Nitish Kumar set to resign as Bihar MLC on Monday, say sources
Patna (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who was elected to the Rajya Sabha earlier this month, is set to resign from the state legislative council on Monday, JD(U) sources said.
The JD(U) president was elected to the upper House of Parliament on March 16, and according to party insiders, the 14-day period during which he has to quit as MLC ends Monday.
"It is stipulated in the Constitution that you should resign within 14 days. Things will happen accordingly," Sanjay Kumar Jha, the national working president of the JD(U), had told reporters here last week.
JD(U) leader and MLA Anant Kumar Singh, who met Nitish Kumar on Sunday, told media persons that the chief minister will tender his resignation as MLC on Monday.
Jha, however, had parried queries on when the 75-year-old JD(U) supremo was expected to step down as chief minister.
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UP: 21-year-old student dies after jumping from 28th floor in Noida; no suicide note found
Noida (PTI): A 21-year-old college student allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 28th floor of her residential society in Sector 32 here, police said on Monday.
According to police, no suicide note was recovered from the spot; however, family members said that she had been mentally disturbed for some time.
The incident took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, when Arpita, a resident of D-Block in Sector 32, jumped from the building.
She was a second-year Bachelor of Technology student at a college in Punjab and had returned to Noida two days before the incident.
"No suicide note was recovered from the spot," a police officer said.
Family members told police that she had been mentally disturbed after returning home.
On the night of the incident, she allegedly jumped from the balcony of her apartment on the 28th floor. The society's security guard noticed her and alerted the family, following which the police were informed.
The woman's father is a businessman. The family hails from Basti in Uttar Pradesh and is currently residing in the Sector 32 society, police said.
"The body has been sent for post-mortem after completing inquest formalities. Further investigation is underway," the police added.
