The incident is said to have taken place on Thursday when students of Upgraded Middle School Bhatachak of Sadar block area arrived to participate in the competition organized in the auditorium of CRC building located in Bhajore village.

Jamui (Bihar) [India], July 17 (ANI): A bus carrying Bihar Military Police (BMP) jawans in the Malaypur area of Bihar's Jamui district met with an accident on Sunday resulting in the injuries of 23 BMP jawans.

New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI/BusinessWire India): School students of U18 Launchpad showcased their innovative ventures in a grand culmination event at IIT Delhi.

Patna Apr 26 PTI The Bihar Police have claimed to have choked the supply chain of weapons to Maoists during a sustained anti-Naxal crackdown leading to a drastic reduction in their strengthAn illegal arms factory a major source of weapons for the Naxals was recently busted by the Special Task Force STF and Central forces in Nawada Additional Director General STF-operation Bihar Police Sushil Mansingh Khopde saidIt was a major success and similar operations by the STF have helped in bringing down the number of left-wing extremists to not more than 80 Khopde told PTINow our security forces are moving towards making 10 most troubled administrative blocks or villages in three districts Gaya Lakhisarai and Jamui free from left-wing insurgency the ADG saidBesides five special forward bases are also being set up in troubled areas including the hills near Sherghati and Chakarbanda forests in these districts he addedSecurity forces had arrested six persons for allegedly running an illegal arms factory in Nawada district last month Custodial interrogation of the accused revealed that Maoists of the area were in constant touch with them for the procurement of weapons We also busted two other illegal arms factories that were major sources of arms supply to the Naxals said the ADGHowever there are certain areas in the state where overground workers OGW of Maoists are still active and in some cases they provide logistical support to the ultras Khopde saidOGWs of Naxals are still active in Bagaha Munger Arwal Nawada Kaimur and Jehanabad districts We are keeping a close watch on them he saidA national policy and an action plan are being implemented to combat left-wing extremism in the country the ADG said pointing out that the Central and the state governments have been working closely to tackle the problemSeveral interventions are being made both security and development related as a result of which there has been a marked improvement in the left-wing extremism scenario said Khopde PTI PKD MM MM

Jamui (Bihar) [India], April 16 (ANI): Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Friday said that Lord Ram was not a God but a mere character created by Tulsidas and Valmiki to convey their thoughts.

New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): With the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) party chief Chirag Paswan claiming humiliation over eviction from the 12, Janpath bungalow, the government has claimed that the action has been taken as per the rules while sufficient time was given to the occupants to vacate the place.

Patna Jan 22 PTI In a blistering attack on the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar its strident detractor Chirag Paswan on Saturday equated hooch deaths in the state with murder and renewed the demand for Presidents rule Paswan also alleged that the chief minister went after whoever dared to show him the mirror a reason why the knives are out in his JDU for BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal after the latter pointed out shortcomings in the prohibition law The spurt in hooch death cases across Bihar is proof that sale and manufacture of spurious liquor are rampant in the state he said The Jamui MP heads a splinter group of the LJP founded by his late father Ram Vilas Paswan Barely a week ago I had visited Nalanda the home district of the chief minister where so many people had died and wails of bereaved women presented such a distressing sight And now we have another episode in Chapra in Saran he said At least five people have died in Saran district in what appears to be yet another case of suspected hooch tragedy in the dry state officials said on Friday The incident came less than a week after 11 people died in Nalanda after consuming spurious liquor Can the chief minister assure that henceforth no such unfortunate incident will take place If not then it means the perpetrators enjoy his patronage and the deaths can be equated with murder said Paswan who remains in news for his vitriolic attacks on the CM and his own isolation in the very party he once headed notwithstanding It is for this very reason that I say Bihar does not need a chief minister like him and clamping of Presidents rule is the only way out he said Paswan had made the demand in a letter to Governor Phagu Chauhan earlier this week Last year around Deepawali hooch had claimed more than 40 lives in West Champaran Gopalganj Muzaffarpur and Samastipur districts Paswan also questioned why not a single bootlegger has been nabbed in the state where in the name of enforcement of prohibition many excesses have been committed by the police Sale and consumption of alcohol were completely banned in Bihar in April 2016 The former chief of undivided LJP who has predicted the fall of the government on account of discord within the NDA was also asked about the JDU leaders relentless attacks on Jaiswal This is Nitish Kumars character He considers whoever shows him the mirror his personal enemy It was the case with me So is it with Sanjay Jaiswal he said A former loyalist of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who seems to have been left in the lurch by the BJP Paswan was asked about some JDU leaders charge that he was laalten ka chirag - an allusion that he was being surreptitiously backed by the opposition RJD I am the Chirag of late Ram Vilas Paswan was the curt reply of the young leader PTI NAC BDC BDC

Jamui (Bihar) [India], November 16 (ANI): At least six people lost their lives and five others were injured after their vehicle collided with a truck near Bihar's Lakhisarai district on Tuesday.

