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Chaos mar Cong's poll review meet, workers come to blows

MADHUBANI, Jan. 7 -- A review meeting of the Bihar Congress descended into chaos on Tuesday after a clash broke out between two groups of party workers at the party office in Madhubani, exposing conti... Read More


Amartya Sen served SIR notice: TMC leader

NEW DELHI, Jan. 7 -- Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen has been issued a notice to appear for a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing, Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee claimed on Tuesday,... Read More


133K beneficiaries struck off on age grounds, 250K on hold

RANCHI, Jan. 7 -- Around 133,000 beneficiaries who crossed the age bar of 50 have been phased out of the Mukhyamantri Maiyan Samman Yojna (MMSY) in the past year, even as nearly 250,000 applications f... Read More


BSSC chairman resigns six days after joining

PATNA, Jan. 7 -- Barely six days after assuming the charge of chairman of the Bihar Staff Selection Commission (BSSC), a 1989-batch former IPS officer Alok Raj on Tuesday resigned from the post after ... Read More


Cong veteran, ex-IOA chief kalmadi dies

PUNE, Jan. 7 -- Congress veteran and former Union minister Suresh Kalmadi, known for a multifaceted career that intertwined politics and sports administration, passed away in Pune early Tuesday follow... Read More


15-kg Hanuman idol, donation box, bell stolen from temple in Madhepura distt

MADHEPURA, Jan. 7 -- A two-foot-high and around 15-kg Ashtadhatu (mixed metals) idol, a donation box and a temple bell were stolen from an under-construction Lord Hanuman temple in Bihar's Madhepura d... Read More


Bihar Cong to go solo for 'Save MGNREGA' campaign

PATNA, Jan. 7 -- The Congress's state unit in Bihar, like all party units across India, will hit the streets with the "Save MGNREGA" campaign all alone, with its allies extending distant support. The ... Read More


Woman auto-driver murdered in Jhansi, 3 suspects arrested

kanpur, Jan. 6 -- In Bundelkhand, a region notorious for dacoits in the past and where rigid social norms still decide who may work and how, a 45-year-old woman, Anita Chaudhary, mustered strength to ... Read More


Sinha warns revenue officials to address land related issues or retire from job

BHAGALPUR, Jan. 6 -- Deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who also holds the revenue and land reforms portfolio, on Monday addressed a Janta Darbar to address public grievances in Bhagalpur distri... Read More


No headway yet in Purnea civil enclave and NH-31 road link

PURNEA, Jan. 6 -- Road connectivity between the Purnea civil enclave and National Highway-31 remains in limbo despite the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Bihar government an... Read More