Patna, Dec. 31: The BJP on Saturday termed the Centre’s move to “scuttle” the voting on Lokpal in Rajya Sabha as a “murder of democracy” to which the party would oppose through a weeklong nationwide agitation from January 3. A Congress-scripted drama was played in the Upper House of which Lalu Prasad and his party were the main villains in scuttling the voting,” party general secretary and chief spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said. Katihar: A 25-year-old youth was arrested while making an abortive attempt to hijack the Katihar-bound Amrapali Express (15708 Down) coming from Delhi near Kursela railway station late on Friday night. Ketan Kumar Singh, a bachelor of business administration student and a resident of Madhepura district, barged into the driver’s cabin with a gun and asked him to stop the train. As the train stopped at Kursela station, Ketan tried to flee but Government Railway Police nabbed him. Patna: Bihar State Bar Council will hold a special meeting on January 16 to celebrate its golden jubilee year on the high court premises. Nalanda: A Mumbai police team nabbed Ashutosh Verma from Bhashinpur village under Parbalpur police station of the district on Saturday and seized gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 35 lakh, which were looted from a shop in Mumbai. Kishanganj (PTI): Aligarh Muslim University vice-chancellor P.K. Abdul Ajij said there was “no provision” for reservation for Muslims on the new campus of the university being set up here. Sitamarhi: Tunna Singh was arrested on Saturday for his alleged role in the murder of the mukhiya of Madhkaul village. Sheikhpura: Mritunjay Singh, a resident of Babhangama village in the district, was on Saturday picked up for interrogation in connection with the murder of an RTI activist, Ram Vilas Singh, on December 8, 2011.
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