Bihar govt dismisses 175 cops, suspends 23 for triggering violence over death of ailing policewoman
News | November 05, 2018 7:40 ISTThe violence was triggered by the death of Savita Pathak, a woman constable posted at the Police Lines.
The violence was triggered by the death of Savita Pathak, a woman constable posted at the Police Lines.
The violence was triggered by the death of Savita Pathak, a woman constable posted at the Police Lines.
More than 300 police constables had gone on a rampage here on November 2, damaging properties and attacking police officers, after a woman colleague who had reportedly been refused leave died.
A "factual report" on the incident, including action taken against the guilty and measures taken to stop recurrence of such incidents, has been called from them within six weeks.
Sexual abuse varying in forms and degrees was prevalent in almost all Bihar shelter homes, the 100-page TISS report had stated.
All the officials have been suspended with immediate effect and attached to the offices of the divisional commissioners concerned.
The ban on sale and consumption of liquor was enforced in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April, 2016.
According to reports, the Bihar government has written a letter to the Centre requesting it to notify khaini as a food product by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
In a letter to CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar Secondary School Teachers Association's general secretary Shatrughan Prasad Singh said it is ‘disrespectful and exploitative’.
Sushil Modi said that by the end of December, the state government will fix the parameters in order to prepare the "ranking and grading" of the banks.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was scheduled to inaugurate today the Rs 389.31-crore Bateshwarsthan Ganga Pump Canal Project, aimed at providing irrigation facilities in the state and neighbouring Jharkhand.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav is likely to face trouble as the newly formed JD(U)-NDA government, led by Nitish Kumar, has initiated an inquiry into the Rs 90 lakh soil scam
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today said that the former could not resist separation from his former ally – the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Bihar government today presented a Rs 1.60 lakh crore budget for 2017-18 with no proposals of any fresh tax.
Taking one more step in effectively implementing the liquor ban, the Bihar government on Wednesday prohibited all government and judicial officials from consuming intoxicating drinks even when they are outside the state or the country.
The Bihar government on Tuesday has green-signalled implementation of 50 per cent reservation in both subordinate and superior judicial services in the state. This means that 50 per cent quota would be implemented in appointment
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Bihar government challenging a Patna High Court order granting bail to Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, son of a suspended JD(U) MLC.
the Nitish Kumar government on Wednesday admitted a “shortfall” in dealing with the bail pleas of the RJD strongman as that it was “handicapped”.
The Bihar government has made a U-turn with Gopalganj DM Rahul Kumar accepting it was illicit liquor that killed 16 people here on Tuesday night.
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