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Bihar Poll trends: Grand Alliance falters despite Tejashwi's promises; NDA dominates

India, Nov. 14 -- The Tejashwi Yadav-led Grand Alliance (GA) has failed to make a decisive mark, with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) heading for a thumping majority in the 243-member state ass... Read More


Nitish Kumar soldiers on, his relevance endures as NDA heads to landslide victory

India, Nov. 14 -- Bihar's longest-serving chief minister, Nitish Kumar, 74, has been the fulcrum of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s rule in the state for almost two decades. With the NDA head... Read More


Bihar's makhana boom: How fox nuts are transforming farmers' lives in Purnia, Katihar

India, Nov. 7 -- Inside a make-shift tin shed in Harda village of Bihar's Purnia district, Rohit Sahani's entire family is busy processing makhana (fox nuts). From a traditional backward boatmen commu... Read More


Caste equations, welfare schemes shape Bihar's poll mood

India, Nov. 6 -- In the run-up to the Bihar assembly polls, a photocopy shop in Gaya's Khizarsarai was crowded with people getting their worn-out and new voter identity cards photocopied. Some of them... Read More


The importance of Lalu, Nitish in Bihar's politics

Saharsa/Madhepura/Nalanda, Nov. 4 -- The man who provided an impetus to the social justice (or caste) politics that has characterised Bihar for the past four decades was former CM of Bihar, Bindeshwar... Read More


Why Lalu Prasad, Nitish are important for Bihar?

Saharsa/Madhepura/Nalanda, Nov. 4 -- The man who provided an impetus to the social justice (or caste) politics that has characterised Bihar for the past four decades was former chief minister of Bihar... Read More


Bihar improves on malnourishment, poverty but schemes falter on ground

India, Nov. 3 -- On a recent morning at Sadanandpur village in Sapaul district of Bihar, Sarita Devi is cradling in her arms her two-year-old daughter Pinki, who is smaller than her age would suggest,... Read More


Resolve Mahanadi river dispute via mediation, says ex-judge; asks PM to intervene

India, Oct. 13 -- The ongoing dispute over sharing the waters of the Mahanadi river between Odisha and Chhattisgarh should be resolved through mediation and not adjudication, former chief justice of t... Read More


As RTI Act completes 20 years, report shows lapses

India, Oct. 10 -- As the Right To Information (RTI) Act completes 20 years on October 12, 2025, a report on the performance of information commissions shows that two, Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh , ... Read More


2 state commissions defunct, CIC without chief commissioner, says report on RTI

India, Oct. 9 -- As the Right To Information (RTI) Act completes 20 years on October 12 this year, a report on performance of information commissions shows that two of them, Jharkhand and Himachal Pra... Read More