Bihar
- India
Bihar: Cops use water cannon on students marching to CM’s house
Patna: Protesting students broke through police barricades in their bid to gherao the Bihar Chief Minister’s residence in Patna, even as the law enforcers used water cannons to disperse the agitators. Police…
- India
No accountability for cops over CJP protest violence: Amnesty
New Delhi: A fresh Amnesty International investigation has found that police personnel deployed “unlawful and deadly force” against peaceful protesters during the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led Parliament march on July 20, yet…
- India
Right to practice religion subject to public order restrictions: Patna HC
Patna: The right to profess and practice religion is not absolute and is subject to reasonable restrictions in the interest of public order and societal norms, the Patna High Court has said.…
- India
Bihar: 34 ill as school uses detergent instead of salt in meal
Patna: As many as 34 children fell ill in Bihar‘s Nalanda district after they were served a midday meal in which the cook allegedly mixed detergent powder instead of salt “by mistake.”…
- Hyderabad
Unseen, unheard: The Jeedimetla migrants building a pharma hub
Hyderabad: Vinod points down a narrow lane strung with sagging wires. “You see that Medha Engineering factory, the big one at the end of the gully? There’s a factory right behind that. That’s…
- India
Bihar: SP removed after use of AK-47 against student protestors
New Delhi: A Bihar Superintendent of Police (SP) was removed from his post after controversy erupted over a police constable’s use of an AK-47 during the student protests on July 25. Siwan…
- India
BLOs are bedrock of democracy, says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Patna: Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Monday, August 17, described booth-level officers (BLOs) as the “bedrock of democracy”, who ensure that eligible electors get their voter ID cards made. Kumar made…
- India
Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor takes oath as Bihar MLA
Patna: Jan Suraaj party founder Prashant Kishor took oath as Bankipur MLA at the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the presence of Speaker Prem Kumar on Monday, August 17. Talking to reporters after…
- India
Six dead, several injured in stampede at Bihar temple
Lakhisarai: At least six people were killed, and several others were injured in a stampede at the Ashok Dham temple in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district on Monday, officials said. The incident occurred due…
- India
SC gives states 6 weeks on consumers’ ‘right to know’ plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, August 5, granted six weeks time to several states and Union Territories to file their responses on a plea which sought to declare that consumers…
- News
Will introspect bypoll results in Bankipur, Datia: BJP chief
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party President Nitin Nabin on Monday, August 3, accepted the people’s mandate in three assembly bypolls, saying the party will conduct a “thorough introspection” of the election results…
- India
Prashant Kishor attains indisputable lead in Bankipur bypoll
Patna: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday, August 3, established an unassailable lead in Bihar’s Bankipur assembly constituency, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bastion where a bypoll was necessitated after…
- Offbeat
Bihar has a Cockroach Cafe, and yes, it’s real!
A new cafe in a city is always a nice place to explore. There is a cafe in almost every corner of any Indian city or town. So what is unique about…
- India
Protests over paper leaks: SC to hear pleas relating to police action
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday, August 3, a batch of pleas alleging police brutality during the recent protests against irregularities in exams and the NEET paper…
- India
Living in Russia: Man booked by Bihar Police over NEET protest
New Delhi: A Bihar native has claimed that amid the Bihar Police crackdown on NEET protesters, he has also been booked, though he had been in Russia for the past four months.…
