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Bihar House elects BJP veteran as new speaker

PATNA, Dec. 3 -- Senior BJP leader Prem Kumar was on Tuesday unanimously elected speaker of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha through voice vote. Chief minister Nitish Kumar and Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Pra... Read More


Intl Tipitaka chanting begins with PM speech

BODH GAYA, Dec. 3 -- Union minister for tourism and culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat read out Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address while inaugurating the 20th International Tipitaka Chanting Ceremon... Read More


After polls, Bihar govt looks to increase MGNREGS mandays

PATNA, Dec. 3 -- The rural development department (RDD) has started accelerating the creation of higher mandays under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Scheme (MGNREGS) as the job works for... Read More


Viscera, autopsy reports hint at murder of actress

PATNA, Dec. 3 -- The Bhagalpur police on the basis of viscera report has claimed that the mysterious suicide of Bhojpuri actress Amrita Pandey alias Annapurna was as a result of "shock and respiratory... Read More


Congress sends notices to 15 district presidents

PATNA, Dec. 3 -- In an escalation of internal unrest, the state unit of Congress on Tuesday served notice to 15 district presidents for skipping a meeting convened by the Bihar Pradesh Congress Commit... Read More


Man falls out with friends, wife killed with bricks in Patna

PATNA, Dec. 3 -- A 25-year-old woman Priyanka Kumari, was killed with bricks at Road number-25 D under Rajiv Nagar police station late on Monday night. SHO of Rajivnagar police station Sonu Kumar said... Read More


SC seeks free speech-privacy balance

New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The Supreme Court on Monday stressed the importance of a balanced approach to regulating YouTube and similar platforms, cautioning that inflexible and harsh rules to regulate YouT... Read More


eam jaishankar says misuse of bio-weapon 'no longer distant'

New Delhi, Dec. 2 -- The misuse of biological weapons by non-state actors is no longer a "distant possibility" and the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) must be modernised as it has no compliance sy... Read More


House session kicks off with multilingual oaths by MLAs

PATNA, Dec. 2 -- he inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav adm... Read More


'RJD tie-up irrelevant': Cong to focus on party revamp in Bihar

PATNA, Dec. 2 -- After a key review meeting with Congress' district unit presidents and other almost all top party leadership of the state, Bihar Congress Pradesh Committee chief Rajesh Ram said the p... Read More