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Sanjay Jha suggests renaming JD(U) as 'Janata Dal (Nitish)'

PATNA, Sept. 12 -- The Janata Dal (United) working president and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha's suggestion that the party be renamed Janata Dal (Nitish) has put the spotlight on the party's identity ... Read More


Suggestion to name JD(U) after Nitish kicks off debate in Bihar

PATNA, Sept. 12 -- Janata Dal (United) working president and Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Jha's statement that the party should be named after former Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has triggered a deb... Read More


HC quashes dismissal of Buxar jail warden, overturns '18 termination

PATNA, Sept. 11 -- The Patna High Court on Wednesday quashed the dismissal of jail wardern Upendra Das, who was removed from service in 2018 following a 2016 prisoner escape incident at Buxar Central ... Read More


Battle for 8 seat council polls heats up

PATNA, Sept. 10 -- The Bihar Legislative Council elections for eight seats - four each from the graduate and teachers' constituencies - scheduled in November has started getting intense even before th... Read More


Liquor case accused gets bail in dry Bihar, asked to pay to beautify court

India, Sept. 9 -- The Patna high court has granted anticipatory bail to a man accused of possessing liquor in Khagaria in Bihar, where prohibition was imposed in 2016, on the condition that he contrib... Read More


Lalu slams govt over flood crisis, targets 'Nitish Samvad' launch

PATNA, Sept. 9 -- Amidst devastating flood across Bihar and the JD(U) launching 'Nitish Samvad' across the state, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday took to X to attack the Centre and the state go... Read More


SC upholds EBC prof's preferred univ posting

PATNA, Sept. 5 -- In a setback to the Bihar State University Service Commission(BSUSC), the Supreme Court on September 2 rejected its Special Leave Petition (SLP) against a Patna High Court order, sta... Read More


HC bars teachers' principal postings

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- The Patna High Court has set aside the orders of the universities to send college teachers to the newly-constituted degree colleges on deputation without their consent. "The order of... Read More


JD(U) launches 'Nitish Samvad' on water treaty

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- With the Farakka Water Treaty, signed between India and Bangladesh in December 1996 and set to expire in December 2026, the Janata Dal (United), which is aggressively campaigning for... Read More


Bihar appoints Patna HC judge to head exams reforms committee

India, Sept. 2 -- The Bihar government has appointed Patna High Court judge Justice Harish Kumar as chairman of the Bihar Examination Reforms Expert Committee, an official notification issued on Tuesd... Read More