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Baba Ramdev followers observing fast in Bihar

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Activists of Bharat Swabhiman Trust continued their Satyagraha for the sixth consecutive day in Bihar in support of the indefinite fast launched by Baba Ramdev against corruption.

Chopper carrying Bihar Minister makes emergency landing

A Bihar government helicopter with Minister for Road Construction Nand Kishore Yadav and five others onboard today made an emergency landing after being air-borne for 20 minutes as thunderstorm erupte

3 undertrial prisoners die of poisoning in Ranchi

Three undertrial prisoners of a major jail in Jharkhand died on Sunday in a mysterious incident of food poisoning reportedly after consuming a cold drink, sparking off allegations that they were elimi

Opposition attacks Nitish over police firing deaths

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The Opposition parties in Bihar were on Monday up in arms against chief minister Nitish Kumar, holding him responsible for last week’s police firing in Araria district in which four people were killed.

Bihar cops shoot boy, then kick him to death

In arguably the most shocking evidence of brutality by the Bihar police, revealed on Saturday, a teenager hit by a bullet and lying immobile, but alive, on the ground was kicked repeatedly

Bihar: Uniformed cops egged on jawan

Some in the group of about six uniformed police officials that included SP Garima Mallik, who were present at the spot where a Bihar boy hit by a bullet in police firing and lying motionless was kicked repeatedly by a Home Guard jawan, were encouraging the jawan, saying “Maar saale ko (Hit the damned fellow).”

Rights panel seeks report on doctor’s murder in Bihar jail

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sought a report from the Bihar government over the brutal murder of a doctor by jail inmates last week and steps being taken for the safety of doctors on duty in prison, officials said on Saturday.

Four killed in police firing in Bihar, probe ordered

Four people were killed and over a dozen injured in police firing on a group of protesters in Bihar's Araria district on Friday evening, an official said. A probe has been ordered into the incident.

4 killed in firing at Bihar factory

A lingering dispute over land acquisition for an under-construction glucose and starch factory in Bihar’s Araria district between the factory owners and villagers turned violent on Friday. Four protesting villagers were killed and about 10 others were injured in the ensuing firing by the police.

Nitish govt hit by acts of MLAs

Six months after settling back in power armed with a massive mandate, the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar is now finding itself increasingly under political attacks due to the inappropriate behaviour of some of its ministers and MLAs and taking cautious steps at corrections.

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