Friday, March 29, 2024

East India

INDIA bloc in Bihar seals seat-sharing deal, RJD gets 26 seats, Congress 9, Left 5

The INDIA bloc sealed the seat-sharing deal in Bihar for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The RJD will field its candidates from 26 seats. The Congress will contest on nine seats while the Left will fight on five seats.

“Why on street today?”: Muslim journalist in Jharkhand assaulted by Holi celebrating mob

Muhammad Gulzar, a journalist by profession, was traveling on his bike to attend a funeral rite in the wee hours of the Sunday morning, when a gang of 10 to 15 men forcibly smeared mud on him while celebrating Holi. This incident took place in Bishwaskhani, Godda district, Jharkhand.

RLJP chief Pashupati Kumar Paras resigns as Union Minister after being denied ticket in Bihar

Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party chief Pashupati Kumar Paras on 19 March resigned from the Union Cabinet, after his party was not given a single seat in the NDA coalition for Bihar for which seat distribution was done on Monday.

Bihar: BJP to contest 17 seats, JD(U) 16, Chirag 5; old allies Paras, Kushwaha upset over seat sharing

The NDA finalised its seat-sharing in Bihar for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections Monday, allotting 17 seats to the BJP, 16 to the Janata Dal (United), five to the Chirag Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and one each to Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) and Upendra Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM).

Hindutva chants, vandalising Muslims’ properties, Police violence: What happened in Darbhanga on Basant Panchami?

Violence erupted in various areas of Darbhanga district, Bihar, on February 15 and 16 during Saraswati Visarjan Pooja, also known as Basant Panchmi, a Hindu festival commemorating the goddess Saraswati and symbolizing the onset of spring.

Chhattisgarh: Opposition protest cutting of 15000 trees in Hasdeo area, 30 MLAs get suspended

On Wednesday, the opposition in the Chhattisgarh assembly created an uproar in the state assembly over the cutting of more than 15,000 trees in the biodiversity-rich Hasdeo Aranya region...

“Life is a battle,” Hemant Soren on his arrest

Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand and leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), was arrested on Wednesday night following over seven hours of interrogation by the Enforcement Directorate regarding purported land ownership.
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Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in custody, Champai Soren to take over as CM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate this evening, minutes after quitting the post. Transport minister Champai Soren, one of the veteran leaders of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, will step into his shoes.

“Game has just begun,” says Tejashwi Yadav

"It seems we made a tired CM (Nitish Kumar) work. The game is not over yet," Tejashwi Yadav, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader, told reporters today.
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Nitish takes oath as Bihar CM again, this time amid Jai Shri Ram slogans

Nitish Kumar took oath as NDA Chief Minister of the state, for the ninth time, at Raj Bhawan today. Two Deputy CMs from BJP Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, and six other ministers also took the oath today.

Nitish Kumar resigns as Bihar CM, to form govt with BJP’s support soon

Speaking to reporters outside the Raj Bhavan, Nitish said that a new alliance will be formed. He added that things were “not working out” in the Opposition’s INDIA alliance and he decided to resign because things were not good.
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Bihar: Muslim graveyard set ablaze during Ram temple celebrations

In Bihar's Darbhanga district, during a Hindu procession celebrating the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple, a firecracker was thrown into a Muslim graveyard in Khirma village.

“They asked my wife to beat me,” Muslim couple share ordeal of custodial torture; seven cops booked

The Calcutta High Court has directed a Muslim couple to file an FIR against seven police officers, including the Islampur city police station in-charge in West Bengal's Uttar Dinajpur district, for alleged torture resulting in kidney failure for Muhammad Shahjamal (30) and his wife Sabnaj Khatun (24) in police custody.
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Activists protest Adivasi evictions in eastern states, killing of infant in Bastar

On Wednesday, Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM), a collective of student groups, held a protest gathering at Delhi University Art Faculty against anti-tribal actions in East Indian states...

Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passes away at 55

Music maestro Ustad Rashid Khan passed away in Kolkata at the age of 55 due to prostate cancer. The announcement was made by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee....
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ED officials booked in Bengal for “criminal trespass”, “intending to outrage woman’s modesty”

The West Bengal Police Saturday booked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for alleged “criminal trespass” and “intending to outrage a woman’s modesty.”

Editors Guild slam “misuse of defamation law” as Jharkhand Police book ‘Prabhat Khabar’ editors

Editors Guild slam “misuse of defamation law” as Jharkhand Police book ‘Prabhat Khabar’ editors
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