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A special NIA Court in Patna on Monday pronounced quantum of punishment for 9 convicts in the 2013 blasts at PM candidate Narendra Modi's rally in Patna.
The court has handed death sentence to four convicts, while two have been given life imprisonment,.two others have been given 10 year jail term and one convict has been sentenced to 7 year jail. Blasts had occurred at venue of then PM candidate Narendra Modi&rsquo;s rally at Gandhi Maidan in&nbsp;Patna. The serial blasts had left six dead and scores injured.
Those who were pronounced guilty are Imtiaz Ansari, Mujibullah, Haider Ali, Firoz Aslam, Omar Ansari, Iftekhar, Ahmed Husain, Umair Siddiqui and Azharuddin. The court acquitted Fakhruddin.
Although no terror outfit claimed responsibility for the serial blasts, the involvement of SIMI and its new avatar, the Indian Mujahideen, have been suspected.
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Blast at Modi rally in 2013: 4 convicts get death sentence

4 get death sentence for role in serial blasts at Narendra Modi's rally in Patna in 2013 that left six dead

Blast at Modi rally in 2013: 4 convicts get death sentence.
2 get life term,&nbsp;2 get 10-year jail, &amp; 1 gets 7-year jail term.
Serial blasts had rocked PM candidate Narendra Modi&rsquo;s rally in Patna
6 were killed and scores injured in serial blasts at Modi's&nbsp;rally

No terror outfit claimed responsibility for the serial blasts at Narendra&nbsp;Modi's rally, involvement of SIMI and Indian Mujahideen&nbsp;suspected

A special NIA Court in Patna on Monday pronounced quantum of punishment for 9 convicts in the 2013 blasts at PM candidate Narendra Modi's rally in Patna.
The court has handed death sentence to four convicts, while two have been given life imprisonment,.two others have been given 10 year jail term and one convict has been sentenced to 7 year jail. Blasts had occurred at venue of then PM candidate Narendra Modi&rsquo;s rally at Gandhi Maidan in&nbsp;Patna. The serial blasts had left six dead and scores injured.
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/india-news/bengal-another-round-of-bombs-blasts-outside-bjp-mp-s-house-tmc-says-staged-1631623000104">Bengal: more bomb blasts outside BJP MP&rsquo;s house, TMC says 'staged&rsquo;</a>
Those who were pronounced guilty are Imtiaz Ansari, Mujibullah, Haider Ali, Firoz Aslam, Omar Ansari, Iftekhar, Ahmed Husain, Umair Siddiqui and Azharuddin. The court acquitted Fakhruddin.
Although no terror outfit claimed responsibility for the serial blasts, the involvement of SIMI and its new avatar, the Indian Mujahideen, have been suspected.
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The 5.50km-long Digha-AN Sinha Institute stretch of the ambitious 'Ganga Pathway', considered Patna&rsquo;s version of Mumbai&rsquo;s famous Marine Drive, will be opening partially for vehicular traffic by March next year, according to the Hindustan Times.&nbsp;
The 'Ganga&nbsp;Pathway' is a part of a ₹3,390 crore signature project coming up on the southern bank of River Ganga to minimise traffic on the congested Ashok Rajpath.
The foundation stone of the&nbsp;20.50km four-lane expressway&nbsp;was laid in 2013 under the second term of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The project was scheduled to be completed in 2017. However, it got delayed owing to multiple reasons including&nbsp;procedural delays in land acquisition and design modifications&nbsp;
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Patna's version of Mumbai’s Marine Drive to open in March next year

Patna is all set to get its own version of Mumbai&rsquo;s famous Marine Drive. The 5.50km-long Digha-AN Sinha Institute stretch of the ambitious Ganga Pathway is all set to be opened in March next year.&nbsp;

<ul>
<li>5.50km-long Digha-AN Sinha Institute stretch of the Ganga Pathway in Patna&nbsp;to open in March&nbsp;</li>
<li>The total cost of the Patna&rsquo;s Ganga pathway is estimated to be&nbsp;₹3,390 crore</li>
<li>Ganga&nbsp;Pathway to&nbsp;minimise traffic on the congested Ashok Rajpath</li>
<li>Ganga&nbsp;Pathway project delayed due to&nbsp;procedural delays in land acquisition&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

The 5.50km long Digha-AN Sinha institute stretch is part of the Rs 3,390 crore ambitious project on the southern banks of the Ganga river in a bid to minimise the traffic.

