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Patna Opposition Meet: Congress insists on common minimum programme, not on PM face for Lok Sabha elections 2024

Bihar Congress chief Akhilesh Prasad Singh claimed that when Opposition parties unite and contest the general elections next year, the BJP will come down to less than 100 seats. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Two held over involvement in CoWIN data 'leak'

A man from Bihar was arrested and a juvenile was apprehended in connection with their involvement in the alleged data leak from CoWIN portal, officials said on June 22, 2023

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Former Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) to support NDA

Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) on June 21, 2023 joined the NDA after Mr. Manjhi and national president of the HAM(S) Santosh Suman met Union Home Minister Amit Shah

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Kejriwal asks Opposition parties to clear stand on Centre's services ordinance for Delhi at Patna meeting

The Friday meeting of opposition parties has been called by Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar. Read more on The Hindu

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Childline to be merged with Emergency Response Support System in nine States and Union Territories

In the first phase, the Ministry plans to merge the Childline 1098 service with the Emergency Response Support System (ERSS) number 112 by the end of June in nine States and Union Territories — Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Goa, Mizoram, Ladakh, Puducherry, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and…

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Health Ministry team to visit Bihar, Uttar Pradesh to help with heat-related illnesses, says Mandaviya

The Ministry has asked the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue daily weather forecasts in a manner which can be easily interpreted and disseminated.

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Construction on the ‘world’s largest Ramayan temple’ begins in Bihar

Construction work began on June 20 for the “world’s largest Ramayan temple” in Bihar’s East Champaran district. Former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and secretary of the Patna-based Mahavir Temple Trust, Acharya Kishor Kunal, along with former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court, Justice S. N. Jha, and others, laid…

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Nitish Kumar is a puppet Chief Minister, alleges Bihar BJP chief

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Samrat Choudhary on June 19 made a scathing attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by calling him a “puppet”. He made this statement during a function at the party office in which several district-level leaders of the Congress, Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata…

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Heatwave in U.P. and Bihar kill nearly 100

This environment/weather/other states/national news by The Hindu reported on at least 96 people died in India’s Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, officials said on June 18, with swaths of the country reeling from a sweltering heatwave.

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Moga Jeweller's murder case: Four arrested from Bihar, Maharashtra

Punjab Police's Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) and Moga Police with the support of Bihar Police and Central agencies successfully solved the Moga Jeweller's killing case after arresting three accused persons from Patna in Bihar and one from Nanded in Maharashtra. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM(S) meeting in Patna postponed to June 19

The crucial executive committee meeting of Jitan Ram Manjhi-led Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM-Secular) that was supposed to take place in Patna on June 18 has been postponed.

The Hindu

BJP may go for early polls worried over Opposition unity gaining momentum: Bihar CM

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who caused a flutter by predicting early Lok Sabha poll, asserted that the possibility arose out of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s fears of his Opposition unity drive gaining momentum.

The Hindu

Bihar has improved on education front, says CBSE chairperson Nidhi Chhibber

Bihar has improved a lot and many changes have taken place in the field of education, said Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) chairperson Nidhi Chhibber here on June 16.

The Hindu

Dashrath Manjhi’s son Bhagirath Manjhi joins JD(U)

Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha election, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on June 16 roped in Bhagirath Manjhi, son of Dashrath Manjhi, the ‘Mountain Man’ of Bihar. Bhagirath Manjhi’s son-in-law Mithun Manjhi too joined the Janata Dal (United) in the presence of several senior leaders of the party.

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Bihar: JD(U) MLA Ratnesh Sada takes oath as Minister in Nitish cabinet

Chief Minister Kumar has decided to induct Sada in his cabinet after the resignation of Santosh Manjhi as Minister after differences of his party JD(U) with HAM. Must read further on Dynamite News:

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Bihar Cabinet expansion | JD(U) MLA Ratnesh Sada takes oath as Cabinet Minister in Nitish’s govt.

Ratnesh Sada took oath as Cabinet Minister in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar-led mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government in Bihar

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Odisha train accident | Bihar announces ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for families of victims from State

The Bihar government on Thursday announced an ex gratia payment of ₹2 lakh to the next kin of the 53 people from the State who died in the train accident in Odisha’s Balasore district on June 2.

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LJD to merge with RJD, formal announcement soon

The Kerala unit of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has formally decided to merge itself with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), an ally in the ruling Grand Alliance in Bihar.

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Governorship plus LS ticket for son likely in store for Manjhi as he weighs joining NDA

Jitan Ram Manjhi, who pulled his party out of Bihar’s mahagathbandhan, is being wooed to join the BJP-led NDA. He is reportedly being offered a Governor’s position for himself, as well as a Lok Sabha ticket for his son

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2024 Lok Sabha election could happen ahead of schedule: Nitish Kumar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Wednesday that the 2024 Lok Sabha election may happen before schedule.

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Opposition leaders condemn T.N. Minister’s arrest, call it ‘vendetta’

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav said T.N. Electricity Minister V. Senthilbalaji’s arrest by ED was a “planned action” to intimidate the Opposition and also expressed the apprehension that he too could be arrested just ahead of the meeting

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Nitish Kumar told me to 'merge or get out': Jitan Ram Manjhi

Jitan Ram Manjhi squarely blamed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his son Santosh Suman’s exit from the State Cabinet, following which the State’s ruling Mahagathbandhan slammed its doors on his party HAM

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₹1 crore hike in development fund for MLAs, MLCs in Bihar

After a cabinet meeting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced an increase in the development fund for MLAs and MLCs from Rs 3 crore to Rs 4 crore annually. The funds come under Chief Minister Local Area Development Scheme (CMLADS). The hike will be effective from the current financial year 2023.

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Bihar bridge collapse: Body of the missing security guard found after 10 days

Workers engaged in removal of debris of the collapsed four-lane Sultanganj-Aguwani Ghat bridge in Bihar’s Bhagalpur found the body of the missing security guard

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Ahead of Opposition meet in Patna, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Suman quits Bihar Cabinet

Ahead of the Opposition meet in Patna on June 23, former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s son Santosh Suman, on June 13, resigned from the Cabinet of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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