Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Location

Nitish makes emotional appeal to voters ahead of 2nd phase

PATNA, April 23 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday issued an emotional appeal in an "open letter" to the people of the state, reminding them of the state's "pitiable condition" before he ... Read More


Bihar LS polls: It's all in the family despite noise against dynastic politics

PATNA, April 22 -- Despite all the hype against it, dynastic politics has been found convenient in equal measure by both the alliances in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections, as was the case in the past.... Read More


HC clears decks for appointment of assistant professors

PATNA, April 19 -- The Patna High Court has cleared the decks for recruitment of assistant professors in the seriously understaffed state universities, with clear directions for preparation of univers... Read More


Holiday relief for teachers on training as plot thickens over 'IPRD' letter

PATNA, April 9 -- Amid growing disquiet in various quarters, Bihar's education department on Tuesday issued a letter saying that the residential training for government school teachers would not take ... Read More


K K Pathak seeks Delhi deputation, nod likely

PATNA, Feb. 29 -- Controversial senior IAS officer K K Pathak, currently additional chief secretary (education) in Bihar, has applied for central deputation, said a senior official of the state govern... Read More


In a first for Bihar, CUSB in UGC's Category 1 list

PATNA, Feb. 23 -- The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday granted Category-1 status to the Central University of Bihar (CUSB), a first for a university in the state. For the CUSB, which was ... Read More


Bihar dusts off 2007 policy, no more +2 in colleges

PATNA, Feb. 21 -- The Bihar government on Wednesday decided to end intermediate education in all three streams - arts, science and commerce - in colleges under different state universities, officials ... Read More


Nitish govt wins trust vote

PATNA, Feb. 12 -- A fortnight after its formation, the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar headed by Nitish Kumar won the trust vote in the assembly comfortably on Monday amid a... Read More


Nitish meets Modi, Shah, says now in NDA forever

PATNA, Feb. 7 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his official residence in New Delhi in what was their first meeting since the JD(U) supremo re... Read More


Chirag casts an eye on four JD(U) seats, Giriraj's Begusarai

PATNA, Feb. 6 -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) chief Chirag Paswan has announced the names of 11 functionaries as party in-charge for as many Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, including four held by Bihar ch... Read More