The 5.50km-long Digha-AN Sinha Institute stretch of the ambitious 'Ganga Pathway', considered Patna&rsquo;s version of Mumbai&rsquo;s famous Marine Drive, will be opening partially for vehicular traffic by March next year, according to the Hindustan Times.&nbsp;
The 'Ganga&nbsp;Pathway' is a part of a ₹3,390 crore signature project coming up on the southern bank of River Ganga to minimise traffic on the congested Ashok Rajpath.
The foundation stone of the&nbsp;20.50km four-lane expressway&nbsp;was laid in 2013 under the second term of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The project was scheduled to be completed in 2017. However, it got delayed owing to multiple reasons, including&nbsp;procedural delays in land acquisition and design modifications&nbsp;
Also watch:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/tiger-project-india-s-success-story-1627427750813" target="_blank">In depth | The Tiger Project and India's success story</a>
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Water entered Covid-19 ward of a top district hospital in Bihar&nbsp;following heavy rainfall in the state.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;News agency ANI released footage of the inundated Covid-19 ward at&nbsp;Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital,&nbsp;which is a&nbsp;key health facility in the region.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Visuals from the institution show at least ankle-deep levels of storm water in passageways and wards full of patients.&nbsp;Stray dogs, too, were seen loitering in the lobbies of the medical facility.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The report said&nbsp;similar&nbsp;condition&nbsp;were&nbsp;of some other medical facilities.&nbsp;NDTV reported&nbsp;that medicines could reportedly be seen floating in Patna's Jai Prabha Hospital as rainwater entered its premises.

Watch: rain submerges Bihar hospitals, Covid-19 ward inundated 

Water entered Covid-19 ward of a top district hospital in Bihar&nbsp;following heavy rainfall in the state.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; News agency ANI released footage of the inundated Covid-19 ward at&nbsp;Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital,&nbsp;which is a&nbsp;key health facility in the region.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Visuals from the institution show at least ankle-deep levels of storm water in passageways and wards full of patients.&nbsp;Stray dogs, too, were seen loitering in the lobbies of the medical facility.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The report said&nbsp;similar&nbsp;condition&nbsp;were&nbsp;of some other medical facilities.&nbsp;NDTV reported&nbsp;that medicines could reportedly be seen floating in Patna's Jai Prabha Hospital as rainwater entered its premises.

Several Bihar hospitals flooded due to heavy rainfall
Darbhanga's&nbsp;hospital's&nbsp;Covid-19&nbsp;ward inundated
Ankle-deep water inside hospital, stray dogs take shelter&nbsp;
Patna's&nbsp;Jai&nbsp;Prabha&nbsp;Hospital filled with rainwater

Water entered Covid-19 ward of a top district hospital in Bihar&nbsp;following heavy rainfall in the state.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; News agency ANI released footage of the inundated Covid-19 ward at&nbsp;Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital,&nbsp;which is a&nbsp;key health facility in the region.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Visuals from the institution show at least ankle-deep levels of storm water in passageways and wards full of patients.&nbsp;Stray dogs, too, were seen loitering in the lobbies of the medical facility.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; The report said&nbsp;similar&nbsp;condition&nbsp;were&nbsp;of some other medical facilities.&nbsp;NDTV reported&nbsp;that medicines could reportedly be seen floating in Patna's Jai Prabha Hospital as rainwater entered its premises.

Covaxin, Bharat Biotech's vaccine, cleared for Phase 3 trials

Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has been cleared for the third phase of clinical trials.
The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker had applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on October 2, seeking its permission.
The study would cover 28,500 subjects above the age of 18, and would be conducted in 19 sites - including Delhi, Mumbai, Patna and Lucknow.
Besides, Bharat Biotech, an indigenously developed vaccine candidate by Zydus Cadila Ltd is also in Phase 2 of human clinical trials.

Covaxin & Bharat Biotech's vaccine, cleared for Phase 3 trials

Covaxin, the coronavirus vaccine being developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has been cleared for the third phase of clinical trials.
The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker had applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on October 2, seeking its permission.
The study would cover 28,500 subjects above the age of 18, and would be conducted in 19 sites - including Delhi, Mumbai, Patna and Lucknow.
Besides, Bharat Biotech, an indigenously developed vaccine candidate by Zydus Cadila Ltd is also in Phase 2 of human clinical trials.

I-T notice to Cong after ₹8.5 lakh seized outside Patna office

A team of Income Tax officials on Thursday issued a notice to the Congress after money was recovered from a vehicle parked outside its Patna office. One person detained outside the campus of the office after ₹8.5 Lakh was recovered from him. The person in his statement before IT Department said that the cash from Congress Office was supposed to be delivered to someone in Patna. IT sleuths have now issued a notice to the party asking about the source of funds and who in Congress gave cash to this individual.
"They served notice after money was recovered from a vehicle outside the compound. No money recovered within the compound. We will cooperate. 22 kg gold, 2.5 kg silver was recovered from BJP candidate from Raxaul. Why is IT not going there?," Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil said.

BITE of Shaktisinh Gohil:&nbsp;"They served notice after money was recovered from a vehicle outside the compound. No money recovered within the compound. We will cooperate. 22 kg gold, 2.5 kg silver was recovered from BJP candidate from Raxaul. Why is IT not going there?"
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I-T Dept issues notice to Congress
₹8.5 lakh&nbsp;seized from outside Cong's&nbsp;Patna&nbsp;office
One person arrested, says money was from Cong office
I-T has asked Congress for source of the money
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A team of Income Tax officials on Thursday issued a notice to the Congress after money was recovered from a vehicle parked outside its Patna office. One person was&nbsp;detained outside the office after ₹8.5 Lakh was recovered from him. The person in his statement before IT officials said that the cash from Congress Office was supposed to be delivered to someone in Patna. IT sleuths have now issued a notice to the party asking about the source of funds and who in Congress gave cash to this individual.
"They served notice after money was recovered from a vehicle outside the compound. No money recovered within the compound. We will cooperate. 22 kg gold, 2.5 kg silver was recovered from BJP candidate from Raxaul. Why is IT not going there?," Congress' Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil said.

Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi tests positive for Covid-19

Bihar&nbsp;Deputy CM,&thinsp;Sushil Kumar Modi&nbsp;tested positive for Covid-19, admitted to AIIMS&nbsp;Patna&nbsp;

Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi tests Covid positive

Bihar&nbsp;deputy CM tests Covid&nbsp;positive
Sushil Kumar Modi&nbsp;admitted to Patna&nbsp;AIIMS
Parameters normal, back soon, minister tweeted
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Deputy chief minister of Bihar,&thinsp;Sushil Kumar Modi, tested positive for the coronavirus disease&nbsp;on Thursday. The BJP leader took to Twitter to inform that&nbsp;has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna. Modi said that his parameters are perfectly normal, adding he will be back soon for campaigning for the upcoming state assembly polls.

Nitish attends Ram Vilas Paswan's 'shraddh', meets Chirag

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;on Tuesday attended the 'shraadh' ceremony of late LJP&nbsp;founder and Union Minister Ram Vilas&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;in Patna&nbsp;and met his son Chirag. The gesture of solidarity comes amid constant back and forth of barbs&nbsp;between JD(U) and LJP&nbsp;ahead of the Bihar&nbsp;polls. Chirag&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;recently quit the NDA&nbsp;alliance in Bihar, of which JD(U) is also a part, citing difference with Nitish&nbsp;Kumar.&nbsp;

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;on Tuesday attended the 'shraadh' ceremony of late LJP&nbsp;founder and Union Minister Ram Vilas&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;in Patna&nbsp;and met his son Chirag. The gesture of solidarity comes amid constant back and forth of barbs&nbsp;between JD(U) and LJP&nbsp;ahead of the Bihar&nbsp;polls. Chirag&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;recently quit the NDA&nbsp;alliance in Bihar, of which JD(U) is also a part, citing differences with Nitish&nbsp;Kumar.&nbsp;

Bihar polls: PM Modi to hold dozen rallies, seek vote for Nitish

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 12 rallies in Bihar&nbsp;ahead of polls, will seek vote for CM Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;for the first time.

PM Modi to hold dozen rallies ahead of Bihar elections

PM&nbsp;Modi&nbsp;to campaign in Bihar, to address 12 rallies
Modi&nbsp;to seek votes for Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;for the first time
Modi&nbsp;to start campaign on October 23&nbsp;

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address 12 rallies in Bihar to campaign for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance ahead of the October-November election in the state. The BJP said PM will address three rallies a day and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will share the stage with him in at least one of them. This is the first time that PM Modi is seeking votes for Nitish Kumar.
Modi will hold his first rally in Sasaram on October 23. He will also visit Gaya and Bhagalpur the same day. His last rally will be on November 3 in Araria. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis, who is overseeing the party's Bihar campaign, said PM Modi would visit Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur and Patna on 28th October, which the first day of voting.

Nitish insulted my father, worked against LJP in 2019 poll: Chirag

PTI, Patna:&nbsp;LJP president Chirag Paswan trashed on Thursday suggestions that he parted ways with Nitish Kumar's JD(U) because of differences over seat-sharing for the Bihar assembly polls, and accused the chief minister of harming the Dalit community by creating a sub-group of Mahadalits.
Paswan said his party had fought the Lok Sabha polls last year in alliance with the JD(U) because of the "compulsions" brought on by the return to the NDA of Kumar, whose party he accused of working against LJP candidates in the general elections in violation of the coalition dharma.
The 37-year-old, who recently lost his father Ram Vilas Paswan, the charismatic LJP founder, also alleged that Kumar had behaved "haughtily" when the late Union minister had called on him last year with the request to accompany him for filing nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha.

LJP president Chirag Paswan&nbsp;on Thursday dismissed suggestions that he parted ways with Nitish Kumar's JD(U) because of differences over seat-sharing for the Bihar assembly polls. The young LJP&nbsp;leader accused the chief minister of harming the Dalit community by creating a sub-group of Mahadalits.&nbsp;Paswan said his party had fought the Lok Sabha polls last year in alliance with the JD(U) because of the "compulsions" brought on by the return to the NDA of Kumar, whose party he accused of working against LJP candidates in the general elections in violation of the coalition dharma.&nbsp;The 37-year-old, who recently lost his father Ram Vilas Paswan&nbsp;also alleged that Kumar had behaved "haughtily" when the late Union minister had called on him last year with the request to accompany him for filing nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha.

