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Bihar IPS officer’s suspension revoked after 34 months following CAT order

Updated on May 23, 2024 01:16 PM IST

IPS officer Rakesh Dubey was suspended as the Bhojpur SP on the alleged charges of working with the sand mafia

ByArun Kumar

Woman allegedly raped by childhood friend in Patna, accused at large: Police

The accused was identified, and the matter came to light after an FIR (first information report) was filed by the woman at the Gandhi Maidan police station

The accused was identified, and the matter came to light after an FIR was filed by the woman on Wednesday. (Representative file photo)

Updated on May 23, 2024 10:58 AM IST

ByMukesh Kumar Mishra

Saran post-poll violence: BJP leader, kin arrested

Rohini Acharya also booked for poll code violation and for provoking violence on a complaint by a BJP worker.

Pappu Yadav visited one of the injured in Chapra violence at PMCH in Patna on Wednesday. (HT)

Published on May 22, 2024 09:46 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

PM Modi back in Bihar this weekend, will address 3 more election rallies

BJP leaders said PM Modi was scheduled to be back in Bihar to address three more rallies on May 25 that would raise the total count of his Bihar rallies to 15

PM Narendra Modi addresses an election public meeting for Lok Sabha polls,in Motihari on Tuesday (HT File Photo/Santosh Kumar)

Updated on May 22, 2024 08:44 PM IST

ByArun Kumar

BJP expels Bhojpuri singer Pawan Singh for contesting against NDA candidate

Pawan Singh is contesting against NDA’s official candidate Upendra Kushwaha from Bihar’s Karakat Lok Sabha constituency

Updated on May 22, 2024 01:20 PM IST

ByPrashant Ranjan

One killed, two injured in post-poll violence in Saran

Polling in the Saran Lok Sabha constituency, where RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya is pitted against incumbent BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy, took place on Monday.

Police held a flag march in Chapra after the clashes on Tuesday. (ANI)

Published on May 21, 2024 09:15 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

Modi invokes Bihari pride to attack Congress, RJD

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed rallies at Motihari and Maharajganj in Bihar on Tuesday as part of his Lok Sabha poll campaign.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's chopper leaves after an election meeting at Maharajganj in Siwan district on Tuesday. (PTI)

Published on May 21, 2024 09:09 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Sandeep Bhaskar, Patna

Bihar: Stalker stabs woman teacher to death on her way to school, burns her body

The 40-year-old government school teacher was on her way to school when the stalker allegedly stabbed her to death

Police said a special investigation team has been constituted to investigate the gruesome incident and soon the accused will be nabbed. (Representative Image)

Updated on May 21, 2024 05:34 PM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

Bihar: One killed, two injured in post-poll violence in Saran

Police said that the incident occurred at Bhikhari Thakur Chowk, under Muffasil police station limits, and two BJP workers have been detained

A security official stands guard as people queue up to cast their votes at a polling booth in Saran, Bihar on Monday. (Santosh Kumar/ HT Photo)

Published on May 21, 2024 03:46 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar

HC to edu dept bosses: Pay up dues to varsities, or forget your salaries

Staying all the orders of the department to stop salary of vice chancellors and registrars or serve show-cause notices to them, the court observed that “till further orders, the respondents are directed not to take any coercive action against the universities and its officials”.

Published on May 18, 2024 09:32 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Bihar: Rebels redraw battle lines in five seats

The most keenly watched battle is playing out in Karakat in central Bihar, which votes on June 1 in the last of the ongoing seven-phase parliamentary elections in the country.

Bhojpuri actor and singer Pawan Singh. (HT)

Published on May 17, 2024 09:24 PM IST

BySubhash Pathak, Patna

No cakewalk for Chirag in Hajipur amid silent Paras play

Hajipur is the headquarter town of Vaishali district. It is a Lok Sabha seat reserved for SCs. From 1977 to 2019, the seat was won eight times by Ram Vilas Paswan, who lost only twice, in 1984 and 2009.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chirag Paswan at his rally in Hajipur on May 13. (HT)

Published on May 17, 2024 09:18 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

Missing 4-yr-old boy’s body found inside drain of school in Patna: Police

According to police, the boy went to school on Thursday morning but did not return home till afternoon.

The child’s body was finally found at around 3am in a drain of the school premises. (HT picture | Santosh Kumar)

Updated on May 17, 2024 03:17 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar

Bihar: 1 killed, minor injured in blast; police probe illegal firecracker factory

Residents told the police that the local Imam was involved in manufacturing firecrackers inside the madarsa

Published on May 16, 2024 10:49 AM IST

ByAvinash Kumar

Sushil Modi: The deputy who helped Nitish steer Bihar on a new road

Former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi's death has created a void in Bihar politics. He was a key figure in BJP, known for his political acumen and dedication.

