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seemanchal news

No plans to carve new UT out of Bihar and Bengal: Nityanand Rai

Minister of state for home (HT Photo)
Published on Mar 08, 2026 03:06 am IST

Shah’s message from Bihar: Will win West Bengal polls, drive out infiltrators

Union home minister Amit Shah addresses a gathering during the inauguration of Border Out Posts ‘Leti’ and ‘Indarwa’ and e-unveiling and e-foundation laying of various works of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Araria, Bihar, on Thursday. (@AmitShah/X)
Published on Feb 26, 2026 06:58 pm IST

Amit Shah vows crackdown on infiltrators, confident of BJP’s win in West Bengal

Union home minister Amit Shah addresses a gathering in Bihar’s Araria on Thursday. (X)
Published on Feb 26, 2026 04:34 pm IST

Amit Shah visits Seemanchal on first day of Bihar tour

Union home minister Amit Shah being welcomed at Purnea airport. (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 25, 2026 08:12 pm IST

Infighting in Opposition: Cong, RJD trade barbs after Bihar rout

Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi with RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Misa Bharti during 'Jan Vishwas Rally', in Patna, Sunday, March 3, 2024.
Updated on Dec 31, 2025 12:00 pm IST

Bihar: The ruling NDA has a new caste equation to counter ‘MY’ -- the ‘BMB’ in Seemanchal

Chief minister Nitish Kumar, the face of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar.
Published on Nov 05, 2025 07:41 pm IST

‘Babu, write extremist in English': Owaisi’s bold challenge to Tejashwi Yadav

The AIMIM posted a video on Thursday of Asaduddin Owaisi having a phone conversation with the Foreign Secretary.
Updated on Nov 04, 2025 01:37 pm IST

Bihar polls: Owaisi to launch Yatra in Seemanchal; explore possibilities after INDIA bloc snub

AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. (ANI)
Published on Sept 23, 2025 09:01 pm IST

Bihar polls: AIMIM plans to go solo as GA snubs its proposal for a united front

Bihar AIMIM president Akhtarul Iman (Photo from X)
Published on Jul 01, 2025 08:32 pm IST

Hindus, Muslims in Seemanchal unite for Bangladeshi Hindus

Hindus, Muslims in Seemanchal unite for Bangladeshi Hindus
Updated on Dec 09, 2024 06:44 pm IST

Bihar: Narcotic substances worth 50 lakh seized, 7 arrested near Indo-Nepal border

For representational purposes only. (Shutterstock Image)
Updated on Jul 11, 2023 03:29 pm IST

AIMIM’s first MLA in Bihar joins RJD

AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 09:25 pm IST

Bihar: 4.3-magnitude earthquake jolts Purnia and Saharsa; no casualties reported

Representational image.
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 10:58 am IST

'As if one has entered Bangladesh': BJP's Giriraj Singh on Bihar's Seemanchal

Union Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Giriraj Singh.
Published on Nov 30, 2022 09:29 am IST

Will work on eradicating backwardness in Seemanchal: AIMIM

Akhtarul Iman and other AIMIM leaders.
Updated on Nov 13, 2020 02:34 pm IST

The rise of Asaduddin Owaisi

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi in Begusarai, Bihar, October 30, 2020
Updated on Nov 12, 2020 06:06 am IST

Bihar Election 2020: RJD decimated in Seemanchal

Barricades outside the residence of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, after the NDA garnered a majority in the Bihar Assembly polls, in Patna, Wednesday.
Published on Nov 11, 2020 04:42 pm IST

RJD, JD(U) eye Yadav votes in Kosi, Mithilanchal, Seemanchal in 3rd phase of Bihar polls

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addresses a rally during the third and last leg of campaign for Bihar Assembly election in Araria district on Wednesday.
Updated on Nov 05, 2020 09:06 am IST

‘Last decade was to ensure basic facilities, this will fulfil all aspirations’, says PM Modi at Forbesganj rally

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Bihar’s Forbesganj
Updated on Nov 03, 2020 01:25 pm IST

RLSP candidate attacked in Bihar, escapes

The police are probing the incident, which took place a week after the Janata Dal (Rashtrawadi)’s candidate from the Sheohar assembly seat was shot dead during a campaign trail.
Published on Nov 01, 2020 10:23 am IST

Owaisi-led AIMIM to contest on all seats in 2020 Bihar assembly polls

During his last visit to the Seemanchal region of Bihar, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi Owaisi had said that his party would be making a beginning in Bihar.
Published on Sept 16, 2019 12:13 pm IST

NRC demand in Bihar makes NDA a divided house

Though no senior BJP leader has come out strongly in support of Sinha’s demand, none of them has opposed it either.
Updated on Sept 04, 2019 06:12 pm IST

Purnea University students agitated over delay in results announcement

Purnea University
Published on Aug 21, 2019 09:17 am IST

Seemanchal leaders unhappy with JD(U)’s Rajya Sabha walkout on triple talaq bill

Union law ministerRavi Shankar Prasad speaks in Rajya Sabha during debate on triple talaq bill.
Published on Aug 01, 2019 02:48 pm IST

For its revival in Bihar, Congress bets on Seemanchal

Congress candidate Dr Md Javed defeated JD-U nominee Mahmud Asraf to win the Kishanganj seat in the recently held Lok Sabha elections.
Published on Jun 04, 2019 02:12 pm IST

RJD decimated in Seemanchal and Kosi; Kishanganj only saving grace for Congress

BJP supporters celebrate the party’s victory in Araria on Thursday
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:10 am IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Stakes high in Seemanchal

BJP leader and Dy CM Shushil Mody
Published on Apr 18, 2019 12:36 pm IST

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: In Kishanganj, triangular contest between Congress, JD(U) and AIMIM

The main contest in Bihar’s Kishanganj LS seat is likely to be a triangular one between the Congress, JD(U) and AIMIM.
Updated on Apr 08, 2019 04:29 pm IST

Mistrust grips both NDA and Grand Alliance in Seemanchal, Kosi

Nitish Kumar with senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi a
Published on Mar 28, 2019 11:49 am IST

JD (U)’s Santosh Kumar files his papers from Purnia Lok Sabha Constituency

JDU nominee Santosh Kumar
Published on Mar 20, 2019 02:28 pm IST