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'Tamasha Bana Diya': Patna High Court lashes out at Bihar Police for bulldozing woman's house
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'Tamasha Bana Diya': Patna High Court lashes out at Bihar Police for bulldozing woman's house

The High Court here recently said that demolishing houses with bulldozers has become a ‘tamasha’ or spectacle

Bihar: 5 prisoners, 2 police officers arrested for liquor party inside police station in Patna
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Bihar: 5 prisoners, 2 police officers arrested for liquor party inside police station in Patna

The incident came to light after a video of prisoners enjoying themselves at a liquor party took over the internet and reached top officials

Height of Thievery: After an entire rail engine, thieves in Bihar steal a mobile tower
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Height of Thievery: After an entire rail engine, thieves in Bihar steal a mobile tower

The thieves posed as officials of the service provider GTPL Hathway Limited who have installed the tower on the terrace of a house of a person named Lalan Singh in Yarpur Rajputana colony in the Gardanibagh area of Patna

Bihar: Seven arrested in connection with engine parts' theft, Railways say
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Bihar: Seven arrested in connection with engine parts' theft, Railways say

The matter had come to light when many gunny sacks full of the stolen spare parts were recovered from a scrap godown at Muzaffarpur during a joint search operation

I-T officials raid premises linked to Bihar minister's kin
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I-T officials raid premises linked to Bihar minister's kin

The personnel also visited the minister's home in the state capital to "enquire" about his relative in a case pertaining to alleged tax evasion

Bihar: Patna municipality demolishes tea shop of female economics graduate, rebuilds after viral video
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Bihar: Patna municipality demolishes tea shop of female economics graduate, rebuilds after viral video

Recently a video of Bihar tea seller Priyanka Gupta had gone viral on social media, where she is crying and saying how her stall has been confiscated by the Patna Municipal Corporation

Bihar: 1,800 health centres get closure warning over waste disposal lapses
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Bihar: 1,800 health centres get closure warning over waste disposal lapses

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board said health care centres, in six districts of the state, were being served a 'proposed closure direction' with a 15-day window to ensure abidance of the rules set for the disposal

Patna: After HC intervention, sanitation workers call off their strike after 11 days
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Patna: After HC intervention, sanitation workers call off their strike after 11 days

The sanitation workers in Patna called off their protest following intervention by the High Court and a 'positive response' from deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav to workers' demands

Explained: The land-for-jobs scam and its alleged links to Lalu Prasad Yadav and the RJD
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Explained: The land-for-jobs scam and its alleged links to Lalu Prasad Yadav and the RJD

The CBI carried out raids at the houses of four RJD leaders in connection to the land-for-jobs scam. As per the investigations, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members received land as bribes in return for jobs in the Railways while he was the minister in 2004-2009

Bihar on edge after violent protests over teaching jobs: What went wrong?
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Bihar on edge after violent protests over teaching jobs: What went wrong?

A protest against the delay in the recruiting drive for teachers in Bihar quickly turned violent when authorities rained down on the aspiring candidates with batons. The incident of a protester carrying the Tricolour being thrashed mercilessly has triggered outrage amongst all

Bihar teaching job aspirants protest: Police lathi-charge, use water canon on demonstrators - WATCH
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Bihar teaching job aspirants protest: Police lathi-charge, use water canon on demonstrators - WATCH

Patna District Magistrate Chandrashekhar Singh said trouble erupted at Dak Bungalow crossing where two separate groups gathered and tried to proceed towards the Raj Bhavan

Lalu Prasad arrives in Patna; CM Nitish Kumar walks down for courtesy call
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Lalu Prasad arrives in Patna; CM Nitish Kumar walks down for courtesy call

This was the first meeting of the two leaders since the 'Mahagathbandhan 2.0' government came to power in Bihar after the JD(U) dumped the BJP and joined hands with RJD, the Congress and other parties

Patna: Amit Shah to participate in BJP National Working Committee meeting
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Patna: Amit Shah to participate in BJP National Working Committee meeting

Even though Assembly elections in Bihar are three years away, the BJP-JDU alliance has already started the preparations

Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar names four tiger cubs at city zoo
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Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar names four tiger cubs at city zoo

Cubs named Keshari, Vikram, Magadha and Rani. According to the Tiger census report of India released in 2020, India has around 70 per cent of the world's tiger population

BJP President JP Nadda to inaugurate two-day national executive meeting of party cells in Patna
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BJP President JP Nadda to inaugurate two-day national executive meeting of party cells in Patna

Nadda will first inaugurate an exhibition and then address the joint national executive meeting of office-bearers of seven cells of the party at Gyan Bhavan

'An Islamic rule by 2047': Suspected terror module bust in Bihar unearths chilling details
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'An Islamic rule by 2047': Suspected terror module bust in Bihar unearths chilling details

The Bihar Police have unearthed an eight-page document that talks of plans to establish an ‘Islamic government’ in India by the 100th anniversary of the country's independence. Both extremist groups PFI and SDPI are allegedly involved in the conspiracy

Cop hurt after bomb brought for probe goes off in crowded Patna civil court
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Cop hurt after bomb brought for probe goes off in crowded Patna civil court

Investigation is on to find out whether the bombs were properly defused before being brought to the court, said Sabiul Haq, the SHO of Pirbahore police station

Delhi bound SpiceJet plane catches fire mid air; all 185 passengers safe
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Delhi bound SpiceJet plane catches fire mid air; all 185 passengers safe

The fire in the plane was noticed when the aircraft was between Khagaul and Phulwarisharif, which is 2 nautical miles from the Patna airport

Speeding bike on wrong side hits scooty in Patna's Ganga highway, accident caught on camera
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Speeding bike on wrong side hits scooty in Patna's Ganga highway, accident caught on camera

In the video, the injured biker can also be clearly seen. The passerby stopped and rushed to the accident spot to help the injured people who were not wearing helmets

ASI in Patna unearths 2,000-year-old brick walls believed to be from Kushan age
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ASI in Patna unearths 2,000-year-old brick walls believed to be from Kushan age

The discovery was made at a site of pond rejuvenation work in Kumrahar area, where relics of the Mauryan empire had been found in the past