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Woman chops off man’s genitals in loan row
Angry over being asked to repay a loan, a woman in Bihar has chopped off the private parts of a man who had lent her the money, the police said on Sunday.
JD-U slams Cong on NCTC impasse
Riding high on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s opposition to the formation of NCTC and similar resistance from some other states, the JD(U) on Sunday mounted scathing criticism on the Congress and
Bihar youth’s hands chopped off for Rs 300
In a shocking incident, parts of both the hands of a young daily-wager from a backward caste in Bihar were chopped off by upper-caste people forcing him to work for a contractor in return for only Rs 300 he owed them.
Charges on Mishra, Lalu in fodder scam
In another tightening of the noose around politicians facing charges in the infamous `950-crore fodder scam, a special CBI court here on Thursday framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Congress CM Jagannath Mishra and 32 other accused.
Bihar House boils over Katju remark
A noisy uproar and walkouts by Opposition MLAs disrupted the Bihar Assembly on Monday as Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandeya Katju’s statements about press freedom being curtailed in the state came in for a heated debate and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi suggested the PCI chief’s removal.
Katju raps Bihar again, NDA hits back
Bihar politics was on Saturday enmeshed in wordy duels over Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Justice Markandey Katju’s statements about endangered press freedom in the state. But the retired Supreme Court judge continued his criticism of the Nitish Kumar-led government the second day.
Man ‘slain’ by TN cops alive in Bihar
One of the five men who the police in Chennai claimed to have killed in a controversial “encounter” on Thursday is actually alive in his village in Bihar. The voter ID cards of two other dead men bearing Bihar addresses have been found to be fake.
Bihar’s economy grew at 14.8% in 2011-12: Modi
The Bihar government’s economic survey report for 2011-12 on Wednesday claimed that the state’s economy grew at 14.8 per cent in 2010-11 compared to the same in 2009-10 and that the annual growth rate from 2004-05 to 2010-11 stood at 11.36 per cent.
Jharkhand leaders caught in tribal lands law row
In the middle of a raging, divisive debate in Jharkhand over the provisions of a law that aims to protect the tribals’ land, several politicians, including some in the ruling coalition, are battling a
Suman quits Congress, scotches JD-U talk
Television actor-turned-politician Shekhar Suman has quit the Congress and his almost grounded political career on Saturday, saying he wants to focus full time on his TV shows and production company.
