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Bihar assembly polls: First test after SIR, to set stage for nationwide exercise

India, Oct. 6 -- Bihar is set to become the first state in India to conduct elections following the recent special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list - an exercise that has become a major flas... Read More


Nitish releases Rs.10K each to 2.5 mn women

Patna, Oct. 4 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday released another tranche of the Rs.10,000 incentive each to 2.5 million women under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, an initiative of the Bihar... Read More


Bihar: Modi targets RJD-Congress, warns against attempt to steal 'Jananayak' tag

India, Oct. 4 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hit out at the RJD-Congress combine for derailing the education system in Bihar and said that the NDA government under chief minister Nitish K... Read More


CM Nitish Kumar releases rRs.r10,000 each to 25 lakh women in Bihar

India, Oct. 3 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday released another tranche of the Rs.10,000 incentive each to 2.5-million women under Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana, an initiative of the Bihar... Read More


Bihar govt constitutes CS-led panel to address long-pending issues of education institutions

PATNA, Oct. 1 -- Bihar government on Tuesday set up a high-level committee under chief secretary Pratyay Amrit to deal with the vexed issues confronting hundreds of aided, unaided institutions, Sanskr... Read More


Despite corruption buzz, experts don't see much impact on Bihar election outcome

PATNA, Oct. 1 -- Ahead of election announcement, most probably by October 7, Bihar is witnessing corruption emerging as a major political weapon for political parties to browbeat their adversaries and... Read More


Kishor 'dares' Nitish to remove, arrest Samrat

PATNA, Sept. 30 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday dared Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar to remove and arrest Deputy CM Samrat Choudhary for "getting reprieve in a 1995 murder cas... Read More


'Bihar sitting on time bomb of corruption': RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav attacks NDA government

India, Sept. 29 -- RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday said that Bihar was sitting on a time bomb of corruption and unemployment, and claimed that the Nitish Kumar government will not be able to fulfi... Read More


Nitish Kumar has compromised, should sack deputy CM Samrat, says Prashant Kishor

India, Sept. 29 -- Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor on Monday dared chief minister Nitish Kumar to act against deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary for allegedly using a forged age certifica... Read More


Centre working to get unesco tag for chhath puja, says Modi

PATNA, Sept. 29 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Central government was engaged in getting the Chhath festival, which is observed with piety in the whole of Bihar and beyond, in... Read More