Nitish Kumar meets Jharkhand’s Soren for Opposition unity talks A day after meeting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, Nitish Kumar called on Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi The Hindu · May 10, 2023
Telecom Dept. deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand Telecom Dept. deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand as majority of the SIM cards were allegedly procured through forged documents. The Hindu · May 10, 2023
Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik remains non-committal to joining any alliance Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, however both the CMs claimed that no discussion on any political alliance between their parties took place The Hindu · May 9, 2023
Manipur violence: Students from Bihar share their ordeals Bihari students stranded in the violence-hit Manipur on May 9 returned to Patna through a special flight arranged by the Bihar government. Altogether 172 students landed at Patna airport out of which 21 were from Jharkhand. The Hindu · May 9, 2023
Sharad Pawar to meet Nitish Kumar on May 11, calls for alternative at Centre Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on May 8 expressed his belief that India needs an ‘alternative’ to the present NDA government and said he would meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the latter’s visit to Mumbai on May 11. The Hindu · May 8, 2023
Bihari students, stranded in Manipur, will be flown to Patna by Indigo flight on Tuesday morning PATNA: All Bihari students, who are willing to return to the state from Manipur in the wake of current violence in the north eastern state, would be brought back to Patna through a flight of Indigo on Tuesday morning, a senior official of CM Nitish Kumar’s office said here on… The Times of India · May 8, 2023
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hears grievances of 106 visitors at his 'Janta Darbar' PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday heard grievances of altogether 106 visitors at his weekly ‘Janta Ke Darbar Mein Mukhyamantri” programme and directed the officials of concerned departments to take appropriate steps for solution of their grievances. The Times of India · May 8, 2023
Bihar BJP delegation meets Governor, seeks judicial probe into communal violence during Ram Navami procession The BJP leaders urged the Governor to announce a high-level inquiry and constitute a committee under the chairmanship of a judge of the Patna High Court The Hindu · May 8, 2023
SC dismisses plea for relief by YouTuber accused of spreading fake news about ‘attacks’ on migrants in Tamil Nadu The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a plea filed by YouTuber Manish Kashyap to club and transfer to Patna the FIRs accusing him of spreading fake videos about Bihar migrants being under attack in Tamil Nadu. The Hindu · May 8, 2023
SC directs Youtube Manish Kashyap to move to concerned HC with plea challenging detention order The Supreme Court on Monday directed YouTuber Manish Kashyap to move to the concerned high court with his plea challenging a detention order of Tamil Nadu police under the National Security Act in the various FIRs registered against him over his videos relating to migrants labourers from Bihar being attacked… Dynamite News · May 8, 2023
SC issues notice on plea challenging release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan The Supreme Court on May 8 sought a response from Bihar Government on petition filed by the widow of murdered Gopalganj District Magistrate and IAS officer G. Krishnaiah challenging a tweak in the Bihar prison law, which facilitated the premature release of former Bihar MP and gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan. The Hindu · May 8, 2023
Migrant workers row | Supreme Court dismisses plea for relief by YouTuber accused of spreading fake news Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, Additional Advocate General Amit Tiwari and advocate Joseph Aristotle, for Tamil Nadu, said Manish Kashyap had “political aspirations and the videos were an attempt at political opportunism”. The Hindu · May 8, 2023
Reporters Without Orders Ep 270: Women in media, hazards of local journalism This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by The Quint’s reporter Himanshi Dahiya, founder of Main Media Tanzil Asif and senior journalist from ETV Bihar Umesh Pandey. Newslaundry · May 6, 2023
Caste-based survey | Dispose-off case as early as possible, Bihar Govt appeals to Patna High Court The Patna High Court has accepted a plea by the Nitish Kumar-led State government for an early hearing on a caste-based census in Bihar. The Hindu · May 6, 2023
The Hindu · May 6, 2023 Nitish seeks security for Bihar people living in violence-hit Manipur Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the chief secretary to talk to his counterpart in violence-hit Manipur to provide adequate security to people from the state living there.
The Hindu · May 6, 2023 Bihar BJP says Nitish Kumar responsible for communal violence in the State Samrat Choudhary said that it was Nitish Kumar who created the situation of communal violence in the State
Dynamite News · May 4, 2023 Patna High Court orders stay on caste-based census in Bihar The High Court on Thursday has ordered a stay on the Caste-based census in Bihar. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Hindu · May 4, 2023 Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary may be party’s CM face in 2025 Assembly poll Bhartiya Janata Party’s Bihar unit president Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar may be the chief ministerial face of the party in 2025 State Assembly elections
The Hindu · May 3, 2023 Nitish Kumar engaged in politics of appeasement, alleges Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary on May 3 slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after being denied permission to meet party leader Jawahar Prasad in Sasaram jail of Rohtas district.
The Hindu · May 2, 2023 In Bihar, upper caste outreach in a don’s release Nitish Kumar hopes to woo the Rajputs and Bhumihars by setting Anand Mohan free
The Hindu · May 2, 2023 Bihar family gets ration card in minutes; elderly woman to receive free treatment at RCC The case of family that received priority card with all procedures completed in minutes. The family returned from the venue with the light of hope in their eyes
The Hindu · May 2, 2023 Six former bureaucrats join Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj campaign Inspired by the ongoing work carried out by poll strategist Prashant Kishor, six bureaucrats on May 2 joined the latter’s campaign Jan Suraj.
Dynamite News · May 2, 2023 4 dead, 7 injured in fire at slum in Bihar's Muzaffarpur As many as four people died while seven others were injured after a fire">fire broke out near Ramdayalu railway station in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district. Read further on Dynamite News:
The Hindu · May 2, 2023 90% of crimes in Goa due to migrant labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh: CM Sawant Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that about 90% of the crimes in the coastal State are committed by migrant labourers from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and other areas.
The Hindu · May 1, 2023 Political remission: on the Bihar government’s decision and the Anand Mohan Singh case The Bihar government’s move to grant remission to Anand Mohan Singh will demoralise civil servants and set an unhealthy precedent that shakes the principle of good governance