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Concerted efforts to mitigate scanty rainfall impact, says Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha

PATNA: Having received scanty rainfall in June and July, the water resources department (WRD) has undertaken a comprehensive plan to tackle the situation and mitigate the impact on farmers during the ongoing Kharif season, minister Sanjay Kumar Jha said on Friday.

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BJP & JD(U) cross swords over weekly holiday in Bihar govt schools

PATNA: Just two days before Union home minister Amit Shah's visit to Patna, JD(U) and its ally BJP again engaged in the war of words, this time on the issue of observing weekly holiday in the state government schools on Friday, instead of Sunday, in the Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region of…

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207 villages in Bihar to get 4G mobile connectivity

PATNA: Union cabinet has approved an ambitious plan to provide 4G mobile connectivity to 207 villages located in 14 districts of Bihar, while 1,615 villages in 23 districts of Jharkhand will be covered under this project. The Union government is likely to provide 4G mobile connectivity in at least 24,680…

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Bihar: Some relief as IMD says rainfall to continue in state till August 2

PATNA: Patna and several other districts received light to moderate rainfall on Friday even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that showers would continue in the state till August 2.

The Times of India

Bihar Startup Policy to boost entrepreneurship

PATNA: In a bid to boost entrepreneurship in the state, industry minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday launched Bihar Startup Policy, 2022.

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Bihar minister Sanjay Kumar Jha takes a dig at former JD(U) president RCP Singh, says only CM Nitish Kumar leader

PATNA: JD(U) on Friday took strong exception to the slogans raised by the loyalists of former party president RCP Singh, projecting him as the “future chief minister of Bihar”.

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We need to protect whistle blowers

Ignoring the fact that Right to Information users are facing death for keeping democracy alive is a threat to democracy itself

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JD(U) revives special status demand ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to Bihar

PATNA: The Janata Dal (United) on Thursday once again raised the demand for special category status to Bihar ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state for the national executive meet of the party’s seven morchas, starting from July 30.

The Times of India

Bihar district judge to Supreme Court: Suspended for speedy judgments

NEW DELHI: At a time when over four crore cases are pending in trial courts making litigants cry for speedy justice, a Bihar district judge on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he has been suspended by the Patna High Court purportedly for completing trials at express speed and seeking…

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Expelled JD(U) leader castigates Nitish Kumar in RSS mouthpiece

Ajay Alok says Bihar CM is practising ‘appeasement politics’

The Hindu

Central agencies like CBI, ED being 'misused' to ruin image of opposition leaders, says RJD leaders after Bhola Yadav's arrest

PATNA: Bihar’s main opposition party- the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday cried foul after arrest of its national general secretary and former MLA Bhola Yadav by the CBI in connection with the "land-for-jobs” scam in the railways when the party chief Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in the…

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RJD president Lalu Prasad's close aide Bhola Yadav arrested by CBI in land-for-job scam

PATNA: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad’s close aide and former Bihar MLA Bhola Yadav in Delhi in connection with the “land-for-jobs” scam in the railways when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-I government.

The Times of India

Bihar man alleges wife and daughter kidnapped and being forced to convert; police deny

BEGUSARAI: A resident of Bihar's Begusarai district has accused his neighbours, belonging to another religious community, of kidnapping his wife and married daughter and, after exploiting them sexually, putting pressure on them to convert, a claim debunked by the police.

The Times of India

Parliament proceedings | Bihar, Odisha and Maharashtra have demanded caste census, MHA in Lok Sabha

The forthcoming Census is to be the first digital Census

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NHAI chairperson assures fast-tracking key National Highway projects in Bihar

PATNA: National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)’s chairperson Alka Upadhyaya on Tuesday assured the Bihar government of commencing the bidding process for several major national highways projects the state including Patna- Ara- Sasaram, Areraj- Bettiah, Mokama- Munger and Buxar- Haidariya, in the ongoing year.

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar tests positive for COVID-19

Nitish Kumar had also contracted the virus in January this year and experienced mild symptoms

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Nitish Kumar tests positive for COVID-19

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19 and isolated himself at his residence on the advice of doctors, officials said on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Man booked for social media posts against Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

LUCKNOW: A Bihar-based man has been booked for sharing morphed photos and making derogatory remarks against the UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath and cabinet ministers on his social media handles.

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Uttar Pradesh: 8 killed as sleeper buses collide on Purvanchal Expressway

LUCKNOW: At least eight people were killed and 16 injured when a speeding sleeper bus rammed into another stationary sleeper bus on the Purvanchal Expressway in Barabanki district on Monday morning. Both buses were on their way to Delhi from Bihar.

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Nitish Kumar skips swearing-in of President Droupadi Murmu, leading to speculations about sour relation between BJP and JD(U)

PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar didn’t attend the swearing-in ceremony of President Droupadi Murmu in the national capital on Monday. It was the second invite by BJP’s top brass in the last four days that Nitish preferred to stay away from, leading to speculations that is not all well between…

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After scrapping of textile park, Bihar govt comes calling to woo bizmen in Ludhiana

LUDHIANA: In a major development shortly after scrapping of the textile park project by the Punjab government, Bihar Government has come calling to Ludhiana to woo the industrialists from the textile industry and other sectors to invest in Bihar.

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Former servicemen's body wants clarity on Bihar 'quota' under Agnipath

PATNA: Bihar Ex-Servicemen Association (officers), BESA, has sought clarity from the ministry of defence that whether under the Agnipath scheme it would continue recruitment of around 1,000 aspirants from Bihar, which has so far been contributing about 11.5% personnel in the armed forces every year. The ministry of defence has…

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Tap North East by making Bihar manufacturing hub: State industry minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain

PATNA: State industry minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday held a meeting with selected industrialists in Delhi and appealed to them to make Bihar their manufacturing hub to get a good hold in the big market of northeast states.

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Will follow Centre's guidelines: Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey

PATNA: The fourth monkeypox case detected in India (Delhi) has alerted the state health department. State health minister Mangal Pandey said his department was monitoring the situation in other parts of the country.

The Times of India

289 more test positive for Covid in Bihar

PATNA: The state on Sunday witnessed a slight decrease in number of Covid cases with 289 people testing positive for the virus against 1,06,747 samples tested. Altogether 305 people recovered from the virus in the state in the last 24 hours.

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