Patna
Youth's hands chopped off for not repaying loan
A young man whose hands were chopped off after he failed to repay a loan languishes on the floor of a government hospital here, frightened and worried about his life ahead while police are yet to take
Charges on Mishra, Lalu in fodder scam
In another tightening of the noose around politicians facing charges in the infamous `950-crore fodder scam, a special CBI court here on Thursday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Congress CM Jagannath Mishra and 32 other accused.
Bihar House boils over Katju remark
A noisy uproar and walkouts by Opposition MLAs disrupted the Bihar Assembly on Monday as Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandeya Katju’s statements about press freedom being curtailed in the state came in for a heated debate and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi suggested the PCI chief’s removal.
Katju raps Bihar again, NDA hits back
Bihar politics was on Saturday enmeshed in wordy duels over Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju’s statements about endangered press freedom in the state. But the retired Supreme Court judge continued his criticism of the Nitish Kumar-led government the second day.
Man ‘slain’ by TN cops alive in Bihar
One of the five men who the police in Chennai claimed to have killed in a controversial “encounter” on Thursday is actually alive in his village in Bihar. The voter ID cards of two other dead men bearing Bihar addresses have been found to be fake.
Katju remark absolutely true: CPI (ML)
CPI(ML) Bihar state secretary Nand Kishore Prasad on Saturday described as 'absolutely true' Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju's comment on press freedom in Bihar.
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NHRC to send team to Chennai for fact finding
The National Human Rights Commission would soon send a team to Chennai to find out the truth of the alleged encounter in which four persons from Bihar were shot dead by the police, NHRC chairman K. G.
Bihar asks Tamil Nadu to probe killings
The Bihar government has asked Tamil Nadu to probe the killing of five men, including four from Bihar, who were shot dead by police after being branded bank robbers.
The issue was also raised in the
Bihar’s economy grew at 14.8% in 2011-12: Modi
The Bihar government’s economic survey report for 2011-12 on Wednesday claimed that the state’s economy grew at 14.8 per cent in 2010-11 compared to the same in 2009-10 and that the annual growth rate from 2004-05 to 2010-11 stood at 11.36 per cent.
Jharkhand leaders caught in tribal lands law row
In the middle of a raging, divisive debate in Jharkhand over the provisions of a law that aims to protect the tribals’ land, several politicians, including some in the ruling coalition, are battling a
