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Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti and four other candidates from Bihar set to enter Rajya Sabha

PATNA: All five candidates in the biennial election to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, including RJD president Lalu Prasad’s eldest daughter Misa Bharti, are set to enter the Upper House of the Parliament without contesting the polls, as only five persons filed nomination against the five seats from the state…

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ONGC seeks permission from Bihar govt to conduct oil exploration in Buxar, Samastipur

PATNA: Bihar may soon be recognised as a mineral rich state as several fresh explorations for assessing presence of minerals are set to commence over the next few months.

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Met predicts rain in north Bihar today

PATNA: Residents woke up to a pleasant Sunday with early morning showers, thunderstorm and gusty wind providing them the much-needed respite from the sweltering heat in most parts of the state. Patna and neighboring districts received light to moderate rainfall with a wind speed of 30-40kmph on Sunday.

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Pay more for your ride as auto fares in Patna to be up 30% from today

PATNA: Travelling in autorickshaws in the city is set to become costlier from Monday with the auto unions deciding to hike fares by up to 30% on different routes citing rise in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG). Fares of reserved autorickshaws will also increase by 15 to 20%.

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Collectorate demolition: Vintage steam road roller awaits rescue

Patna: A rare over a century-old steam road roller built by a British company that was once used by the Patna District Board for constructing roads is languishing in a corner of the collectorate campus, many of whose historic buildings have been demolished in the last two weeks.

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Bihar: Tainted Magadh University vice-chancellor Rajendra Prasad resigns

PATNA: Months after being accused in a corruption case, Magadh University (MU) vice- chancellor (VC) Rajendra Prasad tendered his resignation, which was accepted by governor- cum – chancellor of state universities Phagu Chauhan on Saturday.

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Bhubaneswar to resume work on caste census: Biju Janta Dal Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik

BHUBANESWAR: A day after Bihar BJP gave its consent to Nitish Kumar's call for an all-party meeting on proposed caste census on June 1 in Patna, BJD Rajya Sabha member Amar Patnaik said the party is keen to conduct caste census in Odisha but would prefer one by the Centre…

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Encroachments on Patna roads a big problem

PATNA: Despite regular eviction drive conducted by the district administration along with Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), most of the major city roads and commercial areas remain choked because of encroachments on both sides.

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Rs 8.93 lakh in cash found at SHO's home in Patna

PATNA: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of state police on Wednesday raided the residential premises and office of Rupaspur police station SHO Madhusudan on the charges of accumulating assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

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Bihar: Lalu Prasad to announce 2nd RJD candidate for Rajya Sabha

PATNA: A large number of party leaders and workers gathered at the Patna airport and welcomed RJD chief Lalu Prasad on his arrival from Delhi on Wednesday evening.

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Union minister RCP Singh dismisses speculation of differences with Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Former JD(U) president and Union steel minister Ramchandra Prasad Singh, commonly known as RCP, on Wednesday dismissed speculation of differences with the party’s de facto leader and CM Nitish Kumar over the issue of Rajya Sabha candidature.

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Bihar: NHRC takes suo-moto cognizance of hooch tragedy in Aurangabad and Gaya

PATNA: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday took suo-motu cognizance of media reports that at least six persons have died and twelve fallen ill after they consumed spurious liquor in Aurangabad and Gaya districts of Bihar.

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Bihar: NHRC takes suo-motu cognizance of Hooch tragedy in Aurangabad and Gaya

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JD(U) demands adequate fund from Centre for effective control on e-waste in Bihar

PATNA: JD(U) on Wednesday sought adequate funds from the Centre for effectively controlling the burgeoning volume of electronic waste in Bihar.

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Bihar's all-party meeting over holding caste-wise census likely to be held on May 27

PATNA: Acting on the CM Nitish Kumar’s directive, the Bihar government has planned to hold an all-party meeting over caste-wise census in the state capital in Patna on May 27.

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Movement of 40 trains affected due to agitation on railway tracks in Bihar

Patna At least 10 trains were cancelled and 30 diverted or short terminated as rail traffic got disr

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Nitish Kumar dodges query about CBI raids on houses of Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi

PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday dodged a query about the recent CBI raids on residences of his arch-rival Lalu Prasad and the latter's wife Rabri Devi. The JD(U) leader was replying to queries of journalists about the allegation by the RJD, founded and headed by Prasad, that…

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Girls bag 25 of 38 gold medals in Patna University

PATNA: Girls once again outsmarted boys by bagging as many as 25 out of the 38 gold medals awarded to the toppers of postgraduate examinations at Patna University annual convocation on Saturday. Altogether 1330 scholars passed the postgraduate examinations in 2018-20 sessions of whom 732 are girls. A total of…

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Railways to implement new Covid protocols

PATNA: Even as Covid-19 cases have been declining across the country, the railways has decided to implement fresh guidelines in light of an SOP (standard operating procedure) issued by ministry of home affairs (MHA) to follow Covid-19 protocol by passengers during their journey in trains.

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CBSE schools have to update details of teachers on OASIS

Patna: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has asked the principals of the affiliated schools to update teachers’ information on OASIS (Online Affiliated Schools Information System) platform for the evaluation and examiner duty of Class X and XII board exams.

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CBI raids on Lalu Prasad’s kin may have political fallout in Bihar

PATNA: The CBI raids at 16 places, including the residence of RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi in Patna, on Friday were ostensibly to find evidence in the alleged land-for-job in the railways scam, but it seemingly has left more of unseen political fallouts than anything else.

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Bihar: Woman lynched, seven houses torched in Siwan

PATNA: A woman was allegedly lynched while three persons were badly scorched as a local mob torched seven houses in Lerua village under Maharajganj police station area in Siwan district on Saturday morning following protest over the murder of 20-year-old Sagar Sah, son of Sanjay Sah, of the same village…

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Govt detects tax evasion worth crores by private firms in Bihar

PATNA: The commercial taxes department (CTD) has detected tax evasion on a large scale by several private firms in the state. On May 19, an iron scrap unit in Patna was inspected on the instruction of department’s commissioner-cum-secretary Dr Pratima. Similarly, two firms in Patna, one each in Muzaffarpur, Barh…

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Lalu Prasad misused his official position to obtain land on name of his family members in return of govt jobs: CBI FIR

PATNA: Legal troubles for RJD chief Lalu Prasad, three members of his family and 14 other people may deepen if the charges levelled against altogether 17 persons made named accused in the FIR lodged by the CBI in the land-for job-scam are proved to be true during the course of…

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Fresh case against Lalu Prasad, kin in land-for-job scam

PATNA: Renewed trouble came to haunt RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Friday as the CBI conducted searches in 16 locations in three cities and registered a fresh case against him, wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi and two of their daughters in a railway recruitment scandal in which aspirants…

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