A journalist for 21 years, Anirban covers RJD, legislature and government beats. Has extensive experience in covering elections and writes regularly on finance, land reforms, registration, excise and socio-economic issues.
Articles by Anirban Guha Roy
Bihar govt defends move to honour CM’s father on Jan 17 every year
Amid opposition from some quarters, Bihar’s chief secretary Amir Subhani has justified the state government’s recent decision to hold a state function at Bakhtiyarpur in Nalanda district on January 17 every year to honour five freedom fighters from the area, which includes chief minister Nitish Kumar’s father Kaviraj Ram Lakhan Singh “Vaidya”.
Updated on Jan 12, 2022 10:37 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar allies BJP, VIP in shadow boxing ahead of UP polls
In 2020, the VIP, which fought Bihar assembly polls as part of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA), had won four seats, of which Bochacha fell vacant in December last year with the death of Musafir Paswan, the party MLA. The by-poll for the seat is due in coming months.
Updated on Jan 08, 2022 09:03 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Tejashwi overrules RJD state unit chief, says no tie-up with JD(U)
Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Singh Bihar unit president Jagdanand Singh offered the party’s support to the JD(U) on the issue of conducting caste census in the state and it should not be misconstrued as a new political understanding or realignment with Nitish Kumar’s party.
Updated on Jan 08, 2022 07:44 PM IST
Poll panel begins work on polls for urban local bodies
After the conclusion of panchayat polls over in Bihar, the State Election Commission (SEC) has begun preparations for holding urban local bodies polls tentatively in April-May this year and has directed officials in concerned for delimitation of wards in the newly upgraded urban local bodies in various towns and cities, officials in the poll panel said.
Updated on Jan 05, 2022 09:53 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar panchayat polls: Females sweep elections for district boards posts
Of the total 38 district boards, 29 posts of chairperson and 24 posts of deputy chairperson have been won by females in an indirect election in which the newly elected ward members in panchayats form the electorate, as per data compiled by the SEC.
Published on Jan 04, 2022 09:55 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
16 of Bihar’s 31 ministers have guns
Apart from guns, the ministers, as per their affidavits, also display an inclination for investing in jewellery and ornaments.
Published on Jan 01, 2022 10:01 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Red faces after sudden postponement of Munger bridge inauguration
Inauguration scheduled for Saturday by union minister for road transport Nitin Gadkari was suddenly postponed on Friday evening
Published on Dec 25, 2021 08:32 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
New panchayat heads in Bihar take oath, of office and keep the state ‘dry’
Newly elected panchayat representatives in Bihar started taking oath of office and also an oath to strictly follow liquor prohibition rules in the state in 8,387 gram panchayats across the state on Friday
Published on Dec 24, 2021 09:25 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar set to sanction 11 lakh new units under PMAY(G) in January
The state government had a target of sanctioning 11 lakh new houses in this fiscal year including beneficiaries listed under the permanent waiting list
Published on Dec 24, 2021 09:43 AM IST
Bihar: What’s behind the criticism by HAM and VIP, and what it means for NDA
- They may only have four seats each, but former Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM and the Vikassheel Insaan Party led by Mukesh Sahani, but both wield power in the state with their support holding up a 128 seat alliance in an assembly which has 243 seats
Published on Dec 23, 2021 03:50 PM IST
Tejashwi to embark on ‘Berojgari Hatao’ yatra from mid-Jan
Tejashwi lashed out at the Nitish Kumar government for its failure to get a special status category for Bihar despite advocating the demand for long.
Published on Dec 18, 2021 09:26 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
90% winners in Bihar panchayat polls are new faces, says SEC
Nearly 90% of the newly elected panchayat representatives in the three-tier rural local bodies in Bihar are new faces with youngsters in the age group of 21-30 being elected in good numbers, state election commissioner Deepak Prasad said on Thursday.
Updated on Dec 16, 2021 11:10 PM IST
Despite revenue growth, state’s budget may not see substantial hike for next fiscal
Despite the country’s economy showing signs of recovery with revenue generation improving in the current year, giving much of a breather to states in terms of higher central devolutions amid Covid pandemic, Bihar’s next year’s budget for the fiscal year 2022-23 may not see a substantial hike in terms of total budget size, officials said.
Published on Dec 15, 2021 11:15 PM IST
Sadhu Yadav demands probe into Lalu and family’s properties
Lalu Prasad’s estranged brother-in-law Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav on Sunday said he would write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding a probe into the properties of Prasad, his sons and other party leaders.
