Manish Kumar

Don't Touch Article 370: Nitish Kumar's Message To Government

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday February 21, 2019

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today rebutted the calls to scrap Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants Jammu and Kashmir its special status.

Bihar IAS Officer Offers To Adopt Daughters Of Soldiers Killed In Pulwama

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday February 20, 2019

An IAS officer in Bihar has volunteered to help the families of two soldiers of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who laid down their lives in the Pulwama terror attack last week. Inayat Khan, the District Magistrateof Sheikhpura, 117 km from Patna, has also offered to"adopt" a girl child from each of the families. While one of the soldiers h...

Pool Table, Italian Tiles At "7-Star Bungalow" Vacated By Tejashwi Yadav

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Tuesday February 19, 2019

Patna has no five star hotel and after prohibition was enforced in Bihar, even the ones that were planned have been scrapped. But Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, who finally entered the bungalow allotted to him after a protracted legal battle, has called the house nothing short of a seven-star resort. In the compliment was a shot at its fo...

Former Bihar Chief Ministers Ordered To Vacate Government Bungalows

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Tuesday February 19, 2019

The Patna High Court on Tuesday struck down a bill that enabled former chief ministers to live in government bungalows for life.

"When And Where?" Tejashwi Yadav Questions PM Modi On Second Bihar AIIMS

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday February 17, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated and laid foundation stones for infrastructural projects worth Rs 33,000 crore in Bihar during a visit to Barauni in Begusarai district today. Among them was the Patna Metro Rail Project, expected to be set up at a cost of Rs 13,000 crore.

Pulwama Terror Attack Drowns Differences Between BJP and Bihar Allies

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday February 17, 2019

NDA allies Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan today threw their weight behind the government and called for retaliatory measures over the suicide attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama, which led to the deaths of more than 40 CRPF personnel. The country is seething over the terror attack on Pulwama and the government should give a befitting reply, Pr...

Plea Against Nitish Kumar In Muzaffarpur Shelter Case Forwarded To CBI

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday February 17, 2019

A petition seeking inquiry into the alleged involvement of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and two government officials in the Muzaffarpur shelter sexual exploitation case has been to the CBI by a local court.

Soldier Killed In Pulwama Terror Attack Was Awaiting Baby's Birth

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Saturday February 16, 2019

They were men with dreams for their families, waiting to fulfill them until a cruel act brought their lives to a brutal end. Today, Sanjay Kumar Sinha and Ratan Kumar Thakur - two of the 40 CRPF soldiers who were killed in a suicide attack at Pulwama on Thursday - have become tragic reminders of the dangers that security personnel face every other ...

Bihar Man, Critically Injured In Shooting, Dropped Daughter To Exam First

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Thursday February 14, 2019

A man in Bihar was admitted to the hospital in critical condition after he was shot at while on the way to drop his daughter to an examination centre on Wednesday.

Bihar Teen Allegedly Gang-Raped In Front Of Father Who Was Tied To Tree

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday February 7, 2019

A teenager was allegedly gangraped in front of her father in Bihar's Kishengunj on February 4. The accused allegedly tied her father to a tree and raped her, the police told NDTV. A case has been filed and the medical report is awaited.

What Shiv Sena Campaign? JDU Clarifies Prashant Kishor's Role

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday February 7, 2019

Election strategist Prashant Kishor - who joined active politics last year - will not revert to his earlier career on behalf of any party, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal United said today.

Protests In Bihar School After Teacher Refuses To Say "Vande Mataram"

Cities | Reported by Manish Kumar (with inputs from agencies) | Thursday February 7, 2019

A scuffle broke out between a teacher, who identified himself as Afzal Hussain, and locals at a primary school at Katihar in Bihar on Wednesday, after the former allegedly refused to say ''Vande Mataram'' following flag-hoisting ceremony on the Republic Day.

Prashant Kishor's Lunch With Shiv Sena's Thackerays Causes Double Take

India News | Reported By Manish Kumar, Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday February 5, 2019

Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor's lunch meeting today with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and his son Aaditya Thackeray has caused much buzz in election season. Aaditya Thackeray described him as "special visitor" in a tweet that showed the Thackeray duo chatting with Prashant Kishor, who joined politics last year as the num...

"Central Status For Patna University If We Win," Promises Rahul Gandhi

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Sunday February 3, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, at his rally in Patna today, announced that Patna University will be granted the status of central university if the Congress wins the upcoming national elections.

After Basic Income, Congress's Next Big Promise: Farm Loan Waiver For All

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday February 3, 2019

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who has already announced a basic income scheme for the poor, today announced a loan waiver for all farmers across the country if the party comes to power.