Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday accused Team Anna of not acknowledging the support of his organisation when the anti-corruption activists were under attack from the Congress.
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Bihar health minister Ashwini Chaube's warning to junior doctors against resorting to frequent strikes and punitive action against them has generated controversy with a section of the medicos threatening indefinite strike.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday reacted strongly to the Maharashtra Police linking Bihar with the terrorists involved in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts, saying it was "highly objectionable" to link any state or place with criminals.
Vigilance sleuths on Friday arrested a revenue department employee from Bihar's Gaya district for taking a bribe of Rs 2500 for updation of land records.
The opposition RJD on Saturday claimed as 'misleading' the report card presented by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and released its own 'chargesheet' against the state government.
The Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011 which will bring the chief minister and ministers under its purview, has been approved by the state governor, clearing the decks for its introduction in the state legislature next week.
In a landmark legislation aimed at combating corruption in public life, the state assembly today passed by voice vote the Bihar Lokayukta Bill, 2011, for constitution of a strong and effective Lokayukta in the state bringing within its ambit the office of the chief minister, ministers and officials down to the lowest rung.
There has been a phenomenal rise in the circulation and smuggling of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) in Bihar and police and DRI sleuths have seized FICN of face value of 41.40 lakh during 2011 so far, police said.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 88th birthday and wished him a healthy and long life.
The bodies of four villagers abducted by Maoists a day ago were found in Bihar's Banka district on Saturday, police said.
NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar today alleged that NDA's claim about being in favour of a strong and effective Lokpal was much beyond the truth.
A shadow of terror looms over the Buddhist Kalchakra puja at a holy site in Bihar's Bodh Gaya which is being attended by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and thousands of devotees, police said on Saturday.
The Bihar bureaucracy is fighting the problem of the bladder! And, it’s losing the fight.
While Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is busy waging a war on corrupt officials in the state, a senior police officer entrusted with stemming corruption has been arrested for stealing.
Buoyed by the highest growth in female literacy in the decade and significant increase in the number of girls passing class 10 and 12 board examinations, the human resource development department has mooted a proposal for setting up a women's university - only the second of its kind in the country.