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	Madhepura
		Madhepura subdivision which had seven blocks at that time, was given the status of a district on 09/05/1981.On 21/05/83 Uda-kishunganj Block was upgraded and made a subdivision of Madhepura district in the name of Uda-kishunganj.
		Madhepura district is situated between 25 31 and 26 20 latitude and in the middle of 86 36 to 87 07 longitudes.
		The Madhepura District is located in the North Eastern part of Bihar state at longitude between 25.34’ to 26.07’ and latitude between 86.19’ to 87.07’.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/madhepura_about.htm (958 words)

	Yadavs angry with Laloo in Madhepura - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Till he was made a RJD candidate from Madhepura, people here knew Siyaram Yadav as the owner of Sobha Samrat theatre, a dance troupe of girls which stages obscene dances.
		It was a similar kind of anger in Madhepura, which had led to Laloo Yadav’s defeat in the 1999 parliamentary elections from here.
		More than 30 percent of the voters in Madhepura are Yadavs and they might choose to shed their anger at the eleventh hour to save ‘Yadav Raj’.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/feb102005/n7.asp (866 words)

	Naxal fear stalks Madhepura- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MADHEPURA: Maoists have started making their presence felt in this sleepy district by sticking posters at various places like the district education office (DEO), the railway station and on the Bypass road.
		The leader of the Shantipal group, Mankhushi Jha, is currently cooling his heels in the Madhepura jail in connection with the killing of a mukhiya.
		Madhepura SDPO Shailesh Kumar Sinha said that the police were trying to locate the persons who had pasted the posters.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/1513416.cms (329 words)

	WELCOME TO DISTRICT MADHEPURA [BIHAR]
		Madhepura district is surrounded by Araria and Supaul district in the north, Khagaria and
		In addition to Rail link it is connected with state H.Q.by road that starts from NH 31 at Maheshkhut and ends at Baijnathpur situated in between Madhepura and Saharsa link road at the distance of 14 KM from Madhepura.
		Madhepura was a part of Maurya Dynasty, this fact is asserted by the Mauryan pillar at Uda-kishunganj.
	madhepura.nic.in (367 words)

	Abducted Madhepura lawyer returns- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		MADHEPURA: Advocate Jawed Akhtar, who was kidnapped a few days ago, has escaped from the clutches of the kidnappers.
		Akhtar was kidnapped by motorcycle-borne armed criminals from near Madhepura block office eight days ago when he was on way to Madhepura court from his neighbouring Jhitkiya village.
		Madhepura police have heaved a sigh of relief with the return of the kidnapped advocate.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_ID=12712636 (206 words)

	News Headings
		PATNA, Oct 4 (PTI) — The BJP-Janata Dal (United) combine today threatened to launch an agitation if the election in Madhepura constituency was not countermanded as, it alleged, the ruling RJD had indulged in large-scale booth capturing during polling yesterday.
		He said the party had urged the commission to order a repoll in Madhepura and send a high-level team to enquire into reports of large-scale rigging.
		Since polling in four constituencies in Bihar in any case had already been delayed because of floods, Madhepura would only be the fifth, which could be countermanded until an inquiry was held and a repoll conducted on October 28, the letter said.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99oct05/head3.htm (439 words)

	The Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When he stopped at Kachara Haat in Madhepura constituency, the alternate seat he is contesting, at 11 p.m.
		He reached Madhepura town at 4 a.m., stopping briefly at Saur Bazar to instruct some men on how to manage the booths on polling day.
		But Laloo`s rival in Madhepura, Union minister and Janata Dal (United) candidate Sharad Yadav, who won the seat in 1999 by a 30,000 vote-margin, was well prepared to blunt his overtures.
	www.the-week.com /24may16/statescan_article1.htm (431 words)

	Elections 99: Leaders' Campaign: Yadavs in the Pit
		It's worse when the villagers of Madhepura have to cart their goods to the main mandi in the Kosi basin.
		On the face of it, the caste tilt in Madhepura is slightly in Laloo's favour.
		But the several trips he's made to the constituency reveals he's not as confident as he claims to be.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/19991004/election2.html (990 words)

