Patna University. |
LJP fields Ranjit Don in Bihar Legislative Council polls
Patna, June 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ally, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), has fielded Ranjit Singh alias Ranjit Don, as its candidate for the biennial elections to the Legislative Council of Bihar, officials said on Friday. |
 Lalu-Nitish alliance will fail in Bihar polls: Paswan
Bengaluru, June 19 (IANS) Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that the political alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad is bound to fail in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.
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Bihar demands helicopter for anti-Maoist operations
Patna, June 19 (IANS) Bihar has asked the central government for a helicopter and two battalions of paramilitary troopers for operations against the Maoists ahead of the upcoming assembly polls, an official said on Friday. |
 Advani views find unlikely support from Nitish, Kejriwal
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani's fear of return of the Emergency was seized upon by opposition parties, including the Congress, Janata Dal-United and AAP, on Thursday to train guns against the Narendra Modi government.
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Nitish violated poll code of conduct: Bihar BJP leader
Patna, June 18 (IANS) The BJP on Thursday lodged a complaint against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "violating" the Model Code of Conduct for the biennial elections to the legislative council and alleged misuse of government funds and resources. |
So why's this Modi worried in Bihar?
Patna, June 18 (IANS) BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi - better known these days as SuMo to rhyme with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NaMo - is seemingly a worried man ever since his party made it clear that there won't be a chief ministerial candidate ahead of the Bihar assembly elections. |
Pappu Yadav accused of misbehaving with airhostess
Patna,(BiharTimes): Madhepura MP Pappu Yadav is reported to have misbehaved with an airhostess of a Jet Airways flight 9W-728 from Patna to New Delhi on Tuesday after she asked him not to throw the leftover food in the aisle of the plane. |
Encephalitis toll rises to 15 in Bihar
Patna June 17 (IANS) With the death of two more children due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Muzaffarpur district on Wednesday, the toll has risen to 15 in Bihar, an official said. |
No CM candidate in Bihar: Ananth Kumar
Patna, June 16 (IANS) The BJP said on Tuesday it will not announce its chief ministerial candidate and instead fight the coming Bihar assembly elections in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
 30,000 expected at New York's International Yoga Day celebration
New York, June 17 (IANS) As the world celebrates International Day of Yoga on Sunday in a unique event that is in many ways an endorsement of the Indian way of life, more than 30,000 people are expected to participate in a mass demonstration of the ancient art in the city's Times Square after global leaders and diplomats from around the world launch the observance at the UN headquarters. |
Jaitley backs Sushma in Lalit Modi row, Vasundhara's name crops up
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday got strong backing from her colleague, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, who termed "baseless" all allegations against her in the Lalit Modi issue. The BJP's Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje's name also cropped up in the billowing controversy. |
 SC scraps pre-medical entrance test, orders new one in four weeks
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) In a major verdict, the Supreme Court on Monday scrapped the All India Pre-Medical Entrance Test (AIPMT) for 2015-16 following the leak of its question paper and circulation of the answer keys through electronic devices at different examination centres in 10 states.
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Why Nitish is not giving up ‘khaini’ chewing habit? SuMo asks
Patna,(BiharTimes): Hitting back on behalf of party chief Amit Shah former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday asked chief minister Nitish Kumar that if he practises yoga why was he not able to overcome the habit of chewing “khaini” (tobacco)? |
Rebel JD-U leader's wife alleges domestic abuse
Patna, June 15 (IANS) A rebel Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Ravinder Rai has been accused of domestic violence including mental torture for dowry by his wife Babita Yadav, police said on Monday. |
Manjhi stakes claim on 70 seats
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday demanded at least 70 seats for his party, the Hindustani Awam Morcha, for the coming Assembly election in Bihar. |
 Refused Amit Shah's offer to merge HAM with BJP: Manjhi
Patna, June 14 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Sunday said he has refused BJP chief Amit Shah's offer to merge his Hindustani Awami Morcha ahead of the assembly polls and would only join the National Democratic Alliance. |
RJD retains sitting MLCs, disowns Ritlal Yadav
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD on Sunday decided to field the three sitting MLCs even as the party disowned its general secretary and jailed gangster, Ritlal Yadav, who on Friday defied the party line and filed nomination papers as an independent candidate for Bihar legislative council’s Patna local authority seat. |
Sushma in row over helping Lalit Modi with travel papers
