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MARCH-2015
Lalu, Nitish locked in race to corner BJPPatna,(BiharTimes): By undertaking a 24-hour long fast a day ahead of RJD’s long proposed march to Raj Bhawan on March 1 chief minister Nitish Kumar raised several questions in the political circle.Analysts are asking as to what prompted Nitish to “seize the initiative” when Lalu Prasad had already announced his march a couple of months ago. Nitish made the announcement of fast on March 1 at the Janata Dal (United) workers rally in Gandhi Maidan. |
SuMo recalls how Nitish humiliated BJP bigwigs by cancelling dinnerPatna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that Nitish Kumar cancelled the dinner to the members of the BJP’s national executive in Patna on June 12, 2010 after the saffron party refused to accept the humiliating condition laid down by the Bihar chief minister. |
Power to cost more in Bihar from April
Patna, March 16 (IANS) Power would be costlier in Bihar from April 1 as the state's power regulator on Monday announced a 2.5 percent increase in the tariff. |
BJP MLAs protest over tardy paddy procurement
Patna,(BiharTimes): BJP MLAs on Monday protested outside the Assembly over the tardy procurement of paddy in Bihar.With placards in hands they shouted slogans against the state government. They charged that the farmers are facing acute hardship because of the slow procurement and the involvement of the middlemen. |
 Lalu takes to streets after Nitish’s fast
Patna,(BiharTimes): When chief minister Nitish Kumar was breaking his fast on Sunday morning RJD president, Lalu Prasad, along with thousands of supporters were taking to the streets of Patna to protest against the Land Acquisition Bill and Centre’s failure to bring back black-money from abroad.The march started from JP-roundabout near Gandhi Maidan after Lalu’s arrival at 12:30 PM and ended up at Raj Bhawan where a petition was submitted. |
Bihar minister Lesi Singh faints during protest fast
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Minister for Social Justice and Disaster Management in the Nitish Kumar cabinet, Lessi Singh, fainted while observing protest fast against the Narendra Modi government’s Land Acquisition Bill in Purnea on Saturday.
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Maoist arrested, 3,000 gelatin rods seized in Bihar
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Police have arrested a hardcore Maoist and seized 3,000 gelatin rods, 7,000 detonators, some carbines and a big consignment of ammonium nitrate on Saturday from near a village in Bihar's Rohtas district, an officer said. |
'CPI will not be part of Bihar grand alliance'
Patna, March 14 (IANS) In a setback to the grand alliance in Bihar, comprising the ruling JD-U, RJD and Congress, the Communist Party of India (CPI) made it clear that it would not be joining it to contest the state assembly polls later this year. |
 Manjhi takes Bihar Dalit battle to JNU campus
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday once again alleged that he was removed from the post at the instance of Nitish Kumar as he started doing something for the welfare of Dalits of the state. |
Lalu's RJD not to join government in Bihar
Patna, March 13 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Friday said his party would not join the JD-U-led government in Bihar but would continue to support it from outside. |
Manjhi pained at BJP’s refusal to support his government
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday regretted that prime minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and state unit of the saffron party did not support his government on the floor of the Assembly. |
BJP now stands for Bharatiya ‘Jumla’ Party, says Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that the BJP now stands for Bharatiya ‘Jumla’ Party as its leaders indulge in false promises and bogus claims.Replying to debate on the Governor’s address to the joint session of the state legislature he reiterated as to how false promises were made that Rs 15-20 lakh would be paid to everyone after the blackmoney is brought from banks abroad. |
Bhojpuri singer, family commit suicide in Bihar
Patna, March 13 (IANS) Faced with a severe financial crisis, a Bhojpuri singer along with four members of his family, including two women, committed suicide by consuming poisonous tablets on Friday in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said
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Cattle smuggling is big and violent business on India-Bangladesh border
Hasnabad (West Bengal), March 13 (IANS) The BSF's decision not to shoot cattle smugglers on the India-Bangladesh border appears to have emboldened the criminals who are now more brazen -- and violent too. Estimated at Rs.5,000 to 10,000 crore, cattle smuggling is a flourishing business in the area. And India's Border Security Force is increasingly facing physical attacks on its men. |
Budget directionless: SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister-cum-finance minister Sushil Kumar Modi called the Bihar budget as directionless and discouraging. Talking to the media he said that neither new schemes have been announced nor there was any direction for development in it. |
Bihar’s growth rate slows down to 9.92 per cent
Patna,(BiharTimes): Notwithstanding negative growth rate in the agriculture amd allied sector or primary sector Bihar registered a growth rate of 9.92 per cent in the year 2013-14. But, as in the last couple of years, the growth rate continued to decline. |
Shrawan hints at action against Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Parliamentary affairs minister and chief
whip of Janata Dal (United) on Thursday gave enough hint
about party taking action against the former chief minister
Jitan Ram Manjhi for staying away on the day Nitish Kumar
sought trust vote on Wednesday (March 11). |
Congress expresses solidarity with Manmohan Singh
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday came out in solidarity with former prime minister Manmohan Singh, who has been summoned by a Delhi court in a case relating to the allocation of coal blocks, describing him as a man of "integrity" who enjoys the party's "unstinting support". |
Nitish flays BJP for dumping Advani to old age home
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday once again flayed the Bharatiya Janata Party for dumping the party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani to “old age home”, that is, ‘Marg Darshak Mandal’ when he is still in good health. |
Manjhi leaves his supporters high and dry
A pointed question which one needs to ask the MLAs belonging to the Jitan Ram Manjhi camp is: if their House membership was so dear to them why did they launch a total war against Nitish Kumar. |
Manjhi seizes initiative from BJP in opposing Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the Nitish Kumar government is likely to win the March 11 trust vote on the floor of the state Assembly, its decision to revoke the 34 cabinet decisions taken by the then Jitan Ram Manjhi government at its fag end is being questioned by several independent Bihar watchers. |
Nitish Kumar wins trust vote, BJP walks out
Patna, March 11 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister on Wednesday proved his majority in the state assembly, while the opposition BJP walked out of the house during the confidence vote. |
Misa episode exposes media in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Misa Bharti episode has once again exposed the shallowness of the media reporting in Bihar. More than RJD chief’s daughter it is the Press which is to be blamed for whatever had happened. |
JD-U, RJD issue whips to vote for Nitish
Patna, March 10 (IANS) The ruling JD-U and its ally RJD on Tuesday issued whips to their legislators to vote on Wednesday in support of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to help him prove his majority in the Bihar legislative assembly. |
 Harvard denies having invited Misa Bharati as speaker
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Harvard University has denied that it had invited Dr Misa Bharti, daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, to deliver a lecture on governance as was reported by several newspapers in India, especially in Bihar, on Tuesday. |
 Centre again seeks report on Kuldeep Narayan’s suspension
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Union government has again sought a detailed report from the Bihar government on suspension of the Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation, Kuldeep Narayan.Kuldeep, a 2005 batch IAS officer, was suspended by the then Jitan Ram Manjhi government in December last, allegedly under pressure of builders said to be close to the ruling JD(U) as well as the BJP. |
Lok Sabha okays land bill amid opposition's protest
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Lok Sabha here on Tuesday passed the contentious land acquisition bill amid a walkout by opposition parties even as the government moved nine amendments to address concerns raised by farmers. |
Yadav, Bhushan wanted AAP to lose in Delhi: Kejriwal loyalists
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The AAP crisis worsened on Tuesday, with four leaders known to be close to party chief Arvind Kejriwal accusing senior colleagues Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan of having attempted the party's defeat in the Feb 7 Delhi assembly polls. |
 Differences crop up in Manjhi camp over Sadhu’s presence during HAM’s fast
Patna,(BiharTimes): Differences appeared to have cropped up in the Hindustani Awam Morcha on Monday when some of its leaders resented the presence of former MP Sadhu Yadav in the fast organized by it to protest the cancellation of 34 of the cabinet decisions of the then Jitan Ram Manjhi government. |
BHEL completes 1,320 MW project in Bihar for NTPC
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) State-run power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) said on Monday it had commissioned a second 660 MW power project for NTPC in Bihar, taking the power generation capacity in the state to 1,320 MW. |
Revenue from coal blocks has crossed Rs.200,000-crore mark: Minister
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The e-auctions of coal blocks thus far, along with other levies, will yield state governments more than Rs.200,000 and also result in lower power tariff for consumers, Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal said on Monday. |
 Railways gives green signal to FDI in two Bihar projects
Patna (BiharTimes): Moving further the agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ campaign, federal Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has given green signal to the two much awaited big-ticket foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals for setting up diesel and electric locomotive plants in Bihar at a cost of Rs24 billion. |
 Nitish believes in pomp and show instead of development: Manjhi
Patna (BiharTimes) Slamming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said the Nitish Kumar government should have accorded more priority on removing poverty than indulging in pomp and show. Manjhi alleged that Kumar is more interested in projecting himself. |
Heavy rush in trains in Bihar after Holi
Patna, March 8 (IANS) All the trains running from Bihar were on Sunday packed with thousands of migrant workers returning to their places of work across the country two days after Holi. |
 Manjhi to observe fast to protest Nitish's decision
Patna (BiharTimes):In a bid to assert politically former chief minister of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi will observe a day-long fast here at Gandhi Maidan on Monday to protest against the Nitish government’s decision to annul 34 decisions taken by his Cabinet. |
Manjhi's HAM to contest 125 seats in Bihar assembly polls
Patna, March 7 (IANS) A week after launching a new political front - the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi announced on Saturday that his party would contest 125 of the 243 seats in the assembly polls later this year. |
Bihar policemen on warpath, not to celebrate Holi
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar Police Association and Bihar Policemen Association have strongly protested the Nitish government’s decision to rescind the decision taken by the then Jitan Ram Manjhi government on their salary. |
HAM to protest revocation of Manjhi cabinet’s decision
Patna,(BiharTimes): Volunteers of the Hindustani Awam Morcha, a front which was floated on February 28, will observe a day fast on March 9 to protest against the decision of the Nitish Kumar cabinet to annul the 34 decisions taken by the Jitan Ram Manjhi government on February 10, 18 and 19. |
Nitish Kumar, Modi main rivals in Bihar's 'pichkari' market
Patna, March 5 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are rivals not only in politics, but also in the 'pichkari' market here as water sprinklers -- used to spray water on Holi -- with pictures of the two leaders are doing brisk business. |
BBC airs controversial documentary, government considering action
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The government on Thursday said it was considering action against BBC for ignoring a court order banning the airing of a documentary carrying an interview with one of those convicted in the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang rape, even as support built up for the documentary, with people saying "don't shoot the messenger".
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Bihar cabinet stays Manjhi's 34 decisions
Patna, March 4 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet on Wednesday stayed 36 decisions taken by the government of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi last month, officials said here. |
AAP ousts Bhushan, Yadav from top body in split decision
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) In a move that brought into the open the schism within, Delhi's ruling AAP Wednesday ousted senior leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav from its top decision-making body, after weeks of infighting that pitted the two against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. |
Amid uproar, government says won't allow documentary on December 16 rapist
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Amid uproar in parliament over a documentary which featured one of the December 16 gang rape convicts, the home ministry on Wednesday went into damage control mode, saying orders were obtained from court to restrain the broadcast of the documentary and promising to investigate how permission was given to interview the rapist. |
Nitish Kumar to prove majority on March 11
Patna, March 3 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will prove his majority on March 11 in the state assembly, 17 days after he took oath of office, a JD-U leader said on Tuesday. |
Raghuvansh urges Nitish to make Manjhi deputy CM
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Union minister and senior RJD
leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh on Monday demanded that the
former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi be made deputy chief
minister by Nitish Kumar. |
Wild elephants kill two people in Bihar
Patna, March 3 (IANS) Wild elephants went on a rampage in Bihar's Sitamarhi district on Tuesday evening killing at least two people and leaving three others injured, police said. |
Compromise in defamation case: Court orders Rabri, Lallan to appear in person
Patna,(BiharTimes): Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) Javed Ahmad on Monday ordered former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and road construction minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh to appear before it in person on March 10 in connection with their petitions for mutual compromise in a defamation case the latter had filed against former. |
ED imposes penalty on Saleem, Shahabuddin in FEMA case
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday imposed a penalty of Rs 13.62 lakh each on the Deputy Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council Saleem Perwez and jailed former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin for violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). |
Yogendra, Bhushan may face action in AAP's national executive
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) Peeved at its senior leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan's criticism of AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal's approach, the party here on Monday hinted at acting tough against the duo in the national executive meet on Wednesday. |
PM surprises many, has lunch in parliament canteen
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) In a rare move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had lunch at the parliament canteen on Monday, surprising the staff and many people present there. Modi had some fruit salad and a vegetarian thali at a total cost of Rs.29. |
Apologetic Nitish blows pre-poll bugle against extremist Hindus
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday called on the partymen, especially the Yuva Janata Dal (United) workers, to fight those Hindus, who hold extremist view as they are out to destabilize the country. “The real fight is between extremist and liberal Hindus. Yuva Janata Dal (United) workers should spread this message,” he added. |
Nitish should be thankful to Centre, says Ram Vilas
Patna,(BiharTimes): Union Minister for Food Ram Vilas Paswan said on Sunday that chief minister Nitish Kumar should bother about Bihar, rather than the rest of the country, as the Centre has offered a lot of bonanza to the state in the Union Budget for 2015-16. |
Another ‘purification’ allegation by Manjhi, this time against Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The outgoing chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday made another ‘purification’ allegation––this time against chief minister Nitish Kumar.A month after visiting a temple in Madhubani district in August last the then chief minister Manjhi charged that it was washed after he had offered prayer in it. The BJP then strongly criticized him for his remarks as he had not substantiated it. |
 Manjhi launches front to 'expose' Nitish
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) Nearly a week after he was forced to quit as Bihar's chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi Saturday launched a new political front to "expose the real face" of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. |
Jaitley says Indian economy fastest-growing in the world
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Presenting the national budget for the next fiscal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the state of the country's economy was better placed today with its credibility re-established by a series of measures taken by his government.
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Special assistance for Bihar, West Bengal
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) West Bengal and Bihar will get special financial assistance to give a push to the two states, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Saturday.