	Pappu Yadav told to leave Madhepura
		Pappu Yadav was brought to Madhepura for production before a fast track court headed by Additional Sessions Judge Kamla Prasad in connection with an election-related case against him lodged by the police in 1992.
		The fast track judge sent him to Sadar Hospital in Madhepura under judicial custody as his lawyer prayed before the court that his client was unwell.
		As news spread, leaders opposed to Pappu Yadav raised a hue and cry over his presence in Madhepura on the eve of the May 5 election in the constituency forcing the District Magistrate to constitute a medical board headed by a civil surgeon to examine him.
	www.rediff.com /election/2004/may/04bihar.htm (268 words)

	Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: EC orders detailed probe into Patna, Madhepura, Baghpat polls
		The hearing into the allegations regarding Madhepura will be heard at Delhi at the Commission's headquarters on February 20 by secretary to the Commission C R Brahmam.
		In Madhepura, one of the candidates is former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Laloo Prasad Yadav.
		The UF delegation alleged that no security personnel were present at most of the polling booths in Madhepura, and that various groups of armed goons in vehicles were ''prowling'' around at Laloo Prasad Yadav's behest.
	www.rediff.com /news/1998/feb/17madhe.htm (905 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Madhepura was made a district town in 1981.
		Madhepura has its own sense of justice and ambition.
		It is not that he is the better man. It is that Madhepura, caught between the Yadavs, has realised that the cold storage unit Sharad has built will continue to languish without electricity unless Laloo is given a chance.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main1.asp?filename=Ne041704justice.asp (621 words)

	tribuneindia... Nation
		NEW DELHI, Oct 3 — The Janata Dal (United) today alleged "massive rigging" in the Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar, from where its leader Sharad Yadav is contesting, by the ruling Rashtriya Janata Dal president and rival candidate Laloo Prasad Yadav’s supporters, and demanded a repoll in over 425 booths.
		Jaitly claimed that Kailash Prasad Gupta, who was killed at a polling centre in Madhepura, belonged to the Samata Party and not the RJD, and described as false reports that Sharad Yadav had been detained by the police for indulging in booth capturing.
		Mr Yadav, who is one of the candidates in Madhepura where elections were held during the day, has lodged a complaint with him and asked for action against DM Sunil Barthwal at Sonebersa, Mr Basu said.
	www.tribuneindia.com /1999/99oct04/nation.htm (3282 words)

	The Hindu : National / Elections 2004 : Chapra factor follows Laloo into Madhepura
		The arc lights are now on Madhepura in Bihar, not just because of the battle here between the two Yadavs, but also because the Election Commission will be watching the constituency like a hawk following its experience in the Chapra Lok Sabha constituency.
		One, it has given the impression that the RJD chief has had the upper hand there and is under no pressure fighting it out with his friend-turned-foe in Madhepura.
		Secondly, if the Commission takes a decision after the enquiry into allegations of malpractice in Chapra before Madhepura goes to the polls on May 5, it is bound to have an impact here.
	www.hindu.com /2004/05/04/stories/2004050401251500.htm (690 words)

	archive: EC takes exception to Laloo's procession (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Madhepura is one of the most prestigious constituencies in the country and the Election Commission is irrevocably committed to check electoral malpractices here, he said.
		The EC has issued necessary instructions to the Madhepura administration keeping in view the possibility of anti-social elements sneaking into the constituency from outside.
		Fourteen companies of Central paramilitary forces and 1,500 Home Guards would be engaged in conducting free and fair poll in the constituency where out of a total of 1,552 polling centres, no less than 986 have been declared ``sensitive'', he said.
	www.media-watch.org /articles/0999/235.html (350 words)