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday was at the centre of a row after admitting to having helped former IPL chief Lalit Modi procure documents to travel to Portugal last July on "humanitarian grounds" with the Congress demanding her resignation for "gross impropriety". |
Bihar seeks CBI probe in snooping on BCCI officials
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) Claiming that a former Indian cricket board official paid money to a London-based firm to snoop on BCCI officials, secretary of the unrecognised Cricket Association of Bihar, Aditya Verma on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a CBI probe in the matter. |
Union minister 'advises' Nitish Kumar to practice 'pranayam'
Patna, June 14 (IANS) A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked BJP president Amit Shah to practice yoga for fitness, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday advised Nitish to instead practice 'pranayam' for peace of mind. |
Union minister 'advises' Nitish Kumar to practice 'pranayam'
Patna, June 14 (IANS) A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar asked BJP president Amit Shah to practice yoga for fitness, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday advised Nitish to instead practice 'pranayam' for peace of mind. |
BJP using Manjhi to garner Dalit votes, says Ambedkar’s grandson
Patna,(BiharTimes): Accusing the BJP of trying to use former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to woo the Dalit votes Anandraj Ambedkar, the grandson of B R Ambedkar, claimed that Bihar election would be fought more on caste lines than on developmental issues, as Narendra Modi had failed to usher in ‘achche din’ as promised during the 2014 Lok Sabha election. |
Amit Shah, Paswan hold discussions on Bihar polls
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) BJP chief Amit Shah met Lok Janshakti Party leader Ram Vilas Paswan here on Saturday as part of seat-sharing talks with NDA allies for the forthcoming Bihar assembly elections with the alliance partners deciding to have a joint campaign in the state. |
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Patna,(BiharTimes): As the BJP gears up to pick up the challenge thrown by RJD chief Lalu Prasad a new name has emerged for the chief ministerial nominee. |
BJP can only hope for narrow victory in Bihar elections
In the hour of Narendra Modi's electoral triumph last year, he could not have imagined that only a year-and-a-half later, he would face a situation where he and his party would have to devote all their energies to maintain their prime position in the political field. |
BJP in caste balancing act ahead of Bihar polls
Patna, June 13 (IANS) Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call for an end to caste-based politics in Bihar, a deep-rooted tussle in the BJP between upper caste and other back caste (OBCs) leaders, ahead of assembly polls later this year, has put the saffron party in a dilemma. |
Tomar's police custody extended for two days
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) A court here on Saturday extended for two more days the police custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in a fake degree case, after investigating officials said his questioning was required to unearth the syndicate involved in issuing fabricated documents. |
Most RJD candidates will have to take on sitting BJP MLAs
Patna,(BiharTimes): In the coming Assembly election in Bihar the Janata Dal (United) and RJD are likely to contest around 100 seats each leaving behind 43 for the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party.
As the JD(U) will field almost all its sitting legislators––during the last trust vote in March Nitish Kumar got the support of 97 party MLAs––it would be RJD candidates who will have to take on the sitting BJP MLAs in most of the seats. |
Learning from Delhi, BJP to keep Bihar unit in loop for poll
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Taking lessons from its humiliating defeat in Delhi assembly elections, the BJP leadership has decided to involve its state unit in every major decision - from selecting candidates to whether to announce a chief ministerial candidate - in the upcoming Bihar polls. |
Tomar brought to Bihar for fake degree
Patna, June 12 (IANS) Delhi's former law minister Jitender Singh Tomar faced angry students on Friday when he was brought to Tilka Manjhi University in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, some of them throw eggs, tomatoes at him, police said. |
Taking cue from Modi, Bihar parties take fight to 'virtual media'
Patna, June 12 (IANS) Impressed by the tremendous political benefits reaped by BJP and AAP due to high-voltage social media and high-end digital campaigning in the 2014 Lok Sabha and Delhi assembly elections, Bihar parties too are eagerly jumping on to the e-bandwagon. |
Bihar college principal arrested for taking bribe
Patna, June 12 (IANS) The principal of a homeopathic medical college in Bihar's Munger district was arrested by the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) for allegedly taking bribe from a student, authorities said on Friday. |
 Manjhi likely to join NDA, BJP initiates talks with allies
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) In a bid to forge a "grand alliance" against the JD-U, the RJD and the Congress combine for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, the BJP on Thursday succeeded in wooing former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. |
 Nitish, Lallan greet 68-year ‘young’ Lalu on birthday
Patna,(BiharTimes): By claiming that he is still young Lalu Prasad on Thursday––that is his 68th birthday––wanted to convey the message––both to rivals and new-found friends––that he is sitll very much relevant in politics.
