Patna

The Union government had informed the Parliament last month that a headcount of only the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes was proposed.

Kumar, whose JD(U) is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state, said it would be better to get the matter probed for suitable action.

While replying to a question in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, Union Minister of state for Home Nityanand Rai said, the government has decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs in census.

Nitish Kumar-led JD-U managed to bag only 40 seats in the last year's Assembly election, and finished with a third position. The RJD got 75 seats while the BJP secured 74 seats.

The groom was returning with his bride to his house but there was no bridge near the village to cross the Kankai river. So he carried the bride on his shoulders.

According to the department, which had till the previous day stated the number of deaths to be under 5,500, 3,951 deaths have been added to the toll after verification.

The man was reportedly detained by the police for two days before being found in an injured condition.

While 10 people of the family drowned, two of the family survived as they were sitting on roof of the pick-up van and managed to swim to the shore.

Social Welfare minister Madan Sahni, Chief Secretary Arun Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary Home Chaitanya Prasad and Principal Secretary Finance S Siddarth are among the long list of infected persons in Bihar.

HAM's chief spokesperson said that JD(U) and BJP have not taken suggestions from coalition partners and added that there is huge anger among supporters of our party.

Manoj Sinha was in Patna on a day-long visit. He was received by the Bihar governor and the chief minister who presented him with mementos.

Yadav, who has launched a drive to press the demand for his jailed father's release, as part of which postcards addressed to President Ram Nath Kovind were being dispatched after being signed by RJD workers, also fumed that Singh was yet to be a signatory...

CM Nitish Kumar is likely to add 22 new ministers to his cabinet in the expansion today. Reports say that BJP will get 9 more birth while the JD(U) will get 8 seats in the state cabinet.

Patna SSP Upendra Sharma said the accused identified as Ritu Raj (29) committed the crime as revenge over a road rage incident involving Rupesh Singh in the last week of November 2020.

As per the data accessed by IANS, June witnessed a maximum of 152 cases, July 149 cases and August 139 cases. As per the data, 88 cases were registered in January, 105 in February, 129 in March, 82 in April, 120 in May, and 142 in September.

Darbhanga SSP Babu Ram said his team was successful after multiple raids were conducted in a coordinated manner in adjoining Madhubani district and Hajipur, the largest city of Vaishali district.