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"If we work together...," Sharad Pawar, Nitish Kumar plan joint Opposition fight against BJP

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) national president Sharad Pawar on Thursday met with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar in Mumbai and the two leaders stressed on the need for opposition parties to work together in the interest of the nation. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Not joining any front now, says Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik

Two days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik amidst speculations of strengthening opposition unity, Mr. Patnaik’s scheduled meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday indicated that chances of his party joining any national coalition were slim.

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Lok Sabha Election 2024: Nitish Kumar, Tejashwi Yadav meet Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday met Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree in Mumbai. Read further on Dynamite News:

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R.C.P Singh joins BJP, says Nitish will remain ‘palti maar’

Joining the BJP, RCP Singh took a swipe at Nitish Kumar saying he had compromised with his stand against crime and corruption in his love for the chair.

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar meets Jharkhand’s Soren for Opposition unity talks

A day after meeting Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar, Nitish Kumar called on Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren in Ranchi

The Hindu

Telecom Dept. deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand

Telecom Dept. deactivates 2.25 lakh mobile numbers in Bihar and Jharkhand as majority of the SIM cards were allegedly procured through forged documents.

The Hindu

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik remains non-committal to joining any alliance

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, however both the CMs claimed that no discussion on any political alliance between their parties took place

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Manipur violence: Students from Bihar share their ordeals

Bihari students stranded in the violence-hit Manipur on May 9 returned to Patna through a special flight arranged by the Bihar government. Altogether 172 students landed at Patna airport out of which 21 were from Jharkhand.

The Hindu

Sharad Pawar to meet Nitish Kumar on May 11, calls for alternative at Centre

Nationalist Congress Party supremo Sharad Pawar on May 8 expressed his belief that India needs an ‘alternative’ to the present NDA government and said he would meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the latter’s visit to Mumbai on May 11.

The Hindu

Bihar BJP delegation meets Governor, seeks judicial probe into communal violence during Ram Navami procession

The BJP leaders urged the Governor to announce a high-level inquiry and constitute a committee under the chairmanship of a judge of the Patna High Court

The Hindu

SC dismisses plea for relief by YouTuber accused of spreading fake news about ‘attacks’ on migrants in Tamil Nadu

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene in a plea filed by YouTuber Manish Kashyap to club and transfer to Patna the FIRs accusing him of spreading fake videos about Bihar migrants being under attack in Tamil Nadu.

The Hindu

SC directs Youtube Manish Kashyap to move to concerned HC with plea challenging detention order

The Supreme Court on Monday directed YouTuber Manish Kashyap to move to the concerned high court with his plea challenging a detention order of Tamil Nadu police under the National Security Act in the various FIRs registered against him over his videos relating to migrants labourers from Bihar being attacked…

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SC issues notice on plea challenging release of gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan

The Supreme Court on May 8 sought a response from Bihar Government on petition filed by the widow of murdered Gopalganj District Magistrate and IAS officer G. Krishnaiah challenging a tweak in the Bihar prison law, which facilitated the premature release of former Bihar MP and gangster-turned-politician Anand Mohan.

The Hindu

Migrant workers row | Supreme Court dismisses plea for relief by YouTuber accused of spreading fake news

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, Additional Advocate General Amit Tiwari and advocate Joseph Aristotle, for Tamil Nadu, said Manish Kashyap had “political aspirations and the videos were an attempt at political opportunism”.

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 270: Women in media, hazards of local journalism

This week, host Basant Kumar is joined by The Quint’s reporter Himanshi Dahiya, founder of Main Media Tanzil Asif and senior journalist from ETV Bihar Umesh Pandey.

The Hindu

Caste-based survey | Dispose-off case as early as possible, Bihar Govt appeals to Patna High Court

The Patna High Court has accepted a plea by the Nitish Kumar-led State government for an early hearing on a caste-based census in Bihar.

The Hindu

Nitish seeks security for Bihar people living in violence-hit Manipur

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked the chief secretary to talk to his counterpart in violence-hit Manipur to provide adequate security to people from the state living there.

The Hindu

Bihar BJP says Nitish Kumar responsible for communal violence in the State

Samrat Choudhary said that it was Nitish Kumar who created the situation of communal violence in the State

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Patna High Court orders stay on caste-based census in Bihar

The High Court on Thursday has ordered a stay on the Caste-based census in Bihar. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary may be party’s CM face in 2025 Assembly poll

Bhartiya Janata Party’s Bihar unit president Samrat Choudhary alias Rakesh Kumar may be the chief ministerial face of the party in 2025 State Assembly elections

AFP

India's growing population a burden for struggling mothers

Darbhanga (India) (AFP) - Married off by her parents at 14, Indian mother-of-seven Jaimala Devi kept having children because her husband insisted she could only stop once she had given birth to two sons.

The Hindu

Nitish Kumar engaged in politics of appeasement, alleges Bihar BJP chief Samrat Choudhary

Bihar BJP president Samrat Choudhary on May 3 slammed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after being denied permission to meet party leader Jawahar Prasad in Sasaram jail of Rohtas district.

The Hindu

In Bihar, upper caste outreach in a don’s release

Nitish Kumar hopes to woo the Rajputs and Bhumihars by setting Anand Mohan free

The Hindu

Bihar family gets ration card in minutes; elderly woman to receive free treatment at RCC

The case of family that received priority card with all procedures completed in minutes. The family returned from the venue with the light of hope in their eyes

The Hindu

Six former bureaucrats join Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraj campaign

Inspired by the ongoing work carried out by poll strategist Prashant Kishor, six bureaucrats on May 2 joined the latter’s campaign Jan Suraj.

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