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  • Anurag Thakur takes jibe at I.N.D.I.A bloc amid rift rumors: 'Was bound to happen'

    Anurag Thakur takes jibe at I.N.D.I.A bloc amid rift rumors: 'Was bound to happen'

  • RJD’s Manoj Jha rejects chances of JDU forming alliance with BJP: 'Just a rumour…'

    RJD’s Manoj Jha rejects chances of JDU forming alliance with BJP: 'Just a rumour…'

  • BREAKING: Lalan Singh Steps Down As Janata Dal-United President, Sends Resignation To Nitish Kumar, Say Sources |

    NEW DELHI: In a major political development, Lalan Singh, the president of Bihar’s ruling party, Janata Dal-United (JDU), has tendered his resignation from his position, sources said on Tuesday.  As per sources, Lalan Singh, a key figure in JDU’s leadership, has forwarded his resignation to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. This decision comes amid speculations and political discussions about the party’s future course of action.

    Resignation Not Accepted Yet

    As of now, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has not accepted Lalan Singh’s resignation. The political circles are abuzz with discussions about the possible reasons behind this unexpected move. The development is set to be officially addressed on December 29th during a crucial meeting in Delhi.

    Speculations Surrounding The Resignation

    While the exact motives behind Lalan Singh’s resignation remain unclear, political observers are actively speculating about its potential implications on the party’s internal dynamics. This unexpected move has added an element of uncertainty to the political landscape in Bihar, leaving many to ponder the possible ramifications.

    December 29th Meeting To Seal Fate

    All eyes are now on the crucial JDU meeting scheduled for December 29th in Delhi, where the fate of Lalan Singh’s resignation is expected to be determined. The party leadership is likely to provide insights into the reasons behind this development and outline the future course of action for the Janata Dal (United).

    This sudden turn of events within the JDU has not only triggered discussions within the party but also caught the attention of political analysts, making it a significant development in the current political scenario. It was earlier speculated that Nitish Kumar would soon remove Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh as the Janata Dal (United) chief.

    While there is no official confirmation in this regard as yet, sources also said that Nitish Kumar may himself take over as the party chief. Nitish is also believed to have been advised by his close confidantes that he should take over as the party president as it will help avoid any rumbling within the party, which may otherwise be triggered if a new face replaces Lalan Singh.

    According to sources, Nitish Kumar is upset with Lalan Singh over the way he has been functioning and especially his growing proximity with RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav. Reports said Lalan Singh was keen on contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections again from Munger and he might contest on an RJD (Rashtriya Janata Dal) ticket.

    Reports said Nitish was also upset with Lalan Singh for his failure to co-ordinate well with INDIA bloc partners to fulfill his national ambitions.

    If officially removed as the party chief, Lallan Singh will join the league of other party senior leaders, like George Fernandes, Sharad Yadav, RCP Singh, Upendra Kushwaha and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, who were previously replaced, despite being extremely close to Nitish Kumar.

  • Patna diary

    Express News Service

    18 children receive ‘Rashtriya Balshree Samman’After waiting for years, 18 children of Bihar and West Bengal received the prestigious Rashtriya Balshree Samman on August 1 at Kilkari Bal Bhawan in Patna. Additional chief secretary of education department Sanjay Kumar, director of arts and culture department Karuna Kumari, noted writer Usha Kiran Khan and director of Kilkari Jyoti Parihar jointly presented the award.  Parihar applauded the awarded children, some of who were differently abled, for their extraordinary creativity that was exhibited through their works. The children, selected in 2015 and 2016, were awarded in 2021due to some technical reasons.

