Patna: Campaign for Bankipur assembly byelection has picked up pace with BJP star campaigners and Bhojpuri singer-actors Pawan Singh and Manoj Tiwari ignoring the drizzle to seek votes for NDA candidate Neeraj Kumar Sinha on Friday evening. Sinha is contesting against Jan Suraaj founder and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, with RJD’s Rekha Gupta making it…
PATNA: Clashes broke out between protesters and police in several parts of Bihar on Saturday during a statewide bandh called by opposition parties and various social organisations over the NEET paper leak controversy and recent police action against student protesters, while incidents of stone-pelting, vandalism and police action, including tear gas and lathicharge, were reported…
Statewide bandh occurred in Bihar over the alleged NEET paper leak. Statewide bandh occurred in Bihar over the alleged NEET paper leak. Statewide bandh occurred in Bihar over the alleged NEET paper leak. Statewide bandh occurred in Bihar over the alleged NEET paper leak. Statewide bandh occurred in Bihar over the alleged NEET paper leak….
Patna: Bihar has marked a major milestone in financial inclusion by emerging second in India in the use of RuPay cards among beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. According to figures released by the Union ministry of finance, the state now has more than 4.98 crore RuPay cardholders.The achievement places Bihar just behind Uttar…
Students stage a protest in Buxar Patna: Student protests, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan and fixing accountability over alleged irregularities in competitive examinations, including NEET, intensified across Bihar on Friday, with demonstrations organized in Buxar, Siwan, Madhubani and several other districts. The state govt, meanwhile, suspended internet services in parts of…
Patna: The agitation launched by the teachers, non-teaching staff and students of Patna University (PU) against proposed changes to the university’s basic structure continued for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.With teachers and non-teaching staff of the university remaining on mass casual leave in support of their demands, all academic activities, including teaching, examinations, and…
Patna: RJD spokesperson for the past two decades, Mritunjay Tiwary, joined the BJP on Friday in the presence of the party’s state president Sanjay Saraogi and former minister Mangal Pandey. Sanatan Sevak Sansthan chief Arvind Kumar Ashok, along with other members of RJD and Jan Suraaj, also joined the BJP ahead of the July 30…
Madhubani: Hundreds of students under the banner of the Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti staged a protest in Madhubani on Thursday, demanding the resignation of Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over alleged irregularities in the NEET examination.The demonstration was led by Santosh Yadav, president of the Chhatra Sangharsh Samiti. Addressing the gathering, Yadav criticised the Centre and…
Patna: Geoscientists and hydrologists of the state on Friday emphasised the need of conjunctive use of surface water and groundwater for sustainable and integrated water resources management in the state.Participating at a dialogue-cum-workshop on groundwater utilisation organised by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), mid-eastern region, here on Friday they stressed that the coordinated and…
Patna: A joint team of STF and Katihar police on Friday busted an illegal arms manufacturing unit operating under the guise of a grill and construction machinery workshop at Surajpur village under Barari police station area and arrested one person.Police seized four finished country-made pistols, a double-barrel double-trigger gun, a semi-finished pistol, a motorised lathe…
