Raju Kumar Singh

Amid heightened security for President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit, unidentified criminals uprooted an HDFC bank ATM from its kiosk and fled after loading it in a SUV from village Ishopur under Phulwarisharif police station area in western Patna on Thursday wee hours.

The Muzaffarpur police have pasted a notice outside the house of absconding BJP legislator raju kumar singh, asking him to surrender.

Bihar assembly speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary on Saturday terminated the membership of four more ruling JD (U) MLAs and also disqualified them from availing any privilege and facility which they would have been entitled to as former MLA

A day after the assembly Speaker Uday Narain Chaudhary terminated the membership of four JD (U) MLAs on the ground of anti-party activities, the party on Sunday expelled them.

Sharp differences within the legislature group of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP), an NDA constituent, surfaced on Saturday over the new political line adopted by the party’s chief Mukesh Sahani and his “fondness” for RJD national president Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.

Two members of Manipur-based insurgent group UNLF, who were nabbed here on charges of extortion, will not be tried in Bangalore but taken to Manipur, according to joint police commissioner M R Poojar.

With assembly polls impending, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has inducted seven BJP legislators into the cabinet, raising its strength to 36. This expansion, the third in 13 months, sees BJP ministers outnumber JD(U) at 21 to 13. The added ministers hail from various backgrounds, with representation from Mithilanchal, backward and extremely backward classes, and upper castes, indicating a strategic move ahead of elections.

Seven BJP MLAs joined the Bihar cabinet led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The induction brings the cabinet to its maximum legal strength of 36 members. The new ministers were administered oaths by Governor Arif Mohammad Khan.

The long arms of law that stopped short of politicians in past are fast catching up with this breed of lawbreakers.

Amid tight security for President Ram Nath Kovind’s visit, criminals uprooted an automated teller machine (ATM) of HDFC Bank and fled after loading it in an SUV at Ishopur village under the Phulwarisharif police station area in Patna in the wee hours of Thursday.

Children of poor and marginal farmers from remote villages in Nalanda district bagged six medals including two golds at ‘East Zone Shooting Championship’ held recently held at Khel Gaon, Ranchi.

Nitish Kumar's NDA government in Bihar expanded its cabinet with seven new BJP MLAs, including Sanjay Saraogi and Sunil Kumar, taking oath as ministers. This reshuffle took place ahead of the assembly elections in November. Previously, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal resigned from his ministerial role, adhering to the party's 'One Person, One Post' policy.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar inaugurated Cosmas Lifestyle Pvt. Ltd., a bag manufacturing unit in Muzaffarpur, established under the Bihar Textiles and Leather Policy 2022, with an investment of Rs37 crore. The unit, spread across 5 acres, aims to produce high-quality, low-cost bags and accessories, providing employment to approximately 1200 people, with 40% being women, fostering economic growth in the region.

Five armed criminals wearing masks barged into the house of one raju kumar singh at Jagdev Nagar under Masaurhi police station area and decamped with cash and valuables after holding his family hostage on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.

Muzaffarpur police conducted raids at the residence of BJP legislator raju kumar singh and seized two luxury vehicles along with a firearm late on Friday in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a RJD leader. The legislator, who represents Sahibganj in the assembly, has been evading arrest, police said on Saturday. Police acted soon after RJD leader Tulsi Prasad Yadav registered an FIR with the Paroo police station, charging the BJP legislator with kidnapping and assaulting him in captivity.