Published on Dec 12, 2021 10:20 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Incidents of digital fraud in Bihar panchayat polls raise questions on biometric system
The SEC has taken a slew of measures to strengthen the system by putting strict checks on personnel handling the machines and capturing fingerprints of voters
Updated on Dec 11, 2021 11:36 AM IST
Wedding in the family, tweets Tejashwi Yadav’s sister. Engagement tomorrow
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s engagement ceremony in Delhi is planned to be mostly a family affair. Only a small group of RJD leaders are said to have been invited.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 09:47 PM IST
Tejashwi set to get married, ring ceremony in New Delhi on Thursday
The official confirmation of the engagement of Tejashwi was made by his elder sister Rohini Archarya on her official Twitter handle on Wednesday.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 09:44 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar preps for polls to 24 vacant MLC posts
At present, the strength in the Bihar Legislative Council is 51 as against the total strength of 75 in the Upper House. The 24 MLC seats, which fell vacant in June this year, have not been filled due to the delay in conducting the panchayat polls.
Published on Dec 08, 2021 04:21 PM IST
Fresh supplies of fertiliser soon, say Bihar officials
Against the demand of 4.35 lakh metric tonnes of urea in October and November, there has been a supply of 3.43 lakh metric tonnes, which is 59% of the total requirement, says agri minister.
Published on Dec 04, 2021 09:12 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
‘Can’t remit jail term for Anand Mohan in IAS officer murder case’
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) members trooped to the well of the house alleging that the government was not giving remission to Mohan out of bias against him.
Published on Dec 03, 2021 09:46 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Assembly incident: ‘Humiliated’ minister forgives, but Oppn wants heads to roll
Opposition members strongly demanded that a house committee should probe the whole matter and also sought a reply from the government as why no tangible action was taken against any official in the incident where a minister had felt humiliated.
Published on Dec 03, 2021 09:46 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
MLAs fume after cop halts minister’s car in assembly for ‘VIP passage’
The Bihar assembly on Thursday witnessed uproarious scenes when labour resources minister Jibesh Kumar lamented how he felt “humiliated” when his car was stopped by security personnel to make way for cars of Patna’s district magistrate and police chief inside the premises of the legislative building
Published on Dec 02, 2021 10:07 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
MLAs say ignored at events launching infra projects, CM trashes charge
The issue was raised by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former minister Nitish Mishra in a call attention motion in the state assembly.
Published on Dec 01, 2021 10:10 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Row after empty liquor bottles found in Bihar assembly complex
The Bihar government led by Nitish Kumar of Janata Dal (United) faced criticism on Tuesday after empty liquor bottles were recovered in legislature premises of the state assembly
Published on Dec 01, 2021 12:45 AM IST
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Teachers’ appointment to be done after panchayat polls: Bihar education minister
The education minister said the process for recruitment of around 8,000 teachers for physical education and health would be also done within a month.
Published on Nov 30, 2021 09:12 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Empty liquor bottles on found in Bihar assembly premises, barbs fly
The liquor bottles were found under a tree in the area earmarked as parking lot for two-wheelers, officials said.
Published on Nov 30, 2021 09:11 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Bihar govt directs officials to conduct genome study, increase vaccination to tackle new Covid variant
In wake of the emergence of the new Covid-19 variant ‘Omnicron’, the Bihar government on Sunday directed health officials to conduct genome surveillance of all Covid positive samples to ascertain the strain of the virus
Published on Nov 28, 2021 09:02 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy/HTC, Patna
Biometric voter identification in Bihar panchayat polls draws praise, likely in Delhi civic polls
State Election Commissioner of Delhi and Chandigarh, S K Srivastava, who was in Bihar from November 24 to 26, visited several booths during the eighth round of panchayat polls at Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur
Published on Nov 27, 2021 09:31 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna
Delhi municipal polls next year likely to see biometric voters verification system
State Election Commissioner, Delhi and Chandigarh, SK Srivastava called the system “unique” and “effective”
Updated on Nov 27, 2021 08:56 PM IST
Niti Aayog report: Sparks fly over poor ranking; NDA calls it bundle of lies, oppn rubs it in
In nutrition index, 51.88% of the population is deprived. In both the indices, the state’s ranks among the worst compared to other states. In child and adolescent mortality, the state is second worst in the country after Uttar Pradesh, says the report.
Published on Nov 26, 2021 09:35 PM IST
Anirban Guha Roy, Patna