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The Latest Breaking News from Bihar

Bihar caste count | Rohingya, ‘people from Bangladesh’ should not undertake exercise, says State BJP chief

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar says ‘pata nahi’ (he is not aware)

The Hindu

Bihar: State govt to take suggestions on caste-based census from all political parties, says CM Nitish Kumar

Bihar government on Thursday approved a caste-based census in the state. The government has allocated Rs 500 crore for the survey. The exercise will be completed by February next year. Full story on Dynamite News:

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The Bihar government’s caste-count

Why has the State BJP backed the exercise, while the Centre is opposed to a caste census?

The Hindu

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Morning Digest | Caste-based census to be held in Bihar; Centre to hold sessions on rights of gig workers, and more

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The Hindu

India’s excess mortality crossed 7 lakh in 2020

Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat had the highest number of excess deaths due to COVID-19

The Hindu

Caste-based census to be held in Bihar

All-party meeting on the caste census chaired by Bihar CM Nitish Kumar unanimously gives nod to start the mega exercise

The Hindu

Eight BJP candidates from Uttar Pradesh file nomination for Rajya Sabha polls

The BJP has fielded eight candidates from Uttar Pradesh, three each from Maharashtra and Karnataka, and two from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, and one each from Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana

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Daily Dose Ep 1059: Four detained in Moosewala murder, ink thrown on Rakesh Tikait

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from Punjab, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Bihar and Nepal.

Newslaundry

News Analysis | Denial of Rajya Sabha seat to R.C.P. Singh reveals unease in BJP-JD(U) alliance

Ties may come under strain again during Presidential polls in July

The Hindu

In India's Mobile-Payments Boom, Even Beggars Get QR Codes

A beggar in the eastern Indian state of Bihar strolled through a train station one recent weekday, toting a metal pail for cash and a tablet computer with a QR code stuck on the back.

Bangkok Post

'Spider girl', 2, has two extra arms and legs sticking out of her waist

The family of the young girl, from a village in Nawade, Bihar in India, are now pleading with local authorities to help them as they try to improve their daughter's quality of life

Daily Mirror

RCP Singh out, JD(U) names its Jharkhand chief as RS nominee from Bihar

Mr. Singh will have to resign from the Union Cabinet unless he can get BJP to send him to the Upper House.

The Hindu

Bihar to allow exploration of India’s ‘largest’ gold reserve in Jamui

Jamui has 222 million tonnes, says survey

The Hindu

Top Naxal commander found dead in Bihar

Sandeep Yadav was found dead under mysterious circumstances.

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ED raids in Jharkhand, Bihar in money laundering case linked to IAS officer Pooja Singhal

Pooja Singhal was arrested by the ED in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged embezzlement of MNREGA funds

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar renews call for caste census in state; anxious BJP watches from sidelines

In his twin decisions - regarding launching the Bihar caste census and not nominating R.C.P. Singh as Rajya Sabha nominee as yet, Nitish Kumar is trying to chart a course away from the BJP

Newslaundry

Journalist 'shot dead' outside his home in Bihar's Begusarai

A journalist in Bihar's Begusarai was "shot dead" on May 20 outside his home in Sakho village, the Wire reported today.

The Hindu

Steel Minister R.C.P. Singh's fate hangs in the balance of JD(U)-BJP relations

In 2019, the JD(U) had argued that the party should get proportional and not ‘symbolic’ representation in the NDA Cabinet

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Bihar Police accused of demolishing nine huts in West Bengal's Malda

The uprooted people lodged a police complaint and alleged that a TMC supporter Ganesh Pramanik had bribed Bihar Police personnel

Newslaundry

Reporters Without Orders Ep 220: Pawan Jaisawal’s death, Bihar child’s encounter with CM

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by Newslaundry’s Tanishka Sodhi and freelance journalist Vishnu Narayan.

Dynamite News

Delhi Police apprehends Bihar's most wanted gangster

Most wanted gangster of Bihar, Azad Ali has been arrested in Delhi. A single-shot pistol of .315 with 3 live cartridges has been recovered from his possession. Full story on Dynamite News:

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1051: SC transfers Gyanvapi case to district court, CBI raids Lalu Yadav

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Ukraine.

The Hindu

Post-raid, RJD takes ‘parrot’ swipe at CBI

BJP says Lalu and family a ‘symbol of corruption’

The Hindu

Bihar court decides 108-year-old land dispute

The case was decided in favour of Atul Singh, ending the legal battle which began with his great-grandfather Darbari Singh in 1914

Dynamite News

CBI registers fresh case against Lalu Yadav, raids 17 locations including Delhi, Bihar

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a fresh case against RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav and his daughter in a complaint related to alleged "land for railway job scam”. Further details on Dynamite News:

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