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Pappu Yadav alleges conspiracy in extortion case against him, demands probe

Published on Jun 11, 2024 02:44 PM IST

Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has accused an officer and his opponents of hatching a plot to malign his image

ByAditya Nath Jha

JD(U) likely to get 2 cabinet, 1 minister of state berths in Union cabinet

JD(U)’s Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Ramnath Thakur are among the top probables for the cabinet berths

Nitish Kumar and Narendra Modi during the NDA parliamentary party meeting in Delhi on Friday. (PTI)

Updated on Jun 09, 2024 02:41 AM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy

Bihar: After LS polls, 5 MLA seats, one MLC, two RS seats up for grabs

Four sitting MLAs have been elected as MPs, one resigned as MLA but lost in LS polls. Two Rajya Sabha members have won LS polls.

HAM-S chief Jitan Ram Manjhi speaks during the NDA parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi on Friday. The former Bihar CM, currently an MLA, has been elected as the Lok Sabha MP from Gaya. (PTI)

Published on Jun 07, 2024 09:15 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy, Patna

Fire breaks out on train, no casualties

The short-distance train was on way from Patna to Jasidih on Patna-Howrah route when flames were noticed around 5.24 pm as it was about to arrive at Kiul station

The burning train at Kiul railway station in Lakhisarai district of Bihar on Thursday. (PTI)

Published on Jun 06, 2024 09:45 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

‘Don’t harass the poor’: Purnea MP Pappu Yadav warns bureaucrats, doctors

Warning the bureaucrats, Pappu Yadav said that the corruption in government offices must stop or be ready to face the consequences

Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav won the Purnea LS seat as an Independent candidate (File Photo)

Published on Jun 06, 2024 04:50 PM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

After 5/5 feat, Chirag’s party sure of one berth, a second in bonus

Paswan’s party contested and won Jamui, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria and Vaishali in Bihar, which sends 40 members to the Lok Sabha.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) president Chirag Paswan, along with family members and his party's newly elected MPs, on way to board a flight from Patna to Delhi on Wednesday. (HT photo)

Published on Jun 05, 2024 08:59 PM IST

ByVijay Swaroop, Patna

Nitish set to strike a hard bargain

Bihar CM’s party JD-U, a part of NDA, has won 12 seats in LS polls, emerging as a key player in the formation of the next government at the Centre.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on board a flight from Patna to Delhi on Wednesday. (HT photo)

Published on Jun 05, 2024 08:55 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy, Patna

‘Wait and see’: Tejashwi hints at INDIA bloc weighing options to form govt

Tejashwi Yadav was asked by reporters whether the INDIA bloc would try to woo back Nitish Kumar into the opposition alliance to stake a claim for forming the government at the Centre

Tejashwi Yadav and Nitish Kumar were in the same flight while travelling to Delhi on Monday. (PTI)

Published on Jun 05, 2024 03:37 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy

INDIA bloc’s dismal show in Bihar raises questions on RJD’s Yadav-Muslim rhetoric

According to GA leaders, the factors that probably have not given the INDIA bloc in Bihar much of an edge against the ruling NDA is the caste factor

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)

Published on Jun 04, 2024 03:21 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy

All set for counting at 35 centres in Bihar

A total of 72, 723 electronic voting machines (EVMs) kept in strongrooms hold the results for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

Security drill at Patna’s A N College, where votes for Patliputra and Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituencies will be counted on June 4. (HT PHOTO)

Published on Jun 03, 2024 09:12 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

Janata Dal (United) polling agent killed in Nalanda; police launch probe

Nalanda MP Kaushalendra Kumar met the family members of the deceased and assured all possible assistance

Updated on Jun 03, 2024 04:47 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar

BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav's convoy attacked, one party worker injured, say Police

Ram Kripal Yadav was fielded against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.

BJP candidate Ram Kripal Yadav shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting his vote during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections, in Patna, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (PTI)

Published on Jun 02, 2024 05:06 AM IST

ANI |

LS polls: Last 8 seats locked in Bihar, turnout 50.56%

The eight seats in Bihar that went to vote on Saturday are Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Nalanda, Arrah, Karakat, Buxar, Sasaram and Jehanabad.

Former union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad casts his vote during polling for Patna Sahib, from where he is seeking a re-election to the Lok Sabha. (HT photo)

Published on Jun 01, 2024 09:27 PM IST

BySubhash Pathak, Patna

14, including 10 on poll duty, dead as Bihar battles heatwave

The state is reeling under sizzling heat as the mercury crossed 44 degrees Celsius at several places. On Thursday, Buxar was the hottest at 47.1 degrees Celsius.