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 Nitish writes to PM on 14th Finance Commission recommendation
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar said that
initial estimate showed that Bihar would face about 1.3 per
cent point loss in share for the state in overall amount due
to the recommendations of 14th Finance Commission as compared
to the 13th Finance Commission. |
 Marriage of political convenience at wedding of Lalu’s daughter
Patna,(BiharTimes): It can be termed as a marriage of political convenience. Bitter political rivals prime minister Narendra Modi and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar shook hands at the wedding ceremony of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s youngest daughter, Raj Lakshmi, with Tej Pratap Singh Yadav, the grand-nephew of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav at Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi on Thursday night. |
Passengers spared, freight rates hiked in India's rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Sparing a passenger fare hike but raising freight rates again, Minister Suresh Prabhu presented his maiden budget for Indian Railways Thursday, with a slew of measures to improve service quality, safety and reach and a 52-percent jump in plan outlay for 2015-16 at Rs.100,011 crore ($16.7 billion). |
Disappointed by railway budget: Nitish
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said that he was disappointed by the "incomplete" railway budget for 2015-16 as there was nothing new in it. |
Pappu offers to quit his Lok Sabha seat
Patna,(BiharTimes): Lashing out at chief minister Nitish Kumar the dissident RJD MP from Madhepura, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, said on Wednesday that he would send his resignation to the party president Lalu Prasad in a few days. If Lalu wishes he can send it to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha after the marriage of his daughter. |
Ramai Ram unhappy on not being made deputy CM
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though transport minister Ramai Ram somewhat reluctantly took charge on Tuesday he is still grumbling on being not made the deputy chief minister of the state. Incidentally, almost all other ministers took charge on Monday itself. |
Brishen Patel rules out any scope of rapprochement
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rebel Janata Dal (United) leader Brishen Patel on Wednesday outrightly rejected any possibility of rapprochement with the ruling party.Speaking at a function in Vaishali, his home turf, he said that Jitan Ram Manjhi went on to hold the post of chief minister because of the assurance given by the party chief Sharad Yadav. |
Nitish’s blue-eyed boys back, Subhani again becomes home secretary
Patna,(BiharTimes): Almost all the blue-eyed boy of chief minister Nitish Kumar are back to important posts in the state bureaucracy. The former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, had, on Jan 6 last, shifted them to other posts creating a lot of resentment in the Janata Dal (United) circle. |
Nitish Kumar opposes land acquisition bill
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said that he and his party Janata Dal-United were opposed to the land acquisition amendment bill as it is against the interests of farmers. |
From corruption to Aryan: What is wrong in issues raised by Manjhi?
Now that Jitan Ram Manjhi is out and Nitish Kumar in nobody is paying any heed to what the former said in the nine months of his tenure. The reason is obvious: one hardly pays any attention to those who have lost.Manjhi may have betrayed Nitish; he might have sided with the BJP for pure personal gains and he might himself been involved in all the dirty political games. Yet some of the issues he had raised––may be for own survival––deserve to be dispassionately discussed. |
Challenges before Nitish in the election year
Patna,(BiharTimes): Nitish Kumar has once again don the mantle of Bihar, where he got a thumping majority in the last Assembly election but quit after embarrassing defeat in the Lok Sabha election of May 2014. |
Manjhi as CM was different from his Dalit predecessors
Patna,(BiharTimes): Jitan Ram Manjhi, who got an opportunity––courtesy Nitish Kumar––to run the politically vibrant state like Bihar for about nine months has not only carved his own niche but changed the grammar of the politics. He thus established himself as a Dalit martyr of a sort. |
 ‘Self Nominated’ Chancellor Amartya sulks for a second term
In raising an alarm that the NDA government wants to deny him a second term as the Chancellor of the Nalanda University, Amartya Sen has proved how power hungry he is. He has gone to the media, thinking it would save the day for him. But times are indeed hard for the expatriate economist who thought his Nobel Medal was a talisman against all crises in India |
Amartya Sen not to continue as Chancellor of Nalanda University for second term Patna,(BiharTimes): Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen on Thursday withdrew his candidature for a second term after July 2015 as Chancellor of Nalanda University, since the Narendra Modi government had not given its approval to his nomination.In a five-page letter to the Governing Board (GB) of the University, Sen wrote that he is excluding himself out of a second term, despite the GB unanimously voting to elect him on January 13. |
Nitish Kumar: Soft-spoken and socialist at heart Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) He graduated as an engineer but plunged into Bihar politics in the early 1970s. Sophisticated and soft-spoken Nitish Kumar, known for his development and good governance, is again set to become Bihar's chief minister.
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PDP, BJP reach agreement, Mufti to be J&K CMJammu, Feb 21 (IANS) PDP patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed will be the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister after his party reached an agreement for forming a government with the BJP, top party sources said Saturday. |
CM meets governor minutes before joint sitting of Assembly
Patna,(BiharTimes): Minutes before state governor Keshri Nath Tripathi was to address the joint sitting of the Assembly chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday morning went to Raj Bhawan to meet him. The meeting lasted for 15 minutes––roughly between 10:00 and 10:15 AM. |
BJP to support Manjhi
Patna (IANS):Finally, BJP has decided to support Manjhi during the confidence vote in the assembly Feb 20, said BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi. |
Manjhi openly offers ministerial berths to MLAs
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day ahead of trial of strength chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday gave another controversial speech.Addressing Dalit Chetna Rally here he told the crowd if they want more welfare works for the weaker section of the society tell the MLAs, whom they voted, to side with Jitan Ram Manjhi. |
Bribe offer to MLA: JD(U) releases tape with Pappu’s voice
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday charged the RJD dissident MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav with making bribe offer to the Janata Dal (United) MLAs. A day ahead of the trial of strength in the state Assembly the party state chief Vashistha Narayan Singh released to the media an auto-tape in which Pappu was heard offering the JD(U) MLA from Seohar, Sharfuddin, , post and Rs one crore if he supports chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on February 20. |
Manjhi cabinet hikes MLAs fund, quota for women in jobs
Patna,(BiharTimes): In its last cabinet meeting before the floor-testing on February 20 the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet on Wednesday night took some major decisions related to the hike in MLA fund and reservation for women in jobs.It decided to hike MLA development fund from the present Rs two crore in a year to Rs three crore from the next financial year. |
All JD(U) MLAs to sit in opposition
Patna,(BiharTimes): All Janata Dal (U) MLAs, including those with chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi camp would sit in opposition benches while the CM and his ministerial colleagues would sit on the treasury benches. |
BJP MLAs likely to support Manjhi
Patna (BiharTimes): Bihar BJP may support Jitan Ram Manjhi during trust vote on February 20. During the meeting of legislative party ahead the assembly session, there was a consensus on bailing out Manjhi government during vote of confidence. Though, formal announcement may come on Friday evening or even at the floor of the house. |
Court lifts ban on Manjhi regime taking policy decisions
Patna Feb 18 (IANS) In a relief to Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Patna High Court Wednesday lifted the restraint on taking any policy decisions - imposed two days ago - but said their implementation would have to wait till he proves his majority. |
BJP walks out of all-party meeting
Patna,(BiharTimes): On February 16 the BJP boycotted the all-party meeting called by the Speaker, Uday Narayan Chaudhary, compelling the latter to cal another one on February 18. But on Wednesday (Feb 18) the leader of the BJP in the Bihar Assembly walked out of the meeting accusing the office of the Speaker of working like the office of Janata Dal (United). He also charged that Speaker with adopting unconstitutional means. |
Nitish seeks status of main opposition for JD(U) in Council
Patna,(BiharTimes): The ‘leader’ of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party, Nitish Kumar, has written a letter to the chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council, Awadesh Narayan Singh, seeking the status of main opposition for his party in the Upper House.
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Manjhi’s grandson assaulted in Jehanabad
Patna,(BiharTimes): The grandson (daughter’s son) of chief minister Jitan Ram Kumar was reportedly assaulted by some people at Ranipur village under Bhelawar police outpost of Jehanabad district on Tuesday evening. |
JD(U) suspends seven Manjhi cabinet ministers
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday suspended seven ministers of the Jitan Ram Manjhi government only three days ahead of the trial of strength on the floor of the house.
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CM’s nephew files case against JD(U) MLA Anant Singh
Patna,(BiharTimes): The nephew of chief minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi on Tuesday registered an FIR against controversial
JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for allegedly threatening to beat up
the CM for challenging the leadership of Nitish Kumar.
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SuMo reminds Nitish of March 10, 2000 governor speech
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that his party would take a final call on supporting chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi only on February 20 senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday reminded Nitish Kumar of March 10, 2000 |
BJP a divided house on support to Manjhi?
Patna,(BiharTimes): As during the time of LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan’s joining the BJP-led alliance last year this time too the saffron party rank and file appears to be divided as to how should the party deal with chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.
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Manjhi a black spot on the name of Mahadalits: JD(U) SC MLAs
Patna,(BiharTimes): In the eyes of the most Janata Dal (United) MLAs belonging to the Scheduled Castes chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has not only back-stabbed the man who reposed full faith on him, but also let down the Mahadalits of the state.The most critical of all the comments was made by Arun Manjhi, who till three weeks back, was one of the staunchest supporters of Jitan Ram Manjhi. He said the CM is a black spot on the name of Mahadalits and the community would never forgive him for his acts. |
Sri Lankan president prays at Bodh Gaya
Patna Feb 17 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena Tuesday visited Bihar's Bodh Gaya and prayed at the Mahabodhi temple amid tight security, police said. |
Victim offered Rs.31,000 to forget rape
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) A panchayat in Bihar has ordered one of its members accused of raping a woman to pay her Rs.31,000 and asked the victim to forget the incident, police said Tuesday. |
HC restrains Manjhi from taking any policy decision Patna,(BiharTimes): In another big blow to Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Patna High Court on Monday restrained his government from taking any policy decisions till February 20 when he had to prove majority on the floor of the House. |
Shiv Sena blasts BJP for supporting Manjhi, opposing Nitish Patna,(BiharTimes): One of the oldest allies of the BJP, the Shiv Sena has come down strongly on the saffron party leadership for supporting the Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi even though he publicly said that he accepts commission.
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No intention to recommend President’s Rule: Manjhi Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, on Monday said that he has no intention to dissolve the state Assembly or recommend President’s Rule in Bihar.Talking to the media in New Delhi he had a word of praise for the RSS too. |
Manjhi meets governor, Rajnath Patna,(BiharTimes): In some unusual development on Sunday chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi met governor Keshri Nath Tripathi at Bengal House in New Delhi. Later he also called on the Union home minister Rajnath Singh. |
India keep it 6-0 in World Cups against Pakistan Adelaide, Feb 15 (IANS) India had won all their previous five meetings against Pakistan in the World Cup and it was no different Sunday as the defending champions defeated their neighbours by 76 runs to take the advantage to a perfect tennis scoreline of 6-0. |
Nitish will sit in opposition permanently: Sushil Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Sunday that if former chief minister Nitish Kumar wants to sit in the opposition he should wait till the Assembly election result after which he would sit there permanently. |
Manjhi recommends CBI probe into Rajesh Kumar murder case
Patna,(BiharTimes): Unconfirmed media reports suggest that Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the killing of former Janata Dal MP from Gaya (who later joined LJP), Rajesh Kumar Paswan about a decade back. |
Hindalco bags Jharkhand coal mine on second day of auction
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The Aditya Birla Group company Hindalco won the first block on the second day of the coal block auctions Sunday, as the aluminium-maker emerged as the highest bidder with Rs.2,860 per tonne for the Kathautia mine in Jharkhand. |
When horsetrading failed in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Both JD(U)LP ‘leader’ Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad have the distinction of breaking other parties ahead of trust votes. The latter had even created split in the BJP Legislature Party in the high time of Ram Janambhoomi movement in early 1990s. Thirteen out of 39 BJP MLAs crossed over to Lalu’s Janata Dal to save the government. |
Paswans included in the list of Mahadalits
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet on Saturday decided in favour of including Dussadhs (Paswans) in the list of Mahadalits. Thus all the 22 Scheduled Castes are now in this category. |
Parties urge governor to stop Manjhi from taking policy decisions
Patna,(BiharTimes): Janata Dal (United), Rashtriya Janata Dal, Congress and Independent supporting Nitish Kumar have asked as to how can a chief minister who had been asked to prove majority on the floor of the House on Feb 20 take such important policy decision. |
Kejriwal promises corruption-free Delhi, end 'VIP culture'
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) Sounding more mature and pragmatic in his second innings, AAP leader and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday pledged to make Delhi India's first corruption-free city and end "VIP culture" even as he warned his colleagues against "arrogance" after his party's thumping election win. |
 Nitish committed ‘mahagalti’: Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said on
Friday that the JD(U)LP ‘leader’ Nitish Kumar had not only
committed ‘galti’ (mistake), but ‘managalti’ (blunder) by
making him the chief minister of Bihar. “He failed to
understand me as he thought that I would play into his hand,”
he told mediapersons in Patna. |
JD(U) demands filing of case against CM for his ‘commission’
remarks
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) spokesman Neeraj
Kumar on Friday urged the police to lodge a case against chief
minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for his statement given on Thursday
in which he said that he had been accepting commission from
engineers and contractors in government projects. |
Vashistha asks Manjhi’s minister to quit, return to JD(U)
fold
Patna,(BiharTimes): Countering chief minister Jitan Ram
Manjhi the state president of Janata Dal (United) Vashistha
Narayan Singh said that if Nitish Kumar was an icon why is it
that the CM is finding all faults with him and blaming him
for everything. |
Manjhi announces free electricity for small farmers
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday
announced that subsidy for SCST families would be hiked to 80
per cent in all government schemes. Besides, all farmers owning
up to five acres of land would get free electricity. He said at present people manage the payment of electricity
bill by giving bribe to officials so it is better to make it
free for small farmers. |
Nitish accuses governor of violating Constitutional nroms
Patna,(BiharTimes): The ‘leader’ of the Janata Dal (United)
Legislature Party, Nitish Kumar, on Thursday hit out at
governor, Keshri Nath Tripathi, for fixing February 20 as date
for chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove majority. |
Manjhi asked to prove majority Feb 20, court holds Nitish JD-U house leader
Patna/New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was Friday asked by Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi to prove his majority in the assembly on the first day of the budget session beginning Feb 20 - a step welcomed by his supporters but slammed as "murder of democracy" by JD-U leader Nitish Kumar.
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Angry farmers loot fertilizers in Bihar
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) Faced with an acute shortage of fertilizers in Bihar, angry and worried farmers looted two trucks loaded with urea bags in Madhepura district, police said Thursday.
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Governer asks Manjhi to prove majority on Feb 20
Patna,(BiharTimes): Within hours after JD(U) Legislature Party leader Nitish Kumar, along with JD(U) President Sharad Yadav, RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, led 130 MLAs to Rashtrapati Bhawan to show that he enjoys majority support in the state Assembly Bihar Governor |
All options open for BJP in Bihar: Shahnawaz
Patna,(BiharTimes): The BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Husain said in New Delhi on Wednesday that all options are open for his party in Bihar.He said his party would take take any decision on the floor of the Assembly only. |
Aam admi’s challenge to Bihar parties
Though the Bihar BJP leaders rather sheepishly proclaim that there would be no impact of the electoral verdict of Delhi here in the state the truth may be otherwise. It only depends which party will be affected more. After all in Delhi both the ruling BJP and Congress got decimated. |
Nitish meets president, seeks immediate Bihar assembly session
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) JD-U leader Nitish Kumar Wednesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and requested that Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi be given instructions to take immediate decision on calling a special session of the legislative assembly to test his majority as he had the support of 130 legislators.
