Friday, March 29, 2024

East India

“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.

Mamata Banerjee suffers major injury in accident, taken to hospital, says TMC

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has suffered a major injury in an accident, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) said on Thursday.

Muslim man lynched to death in Bihar’s Araria

Ismail, a 27 year old Muslim youth was beaten to death by a Hindu mob in Jokihat in Bihar's Araria district on Saturday night.

Our party will celebrate Dalit messiah Ram Vilas Ji’s birth anniversary: Tejashwi Yadav

Amid signs of chill in Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan’s ties with the BJP-led NDA, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav Sunday reached out to him, saying he can carry forward his father Ram Vilas Paswan’s legacy only by joining the “existential fight” against RSS ideologue M S Golwalkar’s thoughts.
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Congress, Left also demand withdrawal of Bengal Governor

The Left parties and the Congress joined the Trinamool Congress in demanding the withdrawal of West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, The Hindu reported.

Mamata Banerjee calls Bengal violence claims ‘BJP’s gimmick’

In a fresh attack against the Union Government, the Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said there is “no political violence” anywhere in Bengal and that it is all “BJP’s gimmick.”
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Assam: Mob lynches man on suspicion of cow theft

A 28-year-old man was lynched to death in Assam’s Tinsukia district on suspicion of cow theft, PTI reported on Sunday. The police have arrested 12 people in connection with...

Meghalaya: 5 miners trapped since May 30, Navy joins rescue efforts

Thirteen members of the Indian Navy on Monday joined the efforts to rescue six trapped rat hole miners at Krem Ule in East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya for two weeks....
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Bajrang Dal threatens to kill Dalit family in Bihar

Sanjeev Kumar, a Dalit youth and an egg-seller was faced casteist slurs and beaten brutally along with his family members including his elderly father and young daughter by the people associated with Hindu fringe group Bajrang Dal in Karma village of Rohtas district of Bihar on 7 June.

Coronavirus death toll in Bihar jumps by 72% after recount

Following a recent direction by the Patna High Court, the Bihar government recounted its coronavirus death toll, which has jumped by a whopping 72.84%.
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“Nitish Kumar govt has failed us all,” say people who are struggling in COVID situation

The people of Bihar are in the state of constant panic and confusion. With no words coming from the state government and the silence of the officials in the face of vaccination drive and medical help, the people are left in an abyss where no one is coming for their help.

Digital disparities become determinants of vaccine coverage

Online facilitation of the COVID-19 vaccine process leaves behind the poor beneficiaries, widening the digital divide in the country.
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Union ministers inciting violence in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Thursday accused the union ministers of inciting the post-poll violence that has erupted across the state after election results were declared.

Mamata to take oath as CM on May 5

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is likely to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of the West Bengal for the third time on 5 May.
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