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Odisha train accident | Bihar announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for families of victims from State

The Bihar government on Thursday announced an ex gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the next kin of the 53 people from the State who died in the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2.

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LJD to merge with RJD, formal announcement soon

The Kerala unit of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has formally decided to merge itself with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), an ally in the ruling Grand Alliance in Bihar.

The Hindu

Governorship plus LS ticket for son likely in store for Manjhi as he weighs joining NDA

Jitan Ram Manjhi, who pulled his party out of Bihar’s mahagathbandhan, is being wooed to join the BJP-led NDA. He is reportedly being offered a Governor’s position for himself, as well as a Lok Sabha ticket for his son

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2024 Lok Sabha election could happen ahead of schedule: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday that the 2024 Lok Sabha election may happen before schedule.

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Opposition leaders condemn T.N. Minister’s arrest, call it ‘vendetta’

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said T.N. Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji’s arrest by ED was a “planned action” to intimidate the Opposition and also expressed the apprehension that he too could be arrested just ahead of the meeting

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar told me to 'merge or get out': Jitan Ram Manjhi

Jitan Ram Manjhi squarely blamed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his son Santosh Suman’s exit from the State Cabinet, following which the State’s ruling Mahagathbandhan slammed its doors on his party HAM

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₹1 crore hike in development fund for MLAs, MLCs in Bihar

After a cabinet meeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an increase in the development fund for MLAs and MLCs from Rs 3 crore to Rs 4 crore annually. The funds come under Chief Minister Local Area Development Scheme (CMLADS). The hike will be effective from the current financial year 2023.

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Bihar bridge collapse: Body of the missing security guard found after 10 days

Workers engaged in removal of debris of the collapsed four-lane Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge in Bihar’s Bhagalpur found the body of the missing security guard

The Hindu

Ahead of Opposition meet in Patna, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Suman quits Bihar Cabinet

Ahead of the Opposition meet in Patna on June 23, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Suman, on June 13, resigned from the Cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

The Hindu

NIA files second supplementary charge sheet against three in Bihar's Bhokta murder case

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed its second supplementary charge sheet against three people in a case related to the abduction and murder of a civilian by the banned CPI (Maoist) in Bihar in 2018.

The Hindu

Opposition-ruled States discriminating against OBCs: Bhupendra Yadav

Union Minister for environment and labour Bhupender Yadav on Monday stepped up the BJP’s attack on the Opposition by citing a recent report of the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) to accuse the Rajasthan, West Bengal, Punjab and Bihar governments of discriminating against the Other Backward Classes (OBC)

The Hindu

While Nitish headlines Opposition meet, Lalu, Tejashwi lay the groundwork

The feat of bringing together Opposition leaders on June 23 owes a lot to the role played by RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in pulling the strings behind the scenes

The Hindu

In 2021-22, school dropout rate at secondary level was higher than national average in seven States

Gujarat, Bihar, Karnataka, Assam and Punjab are among seven States where the school dropout rate at the secondary level was higher than the national average

The Hindu

L.A. Zoo to ink pact with Bihar govt., Wildlife Trust of India for Gharial conservation

The Bihar government, Los Angeles Zoo and the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) have agreed to strengthen conservation efforts of Gharials and release hatchlings back to the river safely

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Manjhi demands five seats in Lok Sabha polls; asserts will remain with Nitish

After meeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on June 7, Jitan Ram Manjhi asserted he would remain with Mr. Kumar

The Hindu

‘Museums are laboratories of ideas,’ believes curator Alka Pande

With the Bihar Museum Biennale 2023 set to begin, Pande spotlights its main attractions, and muses on the role of public museums in the country

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NHRC issues notice to the Bihar government over an incident of 150 children falling ill after consuming midday meal

It was alleged that the students started complaining of vomiting and pain in their stomach after consuming the food following which they were taken to the hospital, where the doctors said that food poisoning was the reason for the illness

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Bihar bridge collapse: construct new bridge instead of repairing damaged portion, says IIT-Roorkee

The IIT-Roorkee report says that there is a defect in the design of the bridge due to which the pillars could not support the load of the superstructure.

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My father stopped Advani’s rath, Nitish Kumar will stop Modi rath in 2024, says Tejashwi

Tejashwi Yadav alleged that attempts were being made by the Centre to change the history of the country. Read more on The Hindu

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BJP looks to stitch together new alliances ahead of Lok Sabha polls

Amit Shah’s meeting with TDP chief N. Chandrababu Naidu has set off speculation that there could be a return to the NDA fold for Mr. Naidu, after having parted ways in 2019.

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Bihar: 12-year-old boy missing for two days found trapped between piers of bridge, rescue Ops underway

A 12-year-old boy missing for two days was found trapped between two piers of a bridge over the Son River in Bihar's Rohtas on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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NIA carries out raids at 7 places in Jharkhand, Bihar in 2018 murder case involving Naxals

The searches were conducted at the residential premises of five arrested commanders and two suspected Over Ground Workers and supporters of the Naxals. Read further on Dynamite News:

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JD(U) MLA holds department head responsible for bridge collapse in Bihar

After the Sultanganj-Aguwani ghat bridge over river Ganga collapsed on June 4 in Bihar’s Khagaria district, the ruling Janata Dal(U) MLA from Parbatta Assembly constituency Sanjeev Kumar held the head of the State Road Construction Department responsible for the incident.

The Hindu

The falling bridges of Bihar: ten bridges collapsed in last three years

Even as the State’s road construction department issued a show cause notice to the company that built the Aguwani-Sultanganj link, records reveal that nine other bridges have collapsed over the last three years

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Bihar bridge collapse | construction company gets show cause notice; engineer suspended

Constructed over the river Ganges, the bridge was supposed to link Bhagalpur and Khagaria districts. Read more on The Hindu

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