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Presidential election 2017: Meet Opposition nominee Meira Kumar, a diplomat-turned-politician
National | Jul 17, 2017, 11:11 AM ISTShe was elected to Lok Sabha for the first time from Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh in 1985, defeating top dalit leaders Mayawati and Ram Vilas Paswan.
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PHED cashier arrested for taking Rs 27,000 bribe in Bihar’s Sasaram
India | Apr 13, 2017, 04:54 PM ISTA vigilance team has arrested a cashier of Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) for accepting Rs 27,000 bribe in Bihar’s Rohtas district.
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Bihar goes the UP way, authorities seal seven illegal slaughterhouses in Rohtas
India | Apr 01, 2017, 01:09 PM ISTCow slaughter is banned in Bihar as per a 1955 law. But flaws in the law permits killing of a cow, buffalo or bull.
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Journalist shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Bihar’s Sasaram
India | Nov 12, 2016, 01:18 PM ISTA journalist of a prominent vernacular daily was shot dead in Rohtas district of Bihar this morning. According to police, the scribe was killed over his articles on illegal stone chips units.
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Lalu will 'remote control' Bihar if grand alliance elected: PM Modi
National | Oct 09, 2015, 09:09 PM ISTSasaram: Scaling up his 'jungle raj' pitch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today warned that RJD chief Lalu Prasad will "remote control" the affairs in the state if the grand alliance came to power in Bihar.Addressing
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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar loses
India | May 16, 2014, 02:47 PM ISTPatna: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar lost from the Sasaram Lok sabha constituency in Bihar by around 61,000 votes.The Congress candidate was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's Chedi Paswan, a former minister who resigned from
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Former IAS officer K P Ramaiah to take on Meira Kumar in Sasaram
National | Mar 15, 2014, 03:35 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) today fielded Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Chowdhary and former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah from Jamui and Sasaram constituencies respectively for the Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira
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JD(U) fields K P Ramaiah against Meira Kumar in Sasaram
India | Mar 15, 2014, 02:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Janata Dal (United) today fielded Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Chowdhary and former bureaucrat K P Ramaiah from Jamui and Sasaram constituencies respectively for the Lok Sabha elections. Lok Sabha Speaker Meira