A policewoman on poll duty at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. (HT PHOTO)

Updated on May 31, 2024 09:29 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

Drunk BDO in Bihar runs over 2 women excise officials at checkpost, gets bail

Chandra Bhushan Gupta, BDO of the district’s Chainpur block, fled from the scene but was later arrested. He has been released on bail.

Officials said the incident took place at about 10:45pm on Thursday (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on May 31, 2024 05:51 PM IST

ByPrasun K Mishra

Bihar primary school teacher shot dead on way to school in Saharsa: Police

The deceased was identified as Saroj Kumar Gupta, a teacher at Bariyahi primary school in Saharsa town of eastern Bihar

Station house officer Sadar police station, Sriram Singh said they were waiting for someone to file a formal complaint about the murder. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published on May 31, 2024 02:35 PM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

LS polls: Campaign ends, 8 seats in Bihar up for grabs in last lap

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ramkripal Yadav, R K Singh and Misa Bharti are among the key faces in the fray in the last phase

Polling staff collect election material from a centre in Patna for the last phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. (HT PHOTO)

Published on May 30, 2024 09:35 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Subhash Pathak, Patna

Ara: RK Singh aims for record hat-trick, CPI-ML upbeat with allies’ support

Illegal sand mining in the dried-up Sone river bed near Ara poses environmental and economic concerns. The upcoming election in Ara features a battle between development promises and social justice issues.

Updated on May 29, 2024 09:27 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Patna University expels student arrested for murder on law college campus

In a separate order, Patna University also directed students to vacate all boys’ hostels by 4 pm on May 31

Harsh Raj, 22, a final-year BA student, was attacked by 7-8 masked men on May 27 (Videograb)

Published on May 29, 2024 09:24 PM IST

ByMukesh Kumar Mishra

Bihar schools, coaching centres to remain shut till June 8 amid severe heatwave

Heatwave in Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar instructed state chief secretary Brajesh Mehrotra to take immediate action to protect the health of schoolchildren.

Bihar schools and coaching centres are to remain closed till June 8 amid severe heatwave conditions. Chief Minister's Office described the situation as a calamity due to the scorching heat.(Santosh Kumar )

Updated on May 29, 2024 08:12 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

BJP aims 2019 repeat in Patna Sahib as Cong pins hope on Jagjivan Ram’s grandson

In the last three Lok Sabha polls since 2009, BJP has won Patna Sahib thrice while in Patliputra, the party succeeded only twice in 2014 and 2019

Counting of votes will take place on June 4. (Representative file photo)

Published on May 29, 2024 04:07 PM IST

ByReena Sopam

Several school students hospitalised due to extreme heat in Bihar's Sheikhpura

Due to the current heatwave, parents are instructed to ensure that their kids drink plenty of water and advised to give them ORS to prevent dehydration.

Schoolchildren were rushed to the hospital, where they received saline injections.(ANI)

Published on May 29, 2024 02:27 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

RJD smells blood as BJP bets on new face in Buxar bastion

BJP has dropped its sitting MP, union minister Ashwini Choubey, in favour of ex-MLA Mithlesh Tiwari, who faces off RJD’s Sudhakar Singh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Buxar on May 25. (PTI)

Published on May 28, 2024 09:24 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Police arrest prime accused in brutal murder of Patna university student

Published on May 28, 2024 02:28 PM IST

PTI |

Patna college student beaten to death on campus

All examinations of Patna University scheduled on May 28 have been cancelled and all colleges would remain closed on Tuesday, a university notification issued in the evening said.

The spot Patna Law College campus where the student was killed. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Published on May 27, 2024 09:49 PM IST

ByMukesh Kumar Mishra, Patna

Patna college student murdered by masked men on campus

Harsh Raj, a final year student of BN College was killed after he emerged from the examination hall at the Patna Law College

Harsh Raj was taken to the Patna Medical College and Hospital where he died during treatment (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Updated on May 27, 2024 09:43 PM IST

ByMukesh Kumar Mishra

Represented by stalwarts for decades, Sasaram continues to lack basic facilities

The late former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram represented Sasaram in Lok Sabha for over 30 years from 1952 to 1984 and his daughter Meira Kumar from 2004 to 2009

Sasaram is due to go to the polls on June 1. (ANI)

Updated on May 27, 2024 04:45 PM IST

ByPrasun K Mishra

Saran post-poll violence: Another bodyguard of Rabri suspended

The two suspended constables allegedly accompanied Rabri’s daughter Rohini Acharya to Saran without permission from authorities. Acharya is RJD candidate from Saran, where polling was held on May 20.