PTI, Patna:&nbsp;LJP president Chirag Paswan trashed on Thursday suggestions that he parted ways with Nitish Kumar's JD(U) because of differences over seat-sharing for the Bihar assembly polls, and accused the chief minister of harming the Dalit community by creating a sub-group of Mahadalits.
Paswan said his party had fought the Lok Sabha polls last year in alliance with the JD(U) because of the "compulsions" brought on by the return to the NDA of Kumar, whose party he accused of working against LJP candidates in the general elections in violation of the coalition dharma.
The 37-year-old, who recently lost his father Ram Vilas Paswan, the charismatic LJP founder, also alleged that Kumar had behaved "haughtily" when the late Union minister had called on him last year with the request to accompany him for filing nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha.

Don't fall in anybody's 'publicity trap': Nitish to Bihar voters

PTI, Banka/Bhagalpur:&nbsp;Beginning his election tours with a public meeting at Banka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday alerted people not to fall in anybody's "publicity trap" else while their income would multiply but that of the common man would slide as was the case before the present dispensation came on the scene.
He cautioned people that any error in making a right decision while casting vote would pave way for return of condition that prevailed 15 years before the NDA assumed reins of the state in 2005 end.
After launching campaign for Bihar polls on Monday with a virtual rally and addressing two more digital rallies Tuesday, Kumar started addressing election meetings physically with a public meeting at Balua maidan in Banka district during the day.
From there he flew to Bhagalpur to address a second rally at Sultanganj and after that another one at Munger and the last in Mokama in the outskirts of Patna.
On return to the state capital, he addressed a virtual rally from the party headquarters in a bid to reach out to maximum number of people during the election.
Reports from ground zero suggested that while the CM and others sitting on the dais wore masks and maintained social distancing norms to ward off danger of spread of deadly coronavirus, among the general public who had turned up in good numbers in the rallies many were sighted without mask and standing in close proximity to each other.
Seeking vote for his party candidates, Kumar who heads the ruling Janata Dal (United), listed achievements of his governments in the last 15 years and reeled out figure to compare them with the situation prevailing in the state for an equal amount of time before that.
The RJD was in power in Bihar from 1990 to 2005. Kumar is at the helm of state affairs since then.
Kumar has already made it clear that "15 years vs 15 years" would be the dominant narrative in the present state elections.
"Look at the work and don't fall in anybody's publicity trap else while their income would multiply but yours would come down as was the case 15 years before we came on the scene to reconstruct Bihar," the JD(U)'s star campaigner said.
Making a scathing attack at his bete noire Lalu Prasad, Kumar said "some people work only for their wife, sons and daughters while for me the entire Bihar is the family for whom I work day and night." While, Prasad two sons and eldest daughter are occupying prominent posts in the party and also holding constitutional positions, neither Kumar's lone son nor any other members of his family are active in politics.
Kumar's wife has already died.
The RJD supremo's younger son Tejashwi Yadav has been accepted as their chief ministerial candidate by the Grand Alliance partners.
"Apne liye kaam karne wale andaar hai (those who work for themselves only are behind the bars today because of their deeds," he said while taking a veiled dig at Prasad.
Prasad is in jail in Ranchi after conviction in four cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.
Taking a jibe at the opponents, he said "while we will work for Bihar, they will work for upliftment of their family. We will work for progress while they will spend time on 'satyanash' (destruction) of the state." The JD(U) president reiterated that if voters give him another chance, his government would unroll "Saat Nischay" (Seven resolves) part II, to take up more developmental programmes in the state.
Seven resolves part I, launched by the Kumar administration for its 2015-20 term, comprised seven schemes to ensure basic necessities such as supply of piped drinking water, construction of toilets and concrete drains and electricity connection to every household. Most of the projects have been completed.
Its second part will focus on enhancing skill of youths to brighten their jobs prospect, promoting entrepreneurship among women by providing them financial assistance, irrigation facility to every agriculture field and additional health facilities for people and animals.
He made special mention of work done for empowerment of women by giving them 50 per cent reservation in election to panchayats and urban local bodies and earmarking 35 per cent jobs for them in the state government.

Beginning his election tours with a public meeting at Banka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday alerted people not to fall in anybody's "publicity trap" or else while their income would multiply but that of the common man would slide as was the case before the present dispensation came on the scene. He cautioned people that any error in making a right decision while casting vote would pave way for return of condition that prevailed 15 years before the NDA assumed reins of the state in 2005 end. After launching campaign for Bihar polls on Monday with a virtual rally, Kumar started addressing election meetings physically with a public meeting at Balua maidan in Banka district during the day.