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Nitish, legislators reach Delhi; Manjhi announces quotas
Patna/New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state, former chief minister Nitish Kumar reached New Delhi Tuesday to parade the legislators supporting him at Rashtrapati Bhavan Wednesday. |
AAP tsunami routs BJP, Congress in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) In one of the most stunning comebacks in Indian political history, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of Arvind Kejriwal Tuesday scored a landslide win in Delhi, delivering to the BJP its first electoral defeat since its historic Lok Sabha triumph and reducing the Congress, that had ruled the capital for 15 years till 2013, to a virtual nonentity. |
Lalu threatens to launch stir if President’s rule is imposed
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday threatened that his partymen would take to streets if any attempt is made to impose President’s Rule in Bihar.Lalu, who on Monday accompanied Nitish to the Raj Bhawan told mediapersons that the RJD had also offered to parade its MLAs before the Governor but he refused to allow any such exercise saying it was not required. |
Speaker declares Manjhi unattached member
Patna,(BiharTimes): Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on Monday declared chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi as unattached member of Bihar Assembly following his expulsion from JD(U). The party also expelled five more MLAs, including agriculture minister Narendra Singh and his son Sumit. |
JD-U to parade legislators in Rashtrapati Bhavan: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Feb 10 (IANS) Aiming to put pressure on Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi for inviting him to form the next government in the state, former chief minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday said his party will parade his supporter legislators in Rashtrapati Bhavan Wednesday. |
 All eyes on Governor Tripathi in Bihar
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) With Bihar Governor Keshri Nath Tripathi returning here from Kolkata Monday, the focus has shifted to Raj Bhavan from the prevailing political crisis in the state's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U). |
 Manjhi demands voting by secret ballots
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday demanded voting by secret ballots on the floor of the House as many MLAs are afraid of voting with him and against Nitish Kumar. |
 Ready to prove majority, Nitish tells governor
Patna,(BiharTimes): The newly elected leader of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party, Nitish Kumar, said that he along with his party chief Sharad Yadav and RJD president Lalu Prasad had urged the governor, Keshri Nath Tripathi, to end deadlock like situation and pre-empt horse-trading. |
JD(U) expels Jitan Ram Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) on Monday expelled chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi from the party for his anti-party activities. |
BJP, Modi behind Manjhi splitting JD-U: Nitish
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for backing and helping Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in 'horse trading' to split JD-U for saving his government. |
Manjhi loyalist MLA files plea against Nitish re-election
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's loyalist JD-U MLA Rajeshwar Raj Monday petitioned the Patna High Court against party president Sharad Yadav who, he contended, illegally summoned a legislature party meeting which Saturday elected Nitish Kumar as its new leader. |
Round one for Nitish, but many more to go
Though the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have in the recent weeks been openly praising chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi––in spite of the fact that they were extremely critical of him in the past––the truth is that the supporters of saffron party were taken aback when they came to know that only a dozen or so MLAs sided with the present CM. Of the 111 Janata Dal (United) legislators 97 backed Nitish Kumar. The Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary, as per the general practice, did not attend the JD(U)LP meet. |
A couple of RJD MLAs root for Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though 25-member Rashtriya Janata Dal Legislature Party has given a letter of support to the Nitish Kumar camp of Janata Dal (United) at least a couple of its legislators have some reservations over the decision. They have reportedly met chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi too.They are former minister Raghvendra Pratap Singh and another MLA, Brij Kishore Singh. The latter has, however, said that he met the CM for a personal work. |
Manjhi meets PM, says will not resign
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, who is in revolt against his party JD-U and step down from his post, Sunday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi but said no political issues were discussed. |
Nitish-led JD-U to parade MLAs
Patna, Feb 8 (IANS) The crisis in Bihar's ruling JD-U deepened further Sunday with Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rival camp led by Nitish Kumar deciding to parade legislators at the Raj Bhavan Monday to stake claim to power.
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JD-U says Bihar CM siding with BJP Patna, Feb 8 (IANS) The crisis in Bihar's ruling JD-U deepened further Sunday with Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his rival camp led by Nitish Kumar deciding to parade legislators at the Raj Bhavan Monday to stake claim to power. |
Parties lend support to Nitish Kumar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Leaders of different political parties supporting Nitish Kumar went to Raj Bhawan on Sunday to seek time from the Governor, Keshri Nath Tripathi, who is holding the additional charge of Bihar. |
Women MLAs of Nitish camp allege receiving threatening call from Manjhi’s ministers
Patna,(BiharTimes): A minister and an MLA of the Nitish Kumar camp have alleged that they have received threatening calls from ministers of Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet.Bima Bharati, who is still a minister, charged that his colleague, Benay Bihari, who is a supporter of chief minister Manjhi, came to her house and threatened her of dire consequences if she does not support the CM. |
Manjhi recommends sacking of 15 more ministers, flies to Delhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even after being voted out by the Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party chief minister Jitan Ram Manhi recommended the dismissal of 15 more ministers. With this the number of ministers against whom he had taken action had risen to 17. |
JD-U crisis: Manjhi wants house dissolved, Nitish to stake claim Sunday
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Bihar's ruling JD-U seemed to be on the verge of a split Saturday, as Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi sought dissolution of the assembly despite opposition from a majority of his cabinet even as his predecessor Nitish Kumar was re-elected legislature party chief and was likely to stake claim to form the government Sunday. |
Modi discusses Bihar, Delhi with BJP leaders
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday met BJP leaders to review the Delhi assembly polls as well as the developing political situation in Bihar in view of Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi's recommendation to dissolve the assembly. |
Manjhi in Delhi to attend NITI Aayog meeting
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi reached Delhi Saturday to attend a meeting of the governing council of the NITI Aayog even as the ruling Janata Dal-United in the state is grappling with a deep political crisis. |
BJP stands exposed, says Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The newly-elected leader of the Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party, Nitish Kumar, on Saturday squarely held the Bharatiya Janata Party responsible for what happened in Bihar in the last few weeks. |
Nitish Kumar to blame for Bihar political imbroglio: BJP
Shillong, Feb 7 (IANS) Blaming former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar for the current political imbroglio in the state, union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh Saturday said the BJP has no interest in toppling the JD-U government there. |
97 party MLAs elect Nitish as JD(U)LP leader replacing Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): In all 97 out of 111 Janata Dal (United) MLAs elected Nitish Kumar as the new leader of Janata Dal (United) Legislature Party replacing Jitan Ram Manjhi.Of all the legislators, Arun Manjhi, who was till recently was a staunch supporter of chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi proposed the name of Nitish Kumar. The name was seconded by Izhar Ahmad. |
Meeting collapsed as Manjhi refuses to budge
Patna,(BiharTimes): A two-hour long high-level meeting of the Janata Dal (United) collapsed because chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi refused to yield his ground.Earlier in the day Manjhi went to attend the meeting at the residence of Nitish Kumar. |
Anti-Defection law may work against Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though a couple of regional television channels are repeatedly claiming that chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi needs the support of just 32 MLAs of his party, the JD(U), to survive as the 87-member BJP Legislature Party is ready to support him, the truth is that the best option for the chief minister is to recommend the dissolution of Assembly. |
 Manjhi recommends dismissal of two ministers
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi recommended dismissal of Road Construction Minister Lallan Singh and Forest and Environment Minister P K Shahi to Governor. Both of them are considered close to Nitish Kumar. |
Twelve hurt as Manjhi and Nitish supporters clash
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) At least 12 people were injured here Friday when supporters of Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and former chief minister Nitish Kumar clashed in front of the JD-U office, police said |
Crisis deepens in JD-U, may be headed for split
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) The crisis in Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United Friday deepened further over the party's visible move to replace Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi by his predecessor Nitish Kumar with the support of Lalu Prasad's RJD. |
Lalu roots for JD(U), not for any individualPatna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad
Yadav said on Friday that he hopes that the Janata Dal (United)
would take appropriate decision keeping in mind the danger the
country is facing. |
Manjhi, Nitish camps to hold parallel meetings of supporters on Friday
Patna,(BiharTimes): Two parallel meetings of the Janata Dal (United) are to take place on Friday––both in the vicinity of each other.The Nitish camp has called a meeting of its core group at 12:30 PMat the residence of Nitish Kumar, while the other one at 1, Anne Marg residence of the chief minister at 5:00 PM. |
Manjhi calls JD(U)LP meet on Feb 20, may sack five of his ministers
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has called the meeting of the Janata Dal (United) Legislative Party on February 20 evening at his residence.Apparently it is just a routine meeting called ahead of the Budget Session of state Assembly which is to begin on February 21 but it has now acquired a special political significance as the JD(U) leadership is bound to decide his fate on Feb 7 itself. |
 Manjhi questions JD(U)LP meet, refuses to bow down
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday night questioned the decision of the Janata Dal
(United) chief Sharad Yadav to call the meeting of the party Legislative Party on Feburay 7. |
 Sharad calls JD(U)LP meeting on Feb 7
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national president of the Janata Dal
(United) on Thursday evening called the meeting of Janata Dal
(United) Legislative Party on February 7 (Saturday).
It is usually the chief minister, who calls the meeting of
the Legislative Party, but sometimes party chief also calls
such meeting. |
Manjhi refuses to quit, favours JD(U)LP meet
Patna,(BiharTimes): Sources from within Janata Dal (United) suggest that chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has refused to quit his post. Instead he is in favour of calling the meeting of the Janata Dal (United) Legislative Party to his strength. |
No knowledge of Mulayam’s phone calls to Nitish: Sharad
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national president of Janata Dal
(United), Sharad Yadav, said on Thursday that he has no
knowledge about Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav
calling on former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday. |
Manjhi absent from meeting at Nitish’s residence
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday did not turn up at the meeting of all the 38 Janata Dal (United) candidates who contested the last year Lok Sabha election. The party left two seats for the CPI then. |
Sharad, Manjhi deny reports on leadership change
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national president of Janata Dal (United), Sharad Yadav, chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and national spokesman of the party, K C Tyagi, once again denied reports appearing in a section of Press that the Janata Dal (United) legislative party leader is about to be changed, and that Nitish Kumar is once again going to take the command of Bihar. |
Case registered against Sharad for ‘casteist’ remarks against Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): A case has been registered against the national president of Janata Dal (United), Sharad Yadav, in Airport Police station under SC/ST (Prevention of atrocities) Act on the direction of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) court for his alleged casteist remarks against Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. |
Ranjan Yadav upset over behaviour of security guard outside Nitish’s residence
Patna,(BiharTimes): An ugly scene took place outside the residence of former chief minister Nitish Kumar when the car of former Patliputra MP Ranjan Yadav was stopped at the gate by the security guards. The drama lasted for 15 minutes.When the guards objected to the entry of the car Ranjan Yadav himself introduced himself asking them to allow it to enter. |
Bank manager, accountant abducted in Jamui Patna,(BiharTimes): The branch manager and an accountant of Canara Bank were abducted from Jamui district of Bihar on Monday night.Police sources said the abductors have reportedly demanded a
ransom of Rs 20 lakh for the release of the two bank employees. |
Vashistha asks Manjhi, ministers to bridge the gap
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state president of the Janata Dal (United) Vashistha Narayan Singh conceded on Tuesday that the gap between the chief minister and some of his ministers are growing and Jitan Ram Manjhi, as the leader of the team, should bridge it at the earliest. |
Lande transferred again, this time to Rohtas
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar government late on Monday night shifted six IPS officers, including the Superintendent of Police, Patna Central, Shivdeep Lande to Rohtas in the same capacity. His place will be taken by Chandan Kushwaha, presently the SP Rohtas.Ever since Jitan Rm Manjhi became the chief minister last May Patna has seen a number of SPs.Lande served as the SP for the second time, but on this occasion just for a couple of months. He was ADC to the then governor, D Y Patil, who left the state in the last week of November 2014. |
Bihar CM defends decision to transfer officials
Patna,(BiharTimes): Denying that there was corruption in transfer and posting of officials chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday defended his decision to replace Principal Secretary of road construction department, Arun Kumar Singh with Harjot Kaur. |
Bihar to hire four cleanliness messengers in each panchayats
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar government will hire four cleanliness messengers in ech of its 8,404 panchayats. They will take care of the hygiene and cleanliness of the villages.According to reports all the formalities have been completed and the process to hire around 33,000 such messengers will begin soon. |
Uma Bharti praises Manjhi for 'good work'
Patna, Feb 2 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday found a new fan in central Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti, who described him as a 'garibon ka Masiha' (champion of the poor). |
AAP accused of getting funds from bogus companies
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A breakaway group of the AAP Monday accused the party of receiving donations worth Rs.2 crore from bogus companies. The BJP questioned the funding but the AAP rejected the allegation as "malicious and false propaganda" unleashed by "mysterious fronts" created by the BJP. |
Kuldip Narayan’s Facebook post sparks off debate
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after three-member bench of the Patna high court on Friday rejected the interlocutory application filed by Kuldip Narayan challenging his suspension from the post of Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation he wrote to his successor on Facebook: “May you remain on this post for next two years and convert Patna into Paris as promised by Sapno ke Saudagar––Bayan Bahadur.” |
Manjhi calls on governor Keshri Nath TripathiPatna,(BiharTimes): A week after governor sought report on law and order situation chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi called on Keshri Nath Tripathi at Raj Bhavan early on Saturday. The meeting lasted for half an hour. |
Merger of Janata Parivar parties on fast track: Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad once again said that the merger process of parties of Janata Parivar is on the fast track.Talking to the media after his arrival from New Delhi on Friday afternoon he said that the leaders of the Janata Parivar have held two rounds of talks on the issue and Mulayam Singh Yadav has been authorised to deal with it. |
Three-year-old raped in Bihar, one arrested
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) A man was arrested in Bihar's Madhubani district Saturday for allegedly raping a three-year-old girl and then hanging her naked from a tree, police said. |
Take Rs.41,000, forget rape: Panchayat tells victim
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a panchayat in Bihar has ordered one of its members accused of raping a Mahadalit woman to pay her Rs.41,000 and asked the victim to not report the incident, police said Saturday. |
Maoists blow up mobile tower in Bihar
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) Maoists blew up a mobile tower in Bihar's Lakhisarai district and took a cabin man of a railway station hostage for four hours in Jamui district, affecting the movement of trains, police said Saturday. |
Litchis linked to mysterious Bihar epidemic
WASHINGTON : A toxin in litchi fruits may be linked to a mysterious and sometimes fatal brain disease that has afflicted children in Muzaffarpur district in Bajjikanchal region of Bihar, and neighbouring districts since 1995, US researchers claim. |
Nitish blasts Narendra Modi, says merger will take place
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that the merger of parties of Janata Parivar would definitely take place former chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that prime minister Narendra Modi is anti-poor amd detest the expressions‘samajwad’ (socialism) and ‘dharam-nirpekch’ (secularism). |
RJD, JD-U will merge, say Lalu and Nitish
Patna/New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Six "Janata Parivar" parties will certainly merge soon as there is no hurdle, former Bihar chief ministers Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad announced Friday. |
Take Rs.41,000, forget rape: Panchayat tells victim
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a panchayat in Bihar has ordered one of its members accused of raping a Mahadalit woman to pay her Rs.41,000 and asked the victim to not report the incident, police said Saturday. |
Maoists blow up mobile tower in Bihar
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) Maoists blew up a mobile tower in Bihar's Lakhisarai district and took a cabin man of a railway station hostage for four hours in Jamui district, affecting the movement of trains, police said Saturday. |
CM for inclusion of Paswans into Mahadalit category
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that there are many poor and deserving people in the Paswan community chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said that he is in favour of ending the difference between the Dalit and Mahadalit castes. |
Nitish, Lalu have tied Manjhi’s hands, feet, says Sushil Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Thursday that Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar and the RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav have tied the hands and feet of chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and are not letting him function independently. |
Lalu asks Manjhi to avoid giving controversial remarks
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that it is upto the Janata Dal (United) and its leader Nitish Kumar to decide whether Jitan Ram Manjhi should continue or not Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Thursday once again requested the Bihar chief minister to avoid giving any such remarks which may be
misunderstood by the people. |
Preamble photo puts Modi-government in a fix
New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) An uproar erupted Wednesday over a Republic Day government advertisement featuring the preamble of the Constitution sans the words "secular" and "socialist". But Shiv Sena suggested the words be removed permanently. |
Ram Vilas blasts Manjhi, says Assembly poll will be fought in name of Narendra Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Departing from the line adopted by theBharatiya Janata Party, Lok Janshakti Party leader and Unionfood minister Ram Vilas Paswan said here on Wednesday that the Jitan Ram Manjhi government is surviving “BhagwanBharose” (God’s mercy) and may collapse any moment.Commenting on the report sought by the governor Keshri NathTripathi he came down heavily on the Manjhi government forthe communal violence at Azizpur in Muzaffarpur district andother incidents. |
Lalu questions BJP’s belated love for Karpoori, to lead march to Raj Bhawan on March 15
Patna,(BiharTimes): Ridiculing the belated love of Bharatiya Janata Party for the former chief minister Karpoori Thakur, Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday announced that his party workers would hold a big public meeting in Gandhi Maidan on March 15 and then would march to Raj Bhawan to ask the Narendra Modi government to deposit lakhs of rupees of black money in the account of the people as promised before the Lok Sabha election. |
BJP ‘adopts’ Karpoori Thakur, will it do same to V P Singh?
