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Rahul Gandhi visits BPSC protest site in Patna, assures full support to students

Patna, Jan 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday threw his weight behind the protests against alleged irregularities in BPSC exams, by visiting the site of the nearly a month-old agitation here and spending several minutes with aggrieved students. After Gandhi winded up his pre-decided engagements, during which he also made a veiled reference to the protests with the remark “Bihar has been converted into a centre of paper leaks”, a delegation of students called on him at a hotel. The delegation urged him to visit Gardani Bagh where several aspirants have been on a round the clock protest

Rahul Gandhi meets Lalu, Tejashwi, Rabri

Patna, Jan 18 (PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who was on Saturday on a whistle-stop tour of Bihar, took some time off to meet RJD president Lalu Prasad, an old political ally and family friend. The Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha was invited to 10, Circular Road here, the government bungalow allotted to Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi, by their son and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav whom he had met earlier in the day. Gandhi and Yadav had crossed paths at a city hotel where the Congress leader freshened up before addressing two back-to-back public events. Yadav was at

Delhi BJP leaders welcome formation of 8th Pay Commission

New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) BJP leaders on Saturday lauded the Centre’s decision to form the 8th Pay Commission, saying it will benefit government employees across the country. At a press conference here, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva and New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj underlined the government employees’ crucial role in delivering the benefits of the policies and schemes conceptualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the public. “Government employees have become instrumental in ensuring the success of the the government’s initiatives, making them deserving of this recognition,” Sachdeva said. Swaraj said the announcement of the 8th Pay Commission has

Police detain second suspect in Saif Ali Khan stabbing incident

MUMBAI, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Police in Chhattisgarh on Saturday detained a second person suspected of involvement in a knife attack in which Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was wounded. Khan, 54, was stabbed six times by an intruder during a burglary attempt at his home in Mumbai early on Thursday. He had surgery after sustaining stab wounds to his spine, neck and hands, and is out of danger, doctors said. “We got information from Mumbai Police that a suspect is travelling by Jnaneswari Express train,” Sanjeev Sinha, a represenatative of the Railway Protection Force, told ANI news agency, in

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