'Heading to sweep RS seats': NDA assembles allies, MLAs

PATNA, March 15 -- Ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls on March 16, a series of meetings by alliance partners of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was held in Patna with top leaders claiming th... Read More

No shortage of LPG, fuel in Bihar: Govt

PATNA, March 13 -- The Bihar government on Thursday asserted that there is no shortage of LPG cylinders or fuel in the state. This statement came after a high-level meeting with major public sector oi... Read More

Parleys begin for post-Nitish era; JD(U) eyes Speaker's post

PATNA, March 11 -- Even as political parties in Bihar are preoccupied with the March 16 Rajya Sabha polls, parleys have begun for a share in the post-Nitish Kumar cabinet in the state. Kumar's Janata ... Read More

With Nishant likely in fray, upcoming MLC polls set to be electric

PATNA, March 11 -- Even as the biennial polls to the Rajya Sabha for five seats have triggered much political heat in the state, another round of heightened political activity is expected in coming on... Read More

Nitish to emabark on 3rd leg of Samridhhi Yatra from March 10

PATNA, March 9 -- Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar will undertake the third leg of "Samriddhi Yatra" from March 10 to March 14 and visit various districts in Seemanchal and Kosi areas to review devel... Read More

Nitish exit may alter Bihar's caste calculus and social equations

PATNA, March 6 -- In Bihar, polarisation on caste lines and social affiliations always shape political fortunes of political parties. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who steered the Janata Dal (Uni... Read More

Nitish's transition too sudden; it could be more gracious, say leaders, experts

PATNA, March 6 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar's bid to make a transition to national politics by filing nomination for Rajya Sabha polls on Thursday after spending 20 years as head of the state govern... Read More

Nishant Kumar, a reluctant politician, to finally take plunge

PATNA, March 6 -- He was supposed to join the Janata Dal (United), a party his father helmed for decades, on Thursday. He didn't. But Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant's entry into polit... Read More

For NDA constituents, a chance to consolidate support base

Patna, March 6 -- Caste has always shaped political fortunes in Bihar. Chief minister Nitish Kumar reaped rich rewards by packaging development politics with deft social engineering of combining diffe... Read More

CAG raps transport dept for issuing DLs, LLs sans following proper procedures

PATNA, March 1 -- The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pulled up the state transport department for multiple lapses, including issuing driving licences without following mandatory pr... Read More

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