Nitish Kumar all set to form govt in Bihar with NDA support
Jan 28, 2024, at 07:42 am
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to ditch his alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal and join hands with BJP-led NDA to form a new government in Bihar in the next 20 hours.
Bihar political turmoil: BJP keeping a close watch, says Giriraj Singh
Jan 27, 2024, at 07:41 pm
Patna/UNI: With the fluid political scenario in Bihar putting a question mark on the fate of the Grand Alliance government, Union Minister and senior BJP leader Giriraj Singh on Saturday said his party is presently keeping a close watch on the rapidly changing situation.
Bihar political turmoil: Will not let Nitish Kumar take oath easily, says Lalu Yadav
Jan 27, 2024, at 05:31 pm
Patna/UNI: With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inching towards the BJP to form NDA government, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav said he will not let Kumar take oath easily in alliance with NDA.
Nitish Kumar likely to switch on Sunday, may take oath as CM with BJP support
Jan 27, 2024, at 02:46 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Nitish Kumar will be sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for a ninth time on Sunday with support from the Bharatiya Janata Party, after his speculated u-turn from the INDIA alliance, media reports said.
Nitish Kumar to switch alliances again? May share stage with PM Modi in Bihar
Jan 26, 2024, at 05:21 am
Patna/IBNS: The INDIA bloc appears to be on the brink of losing a third key leader with reports indicating that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar might stage a walkout.
Former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur to receive Bharat Ratna posthumously
Jan 24, 2024, at 05:47 am
New Delhi/UNI: Former Bihar Chief Minister and socialist leader Karpoori Thakur will be honoured with the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, posthumously, the President's Secretariat said in a press release on Tuesday.
Police bust 'pregnant job agency' racket in Bihar, 8 arrested
Dec 31, 2023, at 08:13 pm
Cyber frauds used a new trick to lure men into a fraudulent scheme in Bihar where they offered them money for 'impregnating' women who were not able to conceive a child with their partners, media reports said.
Violence in Bihar after priest's mutilated body found
Dec 17, 2023, at 07:55 pm
Gopalganj (Bihar): A priest, who was brutally murdered, and his mutilated body was recovered in Bihar's Gopalganj district by police on Saturday, days after he went missing, media reports said.
Bihar: Nine policemen suspended in Purnea for extortion
Dec 02, 2023, at 10:40 pm
Nine policemen posted at various police stations were suspended with immediate effect for extorting money from fish van in this district of Bihar.
Bihar: Days of the Nitish Kumar government are numbered, says Shahnawaz Hussain
Nov 30, 2023, at 06:37 pm
Patna/UNI: Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain on Thursday said that days of Nitish Kumar government in Bihar were numbered.
Nitish Kumar announces to launch mega campaign for special status in Bihar
Nov 27, 2023, at 04:28 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday announced that a mega campaign would be launched soon to exert the pressure on Centre to accept special status demand for his state.
Nov 22, 2023, at 02:14 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed the authorities concerned to strictly maintain the law and order situation in the state at any cost.
Chhath festival ends with 'Araghya' offered to rising Sun in Bihar
Nov 20, 2023, at 05:34 pm
Patna/UNI: Chhath, a festival of purity and piousness, ended on Monday, with millions of devotees offering "Araghya" to the rising Sun in Bihar.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar apologises in state Assembly
Nov 08, 2023, at 10:46 pm
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tendered an apology for his Tuesday's statement made on the floor of the house.
Nitish Kumar apologises for his controversial remark on population control
Nov 08, 2023, at 06:18 pm
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday apologised after his remark on population control triggered a massive row and widespread condemnation.
Nitish Kumar proposes to raise Bihar caste quotas to 65 pct past Supreme Court cap
Nov 08, 2023, at 05:31 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has proposed increasing reservation in government jobs and educational institutions for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as well as Other Backward Classes and Extremely Backward Classes, to 65 percent.
Caste survey report reveals over one-third of the population is poor in Bihar
Nov 07, 2023, at 10:49 pm
Bihar government tabled the caste survey report carrying details of the socio-economic survey in the state legislature on Tuesday.
Three killed, over 20 injured in Bihar's Gopalganj stampede
Oct 25, 2023, at 05:02 am
Patna/IBNS/UNI: At least three people, including a child, were killed and more than 20 injured in a stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in Gopalganj district of Bihar.
President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Bihar for a 3-day visit
Oct 18, 2023, at 06:59 pm
Patna/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu arrived here on a three-day visit to Bihar, during which she will launch the agriculture road map of the state for the period 2023–28 and also participate in several other engagements.
Freight train derails near Bihar's Buxar
Oct 17, 2023, at 09:00 am
Buxar (Bihar): A freight train coach derailed near Dumraon station in the city of Buxar, Bihar on Monday, media reported, citing to railway officials.
Bihar train accident: 4 killed, over 100 injured as North East Express derails in Buxar
Oct 12, 2023, at 04:02 pm
Buxar/UNI: At least four passengers died and more than 100 were injured, some of them seriously, when several coaches of the 12506 North East Express derailed near Raghunathpur station under the Danapur Rail division in Bihar on Wednesday night.
Oct 12, 2023, at 06:18 am
Buxar/IBNS: At least four people were killed and many others received injuries after six coaches of the North East Express train derailed in Bihar's Buxar on Wednesday.
PM Modi slams oppositions after Bihar releases caste survey report, calls it 'sin'
Oct 03, 2023, at 02:45 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday accused the opposition of "trying to divide the country in the name of caste", a comment seen as a sharp retort hours after the Bihar government released details of its controversial state-wide caste-based survey.
Bihar caste survey released, data shows 36 percent people belong to Extremely Backward Classes
Oct 02, 2023, at 09:52 pm
Bihar released the result of a caste-based survey on Monday which showed 36 per cent of the population belong to the 'Extremely Backward Classes'.
Bihar: One shot dead in Bhagalpur
Sep 30, 2023, at 08:23 pm
In the Kahalgaon police station area of Bhagalpur district in Bihar, a person was shot dead by criminals.
NHRC notice to Bihar govt over alleged assault and stripping of Dalit woman
Sep 27, 2023, at 07:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, Bihar over alleged assault and stripping of a dalit woman on failing to pay interest on a loan.
Nitish Kumar doubts BJP's intention on passing Women's Reservation Bill
Sep 21, 2023, at 06:10 am
Patna/IBNS: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday expressed serious doubt over the intention of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in implementing the Women's Reservation Bill even after its clearance in the Parliament.
Bihar: Boat accident in Muzaffarpur leads 18 children go missing
Sep 14, 2023, at 07:29 pm
Patna/IBNS: Eighteen children went missing after a boat overturned in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district on Thursday morning, media reports said.
I do not want anything for myself in I.N.D.I.A alliance: Nitish Kumar
Aug 28, 2023, at 12:41 am
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Sunday that he does not wish anything personally from I.N.D.I.A., the opposition's alliance, adding that he only wants to unite everyone.
Aug 26, 2023, at 05:42 am
Durgapur/IBNS/UNI: The decomposed body of a third-year computer science and design student was found in his college hostel of Durgapur Engineering College, three days after he went missing, official sources said on Friday.