PTI, Banka/Bhagalpur:&nbsp;Beginning his election tours with a public meeting at Banka, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday alerted people not to fall in anybody's "publicity trap" else while their income would multiply but that of the common man would slide as was the case before the present dispensation came on the scene.
He cautioned people that any error in making a right decision while casting vote would pave way for return of condition that prevailed 15 years before the NDA assumed reins of the state in 2005 end.
After launching campaign for Bihar polls on Monday with a virtual rally and addressing two more digital rallies Tuesday, Kumar started addressing election meetings physically with a public meeting at Balua maidan in Banka district during the day.
From there he flew to Bhagalpur to address a second rally at Sultanganj and after that another one at Munger and the last in Mokama in the outskirts of Patna.
On return to the state capital, he addressed a virtual rally from the party headquarters in a bid to reach out to maximum number of people during the election.
Reports from ground zero suggested that while the CM and others sitting on the dais wore masks and maintained social distancing norms to ward off danger of spread of deadly coronavirus, among the general public who had turned up in good numbers in the rallies many were sighted without mask and standing in close proximity to each other.
Seeking vote for his party candidates, Kumar who heads the ruling Janata Dal (United), listed achievements of his governments in the last 15 years and reeled out figure to compare them with the situation prevailing in the state for an equal amount of time before that.
The RJD was in power in Bihar from 1990 to 2005. Kumar is at the helm of state affairs since then.
Kumar has already made it clear that "15 years vs 15 years" would be the dominant narrative in the present state elections.
"Look at the work and don't fall in anybody's publicity trap else while their income would multiply but yours would come down as was the case 15 years before we came on the scene to reconstruct Bihar," the JD(U)'s star campaigner said.
Making a scathing attack at his bete noire Lalu Prasad, Kumar said "some people work only for their wife, sons and daughters while for me the entire Bihar is the family for whom I work day and night." While, Prasad two sons and eldest daughter are occupying prominent posts in the party and also holding constitutional positions, neither Kumar's lone son nor any other members of his family are active in politics.
Kumar's wife has already died.
The RJD supremo's younger son Tejashwi Yadav has been accepted as their chief ministerial candidate by the Grand Alliance partners.
"Apne liye kaam karne wale andaar hai (those who work for themselves only are behind the bars today because of their deeds," he said while taking a veiled dig at Prasad.
Prasad is in jail in Ranchi after conviction in four cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.
Taking a jibe at the opponents, he said "while we will work for Bihar, they will work for upliftment of their family. We will work for progress while they will spend time on 'satyanash' (destruction) of the state." The JD(U) president reiterated that if voters give him another chance, his government would unroll "Saat Nischay" (Seven resolves) part II, to take up more developmental programmes in the state.
Seven resolves part I, launched by the Kumar administration for its 2015-20 term, comprised seven schemes to ensure basic necessities such as supply of piped drinking water, construction of toilets and concrete drains and electricity connection to every household. Most of the projects have been completed.
Its second part will focus on enhancing skill of youths to brighten their jobs prospect, promoting entrepreneurship among women by providing them financial assistance, irrigation facility to every agriculture field and additional health facilities for people and animals.
He made special mention of work done for empowerment of women by giving them 50 per cent reservation in election to panchayats and urban local bodies and earmarking 35 per cent jobs for them in the state government.

India secure with Modi, Bihar with Nitish: BJP chief

Nitish&nbsp;Kumar&nbsp;changed political course in Bihar, says BJP&nbsp;Chief JP Nadda&nbsp;at election rally in Bihar's&nbsp;Gaya.&nbsp;

BJP chief JP Nadda said on Sunday that the Nitish Kumar government took care of the people of Bihar amid the Covid-19 pandemic. He asserted that it is important that the leadership of the state is secured with him.
Addressing an election rally at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Gaya, Nadda listed the development works done by the NDA government at the Centre in the last six years in the state. SOT-- "Leadership of India is secured in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is important that the leadership of Bihar is secured with Nitish Kumar.

BJP chief JP Nadda said on Sunday that the Nitish Kumar government took care of the people of Bihar amid the Covid-19 pandemic, asserting that it is important that the leadership of the state is secured with him.
Addressing an election rally at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Gaya, Nadda listed the development works done by the NDA government at the Centre in the last six years in the state.
"Nitish Kumar took care of the people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial assistance was also provided by his government to those outside the state," he said.
"Leadership of India is secured in the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and it is important that the leadership of Bihar is secured with Nitish Kumar," he added.
Nadda said that only four medical colleges were there in Bihar, but in the last six years, the state got 14 medical colleges and work is going on for 11 others.
"New dimensions of development are being written in Bihar and it is our responsibility to drive this development," he said.
Nadda is on a day-long visit to the state to strategise the BJP's poll campaign.
He arrived on a special plane in Patna where he was given a rousing welcome by party workers outside the airport.
Nadda then visited the renowned Hanuman temple in the city and offered prayers.
He also visited the JP Niwas at Kadamkuan and garlanded the statue of Jayaprakash Narayan.
The BJP chief then proceeded to Gaya for the public meeting.

President, PM pay last respects to Ram Vilas Paswan 

President Kovind and PM Modi paid their last respects to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's mortal remains at his residence on Friday. They were joined by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Giriraj Singh and BJP National President JP Nadda.
The flags at Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament flew at half-mast for the late LJP patron who passed away at the age of 74 at a Delhi hospital on Thursday, recovering after a heart surgery.
Paswan will be accorded a state funeral, home ministry officials said. The cremation will take place on Saturday in Patna.

