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The Hindu
15-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Bihar Congress condemns insult of Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi
Bihar Congress on Monday (July 14, 2025) strongly condemned the incident of alleged insult of Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi by several people including the Mukhiya of Turkauliya village in East Champaran district. Mr. Gandhi, who launched the 'Badlo Bihar Nai Sarkar' (Change Bihar, New Government) from the Bhitiharwa Gandhi Ashram in West Champaran on Saturday (July 12, 2025), had reached Turkaulia in East Champaran as part of his journey on July 13. Mukhiya (village head) Vinay Kumar Sah and his supporters allegedly insulted Mr. Gandhi and asked to leave the event. While speaking to The Hindu, Mr. Gandhi said that he had to face personal attack as well. In the village he reached at the historic Neem tree, a place from where Mahatma Gandhi had once listened to the woes of farmers forced to cultivate indigo. Mr. Gandhi garlanded the spot and recalled the horrors of the past when British landlords used to tie farmers to the tree and beat them. Mahatma had visited this place twice. After garlanding the place, Mr. Gandhi was invited by the Mukhiya to speak in office hall of Gram Panchayat where the argument started when one of his associates raised questions on the Nitish Kumar government and spoke in favour of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress. Mr. Gandhi was accompanied by farmer leader Dr. Sunilam, socialist thinker Vijay Pratap Singh, Rashtriya Seva Dal activist Allauddin Sheikh, activist Feroze Mithiborwala, Jharkhand's Praveer Peter, Gujarat's Mujahid Nafees and many other national and state leaders. According to a villager, as soon as Mr. Gandhi and his associates started speaking on the frenzy spread in the country, social divisions and political failures of Bihar, the Mukhiya asked him to vacate the stage in a humiliating manner. Asked about the incident, Mr. Gandhi said, 'We had a plan to make awareness among the people in favour of Mahagathbandhan and this Mukhiya insisted me to speak over there. When our colleague Vijay Pratap Singh finished his speech, the Mukhiya raised an objection asking why we are doing this. He started shouting at us and then I requested not to shout.' He further said, 'I told him to calm down and speak politely but he kept on shouting. Then he said that I do not look like the descendants of Mahatma Gandhi and continue shouting. I asked him not to make any personal comments and if there are some issues, it could be resolved through intellectual talks. However, all my attempts turned futile and he warned us that I cannot do any campaign in his office. Then I have no other option to leave the place.' He also said that villagers also opposed the behaviour of Mukhiya and he addressed the people outside the Panchayat office. 'When the Mukhiya could not intellectually match, he showed his anger and absurd behaviour which was not acceptable,' Mr. Gandhi asserted. Bihar Congress State in-charge Krishna Allavaru, state president Rajesh Kumar, leader of the Congress legislative party Dr. Shakeel Ahmed Khan, and leader of the party in the Congress Legislative Council Dr. Madan Mohan Jha jointly attacked the state government. 'The incident is the murder murder of Gandhi's ideas. It is not just an insult to a person, but to an idea that was based on truth, non-violence and respect for dissent,' Mr. Allavaru said. Mr. Khan added that Nitish and Narendra Modi ji have thrown Gandhi's ideas and principles into the dustbin and have just borrowed his glasses for publicity.
Time of India
03-07-2025
- Time of India
Man arrested for sexual harassment of minor girl in Mumbai local train
Navi Mumbai: A 21-year-old man was arrested by Vashi GRP for allegedly sexually harassing a 17-year-old girl in the Panvel-CSMT bound train on Tuesday night. Kiran Undre, senior inspector of Vashi GRP, said that the arrested accused was identified as Indrajit Mukhiya, who works at a sweet confectionery in Kharghar. Acting on a complaint by the victim, the accused Mukhiya was booked under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and the Pocso Act . On Tuesday, the complainant, accompanied by her male friend, boarded the train at Kharghar after visiting their friend and was returning to her residence in Vashi. They were travelling in the general compartment. When the train reached Juinagar station at around 9.20 pm, the accused allegedly deliberately fell on her despite the compartment not being crowded and allegedly touched her lower back. The girl felt offended and confronted him. As the train halted, the accused Mukhiya jumped onto the platform and attempted to escape. The girl's male friend chased him and shouted for help to catch him. Hearing the chaos, three GRP constables—Sanjeev Naik, Srikant Gorate, and Sandeep Mite—who were on duty at the platform, chased the accused and nabbed him. You Can Also Check: Mumbai AQI | Weather in Mumbai | Bank Holidays in Mumbai | Public Holidays in Mumbai Inspector Undre said, "The GRP constables brought the accused to Vashi GRP outpost where an offence was registered against him. He was produced before the railway court at CSMT. As the offence is non-bailable, he was remanded to magistrate custody for 14 days."
