Manish Kumar

Shatrughan Sinha 'Crowns' Tejashwi Yadav At Puja Pandal In Patna

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday October 17, 2018

Given how dissident BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha has been criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, it seems reasonably clear that the party will not give him a ticket in the Lok Sabha elections next year. The suspense still remains on whether any other party will field him from Patna Sahib, the seat he won from in 2009...

"Political Vendetta": Kanhaiya Kumar On Alleged Fight At Patna Hospital

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Tuesday October 16, 2018

Kanhaiya Kumar, former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University students' union, misbehaved with a doctor and a security guard at AIIMS in Patna on Sunday. Mr Kumar had gone to the hospital to meet All India Students Federation (AISF) state secretary Sushil Kumar, who was admitted there after a shoulder surgery, when he had an argument with the sta...

Prashant Kishor Is Now Second Most Powerful In Nitish Kumar's Party

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Tuesday October 16, 2018

Prashant Kishor, the political strategist who joined Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) last month, is officially the second most powerful man in Bihar's ruling party.

Bihar Police Officer Shot Dead In Late-Night Encounter With Gangster

Bihar | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Saturday October 13, 2018

A police officer died in a shootout with gangsters in Bihar's Khagaria district on Friday. Ashish Kumar, the Station House Officer of Pasraha died on the spot, while another policeman was injured.

Shoe Thrown At Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, One Arrested

Patna News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debjani Chatterjee | Thursday October 11, 2018

One person was arrested by the police in Patna for throwing a slipper at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday. Mr Kumar was speaking at a conference of the youth wing of Janata Dal United in the state capital. Poll strategist-turned-politician, Prashant Kishor, who was inducted into the party in September, was with the Chief Minister at th...

In Sushil Modi's "Lalu Leela", A Hint That Tejashwi Is Father's Favourite

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday October 10, 2018

Bihar politician Lalu Yadav and his family own 141 properties in the form of land, apartments and shops, claims the state's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi in a book, "Lalu Leela".

Don't Leave Gujarat: Nitish Kumar Appeals To Fleeing Bihari Workers

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday October 10, 2018

With Hindi-speaking migrants fleeing Gujarat in droves to escape attacks, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today appealed to Bihari workers not to leave the western state.

"Yes, Tejashwi and Tej Pratap Are Fighting," Lalu's Daughter Lets Slip

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Tuesday October 9, 2018

Confirming speculation that all is not well in the Lalu Yadav clan, his daughter Misa Bharti on Monday acknowledged "manmutav" or differences between her brothers Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav.

Nine Accused, Mostly Teens, Arrested For Thrashing Girls At Bihar Hostel

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday October 8, 2018

Thirty-four girls were mercilessly beaten up by a mob in Bihar after they fought off a group of local boys who tried to sexually harass them. The mob had broken into their residential school, said the police, which arrested three people allegedly involved in the attack. Six others are missing.

Lalu Yadav Unlikely To Make It To The 2019 Campaign Trail, Say Sources

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Sunday October 7, 2018

Saturday was a day of mixed verdict for Bihar leader Lalu Yadav, who is currently in jail. While his son Tejashwi Yadav and wife Rabari Devi managed to get regular bail from the CBI court they could not get provisional bail from the Enforcement Directorate court in the IRCTC case, in which the entire family is facing charges.

Muslim Teen Tied To Tree, Thrashed For Eloping With Hindu Man In Bihar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Saturday October 6, 2018

An 18-year-old Muslim woman was tied to a tree and allegedly thrashed for hours after she eloped with a Hindu man in Bihar. The incident took place in Nawada district, 117 km from capital Patna.

"Follower Of Mahatma Gandhi, Not Pandit Nehru," Says Nitish Kumar

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Friday October 5, 2018

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar might have called Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru a national hero in the past and praised his role in the freedom movement, but he doesn't follow him. Mahatma Gandhi, Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan are his role models, he said.

Skeleton Found In Bihar Shelter Rapes Probe Believed To Be Of Inmate

Muzaffarpur News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Arun Nair | Thursday October 4, 2018

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the sexual abuse of minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur has found a human skeleton, believed to be remains of one of the victims, at a cremation ground in the district's Sikandarpur area.

Finance Panel Chief Pulls Plug On Nitish Kumar's Special Category Demand

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday October 3, 2018

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's campaign for special category for the state received a firm rebuff today from NK Singh - the chief of the 15th Finance Commission and the man who had helped the Janata Dal United frame the campaign.

Two Men Rape Woman Bathing In Ganga, Film Video In Bihar

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Abhimanyu Bose | Wednesday October 3, 2018

A 45-year-old woman was bathing in the Ganga to celebrate a festival when two men dragged her out of the river and took turns to rape her as the other one filmed the incident in Patna district's Barh area on Monday, police said.