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Bihar: Mahagathbandhan on verge of split, RJD can contest MLC polls alone

Ahead of the Legislative Council elections in Bihar, the 'Mahagathbandhan' of Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal is on the verge of a split as Tejashwi Yadav refused to contest the elections together

FIR against Tej Pratap Yadav for hiding property details in poll affidavit

A FIR has been registered against RJD leader Tej Pratap Yadav over allegedly hiding details of property in the affidavit filed during the Assembly elections in Bihar in 2020, the police said

Modi, Shah, Sonia among those tested, jabbed for Covid-19 in Bihar!

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar these are the names of residents of a non-descript rural area of an impoverished south Bihar district. If the state health department is to be believed, they are all villagers who have been "tested and vaccinated" for COVID-19 in Karpi panchayat of Arwal district. "This embarrassing matter came to our notice about 20 days ago when the civil surgeon was inspecting the records. The two data operators concerned have been sacked and FIRs lodged against them," said Arwal's District Magistrate J Priyadarshini. "Instructions have been issued to closely examine records of other parts of the district. If more such anomalies come to the fore, more action shall follow since lapses of this kind reduce the drive against the pandemic to a farce," she added. Notorious for maintaining irreconcilable records, one of the most famous example of which was cattle having been shown transported on scooters during the fodder scam of

Issue of Dalit dignity leaves Jitan Manjhi and Bihar BJP at loggerheads

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Thursday lashed out at dharm ke thekedaar self-appointed guardians of faith whom he squarely blamed for Dalits being deprived of a life of dignity. Manjhi, whose Hindustani Awam Morcha is a part of the ruling alliance in the state, expressed his anguish on his Twitter handle, sharing a heart-wrenching news report of a Dalit couple in Karnataka being penalized after their two-year-old child inadvertently stepped into a temple. Incidentally, Karnataka is ruled by the BJP, which is also the largest partner in the ruling coalition in Bihar. I am giving voice to the pain that has been experienced for centuries. So far, I have been shy of expressing the anguish. Now nobody will say a word. The dharm ke thekedaar go silent on such matters...... they cannot brook Dalits entering the temples or offering their views on religious works (dharmik kavya), Manjhi tweeted. For the politically savvy citizens of the state, which Manjhi ruled for a ...

Meet LJP leader Pashupati Kumar Paras, who led coup against Chirag Paswan

Paras is Chirag's uncle and Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan's younger brother

Polling in Covid time: Bihar model to be followed in Bengal, says official

ECI will follow the Bihar model, taken up last year for conducting the assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, during the upcoming election in West Bengal

Shahnawaz Hussain, Mukesh Sahani file nomination for Bihar council by-polls

BJP leader Syed Shahnawaz Hussain and Bihar minister Mukesh Sahani on Monday filed their nomination papers for by-elections to two seats of the state legislative council.

Rising quietly, organically

Shiv Sena and AIMIM are growing without engineering splits or defections

2020 wrap: Bihar went to polls amid Covid-19; NDA scraped through

In a year that left the world in the throes of the Covid-19, Bihar pulled off a mammoth electoral exercise which saw the NDA retain power but a reinvigorated opposition snapping at its heels

After Bihar election win, East, South main focus in BJP restructuring

After Bihar elections, Nadda assigns states to prabharis and puts minders to oversee morchas

Tejashwi faces corruption charges, must not become leader of Oppn: JDU

The JD(U)'s demand came two days after party leader Mewa Lal Chaudhary resigned

What role did central schemes play in getting NDA to power in Bihar?

A look into the performance key central programmes in the state, and the impact on gender-based voter turnout which could have had a bearing on poll outcome

57% Bihar ministers have declared criminal cases against them: ADR

As many as 13 (93 per cent) are crorepatis with their average assets pegged at Rs 3.93 crores

Congress vs Congress on Kapil Sibal, infighting & 'leadership crisis'

Days after the Congress suffered another electoral setback in Bihar, voices of discontent within the party resurfaced with a section of leaders calling for action and introspection

Bihari NRIs congratulate Nitish Kumar, offer help in development of state

Congratulating Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his electoral victory, Indian Americans who trace their roots to Bihar have offered their services in the development of the eastern state

Writing on the wall

Status quo means the Congress will continue to lose ground

After Kapil Sibal's comments, Anand Sharma veers off Congress script

Sharma criticises move to reject RCEP; Khurshid takes aim at rebels for speaking against party

Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for 4th term; gets 2 deputies from BJP

Just 10 ministers take oath in Bihar; Sushil Modi may get Union Cabinet berth

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Nitish Kumar's new cabinet to have 14 members, including 2 deputy CMs

A 14-member council of ministers, headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, was on Monday sworn in here by Governor Phagu Chauhan.