Updated on May 14, 2024 09:54 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Worth ₹36 cr, Rohini richest candidate in Bihar in 5th phase

Rohini is married to Samresh Singh, a software engineer. The couple lived in Singapore before she decided to take the electoral plunge.

RJD candidate from Saran, Rohini Acharya, filed her nomination paper for Lok Sabha elections on April 29. (HT file)

Updated on May 12, 2024 09:42 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

PM Narendra Modi holds maiden roadshow in Patna; 3 rallies in Bihar today

The roadshow, a first in Patna by any Prime Minister, began near Bhattacharya Road around 7.20 pm.

PM Narendra Modi’s road show in Patna on Sunday evening. (HT photo)

Updated on May 13, 2024 05:17 AM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Lok Sabha polls: Religion more important factor than caste in Mithila region

PM Modi in Darbhanga began his public address with ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan and described Mithila land of ‘King Janak and Goddess Sita’.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Darbhanga, Bihar (Twitter Photo)

Updated on May 12, 2024 06:28 PM IST

BySanjeev K Jha

Opp set to oust Modi govt: Kharge

Later, addressing an election rally in Samastipur, Kharge said Modi could become the prime minister of India only because Congress fought for its Independence.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge in Patna on Saturday. (HT photo)

Published on May 11, 2024 09:47 PM IST

BySubhash Pathak, Patna

Seven doctors in LS fray in Bihar on party tickets, IMA backs

Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya, two daughters of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, are the most prominent candidates among the doctors in the fray in the state, which has 40 Lok Sabha seats.

Former union minister and sitting BJP MP from Patna Sahib constituency, Ravishankar Prasad, comes out after filing his nomination paper for Lok Sabha polls. To his left is Dr C P Thakur, one of the most eminent doctors of Bihar who also served as union health minister. (HT photo)

Published on May 10, 2024 09:53 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

HC denies bail to Anant Singh in 2015 arms haul case

Patna High Court rejects former MLA Anant Singh's bail plea in 2015 arms seizure case, citing multiple cases against him. He was released on parole for Lok Sabha polls in Munger.

Former Mokama MLA Anant Singh was released from jail on a 15-day parole on May 5. (HT photo)

Updated on May 08, 2024 09:54 PM IST

ByAvinash Kumar, Patna

Losing deposit no bar for LS, assembly bids in Bihar

More than 80 per cent of candidates in Bihar have forfeited their security deposits in the last two parliamentary elections in the country as well as the assembly polls in the state.

Satyendra Baitha, an Independent candidate, rode a donkey to file his nomination for Gopalganj Lok Sabha seat recently.

Published on May 08, 2024 09:51 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

LS polls: Bihar sees 60% turnout in five seats in 3rd phase

A presiding officer at a polling booth in Supaul and a Home Guard jawan in Araria district passed away on Tuesday, allegedly due to a heart attack.

At a polling booth in Khagaria on Tuesday. (HT photo)

Published on May 07, 2024 09:48 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

Lalu backs Muslim quota, walks back after Modi’s fire

For the past few days, top BJP leaders, especially PM Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, have intensified their attacks on the opposition alliance, accusing it of harbouring intentions to “snatch away” quota for backward classes in favour of Muslims.

Lalu Prasad with and Rabri Devi during in Patna on Tuesday. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Published on May 07, 2024 09:45 PM IST

ByAnirban Guha Roy, Patna

Pathak skips meeting called at HC directive, VCs attend, raise issues

The meeting was held at the HC directive to resolve the issues that have led to a standoff between the Governor, who is the Chancellor of state universities, and the state’s education department.

The meeting of top officials of Bihar’s education department and vice chancellors of universities, in Patna on Monday. (Santosh Kumar/HT)

Published on May 06, 2024 09:42 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Anant Singh gets 15-day parole, speculations rife over timing before Munger polls

Anant Singh on August 23, 2019, appeared before the Saket court metropolitan magistrate Harun Pratap in Delhi to surrender after Patna police lodged a case against him under the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019

Former MLA Anant Singh is convicted and faces 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in two separate Arms Act cases (Twitter/@MLA_AnantSingh)

Published on May 05, 2024 11:46 AM IST

ByAvinash Kumar

HC puts on hold edu dept’s order to freeze bank accounts of varsities

In continuing standoff with the Raj Bhawan, Bihar’s education department ordered to freeze the accounts of state universities earlier this year

Published on May 03, 2024 09:46 PM IST

ByArun Kumar, Patna

Chirag, Rudy file nominations

In Saran, Rudy will be pitted against Lalu Prasad’s younger daughter Rohini Acharya, who is making her electoral debut. Chirag, who won from Jamui in 2014 and 2019, has returned to his father’s bastion of Hajipur.