    26 children rescued while being traffickedActing against child trafficking, RPF, GRP and the volunteers of Hajipur unit of Child Line rescued 26 children, who were being trafficked to Punjab as child labourers. RPF IG of East Central Railway S Mayank said that 26 children were rescued from a train at Hajipur, Sonepur and Chapra by the RPF cops and the Childline volunteers on August 4 from the KarmaBhoomi Express. “Nine traffickers were arrested for the crime”, the IG said, adding that all the children and the traffickers belonged to different districts of Bihar’s Seemanchal. He said that the RPF has rescued 830 children in 2019, 313 in 2020 and 355 in 2021 till August 4 from various trains with dozens of traffickers

    Over 50,000 people trained to save livesBihar Orthopaedic Association (BOA) has trained around 50,000 people in immediate life saving measures. The trained people include school students from class nine to 12, cops and common citizenry. Coordinator of BOA, Dr Rishabh Kumar, said that they have been trained in basic first aid and other methods under the nation-wide ‘Save SELF, Save ONE” initiative of the association. “All basic trainings were carried out through the virtual mode between August 1 and 7 in all districts of Bihar,” he said.

    Covid-19 orphaned 645 childrenBharatiya Janata Party MP Sushil Kumar Modi, sharing information from the RS, said that a total number of 645 children in the country have  become orphaned after they lost both or either of their parents due to Covid-19 from April 1 to May 28. Modi said that Uttar Pradesh reported the highest number of 158 followed by 119 in Andhra Pradesh, 83 in Maharashtra, 73 in Madhya Pradesh, 45 in Gujarat, 23 in Telangana, 20 in Punjab, 16 in Chhattisgarh, 13 in Himachal Pradesh and 11 in Jharkhand. Notabl, no such case was reported in Bihar.

    Rajesh K ThakurOur correspondent in Bihar [email protected]

  • Patna Diary

    Express News Service
    CM flags off electric bus services in state capitalPromoting eco-friendly transportation, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged off 12 electric buses in Patna recently, besides launching 70 deluxe and semi-deluxe buses to different destinations from the state capital. The chief Minister said a total of 25 electric buses would start operations from this month. Transport Secretary Sanjay K Aggarwal said all the newly launched electric buses are equipped with CCTV cameras, panic buttons, GPS system and other security facilities. “Also, certain seats are reserved for women and girls in the electric buses,” the Transport Secretary said. 

    10-day Silk India exhibition commencesWith the advent of festivals, the Silk India Art and Craft has organised a 10-day Silk India Exhibition at Patna with an aim to provide a wide range of saris, suited to various events like wedding ceremonies and family events.

    Manas Acharya, managing director of Silk India Art and Craft, said silk saris from 15 states are on display. The event started on March 5 and will continue till March 14. Silk saris from Coimbatore and Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu, Bengaluru silk, Crepe and Georgette sarees from Karnataka, raw silk material, Kalamkari from Andhra, pure silk sari from Bihar and other states have been exhibited. Tabi silk, Pashimana shawl, Chinan silk from J&K, Jaipuri Kuti, block prints, Sanganeri prints, Kota Doria from UP, Shanti Niketan Kantha sarees from Bengal are the other attractions.

    Alertness on part of cops a must for women safetyThe director general of Bihar Home Guards, Shobha Ohatkar said alertness and promptness of police in responding to distress calls from women is one of the effective ways to ensure safety to women. Speaking as chief guest after inaugurating a five-day workshop on women safety at the police headquarter, Ohatkar dwelt upon various measures related to women safety in Bihar. The workshop has been organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Police Research and Develo-pment Bureau of New Delhi.

    Self defence lessons for minority community girlsIn an initiative aimed at empowering girls, Kishanganj police superintendent Kumar Ashish organised a self-defence training session for 800 girls from the minority community in the district. Organised at the Tauhid Educational Trust-run school, Kishanganj’s specialised wing of women police personnel imparted training to the girls on self defence and made them aware about PINK patrolling also. The Kishanganj police superintendent, known for his creative policing methods, said that the specialised women force of district police are deployed exclusively for protection of girls and women. 

  • Bihar: Youth murdered in dispute over dance, mob crushes 22 vehicles

    Muzaffarpur. In Bihar, a young man was shot dead in a dispute over dance in Barat in Nowchpada village of Saraiya police station area of ​​Muzaffarpur. In front of this incident, the raging crowd handed over 22 vehicles to the fire. After getting information, police of several police stations, including Saraiya, reached the village and after a lot of trouble, the situation was overcome.

