Search For "bih"
'Don't know what he said': Bihar CM on minister's Ramcharitmanas remark
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Amid the furore over Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekar's remark on Wednesday that Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic Ramayana, is divisive and spreads hatred in society, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar side-stepped the matter claiming he wasn't aware what the minister said.
Read More
"They are farmers, not criminals...,": Sushil Modi on police midnight acti
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The BJP leader alleged that the police barged into farmers' houses and assaulted them.
Read More
Bihar Education minister says won't apologise for Ramcharitmanas remark
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar on Thursday reiterated his statement on Tuesday, claiming that the Ramcharitmanas, a poem based on the epic 'Ramayana', "spreads hatred in the society".
Read More
SC tags petition challenging caste census in Bihar with similar plea
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A lawyer on Thursday mentioned before the Supreme Court a petition challenging the caste census in Bihar. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud tagged the petition with another similar plea.
Read More
Jagadguru Paramhans says Bihar Minister Chandrashekhar should be sacked fr
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Reacting to Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar's controversial remarks over the Hindu religious book Ramcharitmanas, Ayodhya seer Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya on Wednesday demanded that the Minister should be sacked from his post.
Read More
Buxar farmers' agitation: 3 arrested for "attacking the police"
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Three persons were arrested for allegedly "creating an obstruction in government work" and "attacking the police" in Bihar's Buxar after their protests turned violent as villagers attacked the power plant and also torched the police vehicles, after the 'police crackdown' on their stir.
Read More
CBI books Amrapali Group MD and others in a 2014 murder case
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Anil Sharma, managing director of Amrapali Group has been booked by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the murder of a former secretary of Balika Vidyapeeth's in Bihar in August 2014, the agency said on Wednesday.
Read More
NIA raids seven locations in Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal in 2019 Naxal attack
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted searches at seven locations in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal pertaining to the killing of police personnel and looting of their arms and ammunition by Naxals on June 14, 2019, in Jharkhand's Saraikela district.
Read More
Bihar minister stokes controversy, says "Ramcharitmanas spreads hatred in
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Bihar Education Minister Chandrashekhar Singh on Wednesday stoked a controversy after he claimed that Ramcharitmanas, an epic Hindu religious book which is based on Ramayana, "spreads hatred in the society".
Read More
After midnight police raid, farmers attack cops in Bihar's Buxar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Buxar Police allegedly attacked the homes of protesting farmers in the middle of the night while they were sleeping and dozens of villagers including women were injured. Today farmers attacked the policemen.
Read More
Despite bitter cold, devotees flock to 'Gayaji Teerth' in Bihar
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The devotees of the 'Gayaji teerth' assemble at the holy site of Gaya, Bihar despite the cold wave in the state and dense fog.
Read More
It's not caste census but caste-based survey: Tejashwi Yadav
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
After a petition was filed in the Supreme Court against Bihar's government's decision to conduct a caste survey, Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that it is not a 'caste census but a caste-based census'.
Read More