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 Raghuvansh flays Nitish’s NaMo style campaign
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday announced that he had put a ban on his party leaders issuing statement in the media against the alliance with JD(U) or on chief ministerial candidate party vice president Raghuvansh Prasad Singh flayed chief minister Nitish Kumar for copying the campaign style of Narendra Modi. |
Ahead of election, Nitish opens 'war room'
Patna, June 10 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has set up a "war room" ahead of assembly elections -- on the advice of a former aide to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. |
Badh Chala Bihar towards a ‘novel’ election campaign
Patna,(BiharTimes): When he was sharing power with the BJP in the state Nitish Kumar would frequently launch Yatras. A couple of them were launched a few months before election. Once during the Yatra he even held a cabinet meeting in a village of Begusarai district. |
 Why EC has failed to curb money power in elections?
Ever since T N Seshan days the Election Commission has been talking about curbing money and muscle powers. To much extent it has succeeded in checking the muscle power, though at places voters are still terrorized and influenced through different means. |
Political compulsions force Lalu to accept Nitish
Patna, June 9 (IANS) Political compulsions, not secular values, forced RJD chief Lalu Prasad to accept JD-U leader Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate in the coming Bihar elections, realizing that this alone could check the BJP in the politically crucial state. |
Mercury hits 46 degrees Celsius in Bihar
Patna, June 9 (IANS) Bihar continued to reel under an intense heat wave as the maximum temperature in Gaya district touched 46 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and 43.5 degrees in state capital Patna, the Met office said. |
70,000 Home Guards in Bihar end strike
Patna, June 9 (IANS) Around 70,000 Home Guards in Bihar on Tuesday called off their over a month-long strike following the government assurance to fulfil their demands. |
JD-U-RJD alliance unbreakable: Pawar
Patna, June 9 (IANS) NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that the alliance of the JD-U, RJD, Congress and his own NCP was "unbreakable and strong". |
With Lalu backing, Nitish will lead charge in Bihar
New Delhi/Patna, June 8 (IANS) After days of talks brokered by Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Janata Parivar finally announced on Monday that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will lead the charge in the Bihar assembly polls with the support of foe-turned-friend Lalu Prasad. |
Bihar poll: BJP uncertain on naming CM candidate
New Delhi, 8 June (IANS) In wake of Nitish Kumar's announcement as the chief ministerial candidate of JD-U-RJD-Congress combine for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, the BJP is a dilemma whether it should also announce its candidate for the top post or bank on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity. |
Patna records hottest temperature since 2006
Patna, June 8 (IANS) Bihar continued to reel under a heat wave with the mercury touching 44.9 degrees in Gaya district on Monday, followed by 44.7 degrees in Patna, where it broke a nearly 10-year-old record, met officials here said. No respite is in sight soon. |
Nitish denies luring Prashant Kishor from BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday conceded that he met Prashant Kishor, the brain behind ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ concept of Narendra Modi, six-seven months back. It was in that meeting that he expressed his desire to work for his home state, Bihar. |
RJD, JD-U, Congress celebrate in Bihar
Patna, June 8 (IANS) The decision that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will lead the anti-BJP alliance in the assembly election triggered celebrations in the RJD, JD-U and Congress ranks in Bihar. |
JD-U, RJD to fight Bihar polls together
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) have decided to contest the forthcoming assembly election in Bihar in alliance, Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav said on Sunday. |
Nitish calls on Rahul ahead of Janata Parivar meeting
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar called on the Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi at latter’s residence on Sunday mid-noon. The Rajya Sabha MP of Janata Dal (United), R C P Singh and Bihar in-charge of the Congress party, C P Joshi, were also present on the occasion. |
India, Bangladesh not just 'paas-paas but saath-saath': Modi
Dhaka, June 7 (IANS) India and Bangladesh are not just "paas-paas" but also "saath saath", Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday, stressing that the Land Boundary Agreement ratified by the two nations was an agreement to join hearts. |
International Yoga Day: India will lead world from Rajpath
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of health enthusiasts from 193 countries will perform various 'asanas' (yogic postures) at different places across the globe with some 35,000 to 40,000 people who would lead the celebrations from Rajpath in the heart of the Indian capital to mark the first International Yoga Day on June 21. |
 Siddiqui’s statement on minority CM: Was it given at Lalu’s behest?
