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  Communal incidents go up in first 6 months of 2015

  India | August 02, 2015 17:04 IST

  New Delhi:  Incidents of communal violence in the country have gone up in the first six months of 2015 compared to the corresponding period last year, with 330 riots reported till June this year in

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  JD(U) attacks BJP over denial of special status

  Politics | August 03, 2015 15:06 IST

  Patna:  The JD(U) today attacked the BJP as its government at the Centre has ruled out granting special category status to Bihar and provided only a special package instead."Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his election

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  CBI books JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for cartelisation

  Politics | August 01, 2015 20:35 IST

  New Delhi: CBI today registered a case against JD(U) MLA Anant Singh for alleged cartelisation and ring formation during award of contracts in National Thermal Power Corporation in Barh (Bihar).The agency today carried out searches

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  CBI raids JD(U) MLA Anant Singh's residence

  Politics | August 01, 2015 14:56 IST

  Patna: A CBI team raided the official residence of Bihar's jailed ruling Janata Dal-United legislator Anant Singh here on Saturday, police said."A team of CBI from Delhi raided the official residence of Anant Singh, who is currently lodged

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  Bihar's development has been derailed: BJP

  Politics | July 31, 2015 16:42 IST

  Patna:  Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had "betrayed" the BJP and that Bihar's development had been derailed after his party was ousted from the state government."Nitish Kumar

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  JD(U) ready to welcome Shatrughan Sinha into party with open arms

  Politics | July 27, 2015 12:30 IST

  Patna: The ruling JD(U) in Bihar has expressed its willingness to induct the disgruntled BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha into party fold if he so desires.“It's for Shatrughan Sinha to take a call. We'll welcome him

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  Farmers' suicide: Janata Parivar to launch attack on the govt

  Politics | July 26, 2015 13:28 IST

  New Delhi: Scaling up the controversy over a reply on farmers' suicide by the Government, the constituents of erstwhile Janata Parivar have decided to press for the resignation of Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh

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  AAP devising strategy to return favour to Nitish in Bihar elections

  Politics | July 26, 2015 12:38 IST

  New Delhi: As Bihar heads for a fierce political battle, AAP is finding itself in a dilemma on how to return "favour" to Nitish Kumar considering JD(U)'s tie-up with fodder-scam convict Lalu Prasad and Congress

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  JD(U), RJD for single phase polling in Bihar

  Politics | July 26, 2015 10:47 IST

  New Delhi: JD(U)-RJD alliance, which is locked in a fierce battle with the BJP-led NDA to retain power in Bihar, wants single phase election in the state which saw voting in six stages in the

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  War of words ahead of PM Modi's visit to Bihar

  Politics | July 24, 2015 16:03 IST

  Patna:  A war of words erupted between the BJP-led NDA and the alliance led by the ruling JD-U on Friday over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's July 25 visit to the state.While BJP leaders were upbeat

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  Did Nitish Kumar refers to Lalu Yadav as snake?

  Politics | July 22, 2015 14:20 IST

  Patna: Despite joining hands to counter Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, the difference between the Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad has once again come in the public eye.During

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  Opposition to raise Vyapam, Lalit modi issues in Parliament: JDU

  Politics | July 20, 2015 9:31 IST

  Muzaffarnagar: JDU has said Parliament would not be allowed to function unless the BJP government take action against those involved in the Lalit Modi controversy and the Vyapam scam.The Opposition would not allow Parliament to

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  JD-U, RJD in shock after NDA win in Bihar

  Politics | July 12, 2015 14:44 IST

  Patna:  Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Lalu Prasad's RJD are licking their wounds after being worsted by the BJP-led NDA in legislative council polls.Contrary to the ruling coalition's expectations, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic

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  BJP-led NDA trounces Lalu-Nitish alliance in Bihar, wins 13 out of 24 seats in Council elections

  Politics | July 10, 2015 18:04 IST

  Patna: In a major setback to RJD-JD(U)-Congress alliance, the BJP-led NDA alliance  has won 13 out of 24 seats in Bihar Legislative Council elections.RJD-JD(U)-Congress alliance could manage to win just 10 seats.An independent candidate Ritlal

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  Bail application of JD(U) MLA Anant Singh rejected

  Politics | July 10, 2015 17:58 IST

  Patna: The bail petition of incarcerated JD(U) MLA Anant Singh in an Arms Act case was today rejected by a district court here.Judicial Magistrate Raghvendra Narayan Singh did not entertain the bail application of the

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  JD(U) launches campaign song for upcoming Bihar elections

  Politics | July 03, 2015 17:06 IST

  Patna:  Banking on catchy tunes and exuberant lyrics, JD(U) today released its campaign song ‘Bihar mein bahaar ho, Nitishe Kumar ho' (Let there be prosperity in Bihar, let there be only Nitish Kumar) for the

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  Nitish Kumar sounds poll bugle with 'Har Ghar Dastak'

  Politics | July 02, 2015 16:38 IST

  Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today began JD(U) campaign for upcoming Assembly elections through a programme called “Har Ghar Dastak” to seek feedback about the work done by the state government in the past.

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  JD(U) MLA Anant Singh sent to 14-days judicial custody

  Politics | June 25, 2015 11:16 IST

  Patna:  A local court has remanded  influential JD(U) MLA Anant Singh to 14 days' judicial custody in connection with a kidnapping case at Bihta.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Danapur Tribhuvan Nath late last night remanded

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  Using Yoga for politics banned in poll-bound Bihar

  Politics | June 21, 2015 10:56 IST

  Patna:  Ahead of the International Yoga Day celebrations, the State Election Commission (SEC) in poll-bound Bihar prohibitted using yoga for politics on Sunday after a complaint by the ruling JD-U, officials said.The directive was issued

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  Lalu-Nitish alliance will fail in Bihar polls, says Ram Vilas Paswan

  Politics | June 20, 2015 7:29 IST

  Bengaluru: Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said on Friday that the political alliance of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad is bound to fail in the upcoming assembly elections in Bihar.Bihar Chief