A hardcore criminal lodged at Araria jail has demanded Rs. 10 crore from the BJP MP from Araria, Pradeep Kumar Singh, threatening ti kill him if he failed to pay.
Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav was today acquitted by the Patna High Court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for want of evidence.
If the grandeur of a huge public rally is the benchmark for a successful launch of a career in politics, Tejaswi, 24, and Tej Pratap, 26, RJD president Lalu Prasad's two sons, could not have it any better than this.
Central government praising an opposition alliance chief minister for good governance and opening all doors to address his grievances, is a rarity. But this is what Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s was greeted with in Delhi.
The planning commission has approved Bihar its annual plan outlay for 2013-14 at Rs. 34,000 crore, reflecting an increase of 34.4% over its 2012-13 plan size of Rs. 25,628 crore.
Former chief minister, Lalu Prasad sought to re-emerge from his political hibernation of the last six years with a Parivartan rally in Patna on Wednesday, underlining strongly that he may be down but never out of touch with Bihar.
At Lalu Prasad’s ‘parivartan rally’ in Patna, his biggest political show since an RJD regime headed by his Rabri Devi was ousted from office in 2004-05, the ‘arrival’ of the two Lalu scions was perhaps the biggest breaking news.
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Three bridegrooms in Bihar returned home dejected in 24 hours after their brides turned them away as "unsuitable".
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s ‘extraordinarily courteous’ behaviour towards visiting Union finance minister P Chidambaram became a matter of much speculation among Congress leaders of Bihar on Saturday. Subhash Pathak reports.
In his recent letter to Nitish Kumar, Jairam Ramesh said Ram Kumar Thakur, through his organisation had raised the issue of corruption in the job scheme and in the Indira Awaas Yojana, which had led to an inquiry being ordered. HT reports.
Union rural development minister Jairam Ramesh has called for “serious government response” and “monitoring at the highest level” in the cases of violent attacks on whistleblowers in Bihar. HT reports.
Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that Bihar will be accorded special category status after the change of criteria.
Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) today urged its national ally Bharatiya Janata Party not to be stubborn over the projection of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for the next general elections.
Bihar chief minister, it appears, has competition, so far as Bihar popularity stakes go. Ruchir Kumar reports.
Child prodigy Satyam Kumar, a resident of Bakhorapur under Barahara block of Bhojpur district, became the youngest boy to compete in the JEE preliminary examination. Prashant Ranjan reports.