Patna Oct 30 PTI Polling is underway for Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats in Bihar where by-elections have been necessitated by the deaths of sitting MLAs both belonging to Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JDU Altogether 17 candidates are in the fray for the two seats eight in Tarapur and nine in Kusheshwar Asthan The JDUs bid to retain these seats is being challenged by the RJD headed by Kumars arch rival Lalu Prasad The JDU has placed its bet on fresh faces in both seats In Tarapur which has fallen vacant upon Mewa Lal Chaudharys demise the party has fielded Rajiv Kumar Singh while in the reserved Kusheshwar Asthan debutant Awadh Bhushan Hazari seeks to retain for his party the seat his father Shashi Bhushan Hazari had won three times in a row The RJD which boasts of a formidable support base in the form of the Muslim-Yaadav MY combination has made the battle harder for JDU with its deft play of the caste card in both seats In Tarapur which has so far sent only Yadavs or Koeris to the assembly the RJD has fielded Arun Sah a Vaishya seeking to win over a community that has traditionally been with the BJP and its allies The JDU has been sharing power with the BJP for more than a decade and a half It started off as a senior partner in the coalition but of late has ceded the upper hand to the saffron party which has emerged as a near hegemonic force in the Hindi heartland Similarly in Kusheshwar Asthan the RJD has fielded Ganesh Bharti who belongs to the Musahar community which aspires to get its due among the Dalits However in both seats the Congress and the Chirag Paswan-headed faction of Lok Janshakti Party could to play a decisive role if the contest between JDU and RJD turns out to be a close one The Congress which has for long remained content as a subservient junior partner of the RJD in Bihar decided to pull itself by its bootstraps after being humiliated by the domineering senior ally The RJDs announcement of candidates for both seats without taking into confidence the Congress which had contested Kusheshwar Asthan in assembly polls last year proved to be the proverbial last straw The party has fielded Atirek Kumar son of Ashok Ram who gave Shashi Bhushan Hazari a tough fight a year ago In Tarapur which the Congress had never intended to fight until the decision to call off the alliance it has fielded Rajiv Kumar Mishra a well-known social worker who is an upper caste Brahmin and had polled about 10000 votes when he fought in the assembly polls as an Independent Another upper caste candidate in Tarapur is Kumar Chandan a Rajput who is contesting on the ticket of LJP Ram Vilas which Chirag heads For Chirag the by-polls in both seats would be a test of his strength after the split in the party founded by his father of which a major chunk has rallied with his rebellious uncle and cousin Pashupati Kumar Paras and Prince Raj respectively While Tarapur falls within Chirags own Jamui Lok Sabha constituency Kusheshwar Asthan is a part of Samastipur which Prince Raj represents Chirags candidate in Kusheshwar Asthan Anju Devi is the only woman in the fray PTI NAC JRC JRC JRC

Patna Oct 25 PTI Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit the campaign trail for by-elections to Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan assembly seats which his JDU must retain convincingly to arrest its further erosion The by-elections to both seats have been necessitated by the deaths of respective JDU MLAs Tarapur MLA Mewa Lal Chaudhary died in the second wave of COVID 19 while Shashi Bhushan Hazari who represented reserved Kusheshwar Asthan breathed his last at a Delhi hospital where he was undergoing treatment for Hepatitis After the assembly elections last year Kumar retained the Chief Ministers post though his party suffered a major slump and its tally dipped to under 45 seats in the 243-strong assembly It also lost the edge to the BJP its junior ally for many years which returned with a tally of more than 70 finishing second in terms of the number of seats after RJD A major factor that seems to be going in favour of Kumar is that the NDA of which he is a part has presented a picture of cohesion unlike the opposition which seems to be in a divided mess The old Congress-RJD alliance is now over and both parties are fighting it out in the by-elections Queering the pitch further Chirag Paswans faction of the LJP has fielded its candidates in both seats Although not much of a force to reckon with across the state Chirag has a point to prove in Tarapur which falls under his own Jamui Lok Sabha seat and Kusheshwar Asthan which is a part of reserved Samastipur parliamentary constituency represented by his cousin Prince Raj who sided with uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras to split the party founded by his late father Ram Vilas Paswan Kumar gave a clear indication of the value he attaches to the cohesion in the NDA for the victory of his candidates in the two seats At his rallies in both Tarapur and Kusheshwar Asthan he sought to underscore the candidate is not just of one party but of the entire NDA Leaders of the BJP and the LJP Paras faction have come out in open support Voting for both seats will take place on October 30 PTI NAC MM MM