	PatnaDaily.Com - Laloo to Contest Elections from Madhepura
		It is not clear if Yadav plans to contest from Chhapra constituency as well since that's what he had earlier said to his supporters.
		The announcement came at a public gathering in Madhepura attended by hundreds of RJD activists and his ministers.
		While Yadav had defeated Sharad Yadav in Madhepura in 1998 election by a margin of nearly 50,000 votes, he eventually lost to him in 1999 by 35,000 votes.
	patnadaily.com /news2004/012104/laloo_to_contest_from_madhepura.html (264 words)

	Laloo, Sharad lock horns for Madhepura by-poll - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Madhepura was vacated by Laloo Yadav in favour of Chhapra after he emerged victorious from both the places.
		The Left parties, particularly CPI(M), thereby have extended a call to defeat the RJD candidate despite lending support to the UPA government at the Centre of which the RJD is a major constituent.
		The JD(U) contestant, R P Yadav is a respected leader in the region and has the distinction of even defeating the late B P Mandal — the architect of the Mandal Commission — in Madhepura.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/oct122004/n11.asp (602 words)

	Kalyan Chandra Sarkar v. Rajesh Ranjan @ Pappu Yadav & Anr [2005] INSC 99 (14 February 2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pursuant to the cancellation of bail by this Court, he was charged for offences punishable under Section 302 read with Section 120B of the IPC and was to be kept in Adarsh Jail, Beur, Patna.
		Noticing the same, a report was called for from the concerned authorities to apprise this Court on what authority the respondent was found in Madhepura on that day and how he was permitted to address a public meeting.
		Even upon his election as a Member of Parliament from Madhepura constituency he was not entitled to have such visitors having regard to Special Rules for Division I Prisoners, Rule 1000 which permits interviews only once every fortnight and Rule 1001 which debars political matters being included in the conversation.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/2005/99.html (4037 words)

	Excelsior... Nation
		The Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in the Mandal heartland of Bihar is set to witness a battle of Titans between two Yadav stalwarts — RJD president Laloo Prasad Yadav and his Janata Dal(U) counterpart and rival Sharad Yadav on October three.
		Bhidaki, a Muslim-dominated village near Madhepura town may be a case in point.
		Laloo who arrived at a small meeting organised by Muslims for Sharad in the village, was forced to retreat in the face of slogans raised against him.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /99sep28/national.htm (3556 words)

	Print Article - What the quota panel told the government
		Railway Minister Lalu Prasad vacated the Madhepura seat as he had also won from the Chapra constituency in Bihar, while Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav gave up the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat.
		By-elections to 12 assembly seats will be held in Uttar Pradesh, five in Gujarat, four in Jammu and Kashmir, three each in Nagaland and West Bengal, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi and one each in Assam, Goa, Manipur and Himachal Pradesh.
		The by-election from Madhepura has attracted more attention because Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) nominee Pappu Yadav is charged in criminal cases and whose bail was shot down by the Supreme Court Friday.
	www.siliconindia.com /print_article.php?25711 (547 words)

	Election 2004 - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Three poll personnel, including a presiding officer, six homeguards and a booth grabber were arrested in Madhepura where RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav is crossing swords with his bete-noire, Union Consumer Affairs Minister Sharad Yadav.
		In Madhepura, ten people, including a presiding officer and six homeguards, were on Wednesday arrested for allegedly indulging in bogus voting and polling cancelled in a booth in Bihar's high profile Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency.
		Official sources said polling at the booth at Sherpur village was cancelled after Election Commission observer KJ Alphon, during a visit, found these people and a booth grabber had cast bogus votes in favour of a particular candidate.
	www.hindustantimes.com /2005/May/17/6996_733110,0016005500010000.htm (651 words)

	Voting begins in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		By-poll began on Wednesday morning in Madhepura Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar amidst tight security.
		Long queues of voters were seen before the booths in Madhepura town much before the polling started.
		Altogether 40 companies of central forces including CRPF, BSF, CISF, along with the District Armed Police were deployed in different parts of the constituency to ensure free, fair and peaceful poll, District Magistrate and Returning Officer PS Meena said.
	www.nrilinks.com /news/n/8/15117.aspx (106 words)