Police in the area after the post-poll clash in Chapra on May 21, in which an RJD worker was shot dead and two others were injured. (ANI)

Published on May 25, 2024 09:46 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

Stir by PU teachers amid LS polls worry parties

Patna University Teachers’ Association (PUTA) and the employees union have threatened to launch an indefinite strike from Friday over the department of education’s latest order to pay salary and pension directly into the accounts of the employees, which the teachers’ body describes as violation of the Act governing the university.

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at a public meeting in Jehanabad. (HT photo)

Published on May 24, 2024 10:03 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Bihar Lok Sabha Elections: 1.5 crore voters to cast vote in 8 constituencies

The areas voting in Bihar in the sixth phase are Valmiki Nagar, West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj, and Vaishali.

Out of the 1.49 crore voters casting their votes on Friday, 71.08 lakh are women. (Bloomberg/File)

Published on May 24, 2024 06:05 PM IST

ByHT News Desk

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Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav has accused an officer and his opponents of hatching a plot to malign his image

JD(U)’s Munger MP Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh and Rajya Sabha MP Ramnath Thakur are among the top probables for the cabinet berths

Four sitting MLAs have been elected as MPs, one resigned as MLA but lost in LS polls. Two Rajya Sabha members have won LS polls.

The short-distance train was on way from Patna to Jasidih on Patna-Howrah route when flames were noticed around 5.24 pm as it was about to arrive at Kiul station

Warning the bureaucrats, Pappu Yadav said that the corruption in government offices must stop or be ready to face the consequences

Paswan’s party contested and won Jamui, Hajipur, Samastipur, Khagaria and Vaishali in Bihar, which sends 40 members to the Lok Sabha.

Bihar CM’s party JD-U, a part of NDA, has won 12 seats in LS polls, emerging as a key player in the formation of the next government at the Centre.

Tejashwi Yadav was asked by reporters whether the INDIA bloc would try to woo back Nitish Kumar into the opposition alliance to stake a claim for forming the government at the Centre

According to GA leaders, the factors that probably have not given the INDIA bloc in Bihar much of an edge against the ruling NDA is the caste factor

A total of 72, 723 electronic voting machines (EVMs) kept in strongrooms hold the results for the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar.

Nalanda MP Kaushalendra Kumar met the family members of the deceased and assured all possible assistance

Ram Kripal Yadav was fielded against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav.

The eight seats in Bihar that went to vote on Saturday are Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Nalanda, Arrah, Karakat, Buxar, Sasaram and Jehanabad.

The state is reeling under sizzling heat as the mercury crossed 44 degrees Celsius at several places. On Thursday, Buxar was the hottest at 47.1 degrees Celsius.

Chandra Bhushan Gupta, BDO of the district’s Chainpur block, fled from the scene but was later arrested. He has been released on bail.

The deceased was identified as Saroj Kumar Gupta, a teacher at Bariyahi primary school in Saharsa town of eastern Bihar

Ravi Shankar Prasad, Ramkripal Yadav, R K Singh and Misa Bharti are among the key faces in the fray in the last phase

Illegal sand mining in the dried-up Sone river bed near Ara poses environmental and economic concerns. The upcoming election in Ara features a battle between development promises and social justice issues.

In a separate order, Patna University also directed students to vacate all boys’ hostels by 4 pm on May 31

Heatwave in Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar instructed state chief secretary Brajesh Mehrotra to take immediate action to protect the health of schoolchildren.

In the last three Lok Sabha polls since 2009, BJP has won Patna Sahib thrice while in Patliputra, the party succeeded only twice in 2014 and 2019

Due to the current heatwave, parents are instructed to ensure that their kids drink plenty of water and advised to give them ORS to prevent dehydration.

BJP has dropped its sitting MP, union minister Ashwini Choubey, in favour of ex-MLA Mithlesh Tiwari, who faces off RJD’s Sudhakar Singh.

Police arrest prime accused in brutal murder of Patna university student

All examinations of Patna University scheduled on May 28 have been cancelled and all colleges would remain closed on Tuesday, a university notification issued in the evening said.

Harsh Raj, a final year student of BN College was killed after he emerged from the examination hall at the Patna Law College

The late former deputy Prime Minister Jagjivan Ram represented Sasaram in Lok Sabha for over 30 years from 1952 to 1984 and his daughter Meira Kumar from 2004 to 2009

The two suspended constables allegedly accompanied Rabri’s daughter Rohini Acharya to Saran without permission from authorities. Acharya is RJD candidate from Saran, where polling was held on May 20.

The areas voting in Bihar in the sixth phase are Valmiki Nagar, West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Siwan, Gopalganj, Maharajganj, and Vaishali.

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