    According to the information, after the incident of killing a youth during a dispute between two factions to dance in the barat, the happy atmosphere of marriage got transformed into a weeds. Fierce mob wreaked havoc on the incident and beat up the entire family including the bride along with the bride. The groom came out to save his life, including the bridegroom. The fierce crowd handed over nine cars and thirteen bikes of the Batati and Saturn family to the fire.

    Not only this, the crowd set fire to three huts, including the wedding pandal. The relatives of the deceased have alleged that the cousin of the bride, Mukesh, has done the same thing as the shooting of the murder. It is being told that he is absconding since the incident. At present, the police have been deployed in view of the tension in the village.

  • Patna Municipal Corporation official found dead on railway track

    Patna. A month before retirement, the body of Patna’s official was recovered from the railway track near Gulzarbagh station on Wednesday. On receiving the information of the incident, the police reached the spot and got involved in the investigation of the case. At the same time, on the information of the death of his associate officer, the departmental officer, including the Mayor of Patna, also reached the spot and inquired about the incident.

    According to the information, the body of Additional Commissioner of Patna Uday Krishna found near the Gulzarbagh station on Wednesday morning on the Mahatma Gandhi Seetu railway track located in Agam Kuan. Due to the dead body, it is feared that he was killed due to being cut off by the train. The police arrived on the spot and seized the body for postmortem.

    At present, the police are investigating the fact that the body has been thrown on the railway track or they have committed suicide. It is known that on January 1, 1958, Janmeo Uday Krishna was supposed to retire next month. A month ago from retirement, the death of Uday Krishna remained a subject of discussion in the area.

    Additional Municipal Commissioner in Patna Municipal Corporation, Uday Krishna, went out of the house on Tuesday night. When Vidyapuri left from his house in Kankarbagh, he came out saying that he was going for a walk. Upon returning home till late night, the relatives of Uday Krishna did a lot of research till late night. On returning home till late night, the relatives of Uday Krishna informed the journalist Nagar police station that they had gone missing.

    After getting the body of Uday Krishna on the track near Gulzarbagh station on Wednesday morning, the GRP informed the family. Besides, the officials of the Railways have gathered in the investigation of the case. DSP Harish Sharma is also monitoring the situation. On receiving the information of the incident, Municipal Officer and Mayor Sita Sahu also reached the spot and got the information of the whole case.

  • रेलवे ट्रैक पर मिला पटना नगर निगम के अधिकारी का शव

    पटना. सेवानिवृत्ति के करीब एक माह पूर्व ही पटना के अधिकारी का शव गुलजारबाग स्टेशन के पास रेलवे ट्रैक से बुधवार को बरामद किया गया. घटना की सूचना मिलने पर पुलिस मौके पर पहुंच कर मामले की छानबीन में जुट गयी है. वहीं, अपने सहयोगी अधिकारी की मौत की सूचना पर विभागीय अधिकारी सहित पटना की मेयर भी मौके पर पहुंच कर घटना की जानकारी ली.

    जानकारी के मुताबिक, पटना के अपर नगर आयुक्त उदय कृष्ण का शव गुलजारबाग स्टेशन के पास बुधवार की सुबह अगम कुआं स्थित महात्मा गांधी सेतु रेलवे ट्रैक पर पर मिला. शव देख कर आशंका जतायी जा रही है कि ट्रेन से कट जाने के कारण उनकी मौत हुई है. मौके पर पहुंची पुलिस शव को जब्त कर पोस्टमॉर्टम के लिए भेज दिया है.

    फिलहाल पुलिस छानबीन में जुटी है कि उनकी हत्या कर शव को रेलवे ट्रैक पर फेंक दिया गया है या उन्होंने आत्महत्या कर ली है. मालूम हो कि एक अगस्त, 1958 को जनमे उदय कृष्ण अगले माह सेवानिवृत्त होनेवाले थे. सेवानिवृत्ति से एक माह पहले उदय कृष्ण की मौत इलाके में चर्चा का विषय बना हुआ है.

