East India

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, at Bolpur in Birbhum district on Tuesday, asserted that the land of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore would never allow hate politics to triumph over secularism.

In a short letter sent to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by email, Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen thanked Mamata for supporting people like him who are under attack.

"My son is not a thief. They murdered him," says grief-stricken Noorjahan, mother of 32 year old Muhammad Alamgir who was beaten to death by a Hindu mob over suspicion of cattle theft near state capital Patna in Bihar on Wednesday.

Tribal organisations said it will bring out 200 Sarna Dharma Sagars (Raths) in the five eastern states, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam between December 20 and 31 to demand separate religion code for Sarna followers.

The physician of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and veteran socialist leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, Dr Umesh Prasad on Saturday said that the latter's kidney is functioning at 25 per cent and the situation can deteriorate at any time in future, reported news agency ANI.

The opposition parties in Bihar under the leadership of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday held demonstration in protest against new farm laws.

Speaking on farmers' protest, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to launch a country-wide strike if the new farm laws are not repealed by the central government.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday told the media that the Narendra Modi government is trying to disturb her government using Central agencies.

A 14-member council of ministers, headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was sworn in at an oath ceremony in Patna on Monday.

The resolution will seek a special column for followers of the Sarna religion in the Census, 2021.

Ahead of the National Democratic Alliance's legislature party meeting in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) said the fate of the leadership in the state will be decided by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Janata Dal-United chief Nitish Kumar has no other option but to comply.

Reiterating allegations of anomalies in the postal ballot count in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Rashtriya Janata Dal has decided to move the court if the Election Commission again rejects its recount demand.