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Patna, Daily News Updates: Hijab row petitioners Aliya Assadi and Resham were on Friday permitted to write their second PUC test in Udupi following their request of being permitted to write the exam in the hijab was rejected by citing the regulations. In a ruling that was issued by the department of education, they stated that students taking the PUC exam, as well as teachers on duty during the exam are not allowed to wear hijab or any other clothes that represent a religious affiliation.

The Patna Police arrested an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, who is also a cleric in connection to the violence in Hubballi recent times in connection with the alleged posting on social media that sparked outrage in an entire community. Police sources told us they identified the leader as Waseem Pathan. He was arrested at Mumbai in the evening of Wednesday, and transported to Hubballi in the early hours of Thursday morning. In another development, Patna Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai clarified on Thursday that he does not have any special feelings to the local party Janata Dal (Secular). Additionally, officials from Patna police's Criminal Investigation Department arrested a suspect in the case. Patna Police's Criminal Investigation Department arrested the shooter of the Congress MLA as well as a police constable earlier on in the day in connection to the recruitment of sub-inspectors scam, bringing the total number of people arrested in the investigation to 10.

Aam Aadmi Party convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal told reporters on the streets of Bihar the previous day that the party would be forming the government of Patna following this year's Assembly elections. He also said that it will be an "zero per cent commission government".

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