President, PM pay last respects to Ram Vilas&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp; Flags at Rashtrapati&nbsp;Bhavan, Parliament at half-mast The LJP&nbsp;patron died on Thursday at the age of 74&nbsp; Ram Vilas&nbsp;Paswan&nbsp;will be accorded a state funeral

President Kovind and PM Modi paid their last respects to Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan's mortal remains at his residence on Friday. They were joined by Defence Minister Rajnath&nbsp;Singh, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad&nbsp;and BJP National President JP Nadda. Opposition leaders Rahul&nbsp;Gandhi and Sharad&nbsp;Pawar&nbsp;also paid tribute to the LJP&nbsp;chief.&nbsp;
The flags at Rashtrapati Bhavan and Parliament flew at half-mast for the late LJP patron who passed away at the age of 74 at a Delhi hospital on Thursday, recovering after a heart surgery.
Paswan will be accorded a state funeral, home ministry officials said. The cremation will take place on Saturday in Patna.

JD(U) list: Lalu's 'samdhi' gets ticket, ex-police chief ignored

RJD president Lalu Prasad's 'samdhi' Chandrika Roy has been nominated by the JD(U) from his traditional Parsa assembly seat, but name of the former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey is missing from the list of 115 candidates released by the party on Wednesday.

JD(U) list; Lalu's 'samdhi' gets ticket, ex-police chief ignored

RJD president Lalu Prasad's 'samdhi' Chandrika Roy has been nominated by the JD(U) as the Nitish&nbsp;Kumar-led party announced the&nbsp;list of 115 candidates.&nbsp; Roy, who is&nbsp;father of Tej Pratap Yadav's estranged wife Aishwarya, had recently switched over to the JD(U) from RJD.&nbsp;Roy will contest from Parsa&nbsp;and has represented the&nbsp;seat&nbsp;six times in the past. The name of the former state police chief Gupteshwar Pandey, who took VRS last month and later was given membership of the JD(U) by the chief minister himself, is missing from the list of nominees made public during the day.
Lalu's 'samdhi'&nbsp;Chandrika Roy to fight against RJD

PTI,&nbsp;Patna:&nbsp;RJD president Lalu Prasad's 'samdhi' Chandrika Roy has been nominated by the JD(U) from his traditional Parsa assembly seat, but name of the former DGP Gupteshwar Pandey is missing from the list of 115 candidates released by the party on Wednesday.
The JD(U) released list of the candidates at a press conference addressed by state president Basistha Narayan Singh, party leader in Rajya Sabha RCP Singh and its state working president Ashok Choudhary.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar headed party has already allocated seven seats out of its quota of 122 seats in the 243-member assembly to its associate partner Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) of former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi.
Roy, father of Tej Pratap Yadav's estranged wife Aishwarya, had recently switched over to the JD(U) from RJD.
Roy, son of former chief minister Daroga Prasd Rai and a minister in the RJD government in the past as well in the 2015 Grand Alliance ministry, will be in fray from Parsa constituency in Saran district which he has represented six times in the past.
The name of the former state police chief Gupteshwar Pandey, who took VRS last month and later was given membership of the JD(U) by the chief minister himself, is missing from the list of nominees made public during the day.
Buxar, hometown of Pandey and Shahpur constituency from where it was speculated in the media that he might contest the state polls have gone to the BJP under seat-sharing formula.
The JD(U) got two seats in the Buxar district- Dumraon and Rajpur (reserved SC)-where it named Anjum Ara and state minister Santosh Kumar Nirala respectively.
Kumar's party has yet not named anybody for the Valmiki Nagar Lok Sabha seat which will see by-election on November 7.
The by-poll has been necessitated due to death of JD(U0 sitting MP Baidyanath Mahto. There was hectic speculations in the media about chance of the former DGP being fielded from there.
Pandey, who had hit the national headlines in the death case of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, hopes now rest on Valmiki Nagar bypolls or a berth in the legislative council in future.
Though Pandey could not find place in the JD(U)'s list, his former police colleague Sunil Kumar, who retired as Director General (Home Guards) recently has been nominated by the JD(U) from Bhore (reserved seat) in Gopalganj district.
Majority of the ministers and turncoats have been given ticket by the JD(U).
Speaker of the outgoing assembly Vijay Kumar Chaudhary will contest from his traditional seat Saraiganj in Samastipur district.
Ministers- Bijendra Prasad Yadav, Ram Sevak Singh, Shrawan Kumar, Jai Kumar Singh, Bima Bharti, Madan Sahni, Khursheed Firoz Ahmad, Shailesh Kumar and Krishnandan Prasad Varma have been repeated from their old constituencies.
Jaivardhan Singh Yadav, grandson of former Bihar minister and a powerful yadav leader Ramlakhan Singh Yadav has been given ticket from his old seat Paliganj while Faraz Fatmi has been named from Darbhanga rural seat. Both had left RJD and joined JD(U) recently.
The two RLSP MLAs-Lallan Paswan and Sudhansu Sekhar- who had crossed over to Kumar's party have also been renominated.
HAM has already named its seven candidates. Jitan Ram Manjhi filed his nomination Wednesday from Imamganj (reserved SC) seat.&nbsp;

