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BJP announces candidates for Bihar council polls, all 4 NDA nominee to file papers on Thursday

PATNA: BJP on Wednesday announced its candidates for the biennial election to Bihar legislative council’s seven seats. The names of Hari Sahni (a native of Darbhanga) and Anil Sharma (Jehanabad) were announced at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

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CM Nitish: Harmonious Bihar doesn't need anti-conversion law

PATNA: Bihar doesn't need an anti-conversion law as the state government remains "fully alert to sensitive issues" and people of all faiths live in harmony, CM Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday, in another instance of his views on critical topics being at variance with that of ally BJP.

The Times of India

No need for any anti-conversion law in Bihar: Nitish

Alliance partner BJP has been raising the demand for sometime

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Minor gang-raped on moving bus in Bihar, four arrested

Four accused were arrested for allegedly raping a 17-year old girl on a moving bus in Bihar

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BJP announces candidates for Bihar council polls

The names of Anil Sharma and Hari Sahni were announced at the party’s national headquarters in Delhi

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No need for anti-conversion law in Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar

BJP hardliners such as Union minister Giriraj Singh have been stressing on the need for an anti-conversion law

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Lalu fined ₹6,000 in 2009 model code violation case

The supporters of the former Bihar chief minister, who gathered outside the court, welcomed the verdict and garlanded their leader

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Bihar: Minor girl raped in moving bus in Champaran, 2 arrested

A minor girl was allegedly raped inside a bus by three persons in the Bettiah city of Bihar's West Champaran district on Wednesday, police said. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Lalu Yadav fined Rs 6,000 in 13-year-old poll code violation case

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was fined Rs 6,000 in a 13-year-old poll code violation case on Wednesday by a special court in Jharkhand's Palamu. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar turns nostalgic over JP movement

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday took a trip down the memory lane, recounting his days as a student activist when he bore witness to history being made by freedom fighter and socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan with his evocative call for "total revolution".

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Manjhi complains of 'suffocation' in NDA

He regrets having resigned as Bihar CM

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Patna: In presence of Left leaders, Tejashwi Yadav presents report card on NDA 'misrule'

PATNA: The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar on Sunday charged the BJP-led NDA, which rules the Centre as well as the state, with imposing an "undeclared emergency" on the country wherein dissent is being stamped out by "misuse" of probe agencies and smear campaigns are launched against those critical of…

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Bihar caste count | Rohingya, ‘people from Bangladesh’ should not undertake exercise, says State BJP chief

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says ‘pata nahi’ (he is not aware)

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Bihar: State govt to take suggestions on caste-based census from all political parties, says CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar government on Thursday approved a caste-based census in the state. The government has allocated Rs 500 crore for the survey. The exercise will be completed by February next year. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Hygiene tracker, financial literacy module on cards as West Bengal joins Unicef to curb child marriage

KOLKATA: The state women and child development and social welfare department, and UNICEF, on Thursday launched several action plans to curb the high rate of child marriages reported in the state. The action plans have been launched after National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) indicated that, at 41.6%, Bengal, along with…

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The Bihar government’s caste-count

Why has the State BJP backed the exercise, while the Centre is opposed to a caste census?

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Bihar to receive 559MW more power from Nabinagar plant

PATNA: The NTPC started commercial operation from the third and final unit of Nabinagar Power Generating Company (NPGC) at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district from Tuesday midnight. The electricity generation capacity of the unit is 660MW, out of which Bihar is to get 559MW henceforth.

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ECR for infrastructural development of railways in Bihar

PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) has claimed to have carried out ambitious projects like building of new rail bridges, new rail lines, gauge conversion, track doubling and advanced signalling work at different places in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 3,960 crore per year since 2014.

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Morning Digest | Caste-based census to be held in Bihar; Centre to hold sessions on rights of gig workers, and more

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Scattered rain in north Bihar for next 3 days

PATNA: North Bihar may witness thunderstorm, including gusty winds and lightning activities, over the next three days, said officials at the Patna meteorological centre on Wednesday. India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also issued forecast for isolated to scattered rainfall in the state over the next five days.

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India’s excess mortality crossed 7 lakh in 2020

Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat had the highest number of excess deaths due to COVID-19

The Times of India

Two construction workers killed as mud wall collapses in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: Two labourers from Bihar were killed when a mud wall in a basement collapsed on them at a construction site in Sector-57 in Gurugram on Wednesday, police said. The deceased were identified as Mohammad Nihal (22) and Hasim (28), residents of Araria district of Bihar.

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Caste-based census to be held in Bihar

All-party meeting on the caste census chaired by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar unanimously gives nod to start the mega exercise

The Times of India

JD(U) Bihar president Umesh Kushwaha refutes Union minister RCP Singh over reduction in number of party's cells

PATNA: Refuting the allegations of Union minister and former JD(U) national president RCP Singh, the party’s Bihar president Umesh Singh Kushwaha on Tuesday said the number of cells in the state unit of JD(U) were reduced to 12 from 33 at the directive of the party’s ‘Sarvamanya’ (universally accepted) leader…

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Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and four other candidates from Bihar set to enter Rajya Sabha

PATNA: All five candidates in the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, including RJD president Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti, are set to enter the Upper House of the Parliament without contesting the polls, as only five persons filed nomination against the five seats from the state…

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