The Bharatiya Janata Party continues to adopt leaders who either opposed it during their respective lifetime or who refused to toe its line. If the party carries on this practice, days are not far away when it may appropriate the Mandal hero, V P Singh, whose government the saffron party brought down in 1990. |
Bihar honours police officer who arrested IM chief
Patna Jan 26 (IANS) The Bihar government Monday awarded Police Medal to Indian Police Service officer Vinay Kumar for his gallantry in arresting Yasin Bhatkal, chief of the banned Indian Mujahideen, in 2013, an official said. |
Bihar activist demands Bharat Ratna for Mountain Man
New Delhi, Jan 26 (IANS) In India's 66th year as a Republic, Bihar-based activist Rakesh Ranjan is trying to gather steam for his campaign to get the government to recognise as Bharat Ratna 'Mountain Man' Dashrath Manjhi. He hand-chiseled a road through a rocky hill to connect his inacessible village to the nearest town over 22 years of labour. |
Woman who saved Muslims in riots hoists flag in Bihar
Patna, Jan 26 (IANS) Commoner Shail Devi, who saved the lives of 10 Muslims during the communal clashes in Muzaffarpur district earlier this month, hoisted the national flag at the state Congress headquarter here Monday. |
R.K. Laxman: The Uncommon Man passes into history
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) A story in the media goes that one day a few decades ago, The Times Of India (ToI) cartoonist and creator of The Common Man, R.K. Laxman, retired. The following day, the legend's cartoon was not to be found as readers rubbed their disbelieving eyes over their morning cuppa. |
MoU signed to elevate RAU into central university Patna,(BiharTimes): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Bihar government and Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Sunday to elevate the century old Rajendra Agricultural University (RAU) at Pusa in Samastipur into a central university.Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi were present on at a function organised in Patna.
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Obama visit: India, US achieve breakthrough in civil n-deal implementation
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) India and the US Sunday announced the much-anticipated breakthrough agreement on commercial implementation of their landmark civil nuclear deal, six years after it was signed, and also entered a new strategic phase of co-production of some defence projects, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting US President Barack Obama held talks marked by much warmth and camaraderie. |
Advani, Dilip Kumar, Amitabh conferred Padma Vibhushan
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) BJP leader L.K. Advani, spiritual leader and philanthropist Aga Khan, actors Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan and Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal are among the nine named for India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, Sunday. |
Manjhi shares dais with Nitish, reposes full faith in him
Patna,(BiharTimes): A few days after saying that he would not join the BJP till his last breath and that he would take ‘sanyas’ (retirement) from politics rather than join the saffron brigade, Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi once again reposed full faith in the leadership of former chief minister Nitish Kumar |
Bihar CM seeks status report from all departments
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday sought status report on implementation of the programmes and policies of the government from each department.The CM Secretariat in a directive to all the departments has asked asked the latest report on the agenda of ‘susashan’ during 2010-15 and details of achievements against the set target during 2014. |
Manjhi continues to pat on his back, says his government is doing better than the past
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday once again claimed that his government is doing better than that of the former chief minister Nitish Kumar.He said in Banka that in the past the government could not spend more than 30% to 45% of the budgetary allocation while “a poor man Manjhi” managed to spend 58% of the budget on welfare works.
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Nitish visits Azizpur, suspects conspiracy behind riots
Patna,(BiharTimes): Shedding the past policy of not visiting the troubled spot former chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday met the victims of Azizpur village in Muzaffarpur district.Later while talking to the media he suspected some conspiracy behind the killing of four Muslims after the body of a Sahni boy, Bharatendu Kumar, was recovered on Jan 18. Nitish also met his family members and assured that everything would be thoroughly probed.
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Manjhi asked to maintain discipline: K C Tyagi
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national spokesman of the Janata Dal (United), K C Tyagi, said on Friday that chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, had been advised to work while maintaining full discipline. |
Bihar among states with very slow growth rate in Muslim population
Patna,(BiharTimes): With just 0.4 per cent Bihar is among the states which witnessed one of the slowest growth rate in the population of Muslims in India. The countrywide growth was 0.8 per cent. In 2001 the percentage of Muslim population in Bihar was 16.5 while in 2011 it increased to 16.9. |
Amit Shah to kick off 'Mission Bihar' to woo EBCs
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) BJP president Amit Shah is set to kick-start 'Mission Bihar' here Friday to woo the extremely backward castes (EBCs) on the birth anniversary of former chief minister Karpoori Thakur. |
Shyam Rajak denies any political meaning to his dinner party
Patna,(BiharTimes): Food minister in the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet on Thursday denied that he is in the race for the post of chief minister and that there is any political meaning to the dinner hosted by him on Wednesday night. In all 18 ministers reportedly took part in it. |
Leaders wear Islamic skull caps only for show: Heptullah
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptuallah Thursday criticised former Bihar chief ministers Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad for wearing Islamic skull cap only for show as she said they have hardly worked to improve Muslims' socio-economic conditions. |
Bihar sets up SIT to probe Muzaffarpur killings
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Bihar Thursday set up a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the death of five people in Muzaffarpur district four days ago which had triggered off a communal clash, officials said. |
Counter BJP with social media, JD-U workers told
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) Leaders and workers of Bihar's ruling JD-U will use "social media" in a big way to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP ahead of the state assembly polls later this year, a party leader said here Wednesday. |
28 tigers in Bihar reserve
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) The number of tigers in Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve has increased from 22 to 28, an official said Thursday. |
Hindu widow saved 10 Muslims in Bihar riots
Azizpur, Jan 21 (IANS): A Hindu woman who saved lives of 10 Muslims in this village in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district during the recent clashes in which five people died is being hailed as a hero, officials said. |
Bihar CM meets communal clash victims
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday visited Muzaffarpur district's Azizpur village, where three days ago a mob killed five people triggering a communal clash. |
JD(U) to hold workers’ rally at Gandhi Maidan on Feb 15
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) will organize a big rally of party workers at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on February 15.This announcement was made after the conclusion of the two-day (Jan 20-21)
training programme organized at the residence of the former chief minister Nitish Kumar. |
Nitish is a ‘nakalchi parikcharti’ says state BJP chief
Patna,(BiharTimes): Commenting on Nitish Kumar’s appeal to the Janata Dal (United) workers to take help of social media the state unit chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mangal Pandey, said the former
chief minister is a ‘nakalchi parikcharti’ (one who copies in exam) and those who copy in examination never pass. |
Manjhi flays BJP for shedding crocodile tears
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party for shedding crocodile tears and foe politicizing the communal riots in Muzaffarpur village |
Lalu opposes judicial probe into Azizpur riots
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday opposed the demand for judicial inquiry into the communal riots at Azizpur village in Muzaffarpur district in which four people were killed last Sunday. |
Ram Kripal-Manjhi meet sparks off speculation
Patna,(BiharTimes): Union minister of state for drinking water Ram Kripal Yadav here on Tuesday called on chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.Though the meeting was stated to be official it sparked off speculation because it came only five days after Manjhi’s meeting with Sadhu Yadav, who too is considered close to the BJP. |
Five policemen suspended over Muzaffarpur riots
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) Five police officials were suspended in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district Tuesday for negligence on duty in the light of killings of four people and arson in a village that later turned into a communal clash, police said. |
Muzaffarpur riots a fall-out of Nitish-Manjhi tussle: BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): All senior BJP leaders, be it former deputy CM Sushil Modi, Union minister of state for skill development Rajiv Pratap Rudy and former Union minister Shahnawaz Husain, have said that the communal riots in Muzaffarpur village was the fall out of the power tussle between chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and former chief minister Nitish Kumar. |
Manjhi to continue as Bihar CM, says Lalu
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday said Jitan Ram Manjhi will continue to be the Bihar chief minister, ending speculation that his days were numbered and he would soon be removed. |
Jharkhand's ex-CM Koda summoned in coal block case
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, ex-coal secretary Harish Chandra Gupta and six people and a company were summoned by a special court here Tuesday in a coal block allocation case involving Vini Iron and Steel Udyog Ltd. |
Is Manjhi on way out? Yes, if media reports are to be
believed
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as former chief minister Nitish
Kumar was on Monday afternoon, while talking to the
journalists, ruling out replacement of chief minister Jitan
Ram Manjhi some regional television channels were running
detail reports claiming that the latter is on way out. |
Mangal Pandey blames Bihar government for Muzaffarpur violence
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after praising chief minister Jitan
Ram Manjhi the state BJP chief Mangal Pandey on Monday held the
deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar responsible for
violence in Azizpur village under Sariya block of Muzaffarpur
district. |
Death toll in Muzaffarpur riots reaches five, many missing
Patna,(BiharTimes): The death toll in the communal violence in Alitpur-Bhilwara village under Saraiya police station of Muzaffarpur district has reached five with many more people still missing. Several of those injured have been rushed to the SKMCH in Muzaffarpur town.
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Three burnt to death as mob set ablaze 50 houses Patna,(BiharTimes):At least three persons were burnt to death as a mob torch nine houses in Ajitpur village near Muzaffarpur district in Bihar following the recovery of an abducted youth’s corpse.
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Bihar police to post SC/ST SHOs as per their population
Patna,(BiharTimes): Crime Investigation Department (CID) ADG (Weaker Sections) Arvind Pandey on Saturday sent a letter to all SSPs, SPs and Superintendents of Railway Police (SRPs), asking them to ensure posting of efficient SC/ST police officers as SHOs in proportion to the reservation granted to them by the state government. |
Pappu Yadav backs Manjhi, asks BJP not to fish in troubled
waters of JD(U)
Patna,(BiharTimes): Accusing the BJP, especially its leader
Sushil Kumar Modi, of fishing in the troubled waters of the
Janata Dal (United) Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Pappu Yadav on
Sunday said that no effort whatsoever should be made to
disturb chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi till the next
Assembly election. In the same breath he added that it would
not be wrong if Nitish Kumar is made the chief minister once
again after the election. |
Narendra Singh urges Sharad to call high-level party meet
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar’s agriculture minister Narendra
Singh on Sunday asked the Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad
Tadav to call a meeting to discuss the issues arising after
the statements made by the two spokesmen of Janata Dal
(United), Neeraj Kumar and Ajay Alok. |
Mangal Pandey praises Manjhi, says he is not weak
Patna,(BiharTimes): The president of Bihar unit of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Mangal Pandey, on Sunday said that if
chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi wants to cross over his party
may consider his plea. |
JD(U) spokesman flays CM for meeting Sadhu Yadav
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) spokesman, Neeraj Kumar, on Saturday came down strongly on his own party chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi, for meeting former MP, Sadhu Yadav, who is now considered close to the BJP. |
Maternal mortality rates come down in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar has registered a decline of 11 points in the maternal mortality rate between 2011 and 2013. This is still the second highest rate in the country.Deaths of mothers that take place within 42 days of childbirth is defined as the maternal mortanlity. Registrar General of India report said that 208 mothers die in the state per one lakh live births. The overall figure per year in the state is 7,680. |
22 IPS officers transferred
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state government on Thursday shifted 22 IPS officers, including superintendent of police of some districts and two IGs.Senior SP of Gaya, Nishant Kumar Tiwari, has been transferred and appointed as BMP-1 Commandant (Patna). He has been replaced by P Kannan, who was posted as AIG (Q). |
Story by jailed former MP included in textbook
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) A story written in Hindi by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan, serving life term for the 1994 lynching of Gopalganj district magistrate G. Krishnaiah, has been included in a Class VIII text book. |
Lalu vacates Delhi ministerial bungalow
Patna,(BiharTimes): Two months after an eviction order was passed in November 2014 the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday vacated the 7,000 sqm ministerial bungalow he had been occupying for last 13 years.After the heart surgery in August last year Lalu had sought an extension. |
Option open for Manjhi, says SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Departing from his past stand senior BJP
leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said that his party has
left all its options open in dealing with the emerging
political situation in the state, especially involving chief
minister Jitan Ram Manjhi. |
Private Secretaries of Rudy, Giriraj appointed
Patna,(BiharTimes): Kundan Kumar, a 2004 batch IAS officer of Bihar
cadre and Sudhanshu Kumar, a 1996 batch IPS officer of Bihar cadre
have been appointed as Private Secretaries to Union Ministers Rajiv
Pratap Rudy and Giriraj Singh respectively. |
We are not in a hurry, says Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said on
Thursday that nobody is in a hurry for merger of the parties
of Janata Parivar. |
 Political churning at ‘dahi-chura’ parties
Patna,(BiharTimes): Prominent leaders of Rashtriya Janata Dal
and Janata Dal (United) attended the ‘chura-dahi’ parties
thrown by Lalu Prasad Yadav and Vashistha Narayan Singh on
Wednesday.
