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Pleas in SC challenge Patna HC verdict upholding Bihar caste-based survey

SC petitions challenge Bihar caste-based survey, claiming it usurps Centre's powers. Petitions allege survey violates Constitution, Census Act & Rules. State lacks competence to issue survey notification, say pleas.

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PM Modi to hold meetings with NDA MPs of cluster five and six of various states today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to hold meetings with groups of National Democratic Alliance (NDA) MPs of cluster five from Bihar and cluster six alliance MPs from five States and three Union territories on Thursday ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Read further on Dynamite news:

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Analysis | Untangling the political implications of Patna HC nod for Bihar’s caste-based survey

The Patna High Court’s August 1 judgment, upholding the Bihar government’s decision to conduct a caste-based survey in the State, is likely to boost the political fortunes of ruling coalition parties such as the Janata Dal (United) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, both of which claim to represent marginalised communities

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Two labourers run over by goods vehicle

Two contract labourers killed after truck ran over them in Hebbagodi. Ashish, 28, from Bihar and Manoj Kumar, 30, from Tamil Nadu were walking on footpath to eatery. Truck driver lost control, ran onto footpath and crushed them. Driver arrested, truck seized. Could have been more casualties if accident happened…

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Second phase of caste-based survey resumes in Bihar

Bihar’s caste-based survey is being conducted at a cost of ₹500 crore, approved by the Cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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Bihar government suspends teachers' training programmes to engage them in caste survey

A day after the Patna High Court held the caste survey in Bihar as “valid” and “legal”, the State government suspended all ongoing training programmes for teachers so that they can be engaged for early completion of the exercise.

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Bihar BJP delegation meets Amit Shah

BJP delegation led by State Chief Samrat Choudhary met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to allege conspiracy to implicate BJP workers in cases during Muharram procession. Choudhary urged Shah to seek report from State govt. regarding deployment of forces. Clashes between two communities reported, Internet services suspended. Choudhary alleged that…

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Daily Dose Ep 1418: 17 dead in Thane crane collapse, 5 killed in Haryana violence

Saeeduzzaman brings you the news from Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi, Bihar and China.

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Patna High Court upholds continuance of ongoing caste-based survey in Bihar

Patna HC upholds Bihar CBS: Court dismisses petitions against State Govt's decision to conduct survey. Allowed to continue, 1st phase of survey (house listing) conducted Jan 7-21, 2nd phase Apr 15-May 15. Cabinet & Assembly passed resolution in favour of survey, all parties met PM Modi to demand caste-based Census.

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Bihar: Wanted smuggler of Indian fake currency arrested in Raxaul

The arrested smuggler, identified as Aslam Ansari alias Gulten, used to supply counterfeit currency in India and was carrying a bounty of Rs 1 lakh in his name. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Land-for-jobs case: ED attaches assets worth ₹6.02 crore linked to Lalu Prasad

Earlier in this case, the ED had conducted searches at multiple locations in and around Delhi, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi, including the premises of Mr. Prasad, his family members, and their contacts.

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Wild elephant tramples Bihar native near Coimbatore

A construction worker from Bihar suffered injuries after he was attacked by a wild elephant on the compound of the Bharathiar University near Coimbatore on Monday.

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Land For Jobs Case: ED attaches Lalu Yadav, family's assets of Rs 6 crore

The agencies are probing allegations that several people were given Group D jobs in the Indian Railways in exchange for land worth crores in Bihar. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Explained | States’ lax response to lynching

The Supreme Court has asked the Ministry of Home Affairs and the governments of Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana to respond to a petition by the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). The petition questions their inaction against mob violence and lynching of Muslims by cow vigilantes…

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Murder of child in Aluva: SIT may leave for Bihar

The special investigation team (SIT) probing the sexual assault and murder of a five-year-old girl child near Aluva on Friday will visit Bihar, if need be, to identify if the accused Asafak Aslam had been involved earlier in such crime, it is learnt

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U.P., Bihar, A.P. among top States in child trafficking; Delhi records alarming rise: NGO study

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are the top three states with the maximum number of children trafficked between 2016 and 2022, while Delhi has seen an alarming 68% rise from pre to post-Covid times, according to a new study by an NGO.

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Nitish can return to NDA anytime, claims Ramdas Athawale

Interestingly, BJP leaders of Bihar have been constantly saying that the door for Mr. Kumar has been shut forever.

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Oscar Award: Bihar actress Falak Khan's ‘Champaran Mutton’ enters semifinal round of Oscar's Student Academy Award

It is a story of a young man, who is rendered jobless during the lockdown but tries to win over the girl he loves despite his personal troubles. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Body of missing girl in Aluva found abandoned in a sack near market area

The body of a five-year-old girl who had gone missing from Aluva on Friday evening was found abandoned in a sack near Aluva market in Ernakulam district on Saturday.

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Nitish Kumar has not closed doors for talks with BJP, says Prashant Kishor

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has not closed the doors for talks with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

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"Aimed at creating political unrest...," Opposition tears into Centre on extension to ED Director

The Opposition has lashed out over the Central government’s extension of tenure to Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Sanjay Kumar Mishra stating that it was done with the aim of targeting leaders of the INDIA bloc and thus weaken the newly formed alliance. Read further on Dynamite News.

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Bihar govt. employee makes career in question paper leak to earn quick money

Balasore Superintendent of Police (SP) Sagarika Nath said Vishal Kumar Chaurasia was the main accused in the leaking of questions papers.

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Assault on minor domestic help: Delhi’s dirty linen hung out to dry

A pilot and her aviation engineer husband allegedly assaulted and tortured a 10-year-old they hired to care for their child in their Delhi apartment. Both families came to the city for jobs and better prospects, but now the child is traumatised and at a shelter home, while the couple is…

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Two workers killed as cement girder collapses at Srinivasa Setu flyover project in Tirupati

Two workers died on the spot when a cement girder, a part of the Srinivasa Setu elevated corridor project, collapsed and came crashing on them on July 26 (Wednesday) night. Even as a giant crane was lifting the girder, the cable connected to the crane snapped. The deceased have been…

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Which are the 26 parties in the INDIA combine, the face of Opposition unity for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls?

A total of 26 parties are now part of the Opposition INDIA combine. We explore each of these parties and examine their standing in Parliament.

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