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New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi here in a bid to unite Opposition parties to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections. The meeting at Gandhi’s 10 Janpath residence is being considered very crucial in forging an Opposition unity […]

Patna: RJD national president Lalu Prasad Yadav on Saturday said that BJP will be wiped out from Bihar in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. While speaking to media at the Patna airport, Lalu Prasad said: “We will wipe out BJP in 2024. An ailing Lalu Prasad, who was in the national capital for his treatment, […]

Kishanganj (Bihar): Lauding the role of the Sashastra Seema Bal in the battle against Naxalism, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said owing to their “tough fight”, Naxalism has been finished in Bihar and Jharkhand regions. Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Bihar, inaugurated five Border Out Posts of SSB in Kishanganj […]

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the people should not be afraid of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as Narendra Modi was sitting in the Centre

The police are clueless about the attackers, who shot pedestrians coming in their way in different police stations of the district.

Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury at his office in Delhi. Nitish Kumar denied speculation on his Prime Ministerial candidature, saying that “I am not even a claimant, I don’t even desire it.” “We are together, that is why I am coming here”, said Nitish on meeting CPM […]

Patna: Bihar minister Kartik Kumar, who is an accused in a 2014 kidnapping case, resigned on Wednesday night amid protests by the opposition, officials said. Kartik Kumar, an RJD MLC, became the state’s law minister in the new Nitish Kumar government. He resigned hours after being moved to the lesser significant Sugarcane Department. The resignation […]

Dagmar Walter said that Tripartite initiative was taken up to ensure safe and healthy atmosphere to the workers in the ginning mills.

CM KCR will visit Bihar on August 31, to extend financial assistance to the bereaved families of Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the Galwan Valley.

Patna: A 13-year-old minor girl was gang-raped by six persons for four days in Patna, an official said on Monday. The accused kidnapped the victim from Buxar and took her to Patna where they kept her in a room and gang-raped her for four days. The accused finally abandoned her at the Dumraon railway station […]

By Arun Sinha It is going to be interesting to watch how the BJP navigates its ship through the strait the JD(U) storm has spun it into in Bihar. Although the party’s national core committee has said it will win 35 out of 40 Lok Sabha seats in the State in 2024 — a valorous […]

Patna: A jawan of SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) 45 battalion, Chimala Vishnu allegedly shot himself dead at Veerpur, Supaul on Friday. The jawan hailed from Telangana. More Details awaited.

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has kept the crucial Home Department portfolio with himself and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has taken charge of the Health Department’s portfolio in the first Cabinet expansion of the newly formed Mahagathbandhan government in Bihar. JD(U) leader Vijay Kumar Chaudhary got the Finance Department and RJD leader Tej Pratap […]

By Craig Jeffrey, Jane Dyson Young people have been taking to the streets across India, demanding governments act to provide more jobs. In Bihar, large numbers protested recently at delays in filling public sector vacancies. Some of them had passed the required examinations but waited several years for their job to start. In July and […]

New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, who reached the national capital on Thursday late evening, will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi today, a move which comes days ahead of the floor test in the Bihar Assembly on August 24. Tejashwi arrived in Delhi for the celebration of Raksha Bandhan. He will also […]

Patna: A day after announcing a new grand alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal and other opposition parties after breaking away from the BJP, Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took oath as the Bihar Chief Minister for the eighth time. Tejashwi Yadav took oath as the Deputy Chief Minister. Also present at the swearing-in ceremony held at […]

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Tuesday claimed the JD(U) breaking ranks with the BJP is an indication of the change in Indian politics, asserting that their vision to fight the saffron party and its “politics of intimidation” has gained momentum. The BJP, however, accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate […]

Patna: Nitish Kumar on Tuesday met Governor Phagu Chauhan and tendered his resignation as chief minister of the NDA government in Bihar. He said the decision to sever ties with the NDA was taken by his party, the JD(U). Kumar is expected to form a fresh government, armed with the support of the entire opposition, […]

Patna: Around 40 kanwariyas sustained injuries after a bus in which they were travelling in rammed into a parked truck in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on Thursday morning. The victims are residents of Sugauli, located on the Indo-Nepal border in West Champaran district. They were on the way to Deoghar in Jharkhand to offer Ganga Jal […]

Hyderabad: The Industries Department of Bihar is organising a Bihar Craft Fair from Friday to July 25 at Shilparamam, where handicraft, handloom and khadi items made by skilled craftsmen, weavers and entrepreneurs of Bihar will be displayed. A total of 80 stalls will be set up in the fair showcasing different types of handicrafts, handlooms […]