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 Merger causing trouble to some people, says Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Taking a dig at the BJP the Rashtriya
Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday said that some
people are finding themselves in deep trouble over the merger
of the parties of Janata Parivar as it would change the
political scenario of the country. |
Bihar cabinet nod on tax exempt to ‘pk’
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet approved a
government decision to exempt Hindi movie, ‘pk’, from
entertainment tax with retrospective effect from January 2
this year. |
Dalits angry as Bihar massacre accused are acquitted
Patna, Jan 15 (IANS) Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar's Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia Ranvir Sena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused. |
No merger at Bihar level, says Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad
Yadav is of the view that the merger of the Janata Parivar
parties would take at the national level and not at the Bihar
level as is being highlighted in a section of media. |
RJD-JD(U) to merge before mega-merger of Janata Parivar, says
JD(U)
Patna,(BiharTimes): Now it appears to be clear from the
Janata Dal (United) point of view.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) would merge
before the six parties of the Janata Parivar finally merge.
The indications in this regard were given by the national
president of the Janata Dal (United) Sharad Yadav and the
state unit chief Vashistha Narayan Singh. |
I will continue to be Bihar CM, says Manjhi
Patna, Jan 12 (IANS) Jitan Ram Manjhi Monday said he will continue to be chief minister of Bihar.
On being told by the media at his weekly 'janata durbar' that some Janata Dal-United leaders wanted to oust him, Manjhi said he will continue to be the chief minister "for now". |
Have stopped BJP’s bid to walk away with Mahadalit votes: Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Monday that he had stopped the BJP’s bid to walk away with the Mahadalit votes.Talking to the media on the sidelines of the Janata Darbar at his official residence the chief minister said that he had stopped BJP’s hands towards the Mahadalits (“haath ruk gaya hai”). |
Will hold Amit Shah’s meeting on road if Miller School ground is denied: SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Monday that his party would commemorate the birth anniversary function of former chief minister Karpoori Thakur on January 23 at Beer Chand Patel Marg itself if the ruling Janata Dal (United) government refuses to give the Miller School or Veterinary College ground for this purpose. The party’s national president Amit Shah is to attend the function.
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BJP to hold public rally in Gandhi Maidan on April 14
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party will organize a public meeting at Patnas Gandhi Maidan on April 14 next.This decision was taken at the meeting of the core group from Bihar presided over by the party;s national president, Amit Shah in New Delhi on Sunday. |
CMs' meet to speed up road links in Maoist-hit states
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Union Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari has convened a chief ministers' conference of eight states haunted by Left-wing extremism to resolve bottlenecks in speedy implementation of road projects being executed in remote areas of these states.
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Girl born with parasitic twin struggling for survival
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) Nine-year-old Lakshmi Tatma, who was born with a parasitic twin that was removed after a highly-publicised operation in Bengaluru in 2007, is again facing health problems that may threaten her life, her parents say.
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Confusion time in Bihar politics
Patna,(BiharTimes): With the Assembly election nine months from now the political situation is extremely fluid in Bihar.Almost all the political parties, be it the ruling or the opposition, are unable to draw their strategy. The bigger the party in the state Assembly, the bigger is the challenge before them. |
Judges do not do justice, they only pronounce judgement: Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said that judges do not do justice, but they only pronounce judgement.Speaking at a seminar on Immediate Solution to Land Disputes in Patna on Saturday the chief minister quoted the first President of India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, who had once asked the judge in a case to do justice (nyay), upon which the latter said that he only pronounce judgement (faisla). |
Dr C P Thakur comes to Manjhi’s rescue, welcomes him to BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): Two days after the former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi strongly criticized both Jitan Ram Manjhi and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar former Union minister and senior BJP leader Dr C P Thakur on Saturday said something quite different. |
Monks reprise Buddha's walk route after enlightenment
Patna, Jan 10 (IANS) Over 400 Buddhist monks Saturday took part in a 13-km 'heritage walk' in Bihar in a bid to revive the ancient route between Jethian and Venuvan which Gautam Buddha took after attaining enlightenment. |
Sharad, Nitish meet Lalu in New Delhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Janata Dal (United) leaders Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav held talks in New Delhi on Friday to chalk out the merger plan.Though they discussed the issue of merger they rejected speculation that their meeting was on leadership change in Bihar. |
Manjhi terms Nitish Kumar 'Chanakya'
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) At a time when speculation is rife that Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi will be removed, he Friday described former chief minister Nitish Kumar as 'Chanakya' of politics. |
Sharp fall in Maoists’ violence in Bihar in 2014Patna,(BiharTimes): There has been a sharp decline in the Maoists’ violence in Bihar in 2014, especially in its second half, than in 2013. Most of the incidents occurred in the state in the first half, that is, during the Lok Sabha election. |
Uncertainty taking its toll in Bihar: SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Thursday said that the political tussle between chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and his predecessor, Nitish Kumar, is taking a huge toll on the development and law and order situation in Bihar. |
Nitish is Buddhiman, says Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday gave yet another ‘loaded’ statement.Speaking at a function organized to commemorate the establishment of Ram Sundar Das Mahila College at Sonepur.Manjhi went on to say that Nitish is ‘Buddhiman’ (sensible and mature) person. However, in the same breath he said that may be Jitan Ram Manjhi is a ‘Buddhu’ (stupid or less sensible). “Who does not know how ‘Buddhiman’ Nitish Kumar is?” he asked amidst clapping. |
 Who am I to give assurance on whether Manjhi will remain or not: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, in a way, dismissed the speculation that he is going to New Delhi to discuss the fate of Bihar chief minister with party chief Sharad Yadav, RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav and Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
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 I have not learnt hoshiyari, says Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): “Sab kuch mein ne sikha na sikhi hoshiyari. Such hai dunya walon hum hain anari.” (I have learnt everything, but not how to become mature.) So said the Bihar chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi, while talking to the media on Thursday. He was actually commenting on the recent political developments, especially the comments made by his own parliamentary affairs minister Shrawan Kumar that chief minister keeps changing his statement after every two minutes. |
 I am a novice in politics: Manjhi
Patna, Jan 8 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Thursday expressed his helplessness for repeatedly committing faux pas, saying he was a "novice" in politics. |
After OTA and CUB, Gaya gets IIM
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani has reportedly agreed to the state government’s proposal to set up Indian Institute of Management on the campus of the Magadh University in Bodh Gaya. Classes are likely to start from this academic session, though no final words have yet come from the Centre. |
Bihar minister apologises for his remarks against Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar’s parliamentary affairs minister Shrawan Kumar on Thursday apologized for his remarks made against the chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi a day earlier.“Hamari zabaan phisal gayee, nikal gayee koi baat, hum uske liye sorry bole hain, maafi manga hai.” |
Cabinet nod to five decimal land to homeless SC/ST families
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet on Wednesday gave green signal to the proposal to provide five decimal land to homeless SC, ST and other eligible persons.According to the decision if the settlement is a cluster, preferably of 20 families then 100 decimal land will be given for housing and additional 20 decimal land for road and community centre. |
State govt increases Maternity Leave to 180 days
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state cabinet on Wednesday increased the Maternity Leave to 180 days from 135 days, and also made provisions for 730 days of Child Care Leave.According to Principal Secretary, Cabinet Coordination Department B Pradhan it was realised that there was no provision for Child Care Leave for women government employees |
Manjhi asserts by shunting IAS officers close to Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state government late on Tuesday transferred 18 senior IAS officers, including principal Home
Secretary, Amir Subhani. He has been shifted to the General
Administrative Department after serving as the home secretary
for about six years. |
Four other rebel JD-U MLAs move court
Patna, Jan 7 (IANS) Four rebel JD-U legislators Wednesday filed a petition in the Patna High Court challenging assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary's decision to terminate their membership. |
Hunkar Rally blasts: NIA frames charges against 11
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Special Court of Anil Kumar Singh of
National Investigation Agency (NIA)on Tuesday framed charges
against 11 accused for the serial blasts at the then Gujarat
chief minister Narendra Modi’s October 27, 2013 Hunkar Rally
at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. |
Manjhi ready for talks with Maoists
Patna,(BiharTimes): Adopting soft line towards the Left
extremists Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi see no wrong
in what Maoists are doing by collecting levy from contractors
engaged in building roads, community buildings and other
government works. |
SuMo asks reinstated JD(U) MLAs to join BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): Urging the four reinstated Janata Dal
(United) MLAs to join the BJP senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar
Modi said that the Patna high court ruling is a slap in the
face of former chief minister Nitish Kumar. |
Supporters of reinstated MLAs greet HC ruling with burst of
gunfire
Patna,(BiharTimes): The ruling of single bench of the Patna
high court reinstating the membership of four JD(U) MLAs may
have come as a shot in arm to the opposition in Bihar. But
the news was greeted in a highly unlawful manner by the
supporters of these MLAs and BJP. |
Janata Parivar front won't materialise: Paswan
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The proposed formation of a political front by erstwhile Janata Parivar parties was a "distant possibility" and "they won't get anything out of it", union minister Ram Vilas Paswan said Tuesday. |
Patna family injected with sedatives, robbed
Patna, Jan 6 (IANS) Unidentified armed men carried out a robbery here Monday night by breaking into a house and injecting the family with sedatives before fleeing with cash and valuables worth lakhs of rupees, police said Tuesday. |
Shoe thrown at Bihar CM Manjhi in Patna
Patna, Jan 5 (IANS) A shoe was hurled at Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi during his weekly 'Janata Durbar' (public meeting) in Patna Monday but missed its target, police said, adding that the man who threw it has been arrested. |
Bihar ADG does not approve of Patna City (Central) SP’s behaviour
Patna,(BiharTimes): Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters), Gupteshwar Pandey, on Monday said that the treatement meted out to the Inspector of Police of Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) by the Patna City (Central) SP, Shivdeep Lande, was not appropriate. |
No fixed deadline for merger of parties of Janata Parivar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister and JD (U) leader Nitish Kumar said on Sunday that though the process of merger is on track no deadline has yet been fixed for it.Talking to the media after two-day (Jan 4-5) meeting of the Political Advisory Committee of Janata Dal (United) in Patna he said that the merger would be according to a set process and all formalities would be finalized. |
Manjhi backs Maoist levy on contractors
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday courted another controversy Sunday by supporting the Maoists' levy from contractors and businessmen. |
Consensus in JD-U over merger with RJD
Patna, Jan 3 (IANS) A consensus emerged Saturday in Bihar's ruling JD-U over the party's merger with the RJD of Lalu Prasad to counter the BJP in state assembly polls later this year. |
Bihar paan seller offers free condoms
Patna, Jan 3 (IANS) In an innovative way to create awareness about population control, a paan seller in Bihar has been offering his customers a free condom with each betel leaf. |
JD(U) throws ‘chura-dahi’ party for RJD
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Political Advisory Committee of the Janata Dal (United) on Saturday gave green signal to the merger of the party with five other parties, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
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Manjhi’s New Year visit to Lalu politically significant
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s
visit to 10-Circular Road––official residence of forner CM
Rabri Devi––to greet RJD chief Lalu Prasad on New Year’s Day
is being interpreted differently in political circle in
Bihar. |
Policeman shot dead on train in Bihar
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) A policeman was shot dead by unidentified criminals over a minor dispute on a train in Bihar's Munger district early Friday, police said.
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Bihar CM, a dozen ministers possess firearms
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and a
dozen of his ministers possess various types of firearms,
including double barrel guns, rifles, pistols and revolvers. |
Bihar paan seller offers free condoms
Patna, Jan 3 (IANS) In an innovative way to create awareness about population control, a paan seller in Bihar has been offering his customers a free condom with each betel leaf. |
Bihar govt denying PAC chief post to opposition leader: SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that various anti-corruption institutions in the state have deliberately been weakened by the Janata Dal (United) government in the year 2014 senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday alleged that action against corrupt officials and confiscation of their assets have been slowed down. Over 35,000 cases are lying pending in State Information Commission, but the state decreased the number of its members from five to three. |
Manjhi again blames Centre for cut in Plan size
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi once again held the Narendra Modi government responsible for the cut in annual plan-size to Rs 51,000 crore from Rs 57,000 crore.
He said the Centre made cuts in the plan allocations to different sectors in the current financial year. |
 'PK' made tax-free in Bihar
Patna, Jan 1 (IANS) Aamir Khan's movie "PK" will be exempted from tax in Bihar so that the poor can watch the film that exposes the fraud taking place in the name of religion, Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi announced Thursday.
