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Senior IPS officer Vinay Kumar was appointed as Bihar DGP on December 13, 2024.

Senior IPS officer Vinay Kumar appointed as new DGP of Bihar

Patna, Dec 13 (PTI) Senior IPS officer Vinay Kumar was on Friday appointed as the new Director General of Police of Bihar. The 1991-batch IPS officer replaces Alok Raj, a 1989-batch IPS officer who had been the officiating DGP since August 30, 2024 and is due to retire in December 2025. According to a notification

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The liquor ban policy brought by Bihar government has completely failed.

Bihar officials love liquor ban, for them it means big money, says Patna High Court

Patna, Nov 15 (PTI) The Patna High Court has lambasted Bihar government officials over the total liquor ban in the state, observing that they love the legislation since it means “big money” for them. The court also said that the police are working in tandem with liquor smugglers and the poor are bearing the brunt

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MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary (File Photo/ANI)

Special Category status for Bihar is not made out: MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary

New Delhi [India], July 22 (ANI): As the BJP’s key ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), JD (U) demanded a special category status for Bihar, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, in a written reply, said that special status cannot be granted to Bihar as per the Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) report 2012. Chaudhary

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Another bridge collapse in Bihar, 8th incident in 15 days.

PIL in Supreme Court over multiple bridge collapse incidents in Bihar

New Delhi, Jul 4 (PTI) A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Bihar government to undertake a structural audit and set up an expert committee to identify bridges that can be either strengthened or demolished based on the findings. Ten incidents of bridge collapse have been reported in Bihar’s

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