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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]