Driving tractor, Tejashwi rams govt on farm bills

"Anndaata&nbsp;made puppet of govt's&nbsp;fund daata":&nbsp;RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took part in a protest against the new farm bills driving a tractor in Patna

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday took part in a protest against the new farm bills driving a tractor in Patna. Hitting out at the Modi govt for anti-farmer policies, Tejashwi said that the govt has made "anndaata" a puppet through its "fund daata". He added that while the govt promised to double farmers' income by 2020, the new laws will,&nbsp;in fact, leave the farmers poorer.

Bihar DGP, known for 'Aukaat' remark, quits service, may fight polls

Bihar DGP&nbsp;Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday took voluntary retirement from service, triggering speculations that he would contest the upcoming state Assembly polls

Bihar DGP takes voluntary retirement, may contest polls

Bihar Director General of Police&nbsp;Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday took voluntary retirement from service, triggering speculations that the outspoken officer would contest the coming state Assembly polls.&nbsp;Pandey&nbsp;was involved in the investigation of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide in Mumbai.&nbsp;He had recently been in the headlines for his stout defence of the Nitish Kumar administration when it was under attack from the Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra over Bihar Police's probe into the death of Rajput. He had also courted controversy with his 'aukaat' remark on Rhea Chakraborty.
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Patna, PTI: Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Gupteshwar Pandey on Tuesday took voluntary retirement from service, triggering speculations that the outspoken officer would contest the coming state Assembly polls.
Pandey's request seeking voluntary retirement was approved by Governor Phagu Chauhan, a notification issued by the state home department said.
Director General (Homeguards) SK Singhal has been given additional charge of DGP, ADG (Headquarters) Jitendra Kumar told PTI.&nbsp;
Pandey, a 1987 batch IPS officer, was involved in the investigation of actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death by suicide in Mumbai.
He had recently been in the headlines for his stout defence of the Nitish Kumar administration when it was under attack from the Shiv Sena-led government in Maharashtra over Bihar Police's probe into the death of Rajput.&nbsp;
He had also courted controversy with his 'aukaat' remark on Rhea Chakraborty.
Bihar Assembly election is likely to be held in October-November.
Pandey had taken premature retirement to contest the Lok Sabha elections in 2009, but later the state government did not accept his VRS application and reinstated him in the service.

Bihar: Nitish attacks Lalu family in his first election speech

Kickstarting JD(U) campaign for Bihar Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday highlighted the development works done by his government in the past 15 years and asked party workers to tell new generation about the difference between the NDA and the RJD regimes

Kickstarting his party's campaign for Bihar Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday highlighted the development works done by his government in the past 15 years and asked party workers to tell new generation about the difference between the NDA and the RJD regimes.&nbsp;Stating that the state has witnessed an all-round development during the NDAs 15 years rule, Kumar said that law and order, education, health, road, energy, agriculture etc. witnessed a noticeable change during the period. He talked about prohibition in Bihar and made it clear that its going to stay in the state till he is in power.&nbsp;Kumar cited the central government data of 2018 to show that Bihars law and order situation was much better than many other states.
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PTI, Patna:&nbsp;Kickstarting JD(U) campaign for Bihar Assembly polls, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday highlighted the development works done by his government in the past 15 years and asked party workers to tell new generation about the difference between the NDA and the RJD regimes.
Kumar raked up the issue of former minister Chandrika Rai's daughter Aishwarya Rai, estranged wife of RJD president Lalu Prasads elder son Tej Pratap Yadav.
Their marriage has broken and the matter is pending in a Patna court.
Kumar also refered about Jai Vardhan Yadav, grandson of former union minister Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav.
Chandrika Rai and Jai Vardhan Yadav, both RJD MLAs and hailing from yadav caste, recently switched over to JD(U).
Kumar was addressing partys virtual rally named "Nischay Samvad" which was broadcast live through newly launched digital platform jdulive.com from Karpoori Thakur Sabhagar (conference hall) at the party office here.
The rally was also available on facebook, twitter and TV channels.
Thakur was a veteran socialist leader who served as chief minister of Bihar.
"I want to know what happened with former CM Daroga Prasad Rais son Chandrika Rai and his daughter Aishwarya Rai.
What kind of treatment was meted out to Aishwarya Rai.
"She is well educated. People talk on education and see what happened to educated people. This is a family matter on which I do not want to say anything, Kumar said taking an apparent dig at the RJD supremo and his family.
Stating that the state has witnessed an all-round development during the NDAs 15 years rule, Kumar said that law and order, education, health, road, energy, agriculture etc. witnessed a noticeable change during the period.
He talked about prohibition in Bihar and made it clear that its going to stay in the state till he is in power.
Kumar cited the central government data of 2018 to show that Bihars law and order situation was much better than many other states.
Bihar stands at 23rd rank in overall crime figures while it figures 33rd in rape cases and 29th in crime against women in the latest report of the Union government, he said to drive home the point.&nbsp;

