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The Air Here Can Kill, Welcome to the World’s Most Polluted Place

What Does “Most Polluted” Even Mean? It’s not like one place wins a forever trophy for being the worst, air quality rankings aren’t set in stone. Reports from groups like IQ Air track PM2.5 levels (fine particulate matter) over months or a year, comparing how often cities exceed safe limits…

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4 years, 170 collapses, 202 deaths: What’s ailing India’s bridges?

On a scorching June afternoon in Bihar, a tractor laden with maize approached what seemed like a sturdy three-span bridge in Saharsa district. Within moments, the structure crumbled beneath the vehicle’s weight. Just weeks later, 1,200 kilometres away in Gujarat, the Mujpur-Gambhira bridge in Vadodara claimed 20 lives when it…

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Central body collected Rs 1,664 cr for a teaching diploma. 6 years on, course invalid, thousands jobless

Ashutosh Kumar Jha, a resident of Saharsa in Bihar, had been a private school teacher for 10 years when the government introduced a two-year diploma in elementary education programme in 2017 and mandated training for all untrained teachers.

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Bihar: Controversy over ex-MP Anand Mohan's invite to Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Former MP Anand Mohan’s reported invite to CM Nitish Kumar to unveil the statue of his father late Ram Bahadur Singh, a freedom fighter, at his native village in Saharsa triggered fresh war of words between the two ruling Grand Alliance partners—the RJD and the JD(U)—on Tuesday.

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Slain IAS officer G Krishnaiah's wife moves SC against ex-MP Anand Mohan's release

NEW DELHI: The wife of slain IAS officer G Krishnaiah, who was lynched by a mob led by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan in 1994, has moved the Supreme Court challenging his premature release from prison. Mohan was released from Saharsa jail on Thursday morning following an amendment in Bihar's…

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Nitish Kumar defends Bihar govt's decision to release don-turned-politician Anand Mohan

PATNA: At a time when the slain Gopalganj district magistrate G Krishnaiah’s wife Uma, the Central IAS Association and different other fora urging Bihar government to reconsider its decision to grant remission to the murder convict don-turned-politician Anand Mohan, CM Nitish Kumar on Friday strongly defended his government’s decision to…

The Times of India

Anand Mohan goes incommunicado after release from jail

In the wee hours on April 27, 2023, gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released from Saharsa jail after 15 years

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Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh released from Bihar's Saharsa jail

Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan Singh was released from Bihar's Saharsa jail early Thursday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan released from Bihar's Saharsa jail

Gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan’s release was necessitated after the Bihar government recently amended the prison rules allowing the release of 27 convicts including him

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Bihar: Convicted Ex-MP Anand Mohan Granted Parole, To Be Out Of Saharsa Jail Soon

Anand Mohan was serving lifetime imprisonment in Saharsa jail in a case of lynching the District Magistrate of Gopalganj, G Krishnayya. Read on for details:

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21 drown during Chhath in Bihar, 15 were minors

NEW DELHI: At least 21 people have drowned in separate incidents during Chhath in Patna, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa, Supaul, Bhagalpur, Madhubani and Purnia districts since Sunday. Fifteen of them were minors. Three minor boys drowned in the Dardha river near Chak Rahima village on Sunday. Manish Kumar (12) drowned on Sunday…

The Times of India

Six Bihar cops suspended in connection with Anand Mohan incident

SAHARSA/PATNA: Six police personnel in a north Bihar district were on Monday suspended in connection with an embarrassing incident involving controversial politician Anand Mohan who was taken to the state capital Patna in judicial custody and allegedly allowed to visit his residence there.

The Times of India

Bihar: 226 new Covid cases

PATNA: The state health department has reported 226 new Covid cases in Bihar, including 114 in Patna alone, against the 1,25,971 samples tested in the last 24 hours.Thirteen more cases were reported from Saharsa,followed by 10 each in Arwal and Bhagalpur districts on Saturday. The state has now 1,114 active…

The Times of India

Lightning claims 3 more lives in Bihar

PATNA: At least three people were killed in lightning strikes in Purnia, Khagaria and Saharsa districts in the last 24 hours, an official at the control room of the disaster management department in Patna said on Tuesday. Earlier, 17 people had died due to lightning on June 18 and 19.

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Bihar: Vigilance raids on Saharsa jail superintendent yield crores

PATNA: Sleuths of the Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Friday raided various locations of Saharsa jail superintendent Suresh Choudhary and recovered documents related to 15 land deeds in which over Rs 3 crore had been invested. Cash amounting to Rs 10 lakh was also recovered from the drawers in his…

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