News18
01-07-2025
- Sport
- News18
Vaibhav Suryavanshi's Grandfather Gets Prestigious Post In Bihar's Nalanda University
Vaibhav Suryavanshi's maternal grandfather Abhay Kumar Singh was appointed Registrar by the Governor under Section 15 of the University Act, 1995, after being shortlisted by the VC Two generations of the same family in Bihar's Samastipur are making headlines with remarkable achievements in their respective fields. While rising cricket star Vaibhav Suryavanshi is making waves with his performance in England, his maternal grandfather, Abhay Kumar Singh, has been appointed as the Registrar of Nalanda Open University. Vaibhav Suryavanshi is currently representing India in the Under-19 cricket tournament in England, where his powerful batting is not only securing victories but also winning the admiration of audiences and selectors alike. His standout performance has sparked pride not just in Samastipur, but across Bihar and the nation. Vaibhav's mother, Aarti Singh, hails from Rajajan village in the Mohiuddinnagar block. His maternal grandfather Singh is the son of the late Gaya Prasad Singh, a former Mukhiya. With Singh's new appointment and Vaibhav's stellar performance in England, the family is celebrating two major milestones across generations. Singh's appointment, sanctioned by the Governor-cum-Chancellor under Section 15 of the University Act 1995, came after being selected from three candidates recommended by the Vice Chancellor. The official order was issued from Raj Bhavan, Patna, on June 26. Prior to this role, Singh served as Professor Incharge at L.N.T. College, Muzaffarpur, and will continue to hold the additional charge of Registrar until further notice. His tenure will last as long as that of the Vice Chancellor, with a maximum duration of three years or until he reaches the age of 65, whichever comes first. These twin successes have generated an atmosphere of joy and pride in the family and across Samastipur district. Vaibhav's impressive cricket performance is being widely praised on social media, while Singh's educational accomplishments are celebrated locally. First Published: July 01, 2025, 13:21 IST
Hans India
20-06-2025
- Hans India
Bihar 2023 police scam;ED conducts multiple searches
Patna: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted multi-state searches in connection with a money laundering investigation into an alleged scam in the recruitment of police constables in Bihar during 2023, official sources said. At least a dozen locations of private entities like agents, exam paper leak syndicate members and their associates in Patna and Nalanda in Bihar, Ranchi (Jharkhand), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Kolkata (West Bengal) were raided under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the sources said. A press in Kolkata in which the exam papers were printed was also covered by the investigators of the federal probe agency, they said. The masterminds of this alleged scam are the same as that of the NEET UG paper leak 'scam' of 2024, they said. The Bihar Police Constable 2023 recruitment was aimed to fill 21,391 vacancies across various units of the Bihar police. The examination was conducted at 529 centres across 37 districts of Bihar on October 1, 2023 attracting over 18 lakh aspirants. Following allegations of the exam paper leak, it was cancelled by the state central selection board of constables (CSBC) on October 3 that year. The money laundering case stems from some Bihar Police (economic offences unit or EOU) FIRs. The ED suspects money laundering in this case as a gang of agents generated 'proceeds of crime' (illicit funds) by leaking the exam papers and selling it to aspirants and used the money given by the candidates to create personal assets. Some Bihar police officials are also under the scanner of the ED, as per the sources. The state police had arrested seven private people in this case, including three from West Bengal. An inter-state gang headed by Sanjeev Mukhiya was termed by the police as the perpetrators of this paper leak. Mukhiya has worked as a technical assistant in a government college in Nalanda district. He is currently lodged in judicial custody. The Bihar EOU found that an accused named Kaushik Kumar Kar had a Kolkata-based firm, Caltex Multiventure Pvt Ltd, and he was awarded the contract to print and supply the question papers for the constable recruitment examination. However, it was discovered that Caltex Multiventure Pvt Ltd was a a one-room 'shell' company with no employees, and printing and supply of question papers was outsourced to a company named Blessing Secured Press Pvt Ltd, where Kar's wife was a director.
Time of India
07-06-2025
- Time of India
Cook flees with Malad bizman's 75L gold, diamond jewellery; arrested
Mumbai: A 32-year-old cook, previously employed by a Malad businessman, pilfered gold and diamond jewellery valued at Rs 75.07 lakh from the bungalow, 12 days after his resignation on May 17. The Dindoshi police apprehended the accused, Chotu Mukhiya, in Darbhanga, Bihar, and retrieved Rs 72.57 lakh worth of stolen items from his wife's possession at their Goregaon residence. Mukhiya committed the theft to settle Rs1.5 lakh in debts owed to individuals in Darbhanga. Probe revealed Mukhiya began working at Gaurav Guwalewala's (44) house on April 19, but resigned on May 17. "Mukhiya became a suspect when it was discovered that he stopped working from May 2, after receiving 12 days' wages for April. Despite working for 17 days, he became unresponsive to Guwalewala's communications and didn't turn up to collect his remaining salary. He had taken the position only to survey the premises," explained a Dindoshi police station officer. After observing the household routine, Mukhiya executed the theft on May 28, when the family travelled to Ayodhya. The crime was discovered on May 31, when Guwalewala's mother found the cupboard locker damaged. tnn
