Hindustan Times Patna - April 12, 2025

Hindustan Times Patna - April 12, 2025

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April 12, 2025
Pilot Hits Out at CM: 'Could Have Asked for 20L Jobs From PM Modi'
All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday hit out at chief minister Nitish Kumar for eroding confidence of the youth on job recruitment process and said he (Kumar) would have asked for 20 lakh jobs for the youths in lieu of supporting the Narendra Modi dispensation after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
1 min
PK's 1st Show of Might in Patna Turns Out to Be 'A Damp Squib'
It was all set for a grand maiden show by poll strategist Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraj Party, with the historic Gandhi Maidan meticulously prepared with all necessary arrangements for nearly 3-4 lakh people.
1 min
Bihar thunderstorm, lightning toll rises to 63; ISRO help sought
The torrential rains and lightning that caused 63 deaths across various districts in Bihar on Thursday has come as a wake-up call for the state authorities, especially the Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA), which is now ascertaining the reasons behind the high rate of causalities.
3 mins
RJD MLA Escapes Police Raid on Premises, Cash, Docus Seized
A joint team of Patna police and the Special Task Force (STF) raided two properties linked to RJD MLA from Danapur Ritlal Yadav on Friday, in a major operation reportedly prompted by a complaint filed against the lawmaker with the Khagaul police station late on Thursday.
1 min
Bihar amends tourism policy to boost hotel and hospitality sector
In its bid to woo investments in the hotel and hospitality sector, the state government has amended certain provisions of the Bihar Tourism Policy 2023 to incentivize construction of star-rated hotels with lower expenditure.
1 min
Doctor with fake degrees worked in key hospitals
MBBS doctor Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav, 47, who had two post-graduate degrees, both fake, worked in reputed hospitals in seven states including a hospital run by the son the Madhya Pradesh's school education minister Rao Uday Pratap Singh in Narsinghpur, investigations have revealed.
5 mins
DMK sacks Ponmudy over vulgar remarks
Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy was on Friday removed as the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)'s deputy general secretary following an uproar over his vulgar comments about women, Shaivites, and Vaishnavites at a public event.
1 min
School friends to collaborators in terror: The Rana-Headley nexus that led to 26/11
In the early months of 2009—sometime between February and March—David Coleman Headley called his friend Dr Tahawwur Rana in Chicago to make him hear an audio tape in which at least five top commanders of the Pakistani terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) could be heard giving detailed instructions to the ten men who had been sent to Mumbai on a suicide mission in November 2008.
4 mins
Nagendran set to be TN BJP chief
BJP legislator from Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli constituency, Nainar Nagendran is all set to become the next state chief of the party, succeeding K Annamalai, who is now all set for a national role that seems to be an apparent reward for his work in the Dravidian heartland.
1 min
Criminals Running Amok in Bihar: Tejashwi
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Friday attacked the Bihar government led by chief minister Nitish Kumar over the law and order situation in the state and said that the criminals are running amok in Bihar.
1 min
Rajasthan CM Unveils Schemes for Agri Sector
Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma on Friday hailed Mahatma Jyotiba Phule as a torchbearer of social justice and education, marking his 198th birth anniversary with a pledge to uplift farmers and marginalised communities.
1 min
Hate killing: Girl and her lover hammered to death in East Champaran dist
In a hate killing, a man in Bihar's East Champaran district killed his unmarried sister and her 28-year-old lover by clobbering them with a hammer after they were allegedly caught making rendezvous in the girl's house at a village in Kesariya block of the district on Thursday midnight.
1 min
4 Minor Boys Rescued From Samastipur Railway Station
The Railway Protection Force (RPF), in collaboration with NGO Prayas, uncovered a case of human trafficking at Samastipur junction on Thursday evening by rescuing four minor boys from platform no. 1 and arresting two human traffickers, who were attempting to take them to Ahmedabad to work in a hotel, GRP official said.
1 min
IGIMS reserves two beds in emergency for medicos
The Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) has reserved two of its 16 beds in the emergency unit for its medical students, amid such demands by medicos and the Bihar chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday, despite its Faculty Doctors Association (FDA) on Friday denying unavailability of a hospital bed for its student who died at a nearby private hospital on Thursday after a road accident at Patna's Hartali Mor on April 7.
2 mins
Branded a witch, elderly tribal woman killed in Bihar's Rohtas
An elderly tribal woman was beaten to death on suspicions of practising witchcraft in a remote and hilly village under the jurisdiction of Nauhatta police station in Rohtas district on Thursday evening, police said.
1 min
Adolescence: A time for parenting metamorphosis
THE FINAL EPISODE OF THE NETFLIX HIT 'ADOLESCENCE' IN PARTICULAR HIGHLIGHTED THAT TEENAGE IS A NOT A TIME FOR PARENTS TO STEP BACK FROM PARENTING. IT'S THE MOMENT TO LEAN IN
3 mins
Le Pen's troubles and Europe's shift to Right
The worst fears of the French far-Right were confirmed when its most recognizable leader, Marine Le Pen, was convicted of embezzlement of public funds and handed a five-year ban on running for political office by a Paris criminal court on March 31.
3 mins
RICKSHAW UNIONS WARN OF STRIKE OVER CHAR DHAM YATRA RESTRICTION
E-rickshaw unions have threatened to go on strike in protest against new restrictions imposed by local authorities ahead of the Char Dham yatra which begins on April 30, people aware of the matter said.