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Abhayanand retires after 37 years service
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Director General of Police Abhayanand retired on the last day of 2014 after 37 years in service.He was Director General (Home Guards and Fire Services) at the time of retirement. |
ECR GM Madhuresh Kumar retires
Patna,(BiharTimes): The General Manager of East Central Railway (ECR), Hajipur, Madhuresh Kumar, retired from his post on December 31, 2014. He served the Indian Railways for 38 long years.A farewell function was held at ECR headquarters on Wednesday on the eve of his superannuation. |
Patna zoo's oldest tigress dies
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) The oldest tigress at the Patna zoo, 19-year-old Sita, has died after prolonged illness, an official said Wednesday. |
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10 more die of cold in Bihar
Patna, Dec 30 (IANS) An intense cold wave has claimed 10 more lives in Bihar, pushing the total number of deaths in the state due to inclement weather to 17, officials said Tuesday. |
VHP's 'ghar wapsi' at Bodh Gaya flops
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) The VHP's 'ghar wapsi' programme at Bodh Gaya in Gaya district of Bihar Sunday was a big flop when most of the over 40 Mahadalit families comprising over 200 people, who four days back embraced Christianity, refused to return to Hinduism, officials said. |
We've support of 55 legislators: Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu, Dec 31 (IANS) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti told Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra Wednesday that her party had the support of 55 legislators in the 87-seat assembly to form a stable government. |
Cold claims seven lives in Bihar
Patna, Dec 28 (IANS) The intense cold has claimed the lives of seven people in Bihar, as dense fog Sunday continued to affect normal life and disrupt air and rail traffic, officials said. |
Kerala's SJD merges with JD-U
Thrissur (Kerala), Dec 28 (IANS) The Socialist Janata Democratic (SJD), a constituent of Kerala's ruling UDF, Sunday merged with the Sharad Yadav-led Janata Dal-United. |
Modi misses Jharkhand oath taking due to fog
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday failed to attend the oath taking ceremony of Jharkhand's new chief minister Raghubar Das due to bad weather. |
Four rebel JD-U MLAs disqualified in Bihar
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) The membership of four rebel Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLAs was terminated Saturday for their anti-party activities, Bihar assembly officials said here. |
Five run over by train in Bihar
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) A railway engineer and four contract labourers were run over by a train Saturday when they were repairing the railway track in Bihar's Rohtas district, police said. |
Cold wave continues in Bihar
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) The intense cold wave continued unabated in Bihar with fog disrupting air and rail traffic Saturday, officials said. |
One passenger shot in Bihar train robbery
Patna, Dec 27 (IANS) A group of armed criminals looted cash and valuables worth lakhs from passengers on a train in Bihar's Saharsa district and shot a passenger, who tried to resist, police Saturday said. |
 Vajpayee, Malviya named for Bharat Ratna
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The government Wednesday named former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and late freedom fighter-educationist Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya for India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna.
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Bihar continues to shiver as cold wave persists
Patna, Dec 24 (IANS) Bihar continued to shiver Wednesday with the minimum temperature dipping to five degrees below normal in Gaya district and no respite from the cold wave in sight, meteorological officials here said. |
Hung house in Kashmir as PDP comes on top, BJP makes history
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 23 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir got a hung assembly Tuesday, with the PDP becoming the single largest group and the BJP making history by finishing a close second in a verdict that exposed the deep divide between the largely Muslim Kashmir Valley and Hindu-majority Jammu region. |
Jharkhand gets BJP government, Modi says its for stability
Ranchi/New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday emerged victorious and prepared to form its government in Jharkhand, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the people have "voted for stability which is essential to realise the true potential of the state". |
BJP heads to victory in Jharkhand
Ranchi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party seemed to be tantalisingly close to forming the government in Jharkhand, a state that has seen nine chief ministers in the past 14 years. |
PDP, BJP in close fight in Kashmir
Srinagar/Jammu, Dec 23 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was set to make history in Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday as counting of votes polled in assembly elections put it close behind the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). |
SHO shot dead by robbers in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the opposition members in the Bihar Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council were protesting against the deteriorating law and order siatuion in Bihar two motor-cycle borne criminals shot dead station house officer of Yusapur police station of Saran district on Monday afternoon. |
Assembly rocked over deteriorating law and order situation
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar Assembly was repeatedly adjourned on Monday following protests by the BJP legislators over the killing of four fishermen in Paliganj block of Patna district and deteriorating law and order situation in the state. |
Janata Parivar targets Modi government on black money, conversions
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) Leaders of the Janata Parivar raised the issue of black money both inside and outside parliament Monday, hitting out at the NDA government for failing to fulfil its promise of bringing back illegal cash stashed abroad. They also accused it of fomenting communal tensions. |
Those aligning with Lalu, Chautala have no right to demand return of black-money: SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Monday that those who are aligning with the corrupt leaders like RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Indian National Lok Dal president Om Prakash Chautala have no right to raise the demand of bringing back black-money to India. Commenting on the Mahadharna of Janata Parivar in New Delhi on Monday he took a potshot at the former chief minister and former BJP ally Nitish Kumar for joining hands with Lalu and Chautala. |
Manjhi upset over slow functioning of Savrna Aayog
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Monday expressed strong displeasure over slow pace of work by Savrna Aayog (Upper Castes Commission).It was constituted by the then Nitish Kumar government in January 2011 to identify the deprived and underprivileged families among Upper Castes. |
Northern India shivers, travel plans badly hit
New Delhi/Shimla/Chandigarh/Jaipur/Patna/Lucknow, Dec 22 (IANS) In the unrelenting grip of severe cold, north India Monday continued to shiver due to icy winds while dense fog played spoilsport to travel plans as many trains and flights were delayed or cancelled. It was the coldest Dec 22 in the national capital in the past five years. |
Cold wave hits normal life in Bihar
Patna, Dec 21 (IANS) Icy winds and a cloudy sky badly affected normal life in Bihar Sunday, with most people forced to stay indoors, officials said. |
Shahabuddin has released hit-list of 23, claims SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi
alleged on Sundaythat the confidential letter sent by the
Special Branch SP to the Siwan DM and SP, and Tirhut range
DIG, said that the jailed former RJD MP from Siwan, Mohammad
Shahabuddin, had released a hit-list of 23 people of Siwan
district who are to be eliminated. |
Ravi Shankr for law on conversions, says development main
plank of Union govt
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that the main plank of the
Narendra Modi government is good governance and development,
and not religious conversions, as some friends in the
opposition are making it out Union communication and
information technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Sunday said that there should be a law on religious conversions in
the country. |
SuMo flays Nitish on conversion statementPatna,(BiharTimes): Senior BJP leader and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday asked if former chief minister Nitish Kumar is serious on the issue of conversion even when 13 poor villagers of Kahalgaon sub-division of Bhagalpur and Munger districts have embraced another religion
in the last few days. |
Bihar alleges huge cut in MNREGA fund from Centre
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi government on Saturday once again alleged that there has been huge cut in release of fund from the Centre under MGNREGA to Bihar in the current financial year.A statement from state Rural Development Department said: “While a sum of over Rs 1,582 crore was given to Bihar by November last time its only over Rs 769 crore by November this time.” |
Mahadharna first solid step towards merger: Sharad
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national president of Janata Dal (United), Sharad Yadav, said on Saturday that the proposed December-22 Mahadharna (mega sit-in) in New Delhi would be the “first solid step” towards merger of parties of Janata Parivar. However, he added that no timeline could be fixed for it. |
Nitish blames NaMo for Parliament stalemate
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday strongly criticized prime minister Narendra Modi for his silence on controversy involving religious conversion and praise of Nathuram Godse, the killer of Mahatma Gandhi, by his party leaders.Talking to tne media in the Legislative Council he directly blamed the BJP for stalemate in Parliament in the last five days. |
Mild Earthquake Hits Bihar
Patna (BiharTimes) Mild tremors of earthquake has been reported from many parts of Bihar, including thecapital city of Patna,The epicentre of the earthquake was in Nepal. |
Four get life term for 1975 L.N. Mishra murder
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Four followers of Hindu sect Anand Marg were Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment here for criminal conspiracy and murder of the then railway minister L.N. Mishra in 1975. |
Security tightened at Bodh Gaya temple
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) Security was Thursday tightened at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya after the terror attack in Pakistan's Peshawar city, a top official said. |
Converted Christians return to Hindu fold in Bihar
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) Three of the dozen Hindus who converted to Christianity in two Bihar villages have returned to the Hindu fold after they were threatened with a social boycott, an official said Thursday. |
Now full bench to hear PMC Commissioner’s suspension case
Patna,(BiharTimes): Patna high court on Wednesday transferred the case relating to the suspension of the Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation, Kuldeep Narayan, to a full bench headed by Acting Chief Justice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari. |
Manjhi for medium, small industries in Bihar Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday said he was not in favour of big industries or investment of big capital in the state, but prefers development of medium and small industries as they provide ample employment opportunities to the people. |
Four women among eight Maoists arrested Patna,(BiharTimes): The Muzaffarpur police on Tuesday arrested eight alleged Maoists, including four women, from a government high school in Turki village of the district. Six detonators, a pistol, some ammunition and Maoists’ literature were recovered from them. |
Toll in Pakistan school massacre climbs to 148
Islamabad, Dec 17 (IANS/EFE) Children were the majority of the 148 people killed Tuesday in a Taliban attack on a school run by the Pakistani army in the northwestern city of Peshawar, near the border with Afghanistan. |
CBI told to record Manmohan's statement in coal scam case
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) A special court hearing the coal block case allegedly involving industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and others here Tuesday asked the CBI to record the statement of former prime minister Manmohan Singh who was then also holding the coal ministry portfolio. |
Kuldeep Narayan to continue as PMC chief till final court order: HC
Patna, (BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice V N Sinha and Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha of the Patna High Court on Tuesday ruled that Kuldeep Narayan would continue to function as Commissioner of the Patna Municipal Corporation till it delivered its final order in the matter.Not only that the Court also asked Kuldeep to dispose of 504 vigilance cases of construction of apartments in violation of municipal rules in Patna “without succumbing to any pressure.” |
Upendra Kushwaha flays RSS ‘ghar wapsi’ campaign
Patna,(BiharTimes): Union minister of state for Human Resources Development Upendra Kushwaha has strongly opposed RSS-backed “ghar wapsi” campaign, especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and also rejected the demand for an anti-conversion law. He had also asked the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre to focus only on development agenda. |
Liquor suppliers given free hand to loot Bihar, reiterates SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, reiterated that the state government had provided the liquor mafia free hand to loot the state. Talking to the media here on Tuesday he said all this is being done at the behest of people close to former chief minister Nitish Kumar, who are posted in the excise department. |
Manjhi’s son-in-law may be reinstated as PA
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chiefminister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s third son-in-law, Devendra Kumar, may soon be reinstated to his old post as his personal assistant as the definition of ‘saga sambandhi’ has been
changed by the state government.Devendra, who joined the CM office as the PA on June 4 had to resign on November 5 last, was once again seen at 1 Anne Marg on Monday when Manjhi was holding the Janata Darbar. |
Train hits car in Bihar, four killed
Patna, Dec 16 (IANS) At least four people were killed Tuesday and three severely injured when a train hit a car in Bihar's Nawada district, police said. |
HC stays PMC Commissioner’s suspension
Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice V N Sinha and Justice Prabhat Kumar Jha of the Patna High Court on Monday stayed the suspension of Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), Kuldeep Narayan. The state government had on Friday (Dec 12) night suspended him on the charge of not purchasing the fogging machine. |
Cold wave like weather prevails in Patna
Patna, Dec 15 (IANS) Cold winds and a cloudy sky with light drizzle created cold wave- like weather in this Bihar capital Monday, with a more or less similar situation prevailing across the state. |
Kuldeep’s friends petition PM, AAP stages sit-in
Patna,(BiharTimes): A petition has been sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by friends and IIT Kanpur batchmates of suspended Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation, Kuldip Narayan, urging him to intervene and protect an honest IAS officer who is being victimized for performing his duty as per law. |
Woman, 70, commits 'Sati' in Bihar
Patna, Dec 14 (IANS) A 70-year-old woman allegedly committed "Sati" by jumping into the funeral pyre of her husband at a Bihar village, police said Sunday. |
Nitish meets Mulayam, Sharad to discuss modalities of merger
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, met Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and his own party president Sharad Yadav separately in New Delhi on Saturday to discuss the modalities of merger of five parties of Janata Parivar. |
CM apprehends cut in central allocation to Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday once again expressed apprehension that the Narendra Modi government in the Centre may cut the budgetary allocations to the state for the year 2015-16 to around Rs 52,000 crore in the backdrop of the projected budget deficit in the current financial (2014-15) year. This is in spite of the fact that Bihar needs special attention for its development. |
BJP changes stand, now supports suspended PMC Commissioner
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party, which, when in power, consistently supported the Nitish Kumar government over its dealing with the Patna Municipal Corporation has now changed its stand. After all the BJP was very much in power when the former PMC Commissioner, Senthil Kumar, virtually in one go, gave his approval to hundreds of illegal structures |
Why delay in temple purification report, asks SuMo
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday asked as to why two and a half months later Darbhanga divisional commissioner Vandana Kini and then zonal IG A K Ambedkarhad not submitted their report on the alleged purification of the Andhrathadhi Temple in Madhubani district after the visit of chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi in August last. Manjhi was there to campaign in the by-election for the Janata Dal (United) candidate. |
Army Major accuses wife, Colonel of adultery
Patna,(BiharTimes): An army Major of Danapur cantonment, Dr Binod Kumar, has filed a case of adultery against Colonel Ravi Chander. He claimed to have caught the latter in compromising position with his wife at his own quarter on December 9 night. |
Manjhi on backfoot on PMC Commissioner’s suspension
Patna,(BiharTimes): A few hours after the suspension of the Commissioner of Patna Municipal Corporation on Friday evening the state government appears to be on the backfoot.Soon after the suspension the IAS Officers’ Association met at its office near Patna airport. |
Bihar minister's husband booked for extortion
Patna, Dec 12 (IANS) A case has been lodged against the husband of a Bihar minister for allegedly trying to extort money from government officials and threatening to shoot them if not paid, police said Friday. |
Dumraon royals refuse to be Chetan Bhagat’s friend
Patna,(BiharTimes): The author of “Half Girlfriend”, Chetan Bhagat, has offered to become lifelong friend of Maharaj Bahadur Kamal Singh and ‘Yuvraj’ Chandra Vijay Singh of the erstwhile princely state of Dumraon in Buxar district of Bihar after being threatened with a defamation suit for his “unflattering references”to the royal family in his latest novel.The author |
ECR GM to inaugurate rail track of rail-cum-road bridges in Patna, Munger
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the approach roads of the rail-cum-road bridges over Ganga in Patna and Munger are yet to be completed the General Manager of the East Central Railway, Madhuresh Kumar, would inaugurate their rail track on December 30 and 26 respectively.According to the PRO, ECR, Arvind Rajak, the road bridges would take some more time to complete.Rajak said on December 17 the General Manager would inaugurate the Conventional Centre near Mahendru Ghat and on December 24 the Central Hospital. He would also inaugurate a stadium in Patna on December 30. |
Prof Anand Kumar to deliver lecture in Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): Prof. Anand Kumar will deliver a lecture on Independent India: Past, Present and Future on 14th Dec. Sunday at 4pm Gandhi Sangrahalay near Gandhi Maidan. Anand Kumar is a retired professor of Sociology at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). |
A classic case of old wine in new bottle in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): It is a classic case of old wine in new
bottle.