BJP’s Rajiv Pratap Rudy files his nomination for the Saran Lok Sabha seat on Thursday. (HT photo)

Updated on May 02, 2024 09:42 PM IST

ByRuchir Kumar, Patna

Nadda attacks Congress, ally RJD, says it stands for the corrupt

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda said that they were committed to the development and prosperity of the people

Published on May 02, 2024 03:20 PM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

Bihar: Elderly woman dead, over 300 houses gutted in fire

It took several hours for the fire services to douse the blaze in Madargachhi village under Barsoi block of Katihar, which falls near the Bihar-West Bengal border

For representational purposes only. (AFP file photo)

Published on May 02, 2024 02:25 PM IST

ByAditya Nath Jha

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IPS officer Rakesh Dubey was suspended as the Bhojpur SP on the alleged charges of working with the sand mafia

The accused was identified, and the matter came to light after an FIR (first information report) was filed by the woman at the Gandhi Maidan police station

Rohini Acharya also booked for poll code violation and for provoking violence on a complaint by a BJP worker.

BJP leaders said PM Modi was scheduled to be back in Bihar to address three more rallies on May 25 that would raise the total count of his Bihar rallies to 15

Pawan Singh is contesting against NDA’s official candidate Upendra Kushwaha from Bihar’s Karakat Lok Sabha constituency

Polling in the Saran Lok Sabha constituency, where RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Rohini Acharya is pitted against incumbent BJP MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy, took place on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed rallies at Motihari and Maharajganj in Bihar on Tuesday as part of his Lok Sabha poll campaign.

The 40-year-old government school teacher was on her way to school when the stalker allegedly stabbed her to death

Police said that the incident occurred at Bhikhari Thakur Chowk, under Muffasil police station limits, and two BJP workers have been detained

Staying all the orders of the department to stop salary of vice chancellors and registrars or serve show-cause notices to them, the court observed that “till further orders, the respondents are directed not to take any coercive action against the universities and its officials”.

The most keenly watched battle is playing out in Karakat in central Bihar, which votes on June 1 in the last of the ongoing seven-phase parliamentary elections in the country.

Hajipur is the headquarter town of Vaishali district. It is a Lok Sabha seat reserved for SCs. From 1977 to 2019, the seat was won eight times by Ram Vilas Paswan, who lost only twice, in 1984 and 2009.

According to police, the boy went to school on Thursday morning but did not return home till afternoon.

Residents told the police that the local Imam was involved in manufacturing firecrackers inside the madarsa

Former Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi's death has created a void in Bihar politics. He was a key figure in BJP, known for his political acumen and dedication.

Rohini is married to Samresh Singh, a software engineer. The couple lived in Singapore before she decided to take the electoral plunge.

The roadshow, a first in Patna by any Prime Minister, began near Bhattacharya Road around 7.20 pm.

PM Modi in Darbhanga began his public address with ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogan and described Mithila land of ‘King Janak and Goddess Sita’.

Later, addressing an election rally in Samastipur, Kharge said Modi could become the prime minister of India only because Congress fought for its Independence.

Misa Bharti and Rohini Acharya, two daughters of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, are the most prominent candidates among the doctors in the fray in the state, which has 40 Lok Sabha seats.

Patna High Court rejects former MLA Anant Singh's bail plea in 2015 arms seizure case, citing multiple cases against him. He was released on parole for Lok Sabha polls in Munger.

More than 80 per cent of candidates in Bihar have forfeited their security deposits in the last two parliamentary elections in the country as well as the assembly polls in the state.

A presiding officer at a polling booth in Supaul and a Home Guard jawan in Araria district passed away on Tuesday, allegedly due to a heart attack.

For the past few days, top BJP leaders, especially PM Modi and union home minister Amit Shah, have intensified their attacks on the opposition alliance, accusing it of harbouring intentions to “snatch away” quota for backward classes in favour of Muslims.

The meeting was held at the HC directive to resolve the issues that have led to a standoff between the Governor, who is the Chancellor of state universities, and the state’s education department.

Anant Singh on August 23, 2019, appeared before the Saket court metropolitan magistrate Harun Pratap in Delhi to surrender after Patna police lodged a case against him under the anti-terror law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act, 2019

In continuing standoff with the Raj Bhawan, Bihar’s education department ordered to freeze the accounts of state universities earlier this year

In Saran, Rudy will be pitted against Lalu Prasad’s younger daughter Rohini Acharya, who is making her electoral debut. Chirag, who won from Jamui in 2014 and 2019, has returned to his father’s bastion of Hajipur.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda said that they were committed to the development and prosperity of the people

It took several hours for the fire services to douse the blaze in Madargachhi village under Barsoi block of Katihar, which falls near the Bihar-West Bengal border

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