    पटना नगर निगम में अपर नगर आयुक्त उदय कृष्ण मंगलवार की रात को घर से गुस्से में निकले थे. विद्यापुरी कंकड़बाग स्थित अपने घर से निकलने के समय वह कह कर निकले थे कि टहलने के लिए जा रहे हैं. देर रात तक घर नहीं लौटने पर उदय कृष्ण के परिजनों ने देर रात तक काफी खोजबीन की. देर रात तक घर वापस नहीं लौटने पर उदय कृष्ण के परिजनों ने पत्रकार नगर थाने को लापता हो जाने की सूचना दी.

    बुधवार की सुबह गुलजारबाग स्टेशन के पास ट्रैक पर उदय कृष्ण का शव मिलने के बाद जीआरपी ने परिजनों की सूचना दी. साथ ही रेलवे के अधिकारी मामले की छानबीन में जुट गये हैं. डीएसपी हरीश शर्मा भी स्थिति पर नजर रखे हुए हैं. घटना की सूचना मिलने पर नगर निगम के अधिकारी और मेयर सीता साहू भी घटनास्थल पर पहुंच कर पूरे मामले की जानकारी ली.

  • बिहार: झूठे केस में जेल भेजने पर 2 इंस्‍पेक्‍टर और 9 पुलिसवाले सस्‍पेंड

    पटना. बिहार की राजधानी पटना में एक नाबालिग सब्जी विक्रेता को 3 महीने के लिए गिरफ्तार करने के मामले में पटना पुलिस ने आरोपी पुलिसकर्मियों के खिलाफ सख्‍त कार्रवाई की है. आईजी पटना नैयर हसनैन खान ने बताया कि इस मामले में दो पुलिस इंस्‍पेक्‍टर और 9 सदस्‍यीय रेड पार्टी को सस्‍पेंड कर दिया गया है. साथ ही नाबालिग को बेउर जेल से रिमांड होम में शिफ्ट कर दिया गया है.

    उन्‍होंने कहा, नाबालिग को बेउर जेल से रिमांड होम में शिफ्ट करने के निर्देश दिए गए हैं. उसकी असली उम्र जानने के लिए मेडिकल बोर्ड बनाया जाएगा. अगमकुआं पुलिस स्‍टेशन के पूरे स्‍टाफ को डिस्ट्रिक लाइन भेज दिया गया है. खान ने कहा कि आरोपी दो पुलिस इंस्‍पेक्‍टरों और नौ सदस्‍यीय पार्टी को सस्‍पेंड कर दिया गया है.

    उन्‍होंने बताया कि एसडीपीओ के खिलाफ विभागीय जांच के आदेश दिए गए हैं और उन्‍हें कारण बताओ नोटिस दिया गया है. एसएसपी को एक बार फिर से मामले की जांच के लिए कहा गया है. बता दें, नाबालिग के पिता का कहना है कि एक पुलिस अधिकारी को मुफ्त में सब्जी देने से इनकार करने पर पुलिस ने उनके बेटे को गिरफ्तार किया है. इस आरोप के बाद पुलिस महकमे में हड़कंप मच गया. वहीं मुख्यमंत्री नीतीश कुमार ने जांच के आदेश देकर रिपोर्ट सौंपने को कहा है.

    मार्च में हुई इस घटना ने उस समय तूल पकड़ा जब एक टीवी न्यूज चैनल ने नाबालिग के माता-पिता से बात की. इस दौरान पीड़ित परिवार ने आरोप लगाया कि उनके बेटे को पुलिस पत्रकार नगर पुलिस स्टेशन के अंतर्गत चित्रगुप्त नगर स्थित उनके घर से उठा ले गई थी. परिवार ने बताया कि उनके बेटे पर बाइक चोरी का इल्जाम लगाकर जेल में भेज दिया गया था. साथ ही पुलिस ने अपनी रिपोर्ट में उसे बालिग बताया.