Patna : In another such case within a week or so, a young Muslim man in Bihar broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to save the life of a newborn, officials said on Monday. “I broke my fast to save a child because human life is more important than fast. I will keep the […]
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Tejashwi mocks Nitish for questioning demonetisation benefits
Patna : RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday mocked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying the latter had supported demonetisation but was now questioning it, and soon he will describe demonetisation as the biggest scam of India. A day after Nitish Kumar questioned the benefits of the much-hyped demonetisation move to the common people and slammed […]
Nitish Kumar questions benefits of demonetisation
Patna : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday questioned benefits of the much-hyped demonetisation move to common people and slammed banks that allegedly helped rich and powerful manage their cash during notebandi. “I was supporter of demonetisation…but how many people benefited from it? Some powerful people shifted their cash from one place to another,” said […]
Nipah alert in Bihar
Patna : The Bihar government issued Nipah virus alert on Saturday, asking people to take precautions, an official said. “The government has issued an alert of Nipah virus (NiV) in view of its outbreak in Kerala that has claimed 10 lives and created panic,” said health department official R. D. Ranjan. An advisory has also […]
Five accused in Bodh Gaya blasts case convicted
Patna : A Bihar court on Friday convicted all the five accused in the 2013 serial blasts that rocked Bodh Gaya’s Mahabodhi temple. The special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court headed by Judge Manoj Kumar Sinha delivered the verdict. “The five persons — Umer Siddiqui, Azharuddin Siddiqui, Hauser Ali, Mujibullah Ansari, Imtitaz Ansari — were […]
Man breaks Ramadan fast to save thalassemic child
Patna : A Muslim in Bihar chose humanity over religious customs, broke his Ramadan fast to donate blood to an eight-year-old Hindu thalassemic boy and saved his life. Jawed Alam on Tuesday donated blood to Rajesh Kumar in Gopalganj district, a district health official said. The boy was rushed to the emergency of Sadar hospital […]
CBI visits Rabri’s residence in hotel tender case; quizzes her, Lalu
Patna : The CBI on Tuesday searched former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devis residence here in connection with a Railway hotel tender case and quizzed her and her husband and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, a police official said. “A three-member Central Bureau of Investigation team questioned both for about an hour at their 7 […]
Two arrested for molesting minor
Patna : Two persons in Bihar’s Gaya district have been arrested for molesting a minor girl, after two videos of separate incidents of molestation went viral in the social media, police said on Monday. Additional Director General of Police S.K. Singhal said an FIR has been registered against six people and two persons have been […]
Lalu admitted to Patna hospital
Patna : Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Saturday admitted to a government-run hospital here after he complained of breathing problem and chest pain, a party leader said. According to RJD leader Bhola Yadav, Lalu Prasad suddenly complained of breathing problem and pain in his chest after which he was admitted […]
Karnataka effect: RJD, Congress stake claim for governments in Bihar, Goa
Panaji/Patna : The Congress in Goa and the RJD in Bihar on Thursday said they would ask the governors of their states to give them a chance to form the government the same way that BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa was sworn-in in Karnataka as the leader of the single largest party. “If the Karnataka Governor […]