News channels on Monday ran a footage of Bihar deputy CM Sushil Modi’s speech at the inaugural function wherein he was saying “I urge criminals with folded hands to give up their activities at least during Pitri Paksh”. read more

The court was hearing a case related to alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a private firm. read more

The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006 to a private firm involving a bribe in the form of a three-acre commercial plot at a prime location in Patna district. read more

Incarcerated RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is suffering from depression, director of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences or RIMS R K Shrivastava said Monday. read more

A court in Delhi on Friday granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case. A special court, that had asked the accused to appear before it on August 31, granted them bail, reported PTI. The Central Bureau of Investigation had in April filed the chargesheet in the IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case against 12 people and two companies. The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Odisha’s Puri in 2006 to a private firm involving a bribe in the form of a three-acre commercial plot at a prime location in Patna district. Besides Lalu Prasad and his family members, Prasad’s party colleague PC Gupta, his wife Sarla Gupta, and firm Lara Projects are among the accused. (HT Correspondent )read more

A special court, that had asked the accused to appear before it on August 31, granted them bail. read more

Political leaders and civil society condemned the arrests, terming it as witch-hunt and “manifestation of autocracy”. read more

Data released by Bihar police shows there has been a rise in cases of crime against women between January and June this year. The state recorded 74 cases of rape in January which rose up to 170 in June. read more

Union minister Upendra Kushwaha, whose party is an ally of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), made the comment during a function meant to mark the 100th birth anniversary of former chief minister BP Mandal on Saturday. read more

Tejashwi Yadav, who has previously extended invitation to Upendra Kushwaha to align with the RJD, grabbed the opportunity and said that “kheer” prepared with love and affection is delicious, energetic and full of nutrition. read more

The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006 to a private firm involving a bribe in the form of a three-acre commercial plot at a prime location in Patna district. read more

The Enforcement Directorate has also named Lalu Prasad’s son and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav in the prosecution complaint. read more

RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav has been targeting the ruling party over the disappearance of one of the minors rescued from the Muzaffarpur shelter home and kept at Madhubani. read more

RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav targeted the ruling party over the disappearance of one of the minors rescued from the shelter home and kept at Madhubani, a day after he expressed fear that the girl might have been killed. read more

In a show of opposition unity, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday led a protest against the rape of 34 minors in a government-funded shelter home in Bihar, alleging that weaker sections were under attack and now it would be the BJP-RSS ideology... read more