1 min
Nadda Launches Ayushman Bharat In Odisha
Union health minister JP Nadda on Friday launched the Ayushman Bharat Yojana in Odisha, and expressed hope that the central health insurance scheme will soon be implemented in neighbouring West Bengal - the only state where it is still not in use.
1 min
Gehlot Targets Raje for Flagging Issue of Water Crisis 'Selectively'
Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday hit back at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vasundhara Raje over her remarks on the drinking water crisis in Jhalawar, urging her to raise concerns for the entire Parbati-Kalisindh-Chambal (PKC)-ERCP Link Project instead of being selective.
3 mins
I never think of genre when I'm writing
On Nigerian folklore, and how writers with hyphenated identities are opening up the borders of the English language
2 mins
A Record of Thinking
Amitava Kumar's The Green Book: An Observer's Notebook is the third in the series, after The Blue Book: A Writer's Journal and The Yellow Book: A Traveller's Diary.
3 mins
Ousted prez leaves official residence
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol returned to his private home on Friday from the official residence after his removal from office, with crowds of supporters turning out to greet his motorcade.
1 min
Musk Says Doge Will Save $150BN, Far Below Earlier Claims Of $2TN
WASHINGTON: Elon Musk on Thursday said his work as chief cost-cutter for the Trump administration would yield $150 billion in savings, a significant reduction from earlier estimates that had reached as high as $2 trillion.
1 min
Top Executive, Family Among Six Killed in NY Helicopter Crash
Six people, including a senior Siemens executive and his family, were killed when a sightseeing helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York.
2 mins
Assassination Records of MLK, RFK Will Soon Be Public: Top US Spy
Documents related to the 1968 assassinations of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr (MLK) and Sen Robert F Kennedy (RFK) will soon be made public as more than 100 people have been working \"around the clock\" to scan them, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said during a cabinet meeting.
1 min
Iran Says Seeking 'Real and Fair' Deal in N-Talks With US
Iran is seeking a \"real and fair\" agreement with the United States on its nuclear programme, a senior aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday, setting the stage for a diplomatic showdown this weekend in Oman.
1 min
India-Austria bat for stronger economic ties
Vienna cited the \"strain\" caused by the new US tariffs and urged strengthening economic cooperation with partner countries, as finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman met her Austrian counterpart during her Europe trip.
1 min
Ola Electric Rolls Out Roadster X Bike From Its Tamil Nadu Plant
Ola Electric Mobility on Friday said it has rolled out the first Roadster X motorcycle from its Futurefactory in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu.
1 min
JSW MG Motor India Aims for 65% EV Sales by 2025-End
JSW MG Motor India on Friday said it expects up to 65% of its total sales to come from electric vehicles by the end of this year.
1 min
Adani Enterprises to Start Copper Smelter in Four Weeks
India's Adani Enterprises Ltd is preparing to start a major smelter in India in the next four weeks that will refine copper concentrate, the company's head of metals, Felipe Williams, said on Thursday.
1 min
IIP Growth Slows to 6-Month Low of 2.9% in Feb
India's industrial production growth decelerated to a six-month low of 2.9% in February 2025, mainly due to poor performance of the manufacturing, mining and power sectors, according to official data released on Friday.
1 min
India, US Push for a 'Win-Win' Trade Pact
An interim trade agreement between India and the US could be finalized in the 90-day tariff pause announced by the Trump administration if it is a \"win-win\" for both sides, an official said on Friday.
1 min
Equity MF inflows dip to 11-month low of ₹25,082 cr in Mar
Inflow in equity mutual funds (MFs) declined to an 11-month low at ₹25,082 crore in March primarily due to sharp redemption in sectoral and thematic funds amid continued market volatility spurred by tariff concerns.
1 min
Sensex, Nifty jump nearly 2% on US tariff timeout
The US announced suspension of additional tariffs on India for 90 days
2 mins
Mohun Bagan and Bengaluru FC Face Off in ISL Cup Final
League winners Mohun Bagan will fancy their chances of completing a double notwithstanding the challenge staring at them in the form of a formidable Bengaluru FC side in the final of the ISL Cup here on Saturday.
1 min
India Bids for 2031 AFC Asian Cup, Will Fight Out With Six Other Countries
India has submitted 'Expression of Interest (EoI)' to host the 2031 AFC Asian Cup, the continent's showpiece football event, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Friday.
1 min
Salah Signs New Two-Year Deal With Liverpool
Mohamed Salah ended months of speculation over his future by signing a new two-year contract with Premier League leaders Liverpool on Friday.
1 min
Tracking how T20 batting is shifting into express lane
Striking it big this season
3 mins
Man United, Spurs Draw as Rangers Hold Athletic 0-0
While Manchester United drew 2-2 against Lyon, Tottenham were held 1-1 by Frankfurt
2 mins
ScarJo is all set to attend Cannes Film Festival — this time as director
Hollywood actor Scarlett Johansson is all set to take on the Cannes Film Festival, this time as a director.
1 min
KL Rahul's 'mera ground hai' celebration in Bengaluru after DC win, wins hearts!
Actor Athiya Shetty was in awe of her husband, cricketer KL Rahul, who delivered a masterclass under pressure on Thursday night.
1 min
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