Chirag Paswan slams Nitish ahead of LJP's key meet 

PTI, Patna:&nbsp;The Lok Janshakti Party will hold a crucial meeting of its Bihar leaders on Monday to decide whether to fight against the JD(U) in the upcoming state assembly polls amid worsening ties between the two members of the ruling NDA.
On the eve of the meeting, LJP president Chirag Paswan fired yet another salvo at JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying his decision to provide government jobs to kin of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community members who were killed is "nothing but an election-related announcement".
In a letter to the Bihar chief minister, he accused Kumar of not fulfilling earlier promises made to SCs and STs, including giving them three dismil of land.
The LJP president said that "if the Nitish Kumar government was sincere", it should give jobs to a family member of all those from the communities who were killed during its 15-year rule.
The LJP, whose main face is Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, and the JD(U) have been sniping at each other for months.
Kumar's decision to join hands with former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Dalit leader like the Paswans with a history of targeting the LJP, has further soured their ties.
While aiming at Kumar, Chirag Paswan has refrained from attacking the BJP and has even been lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
One of the options that Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan's party, now headed by his son Chirag Paswan, may consider is to remain a part of the BJP-led NDA at the Centre but to fight outside the coalition's fold in the state, while not contesting against the saffron party, sources said.
It may be noted that the LJP had in February 2005 fought against the RJD in the Bihar assembly polls, even though both regional parties were part of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.
The LJP put up candidates against the RJD while maintaining its ties with the Congress.
This had led to the formation of a hung assembly in the state, ending Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD's 15-year rule, and another assembly poll held a few months later saw the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and BJP alliance storming to power with their maiden majority.
While BJP leaders, including its national president J P Nadda, have been insisting that all three NDA parties will fight the upcoming polls together, sources said a sense of unease has crept in, with Kumar working to strengthen his position by actively wooing leaders from the RJD and tying up with Manjhi.
The JD(U) has also made it clear that it will not hold any seat-sharing talks with the LJP, as its ties have been traditionally with the BJP.
The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for the Bihar polls sometime this month. Polls to the 243-seat assembly are likely to be held in October-November.

The Lok Janshakti Party will hold a crucial meeting of its Bihar leaders on Monday to decide whether to fight against the JD(U) in the upcoming state assembly polls amid worsening ties between the two members of the ruling NDA. On the eve of the meeting, LJP president Chirag Paswan fired yet another salvo at JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying his decision to provide government jobs to kin of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community members who were killed is 'nothing but an election-related announcement'. The LJP, whose main face is Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, and the JD(U) have been sniping at each other for months.&nbsp;Kumar's decision to join hands with former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Dalit leader like the Paswans with a history of targeting the LJP, has further soured their ties.

PTI, Patna:&nbsp;The Lok Janshakti Party will hold a crucial meeting of its Bihar leaders on Monday to decide whether to fight against the JD(U) in the upcoming state assembly polls amid worsening ties between the two members of the ruling NDA.
On the eve of the meeting, LJP president Chirag Paswan fired yet another salvo at JD(U) president and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, saying his decision to provide government jobs to kin of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes community members who were killed is "nothing but an election-related announcement".
In a letter to the Bihar chief minister, he accused Kumar of not fulfilling earlier promises made to SCs and STs, including giving them three dismil of land.
The LJP president said that "if the Nitish Kumar government was sincere", it should give jobs to a family member of all those from the communities who were killed during its 15-year rule.
The LJP, whose main face is Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan, and the JD(U) have been sniping at each other for months.
Kumar's decision to join hands with former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, a Dalit leader like the Paswans with a history of targeting the LJP, has further soured their ties.
While aiming at Kumar, Chirag Paswan has refrained from attacking the BJP and has even been lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
One of the options that Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan's party, now headed by his son Chirag Paswan, may consider is to remain a part of the BJP-led NDA at the Centre but to fight outside the coalition's fold in the state, while not contesting against the saffron party, sources said.
It may be noted that the LJP had in February 2005 fought against the RJD in the Bihar assembly polls, even though both regional parties were part of the Congress-led UPA government at the Centre.
The LJP put up candidates against the RJD while maintaining its ties with the Congress.
This had led to the formation of a hung assembly in the state, ending Lalu Prasad Yadav's RJD's 15-year rule, and another assembly poll held a few months later saw the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) and BJP alliance storming to power with their maiden majority.
While BJP leaders, including its national president J P Nadda, have been insisting that all three NDA parties will fight the upcoming polls together, sources said a sense of unease has crept in, with Kumar working to strengthen his position by actively wooing leaders from the RJD and tying up with Manjhi.
The JD(U) has also made it clear that it will not hold any seat-sharing talks with the LJP, as its ties have been traditionally with the BJP.
The Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for the Bihar polls sometime this month. Polls to the 243-seat assembly are likely to be held in October-November.

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