atna,(BiharTimes): Leader of opposition in the state Assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui’s statement that if Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Mahadalit, can become the chief minister why can not a minority came as a surprise as till date he was silent on the issue of alliance or merger. |
Alliance likely in next three-four days: Siddiqui
Patna,(BiharTimes): Leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar Assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui said on Saturday that all the hurdles on the path of alliance between JD(U) and his party may be sorted out in the next three-four days. |
Mega-alliance against BJP soon, says Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday hinted that an understanding among all the parties of Janata Parivar have come and a final announcement in this regard would be made soon. |
 Maoists torch eight vehicles in Bihar
Patna, June 6 (IANS) Maoists set on fire eight vehicles of a private construction company in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district and assaulted two of its guards for not paying the levy they had demanded, police said on Saturday |
Nitish, Lalu, Sharad to hold meeting in New Delhi on Sunday
Patna,(BiharTimes): JD(U) national president Sharad Yadav, chief minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad may hold a meeting in New Delhi on Sunday to discuss the issues related to mega-alliance among the parties of Janata Parivar. |
Wild elephants kill four in Bihar
Patna, June 6 (IANS) Wild elephants went on a rampage in Bihar's Bhagalpur district on Saturday for the second consecutive day, killing at least four people and leaving five others injured, police said. |
Former vice-chancellor of Magadh University arrested
Patna, June 5 (IANS) The Bihar Vigilance Bureau on Friday arrested former Magadh University vice-chancellor Arun Kumar for alleged irregularities in the appointments of 12 college principals in 2012-13, an official said. |
Now a bottle of contention at Manjhi’s residence
Patna,(BiharTimes): After mango and litchi controversy the residence of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi shot into news for an empty bottle of liquor found just behind his own room in the 1, Anney Marg bungalow. |
 Nitish denies deploying police at mango orchard in Manjhi’s residence
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday strongly denied the allegation levelled by his predecessor Jitan Ram Manjhi that two dozen policemen have been deployed at his 1, AnneyMarg residence to prevent Dalits and poor visitors from taking away mangoes and litches from the orchard. |
Bihar court sentences MLA, two ex-MPs to 10 years' jail
Patna, June 4 (IANS) A Bihar court on Thursday sentenced 15 people - including one BJP MLA and two former MPs - to ten years in jail for an attack on the Sitamarhi district collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998, a government lawyer said. |
Nestle withdraws Maggi noodles, still says safe
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Nestle India early on Friday said it was withdrawing Maggi noodles in the country amid nation-wide scrutiny over more-than-permissible limits of lead, but continued to maintain it was safe and that it would be back on store shelves soon. |
Historic moment should not be wasted: Sharad
Patna,(BiharTimes): Janata Dal (United) national president Sharad Yadav on Thursday appealed to all the political parties to join hands and not let the historic moment go to decide the destiny of the country. |
SuMo questions Bihar govt’s wisdom in sending officers to Delhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as deputy superintendent of police, Sanjay Bharati, expressed his inability to take up the new assignment inDelhi on medical ground senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi strongly criticized the state government for sending six of its officers on therequest of the Aam Admi Party government. |
Lalu emissary meets Nitish after differences
Patna, June 3 (IANS) An emissary of RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to sort out differences over forging an alliance ahead of assembly elections. |
Manjhi’s condition to RJD for support: Bring down Nitish govt
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said that if Lalu Prasad expects any help from the Hindustani Awam Morcha hisparty, RJD, should bring down the Nitish Kumar government as it didbring down Manjhi’s government on the floor of the state Assembly. |
BJP to provide interest-free loans to farmers
Patna,(BiharTimes): To remove the general impression of being anti-farmer the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday promisedinterest-free agriculture loans, if it comes to power in the state. |
Delhi bans Maggi for 15 days; many states order tests
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Delhi government on Wednesday banned Maggi noodles for 15 days as Nestle India, the manufacturer of the popular snack, battled controversy with many more states ordering tests following a lab report that samples of the noodles contained more than the permissible limit of lead. |
Bihar sends 16 Maggi samples to Kolkata for testing
Patna, June 3 (IANS) As many as 16 samples of Maggi instant noodles have been collected in Bihar and sent to a Kolkata laboratory for testing, an official of state Directorate of Health said on Wednesday. |
Google apologises over Modi image search results
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Internet giant Google on Wednesday apologised "for any confusion or misunderstanding" caused after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's images started appearing in image search results for query on "Top 10 criminals in India". |
