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Dalits assaulted in Bihar for refusing to harvest standing crops due to lockdown
In a fresh incident, a labourer was badly beaten up by an influential villager for refusing to harvest his Rabi crops.
April 6, 2020 -
Malaysian preacher’s death remains shrouded in mystery
The preacher identified as Md Khairani Bin Lookman had reached Araria district in Bihar on 21 March along with eight others and died four days later on March 26.
April 4, 2020 -
Natives returning from foreign countries add to worries of Bihar
According to a report of the health department, of the total 24 tested positive for corona in the state, 10 were such who had returned from the gulf countries.
April 2, 2020 -
Corona calamity brings tremendous behavioural change in men, animals
In the past few days, hapless migrant workers left stranded on the deserted streets with nothing to eat and no shelter to stretch their legs have been caught calling up the police officials and hurling choicest abuses at them so that they could be arrested and sent to jail.
March 30, 2020 -
Bihar villagers in panic as crowds of migrants rush home from Coronavirus affected cities
Thousands of migrants working from various parts of the country are returning to their homes with the offices shut and factories and construction sites closed in the aftermath of the Coronavirus outbreak.
March 24, 2020 -
Coronavirus invades Bihar, claims first victim
The victim Saif Ali, a resident of Munger district, had returned from Qatar about a fortnight back and fell sick.
March 22, 2020 -
CAG report pulls up Nitish Kumar govt for careless utilization of funds
The CAG is especially amazed at the unnecessary withdrawals from the Contingency Fund and using the borrowed funds for repayment of borrowings and interests thereupon.
March 17, 2020 -
Worried poultry traders ‘gift’ chicken to villagers as Corona panic kills business
The poultry sale has touched its lowest level following rumours in the social media that consumption of eggs and chicken meat may spread Coronavirus infection to human beings.
March 16, 2020 -
MY-backed RJD goes all out to woo upper castes ahead of assembly polls
As part of this plan, the RJD has announced the candidature of Amarendra Dhari Singh from one of the two Rajya Sabha seats which came in its share this time.
March 12, 2020 -
Scindia revolt proves blessing in disguise for Lalu’s party
The RJD, headed by Lalu Prasad, is now confident to nominate both its candidates to the Upper House of the Parliament.
March 11, 2020 -
Friends and family get key place in Lalu’s party, Shahabuddin left out
This is for the first time in the history of the RJD which was formed in 1997 that Shahabuddin has been kept out of the party’s executive.
March 5, 2020 -
Big ‘strategic blunder’ by Nitish ahead of Bihar assembly polls
The chief minister is drawing ridicule from his opponents for poor turnouts at this important JD-U programme meet organised on his birthday.
March 2, 2020 -
Amid growing speculations, Nitish says NDA is intact in Bihar
The “clarification” assumes significance in the light of the prevailing speculations about his growing proximity with Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav from the RJD in the recent week during which he had held two successive closed-door meetings with the latter in the Bihar assembly.
March 1, 2020 -
Bihar assembly passes resolution, not to implement NRC
The House also passed the resolution not to implement the National Population Register (NPR) in the 2010 format.
February 25, 2020 -
Bihar school that gives ‘loan’ to students for hair cut, buying shampoos, stationery
The bank, operating at upgraded middle school, Kabirpur-Budasi in Goplaganj district, has given loans to around 200 poor children so far.
February 17, 2020 -
Nitish Kumar in serious trouble with huge dependency on BJP vote-bank
The poor performance of his party, the JD-U, on two seats in Delhi which he contested in alliance with the BJP—first such alliance in over a decade outside Bihar—speaks volumes about how Nitish failed to leave his impact on migrant Bihari voters.
February 12, 2020 -
Political parties ‘bitten by yatra bug’ in Bihar
Be it the ruling NDA or the Opposition, each side has focused their eyes on issues which suit their voters.
February 10, 2020