	Government orders closure of illegal mental asylum in Madhepura
		Bihar government has ordered closure of a mental asylum in Madhepura which was allegedly being run by a quack for the past several years.
		The mental hospital at Murkahi village under Shankarpur police station was being run by a quack- Mahadev Prasad Yadav, who recently won the Mukhiya election.
		Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association(IMA) has demanded arrest of the quack who has been running the mental hospital in an unlawful way for the last forty years.
	news.webindia123.com /news/Articles/Health/20060620/368837.html (281 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Preliminary Report on Starvation Deaths in Madhepura, Bihar Introduction Belokhari is a village under Shrinagar Panchayat in Ghelardh block of Madhepura district.
		Sharad Yadav, who also happens to be the Member of Parliament from the local Madhepura parliamentary constituency, sent a Central Team to investigate alleged hunger deaths.
		Sudhir Kumar, is, in fact, BDO of Madhepura block.
	www.righttofoodindia.org /data/madhepura-deaths.doc (3513 words)

	Samata recalls Madhepura nominee
		PATNA, February 26: On the eve of repolling for the Madhepura Lok Sabha seat, the Samata Party withdrew candidate N K Singh to avoid a spilt in anti-Laloo votes.
		Party secretary Lalan Singh said Samata president George Fernandes took the decision to pool in the party's votes in favour of Janata Dal (JD) president Sharad Yadav, who is pitted against former chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Laloo Prasad Yadav.
		With nearly three lakh voters exercising their franchise in the constituency, the balance may tilt in favour of Sharad Yadav if free and fair repolling takes place, he said.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980227/05850904.html (226 words)

	The Day After
		That's the carrot the Nitish government is dangling in the hope of reducing the crime number in the state.
		Whether it will work in the long run or not can be debated and remains to be seen, on Tuesday, more than 200 criminals, some very hardened, laid their arms down before Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Supaul and Madhepura districts to lead a crime-free life from this moment onward.
		In Supaul district, more than 130 criminals surrendered with arms while in Madhepura nearly 100 criminals, including murderers and extortionists, turned in their weapons in the hope of leaving their crime world behind and begin a new, crime-free chapter in their lives.
	www.dayafterindia.com /mar206/states6.html (302 words)

	Lawlessly yours!
		And with state assembly elections due next year, the rationale of the kidnappers and gangs is that the politicians need them more than they need doctors or engineers or industrialists!
		It is, after all, the gangs which ensure that the voters fall in line in more ways than one on the day of polling whether it is in Siwan, Chapra or Madhepura.
		Pappu Yadav, who had been arrested in connection with the murder of trade union activist Ajit Sarkar, is now the Lok Sabha MP from Madhepura where he successfully contested a by-election as a candidate of Laloo Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal.
	www.hvk.org /articles/1204/16.html (658 words)

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		Patna: RJD chief Laloo Prasad Yadav filed his nomination papers from Madhepura on Friday.
		In the last Lok Sabha election, Sharad yadav had defeated Laloo Yadav in Madhepura.
		Imphal: An all-party meeting in Manipur has decided to seek assistance from the Centre for smooth conduct of the ensuing general elections in the state in view of the election boycott call by militants, official sources said Friday.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /news/news2004/apr04/apr0904_poll.html (1852 words)

	SC TO Probe Yadav's Visit To Madhepura - News.Indlaw.com
		SC TO Probe Yadav's Visit To Madhepura - News.Indlaw.com
		The Supreme Court today decided to conduct a thorough probe into former Bihar MP Pappu Yadav's "sneak" visit to Madhepura constituency on May 3 while he was in judicial custody in connection with Ajit Sarkar murder case.
		The Court asked the CBI to give within a week a report pertaining to Yadav's hospitalisation at Patna Medical College Hospital and also report on his visits outside the hospital between March 16, when he was arrested, and May 31
	www.indlawnews.com /65fa7db96e4d4d434aaa2dc5268d659f (116 words)

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