After medicine scam the Bharatiya Janata Party has come up
with another scam. It involves the Excise Department and the
magnitude appears to be much larger. But the problem is once
again the same. |
JD(U) to change four district presidents
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar unit of the Janata Dal (United) has decided to change the presidents of four district units for their poor performance during the first phase of the Sampark Yatra (Nov 13-28).The party removed the presidents of Saran, Madhubani, Samastipur and Buxar. |
SuMo flays Manjhi’s decision to change definition of ‘saga sambandhi’
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Wednesday dubbed the recent decision of chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to change the definition of saga sambandhi as absurd, strange and morally wrong.According to Modi the chief minister has changed the definition of ‘saga sambandhi’ to imply only ‘close (blood) relative’. Till now the term meant ‘close (blood) and distant relatives’ in the relevant government circular. |
Ward councillors protest against dissolution move
Patna,(BiharTimes): Over 30 ward councillors of Patna Municipal Corporation on Wednesday evening took out a torch-light procession from Maurya Lok Complex to Kargil Chowk to protest against the controversial move of the urban development and housing department to recommend its dissolution.They later met former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi. |
BJP plays caste politics, calls Chandragupta, Ashok as Kushwahas
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though very well ensconced in the Centre and also hoping to come to power in Bihar yet the Bharatiya Janata Party is brazenly playing the caste politics in such a way which even the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Janata Dal (United) are not doing. |
PMC Executive Engineer gets relief from High Court
Patna,(BiharTimes): Granting relief to the executive engineer of the Patna Municipal Corporation, Lallan Prasad Singh, a division bench of Justice V N Sinha and Justice P K Jha of the Patna high court on Tuesday asked the Vigilance Investigation Bureau not to arrest or take any penal action against him in the disproportionate assets case. |
Vehicle-lifter who ended up becoming owner of two hotels in Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): Police on Tuesday arrested Sonu Alam, a car thief who ended up becoming the owner of two hotels in downtown area of Patna with his ill-gotten wealth.The alleged thief, who operated an inter-state gang of vehicle lifters, confessed that he owned two hotels––one in Exhibition Road and another in S P Verma Road. |
61 percent turnout in third phase of Jharkhand polls
Ranchi, Dec 9 (IANS) Braving the winter cold, people turned up in good numbers to cast their ballot in the third of the five-phase assembly polls in Jharkhand. Around 61 percent voting was recorded when voting ended at 5 p.m. for three seats - Ranchi, Hatia and Kanke. Balloting ended at 3 p.m. in 14 constituencies.
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Manjhi seeks more central forces from Rajnath
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi called on the Union home minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Monday and urged him to provide adequate number of central forces, especially Rapid Action Force, to tackle the issues arising out of porous border with Nepal and Maoist menace as well as
to maintain communal harmony in the state.
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Former Bihar minister passes away
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar minister Vijay Kumar Singh, died at a private hospital in Patna early on Tuesday morning following a brief illness. He was 88 and is survivied by wife and two sons. |
 Shivanand Tiwari calls it a day, to write a book
Patna,(BiharTimes): Veteran politician Shivanand Tiwari on Monday called it a day after playing politics for about half a century.Born in the family of socialist leader, Ramanand Tiwari, he was associated with poliical activities right from his student’s day in 1960s. |
All those found guilty by the court are innocent, says L N
Mishra’s son
Patna,(BiharTimes): While Vijay Kumar Mishra, the son of the
then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra, said that all
those found guilty by the court in his father’s killing are
actually innocent, the brother of the late leader Dr
Jagannath Mishra welcomed this much-delayed ruling. |
Mulayam-Lalu family likely to have more influence on Janata
Parivar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The coming together of six parties of the
erstwhile Janata Parivar may be a marriage of political
convenience. But perhaps more important is the coming
together of Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and RJD
supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav through a real marriage.
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 Manjhi in the league of CMs opposed to scrapping of Planning
Commission
Patna,(BiharTimes): Jitan Ram Manjhi is among the chief
ministers who advised the prime minister Narendra Modi not to
restructure or dismantle the Planning Commission in haste.
Speaking at the chief ministers’ conference in New Delhi on Sunday the Bihar chief minister said a meeting of the
National Development Council should be convened to discuss
the matter and the PM should take a holistic view on the
issue. |
‘Dalit Prem’ brings Manjhi, Nitish on one platform again
Patna,(BiharTimes): After sharing dais in Jehanabad and Gaya
on two successive days during the Sampark Yatra last month
Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi and senior Janata Dal
(United) leader Nitish Kumar were seen on the same platform
at a function organized to observe the 58th death anniversary
of the architect of the Indian Constitution, Bhimrao
Ambedkar, at Miller School in Patna on Saturday.
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Verdict in L.N. Mishra murder case Monday
New Delhi, Dec 7 (IANS) A court here will Monday deliver its verdict in the 39-year-old case relating to then railway minister Lalit Narayan Mishra's assassination. |
Amitabh Das shifted from BHRC
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi government on Saturday shifted Superintendent of Police of Bihar Human
Rights Commission, Amitabh Kumar Das, from his post and made
him SP-cum-Assistant Citizens Security Commissioner.
S M Vakil Ahmad will take place of Das in the Bihar Human
Rights Commission. |
 Bihar origin doctor works for cricket promotion
Patna (BiharTimes): The International Organisation for Health and Sport Advancement (IOHSA) is a charitable body aiming to develop the technical aspects of the youngster and also to promote education and all-round personal development. Dr Samir Pathak, the founder, is an Indian origin surgeon based in the UK.Pathak was a talented cricketer having previously represented England Universities in 2004 as a wicket-keeper. Gen-Next Cricket Institute |
Bihar-origin IPS to be new IB chief
Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Dineshwar Sharma is most likely to be appointed as the Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).According to reports Sharma, who originally belongs to Pali village near Bela of Gaya district in Bihar. He is a Kerala cadre 1979-batch IPS officer, will succeed Syed Asif Ibrahim whose tenure ends this month.Ibrahim is a 1977-batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IPS officer, who took over as the IB chief on January 1, 2013. |
Indigenous 3MW solar power plant project launched in rural Bihar
Barun (Bihar), Dec 5 (IANS) In a major step forward in solar power generation, an indigenously developed 3 MW plant that works in tandem with biomass to ensure uninterrupted supply is to come up in this small town in the heart of Bihar - with funding from the European Union. |
Manjhi’s biography released in Hindi, Urdu
Patna,(BiharTimes): The first biography of the first Musahar chief minister of Bihar was released in Patna on Thursday by former chief minister Jagannath Mishra.Written by noted Urdu journalist, Ashraf Asthanvi, the biography of Jitan Ram Manjhi has been named: “Tooti slate, aadhi pencil se mukhya mantri ki kursi tak: Jitan Ram Manjhi.” |
 Mulayam authorized to supervise process of merger of Janata Parivar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, Janata Dal (United), Janata Dal (Secular) and Indian National Lok Dal on Thursday, resolved to put up a united front and eventually merge into a single party which is likely to be named as the Samajwadi Janata Dal.Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has been authorised to take the process of merger forward. |
Vigilance unearths assets worth Rs 2.55 crore from PMC official’s premises
Patna,(BiharTimes): The sleuths of Vigilance Investigation Bureau on Wednesday carried simultaneous raids on the residential and official premises of Executive Engineer of Patna Municipal Corporation, Lallan Prasad Singh, on Tuesday-Wednesday. The raids were carried in Patna, Nalanda and Sheikhpura districts and assets worth Rs 2.55 crore have been unearthed. A case has been registered against him. |
Have birthright for last rites: Ashutosh Maharaj's son
Patna, Dec 4 (IANS) The son of spiritual guru Ashutosh Maharaj, who was declared clinically dead early this year but kept in deep freeze, Thursday demanded his birthright to perform the last rites of his father at his native village in Bihar. |
RJD stages sit-in over black money
Patna, Dec 4 (IANS) Hundreds of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) members Thursday staged a sit-in protest here over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's failure to bring back black money stashed abroad. |
Committed to preserve CBI's integrity: New chief
New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) Newly-appointed CBI chief Anil Kumar Sinha Wednesday said he was "acutely aware" of the "enormous challenges" the agency faces and was committed to preserve its integrity. |
 Anil Sinha Appointed New CBI Chief
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar cadre IPS Officer Anil Kumar Sinha has been appointed as the new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Sinha, who belongs to the IPS 1979 batch. Sinha was serving as the Special Director of the premier investigative agency.
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| Cabinet green signal to Bihar Building Bylaws 2014 Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet on Tuesday gave its approval to the “Bihar Building Bylaws 2014” to regulate construction of commercial and residential complexes in the state. The new rule would pave the way for clearance of maps of high-rise buildings pending for the past couple of years. |
My statement on Manjhi has been distorted: Sharad
Patna,(BiharTimes): The national president of Janata Dal
(United), Sharad Yadav, said on Tuesday that he had fought
for the cause of Dalits throughout his life so there is no
question of running them down. |
Gangetic dolphin found dead in Bihar
Patna, Dec 2 (IANS) A Gangetic dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by suspected poachers in a Bihar dolphin sanctuary, officials said Tuesday. |
Has Nitish something more to regret?
Almost in all the places where former chief minister Nitish Kumar went during the recently concluded Sampark Yatra he said he had one regret: that none of his party leader gave him proper feedback about the electoral prospect of the party. He said that he had addressed 214 public meetings during the run up to the Lok Sabha election and nowhere was he told that his party is going to lose. He also conceded that he paid little attention to the Janata Dal (United) workers in the past. |
BJP to give ticket to Muslims in next year Assembly election: Sushil Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party would give tickets to Muslims in the next year Assebly election in Bihar. Speaking before the flagging off ‘Bedari Rath’ (Awakening Chariot) he said that his party had given tickets to the Muslims in Haryana in the recently held Assembly election. |
Custodial torture of students in Bihar provokes protest
Patna, Dec 1 (IANS) Hundreds of students Monday protested and ransacked the office of Veer Kunwar Singh University in Bihar's Bhojpur district against the torture of two student leaders in police custody, an official said.
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Nitish’s ‘Sampark’ was a departure from other ‘Yatras’
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Nitish Kumar’s fortnight-long Sampark Yatra (Nov 13-28), which concluded in Punpun, about 20 km south of Patna, on Saturday was a significant departure from the past Yatras.After 2005 Nyay Yatra, which brought him to power, this was the first one which he undertook not as the chief minister of the state. There was no cabinet meeting in any village nor did he move with files and administrative machinery. |
Nitish is a Vinash Purush, not Vikas Purush: Giriraj Singh
Patna,(BiharTimes): The newly inducted minister of state in the Narendra Modi cabinet, Giriraj Singh, on Sunday called former chief minister Nitish Kumar a Vinash Purush (Man of
Destructive mentality) and not Vikas Purush (Man of Developmental mentality), who had done nothing for the sake of Bihar.He said in his parliamentary constituency, Nawada, that Nitish had spent Rs 150 crore for the development of his own village, Kalyanbigha in Nalanda district, and nothing for Bihar. |
NOVEMBER 2014
Rumours of live wire led to Patna stampede: Official
Patna, Nov 29 (IANS) Rumours that a live cable wire had fallen as well as administrative lapses led to the Dussehra day stampede here that left 33 people, mostly women and children, dead, an official said Saturday. |
NCBC chief backs Manjhi on upper castes domination
Patna,(BiharTimes): Virtually backing the line adopted by the chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Chairman of National Commission for Backward Classes Justice V Eswaraiah said the upper castes never allowed any backward class people to grow. They have been ruling the country since ages and even during the British period and after the implementation of Constitution they control political and the educational powers. |
RJD dissociates itself from Pappu’s stir against doctors
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state president of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Ram Chandra Purbey, has said that his party has nothing to do with the agitation launched against doctors by one of its MP, Rajesh Ranjan, alias Pappu Yadav, under the banner of Yuva Shakti. The party does not support the agitation launched by the MP and has appealed to the workers not to participate in meetings held under the banner of any other organization. |
BJP capitalized better power situation for winning LS poll: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Thursday that improved electricity supply in Bihar, especially in its rural heartland, had helped the BJP project their prime ministerial candidate (Narendra Modi) and also facilitate the saffron party spread canards about Bihar and his government. |
Maoists' arms making unit busted in Bihar
Patna, Nov 27 (IANS) An arms manufacturing unit of Maoists was Thursday busted and a cache of sophisticated weapons seized by security forces in Bihar's Munger district, police said. |
Decks cleared for second CUB in Bihar as LS passes Bill
Patna,(BiharTimes): Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a Bill to set up another Central University in Bihar. It would be set up near Motihari in East Champaran and named after Mahatma Gandhi as he
launched the first movement in India in this district in 1917. |
Manjhi shares dais with Nitish at home turf
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday shared the dais with his predecessor Nitish Kumar for the second day in succession at the former’s home turf of Gaya.Unlike on Tuesday at Jehanabad there was more bonhomie between the two. Manjhi arrived at the venue at 11:15 AM and waited for Nitish for half an hour. They greeted each other at the arrival. In their respective speeches both of them referred to each other. |
DECEMBER-2014
Manjhi invites private universities to Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Perhaps the only new announcement which chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi made while presenting the
Report Card 2014 on Tuesday is the invitation to the private
universities in Bihar. |
Bihar’s first eye bank comes up in IGIMS
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar’s first eye bank has come up at
IGIMS in Patna and joint transplant facility had started at
Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan Hospital, also in the state
capital. |
Electricity to all in Bihar by 2015: Manjhi
Patna, Nov 25 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Tuesday said that electricity will be provided to all the people of the state by increasing its availability to 5,000 MW by 2015. |
Just joked, never intended to stall Union ministers entry: Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Tuesday that his statement that he would not let the seven Union ministers (sat-bhaiywa mantris) from Bihar to enter if they do nothing for the development of the state was made in a lighter vein.“I had just joked…was not serious…there was no intention to stop them,” he said while releasing the ninth report card of the coming to power of the Janata Dal (United) government in Bihar. |
SSB confiscates 1,410 animals in Bihar ahead of Nepal festival
Patna, Nov 25 (IANS) The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Bihar has confiscated 1,410 animals and arrested 70 people along the India-Nepal border ahead of the ritual involving animal sacrifice in Nepal's Gadhimai festival later this week, police said. |
No specific details in report card: Mangal Pandey
Patna,(BiharTimes): Criticizing the ninth report card of the state government the Bihar BJP chief, Mangal Pandey, said on Tuesday that if the chief minister was really serious he should have come out with specific details like the length of roads constructed or the number of hospitals or schools opened in the past one year. |
Jharkhand voters defy Maoists, cast ballot
Ranchi, Nov 25 (IANS) Defying a Maoist boycott call, over a quarter of Jharkhand's voters exercised their franchise before noon Tuesday in the first phase of ballotting for the assembly polls. |
Nitish accuses Narendra Modi of cheating farmers, youths
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday once again came down heavily on prime minister Narendra Modi for not fulfilling the election promises made to farmers and youths though they voted for his party. |
JD-U may oust Manjhi as Bihar chief minister
Patna, Nov 24 (IANS) Speculation is rife in Bihar's political circles over the possible ouster of Jitan Ram Manjhi as the chief minister after he said his days in the office are numbered.
