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RJD’s manifesto: Special status to Bihar, airports in 5 cities, ₹1 lakh per year to ‘sisters’
Rashtriya Janata Dal on April 13 released party’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections promising five new airports in the Bihar and ₹ 1 lakh every year to “sisters from poor families.”
East India
Jharkhand: Three tribal women buried alive, five injured in cave-in
Three tribal women were buried alive and five others injured in Jharkhand’s East Singhbhum district when a heap of soil caved in on Wednesday, PTI reported.
East India
Bengal Police files molestation case against NIA officials
The West Bengal Police has lodged a case of molestation and house trespassing against officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) following a raid conducted by the agency in the East Medinipur district regarding the 2002 bomb blast case.
East India
ISF parts ways with left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, to go solo at elections
In yet another blow to the Left-Congress alliance in West Bengal, the Indian Secular Front (ISF), formerly aligned with the coalition, has opted to pursue its own path. They have announced intentions to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
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Bihar: Lok Janshakti Party’s 22 top leaders resign over ticket distribution, decide to support INDIA
Twenty-two leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party resigned from the party on Wednesday expressing anger over not getting tickets for the Lok Sabha elections and said will support the Opposition INDIA bloc.
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“TMC goons came in police uniform, opened fire,” says wife of ISF worker killed in poll violence
Asma Tara Bibi, wife of 23-year-old Indian Secular Front (ISF) worker Razaul Gazi said her husband was killed by Trinamool Congress goons who came to polling station in police uniform and started firing ISF workers.
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Bihar BJP MLA booked in murder case
The Bihar police booked BJP MLA Shyam Babu Yadav for allegedly being involved in the murder of a former member of a Block Development Council (BDC) in East Champaran district of the state.
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West Bengal polls violence: 15 Muslims among 20 killed on poll day
A significant number of Muslim casualties have been reported in the aftermath of the panchayat polls violence in West Bengal, with at least 42 people losing their lives, 28 of whom were identified as Muslims. Out of these violent killings, 20 occurred on the polling day itself, with 15 of the victims belonging to the Muslim community.
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West Bengal Panchayat polls: 7 TMC & 2 CPI(M) workers, one each from Congress, BJP among 12 killed
At least twelve people were killed in West Bengal as widespread violence roiled the polling process in Panchayat elections today. Polling booths were vandalised and ballot papers set on fire at places as people queued up to vote for the three-tier panchayat polls.
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Widespread violence during West Bengal panchayat polls; At least 10 killed in clashes
At least ten people were allegedly killed in West Bengal as widespread violence are reported during the polling process in the Panchayat elections on Saturday. The casualties are feared...
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Convicts in Tabrez Ansari’s mob killing get 10 years of rigorous imprisonment
A court in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the 2019 Tabrez Ansari lynching case.
Tabrez Ansari, who was accused of...
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Police watch as 55-year-old Muslim beaten to death by Hindu mob in Bihar ahead of Eid-al-Adha
Muhammad Zahiruddin, a 55-year-old Muslim truck driver as was lynched to death in Bihar’s Saran district on Wednesday night by Hindu mob who claimed his freight of cattle bones, a raw material for making capsules for medicines, was beef.
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4 years after Tabrez Ansari lynched by Hindu mob, 10 accused convicted; sentencing July 5
A Jharkhand court on Tuesday convicted 10 out of the 13 Hindu men arrested in connection with the mob lynching of Tabrez Ansari in 2019.
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IIT-Kharagpur student Faizan Ahmed’s body exhumed on Calcutta HC orders
Following the Calcutta High Court's order, Faizan Ahmed, a third-year student of Mechanical Engineering at IIT-Kharagpur, who was found dead in a hostel room of the premier institute, had his body exhumed from a cemetery in Assam on Tuesday. The purpose of the second autopsy is to uncover the "truth behind the death," seven months after the incident took place.
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Historic mosque, temples, dargahs razed down in Gujarat’s Dahod for Smart City initiative
The Dahod Smart City administration on Saturday demolished Nagina Masjid, a century-old mosque, along with seven other places of worship as part of a road widening project under the...
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“2024 Semi-Final”: Nitish Kumar meets Arvind Kejriwal in bid to forge Opposition unity
Following a discussion with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday, Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, announced that his counterpart from Bihar would appeal to Opposition parties to collaborate in opposing the Narendra Modi government’s ordinance on the control of services in the national capital.
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Mahagathbandhan gears up for grand Opposition meeting in Bihar; Nitish Kumar holds talks with prominent leaders
The Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is currently in the planning stages for organizing a grand meeting of prominent Opposition leaders in Bihar next month.
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