Well-prepared to tackle monsoon deficit: Government
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) A day after a 12 percent deficit in monsoon rains this season was officially predicted, the government on Wednesday said it was well-prepared to tackle the situation with contingency plans for 580 districts. |
RJD in dilemma after Congress, NCP back Nitish
Patna, June 2 (IANS) With the Congress and the NCP backing JD-U leader Nitish Kumar as the chief ministerial candidate in the coming Bihar elections, Lalu Prasad's RJD is in a dilemma. |
Would certainly tie up with Congress: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Mondaythat the Janata Dal (United) would certainly go with the Congressparty during the coming Assembly election of Bihar though its alliancetalks with the RJD is yet to reach any conclusion. |
Ramai Ram supports Raghuvansh’s stand on Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and state’stransport minister Ramai Ram agreed with RJD vice president RaghuvanshPrasad Singh’s statement that Nitish Kumar should not be projected asthe chief ministerial candidate for the coming Assembly election. |
'Nitish to be CM candidate in Bihar polls'
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Bihar's ruling JD-U said on Tuesday that only Nitish Kumar will be the chief ministerial candidate of its alliance with the RJD, the Congress and the NCP in the next Bihar assembly polls. |
Vashistha welcomes Congress stand on Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): State president of the Janata Dal (United),Vashistha Narayan Singh on Tuesday criticized RJD vice presidentRaghuvansh Prasad Singh’s remarks that projecting Nitish Kumar wouldharm the prospect of the JD(U)-RJD combine in the coming Assemblyelection. |
Maggi noodles now in soup in national capital
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The Delhi government on Tuesday said it would initiate a case against Nestle after it found that tested samples of Maggi noodles were unsafe for consumption. |
Jung-AAP row escalates - over anti-corruption wing
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A simmering row between Delhi's AAP government and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung escalated on Tuesday after he challenged the government decision to appoint Bihar Police officials in the city's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB), saying it was he who headed the anti-graft body. |
BJP rules out alliance with JD-U
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Janata Dal-United in Bihar and said the "door is shut" for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. |
Nalanda varsity to float global tender for constructing campus
Patna, June 2 (IANS) The newly-revived Nalanda International University will take a major step forward when it floats a global tender later this month for constructing its new campus spread over 446 acres of land at Rajgir, 95 km from here, an official said. |
Bihar court orders FIR against Amitabh, Madhuri
Patna, June 2 (IANS) A Bihar court on Tuesday directed authorities to file an FIR against officials of Maggi noodles maker Nestle and Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit, brand ambassadors of the food item. |
No easy options for Congress in Bihar
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Faced with no easy options in Bihar, where assembly polls are scheduled later this year, a section of the Congress is in favour of joining a possible alliance between the JD-U and RJD and another wanting to go it alone. |
Hindu-Muslim bonhomie in Bihar town
Patna, June 1 (IANS) In a rare example of communal harmony, a Hindu man who brought up a Muslim girl for 20 years after she was deserted as a child by her poverty-stricken parents, has now married her to a groom from her own community. |
After Indian origin Nobel Laureate a foreigner appointed as Chancellor of Nalanda University
Patna,(BiharTimes): First it was the Indian origin Nobel
Laureate Amartya Sen, who was made the Chancellor of Nalanda
University. The BJP was obviously not pleased with his views
on various issues. He withdrew from seeking a second term,
since the Narendra Modi government had not given its approval
to his nomination. Now the NDA government on Saturday
appointed a former Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo as
the Chancellor of the University. |
No easy options for Congress in Bihar
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Faced with no easy options in Bihar, where assembly polls are scheduled later this year, a section of the Congress is in favour of joining a possible alliance between the JD-U and RJD and another wanting to go it alone. |
Rs 49 lakh looted from bank to pay dowry, four arrested
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bhagalpur police on Saturday arrested
four persons, including a married woman, in connection with
Rs 49 lakh bank dacoity in Bhagalpur district. What is
amazing is that the dacoity was committed in the main branch
of Bihar Regional Rural Bank at the Clock Tower Chowk on May
26 to pay the dowry of Rs 10 lakh. |
Lalu, Shyam Rajak blame Narendra Modi for ban on Dalit body
in IIT-Madras
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Bihar’s food
minister and a Janata Dal (United) leader belonging to
Scheduled Castes, Shyam Rajak, on Friday strongly denounced
the action of banning a Dalit outfit by IIT-Madras management
on the directive of the Union human resources development
ministry. |
Woman burnt alive for opposing husband's affair
Patna, May 30 (IANS) A woman was allegedly burnt alive after she objected to her husband's extra-marital affair with his sister-in-law in Bihar's Nalanda district, police said on Saturday. |
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