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Nitish, Sharad seek feedback on Manjhi from Bihar ministers Patna,(BiharTimes): After Sunday night dinner meeting with the JD(U) chief Sharad Yadav former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday morning met ministers of the Jitan Ram Manjhi cabinet Lallan Singh and Vijay Chaudhary and state party chief Bashistha Narayan Singh.Before leaving for Sheikhpura Nitish said that he would speak anything after November 29 |
Nitish, Sharad meet after open challenge from Manjhi Patna,(BiharTimes): Former chief minister Nitish Kumar and Janata Dal (United) national president, Sharad Yadav, met at dinner at the residence of the former on Sunday night. The close-door meeting lasted for two hours, but the two leaders refused to say much.While departing for Sheikhpura for the Sampark Yatra Nitish just said that he would say anything only after November 29. It is on this day that his Sampark Yatra is coming to end with a meeting of party’s workers in Patna
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Manjhi refuses to be gagged, challenges JD(U) leadership
Patna,(BiharTimes): Ignoring warnings and advice of his party JD-U over his controversial remarks in recent days, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday said that he will not bow before anyone and he would continue to speak as usual. |
Protest in Nepal over cancellation of Indian PM’s visit to
Janakpur
Patna,(BiharTimes): Madhesis of Nepal under different banners took to streets at Janakpur, Gaur, Birganj and several other places close to the international border with Bihar on second successive day on Saturday to press the Indian government not to cancel the proposed visit of PM Narendra Modi to the holy places of that country. |
Not warned by party: Manjhi
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday denied that he was warned by his party JD-U over his controversial remarks in the past few days.
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JD(U) govt should seek fresh mandate: Sushil Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Claiming that it was the NDA which got the mandate to rule Bihar in 2010 Assembly election senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday reiterated that Jitan Ram Manjhi was made chief minister by Nitish Kumar to divert public anger against him. |
Protest in Nepal over cancellation of Indian PM’s visit to
Janakpur
Patna,(BiharTimes): Madhesis of Nepal under different banners took to streets at Janakpur, Gaur, Birganj and several other places close to the international border with Bihar on second successive day on Saturday to press the Indian government not to cancel the proposed visit of PM Narendra Modi to the holy places of that country. |
Four held for gang rape in Bihar
Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Four of the six men who gang raped a young student in Bihta near the Bihar capital were arrested Friday, police said. |
Bihar woman leaves husband's house for lack of toilet
Patna, Nov 22 (IANS) A woman in a Bihar village has left her husband's house after he failed to construct a toilet. She has returned to her parents' house and made it clear that she will not return until the toilet is built. |
Will a new national party really emerge?
Patna,(BiharTimes): After Janata Party in 1977 and Janata Dal in 1989 another attempt is being made to merge different political parties to fight the ruling party. While on the last two occasions the merger was made to unitedly taken on the Congress party this time the main aim is to combat the rise of the BJP. |
Bihar has second highest number of rural homeless in India
Patna,(BiharTimes): With 34 lakh Bihar has the second highest number of rural homeless families in the country. West Begnal with 35 lakh families and Madhya Pradesh with 32 lakh families are placed first and third.Uttar Pradesh, which has the highest number of population in the country, has 25 lakh rural families without houses. |
Now some JD(U) leaders come in favour of Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after the Janata Dal (United) national general secretary, K C Tyagi, asked Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to avoid giving controversial remarks a couple of party leaders have came out openly in favour of the latter. |
Bihar CM warns seven union ministers from state
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Wednesday said the seven union ministers hailing from Bihar would not be allowed to enter the state if they fail to help in the state's development. |
Trying to unite Janata Parivar: Sharad Yadav
Patna, Nov 19 (IANS) JD-U president Sharad Yadav Wednesday said moves were on to unite all constituents of the "Janata Parivar" to form a major political party to take on the Narendra Modi government. |
RJD, JD-U won't merge: Nitish
Patna, Nov 18 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) won't merge ahead of assembly elections next year, former chief minister Nitish Kumar said Tuesday. |
Didn't protect Dalit family for vote bank: Bihar CM
Patna, Nov 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Sunday revealed that the risk of losing at least 50,000 votes from a "powerful caste" had once forced him not to protect the honour of a poor Dalit family. |
JD-U leaders slam Manjhi for 'upper castes' remark
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) At least six leaders of ruling JD-U, including ministers and legislators, have openly criticized their own Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for his controversial remarks that upper castes were foreigners and Dalits and Tribals were indigenous people of the country, and demanded his removal Friday. |
Bihar fast-tracks Patna Metro rail project
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to constitute Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) in a bid to speed up the Patna Metro rail project, state Urban Development Minister Samrat Choudhary Friday said. |
Bihar rights panels recommends police officer's transfer
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) The Bihar human rights panel has recommended Superintendent of Police Amitabh Kumar Das's transfer for writing a letter on the commission's letterhead over Minister Giriraj Singh's alleged links with the outlawed Ranvir Sena. |
Two court cases against Manjhi for controversial remark
Patna, Nov 14 (IANS) Two court cases have been filed against Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi for his controversial remark that upper castes were foreigners and Dalits and tribals were indigenous people of the country, lawyers said Friday. |
BJP workers violate rule, rush to runway to greet Union ministers
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party workers and supporters took the law into their hands when they rushed to the runway of the Patna airport to greet the three Union ministers, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Giriraj Singh and Ram Kripal Yadav. They arrived in Patna for the first time after becoming ministers in the Narendra Modi cabinet a few days back. |
Patna HC orders sealing of a portion of Anant Singh’s mall
Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Patna high court comprising Justice V N Sinha and Justice P K Jha on Thursday ordered the sealing of the disputed portion of the shopping mall of controversial Janata Dal (United) MLA, Anant Singh, that was opened in breach of order of the Patna Municipal Corporation on September 26 last. |
Manjhi is a pagal mukhiya mantri (mad CM), says JD(U) MLA
Patna,(BiharTimes): In the harshest criticism from anyone till yet after “the upper castes are foreigners remarks” the controversial Janata Dal (United) MLA, Anant Singh, on Thursday went to the extent of calling the chief minister as mad. |
Modi fails on black money: Nitish
Patna, Nov 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has failed to bring back black money stashed abroad by Indians within 100 days of taking power, former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday. |
SC asks about steps to trace missing kids New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Centre to spell out its position on the standing operating procedures (SOPs) formulated by the National Legal Service Authority (NALSA) on missing children and the steps taken to trace them.
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Nand Kishore seeks Manjhi’s apology for ‘foreigner’ statement
Patna,(BiharTimes): The leader of opposition in the state Assembly, Nand Kishore Yadav, on Wednesday strongly criticized chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s statement that upper castemen are foreigners as they are Aryans, who have come from outside India. |
Upper castes have come from outside, says Manjhi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manhi once again stirred afresh controversy on Tuesday by saying that that the Upper caste people had come from outside while the Schedule Tribes and Castes and poor and weaker section of the society are the original population of the country. |
 The Champaran conundrum for Manjhi, Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Nov 11-12 sudden trip to the two districts of Champaran by the chief minister Jitan Ram Manhji came as a big surprise to the political circle in Bihar as it just preceded Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar’s Sampark Yatra (Mass Contact March) on November 13. |
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. leads march in Bihar
Patna, Nov 12 (IANS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Congressman and related to the family of late US president John F. Kennedy, led a procession of Buddhist devotees in Bihar Wednesday to propagate awareness on environment protection. |
BHRC serves show-cause to its SP for writing letter about Giriraj’s links to Ranvir Sena
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Superintendent of Police of Bihar Human Rights Commission (BHRC), Amitabh Kumar Das, was on Tuesday served a show cause by the Commission for writing to the Special Branch of state police alleging links between Union minister of state for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Giriraj Singh and Ranvir Sena, the outlawed private army of affluent Bhumihars. |
Rights panel notice to officer over allegation against Giriraj
Patna, Nov 11 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission(BHRC) Tuesday issued a show cause notice to a police officer for sending a report on the alleged links of newly inducted union minister Giriraj Singh to the outlawed Ranvir Sena to the special branch and sought an explanation from him. |
LNMU VC behaviour resented
Patna: (BiharTimes) Teachers’ body of LNM ‘Varsity, Darbhanga has condemned the bahaviour of its Vice Chancellor, Saket Kushvaha in strong terms. |
Bihar cheated in cabinet expansion by Narendra Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said on Monday that the people of Bihar have once again been cheated (thuga), humiliated and ignored in the expansion of cabinet by prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. |
Kundan Krishnan new Bihar ATS chief
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a major reshuffle the Bihar government on Monday made the Patna Zone IG, Kundan Krishnan, as the chief of Anti-Terrorist Squad replacing Paresh Saxena. In all 17 IPS officers were shifted. |
FIR lodged against Sonepur fair organizers for horse, elephant races
Patna,(BiharTimes): A zero FIR was lodged in Delhi on Sunday against organisers of SonepurCattle Fair, including the Saran district administration, tourism department and horse and elephant owners by the India wing of Italy-based International Organisation for Animal Protection. |
From Brahmin-Bania outfit to the party of Rajput, Bhumihar and Yadav
Patna,(BiharTimes): Till a few years back the Bharatiya Janata Party was considered as the outfit of Brahmins and Banias. Post May 2014 Lok Sabha election there is not a single minister of these two castes from the Hindi heartland state of Bihar––even after Sunday’s expansion. |
Cabinet expansion: NaMo sacrifices quality over age
Patna,(BiharTimes): The compulsion of age might have forced prime minister Narendra Modi to prefer less experienced MPs from Bihar over more talented ones in his latest cabinet expansion. Former ministers like Dr C P Thakur, Shatrughan Sinha and Hukum Deo Narayan were overlooked in the name of preference for fresh blood though none of these seasoned politician are controversial figures. |
 Tech-savvy Rajiv Pratap Rudy joins union ministry
Patna, Nov 9 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy used to fly for a commercial airline. He is tech-savvy and is active on social networking sites such as Twitter. He is also known for his love for a good life.
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Paswan ridicules new socialist front
Patna, Nov 8 (IANS) Consumer Affairs Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan Saturday made fun of a new front floated by socialist leaders including Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar. |
Four secretaries among 19 IAS officers shifted
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state governmenton Friday transferred 19 IAS officers, including principal secretaries of cabinet coordination department, food and consumer protection, health and industries. |
Bihar bans sale of more tobacco products
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Friday announced a ban on the sale of select tobacco products in the state to battle cancer. But there is no ban on cigarettes, bidis and khaini. |
Dengue alert in Bihar with over 150 cases reported
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) The Bihar government has sounded a high dengue alert after reports of over 150 cases and directed health officials to initiate preventive measures and provide treatment, officials said Friday.
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RJD, JD(U) leaders indulge in premature muscle flexing
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav cancelled the meeting of senior party leaders in New Delhi on November 6 on the health ground some of his party leaders and that of the alliance partner JD(U) are locked in a muscle flexing exercise. |
Nitish-Lalu alliance won't last long: Paswan
Bhubaneswar, Nov 6 (IANS) Exuding confidence that the NDA will win the elections in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan Thursday said the grand alliance between Lalu Prasad's RJD, Nitish Kumar's JD-U and the Congress in Bihar would not last long. |
Devotees take holy dip in Bihar on Kartik Purnima
Patna, Nov 6 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of devotees Thursday took a holy dip in the Ganga and other rivers in Bihar on the occasion of Kartik Purnima, considered as an auspicious day by the Hindus. |
HC to hear disqualified MLAs case on Nov 7
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Patna high court has fixedNov 7 as date for the hearing of four disqualified MLAs of Janata Dal (United). Their lawyers plead that they have not been properly heard and that the Speaker has taken action in a hurry and in a partisan manner. |
PMCH doctors to go on strike from Nov 6
Patna,(BiharTimes): The doctors of the Patna Medical College and Hosptial would go on strike from November 6 to press for the early recovery of Dr Vijay Krishna, who has been missing since October 19 last. The doctors fear that he has been abducted and the police have been doing nothing to recover him. |
Modi has betrayed Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised special status to Bihar but he betrayed the state after getting overwhelming support from its people in the Lok Sabha elections, former chief minister Nitish Kumar said here Wednesday. |
Woman turns to WhatsApp to complain against officer
Patna, Nov 5 (IANS) A woman in Bihar Wednesday turned to mobile messenger service WhatsApp to lodge a complaint against a police officer for an alleged molestation bid and to send his picture. The police officer was later suspended. |
Sushil Modi flays Manjhi for warning on Facebook
Patna,(BiharTimes): Asking the people to take the help of social media to write to him for any problem chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi In his latest Facebook post also warned anyone who misbehaves with him. |
SuMo blames the new liquor policy for rise in rape crimes
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that Patna has registered second highest number of rape cases after Katihar former deputy chief minister and senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi held the New Excise Policy of the state government responsible for rise in sexual and other such crimes in Bihar. |
Bihar failed to accept offer of central university in 2009: Radha Mohan
Patna,(BiharTimes): Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Sunday that the then Planning Commission had approved Rs 1,000 crore in 2009 for a central agriculture university at Pusa, but the state government did not take up the matter with the Union agriculture ministry. |
Muslim cleric in Bihar opposes dowry
Patna, Nov 3 (IANS) A Muslim cleric in Bihar has opposed a demand for dowry and issued a fatwa against organising dinner or lunch with the money received from bride's family. |
JD(U) expels terminated MLA
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after the termination of Assembly membership the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday expelled four of its legislators from the party for the anti-party activities. |
RITES submits DPR on Metro
Patna,(BiharTimes): RITES has submitted a technical feasibility and detailed project report on Metro rail project in Patna to the urban development and housing department. |
Will always remain a steadfast friend, India assures Mauritius
Port Louis (Mauritius), Nov 2 (IANS) Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Sunday assured Mauritius that India will always remain "a steadfast friend and partner" as she paid tribute to the "girmitiyas", the nearly half a million Indians who arrived in the island to work as indentured labourers in the 19th century. |
Membership of four rebel JD-U MLAs terminated
Patna, Nov 1 (IANS) Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narayan Choudhary Saturday terminated the membership of four rebel JD-U MLAs Gayanendra Singh Gayanu, Rahul Sharma, Ravinder Rai and Neeraj Bablu. |
Six die as boat capsizes in Bihar
Patna, Nov 1 (IANS) At least six people, including three children, were killed and five others went missing when a boat capsized in Bihar's Jamui district Saturday, police said. |
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