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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.

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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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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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ASI in Patna unearths brick walls believed to be of Kushan age

Officials believe that it could be at least 2,000-year-old

The Hindu

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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Exclude Rohingyas, Bangladeshi Muslims from caste count: Union minister Giriraj Singh

PATNA: Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that infiltrators like the Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims should not be covered by the caste-based enumeration, even as he pitched for bringing the Muslims in general in the ambit of the caste survey.

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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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Bihar: Gopalganj teen killed, body set ablaze

PATNA: In an incident of brutal murder, a 17-year-old teenager was murdered and later his body was set on fire by the killers to destroy the evidence near a village in Gopalganj district on Tuesday night.

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EOU arrests one more in BPSC paper leak case

PATNA: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the state police probing the BPSC paper leak case has arrested one more accused, Sanjay Kumar (32) in this connection. The question papers of the BPSC 67th preliminary test held on May 8 had been leaked.

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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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Experts advise annual health check-ups and good sleep to prevent heart attack

PATNA: The untimely demise of public figures in their 40s and 50s, like that of noted Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath (KK) at 53 on Tuesday due to cardiac arrest, has raised concerns over keeping the heart healthy in midlife. Earlier, Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar died at 46 in October last…

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12 more CNG stations planned in Patna by March next year

PATNA: In a move that could be a breather for compressed natural gas (CNG) users in Patna, the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has planned to set up 12 more CNG stations across the state capital by March 2023. With this, the total number of CNG stations in the…

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15-km-long elevated road along southern Patna soon: Union minister Nitin Gadkari

PATNA: The Centre may soon take up works for construction of a 15-km long elevated road from Anisabad to Kacchhi Dargah at Patna. Besides, a multi- level junction or rotary will be constructed at Pahadi on zero miles to facilitate smooth movement of vehicles from both flanks of Mahatma Gandhi…

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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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ONGC seeks permission from Bihar govt to conduct oil exploration in Buxar, Samastipur

PATNA: Bihar may soon be recognised as a mineral rich state as several fresh explorations for assessing presence of minerals are set to commence over the next few months.

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Met predicts rain in north Bihar today

PATNA: Residents woke up to a pleasant Sunday with early morning showers, thunderstorm and gusty wind providing them the much-needed respite from the sweltering heat in most parts of the state. Patna and neighboring districts received light to moderate rainfall with a wind speed of 30-40kmph on Sunday.

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Pay more for your ride as auto fares in Patna to be up 30% from today

PATNA: Travelling in autorickshaws in the city is set to become costlier from Monday with the auto unions deciding to hike fares by up to 30% on different routes citing rise in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG). Fares of reserved autorickshaws will also increase by 15 to 20%.

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Collectorate demolition: Vintage steam road roller awaits rescue

Patna: A rare over a century-old steam road roller built by a British company that was once used by the Patna District Board for constructing roads is languishing in a corner of the collectorate campus, many of whose historic buildings have been demolished in the last two weeks.

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Bihar: Tainted Magadh University vice-chancellor Rajendra Prasad resigns

PATNA: Months after being accused in a corruption case, Magadh University (MU) vice- chancellor (VC) Rajendra Prasad tendered his resignation, which was accepted by governor- cum – chancellor of state universities Phagu Chauhan on Saturday.

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Bhubaneswar to resume work on caste census: Biju Janta Dal Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR: A day after Bihar BJP gave its consent to Nitish Kumar's call for an all-party meeting on proposed caste census on June 1 in Patna, BJD Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik said the party is keen to conduct caste census in Odisha but would prefer one by the Centre…

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Encroachments on Patna roads a big problem

PATNA: Despite regular eviction drive conducted by the district administration along with Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), most of the major city roads and commercial areas remain choked because of encroachments on both sides.

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Rs 8.93 lakh in cash found at SHO's home in Patna

PATNA: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of state police on Wednesday raided the residential premises and office of Rupaspur police station SHO Madhusudan on the charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

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Bihar: Lalu Prasad to announce 2nd RJD candidate for Rajya Sabha

PATNA: A large number of party leaders and workers gathered at the Patna airport and welcomed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on his arrival from Delhi on Wednesday evening.

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Union minister RCP Singh dismisses speculation of differences with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Former JD(U) president and Union steel minister Ramchandra Prasad Singh, commonly known as RCP, on Wednesday dismissed speculation of differences with the party’s de facto leader and CM Nitish Kumar over the issue of Rajya Sabha candidature.

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