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panchayat polls in state to be held before dec 2026: poll panel

PATNA, Dec. 18 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) will hold the next panchayat polls before December, 2026 and also complete the exercise of reservation of posts through rotation by early next yea... Read More


Bihar to spend Rs.3-3.5K-cr for VB-G-RAM-G's wages

PATNA, Dec. 18 -- The Bihar government will have to spend estimated Rs.3,000 crore to Rs.3,500 crore from next fiscal year onwards as state share under the proposed new rural employment scheme -- Viks... Read More


CPI-ML to hold village huddles to assess assembly poll debacle

PATNA, Dec. 17 -- After massive poll drubbing in the Bihar assembly elections, one of the main opposition parties in the state, CPI-ML (Liberation), is going to hold a seven-day village-level assessme... Read More


1.7m farmers distributed seeds for rabi cropping

PATNA, Dec. 15 -- The state agriculture department has distributed 6.41 lakh quintals of seeds of all types to around 1.73 million farmers in the ongoing rabi season, which is one of the highest in re... Read More


New tweet reignites Lalu family feud

PATNA, Dec. 13 -- Estranged daughter of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Rohini Acharya posted a new tweet on X on Thursday, ostensibly stressing the need taking concrete steps to protect the equal rights of d... Read More


Dy CM warns of action against officials having links with land mafia

PATNA, Dec. 11 -- Bihar deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who also holds the Revenue and Land Reforms Department portfolio, on Wednesday issued a stern warning to revenue officers against collu... Read More


Govt finalising modalities for Rs.2L biz aid to women

PATNA, Dec. 8 -- The rural development department (RDD) had started the process of formulating the modalities for giving additional monetary assistance of up to Rs.2 lakh to eligible beneficiaries und... Read More


'Bihar registered almost all waqf land on Umeed'

PATNA, Dec. 7 -- Almost all properties of Shia and Sunni waqf boards in Bihar were registered on the Centre's digital portal (UMEED), as the deadline expired on Saturday, said the state's minority wel... Read More


Bihar's waqf properties uploaded on UMEED portal

PATNA, Dec. 7 -- The registration of waqf properties in the state on the UMEED portal continued till late evening before the deadline expiry on Saturday with both the Bihar Shia and Sunni waqf boards ... Read More


NDA's pre-election doles triggered INDIA bloc's debacle in Bihar polls

PATNA, Dec. 7 -- After several weeks of silence on the RJD's poll debacle, Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Saturday attributed the doles given by the NDA government as one of the pri... Read More