Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday took oath as the Governor of Bihar in Patna. A former MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national vice president, Malik took the charge of the post that had been vacant since Ram Nath Kovind was nominated as the BJP’s presidential candidate. Malik has already[Read More…]
Humiliated by the absence of toilet in her home, a woman from Patna dragged her father-in-law to the police station and allegedly forced him to sign a bond that he would get one constructed soon. The incident happened in Cheggan Neura village in Minapur block of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Jyoti,[Read More…]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday issued summons to former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her son Tejashwi Yadav. They have been called in link with the alleged corruption case where maintenance contracts of two IRCTC hotels were provided to a private firm during Lalu Prasad Yadav’s tenure as[Read More…]
Consumers will have to pay extra Rs 2-3 per litre for their daily requirement of milk from Sudha Dairy outlets as the price has been increased. The new rates will be effective across Bihar and Jharkhand from Friday morning. Post the increase in price, Sudha Gold (the full cream variant)[Read More…]
A part of Rs 800-crore irrigation project in Bihar’s Bhagalpur district collapsed on Tuesday evening hours before it was to be inaugurated by chief minister Nitish Kumar. As per officials, around 20 feet of the wall of the main canal of the Bateswar Ganga Pump Nahar Yojana (BGPNY) breached during[Read More…]
JD(U) chief and Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar, on Monday said that he supports Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s stand on holding simultaneous elections to Parliament and state assemblies. “I favour and support in principle a synchronised two-phase Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the country,” Nitish told the media. The[Read More…]
Rebel JD(U) leader, Sharad Yadav, said that it is a real struggle that he would surely win, a day after the Election Commission of India (ECI) disposed off his application, staking claim over party symbol. Talking to ANI, Yadav said that he would speak on this issue at a press[Read More…]
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Election Commission on Monday on PIL seeking cancellation of Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar’s membership of the state legislative council. The notice was issued for allegedly concealing a criminal case against Kumar while filing his poll affidavit. A bench comprising Justice Dipak[Read More…]
In a shocking case of honor killing, a couple was shot dead in Kaimur district of southwest Bihar as their son eloped with a girl of another caste to marry her. The couple’s two daughters were also injured in the attack. The incident happened at Mubarakpur village in Mohania police[Read More…]
Cases of drunk driving seem to have taken a deep plunge by 60 % between 2015 and 2016 in Bihar. The state had imposed a liquor ban in the state, that seemed to have helped to reach this figure. The ban was imposed in 2016. However, the number of fatalities[Read More…]
Suspended JD(U) legislator Manorama Devi’s son, Rocky Yadav, and three others were sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for killing a 19-year-old student in a road rage incident in Bihar’s Gaya district in 2016. His father, Bindi Yadav, has also been sentenced to five years in jail for destruction of[Read More…]
The Income Tax Department has issued a notice to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and has asked for details on the amount of money spent at Lalu Prasad’s mega anti-BJP rally in Patna on 27 August. The I-T department has asked RJD to explain the source of money that was spent[Read More…]
In a significant verdict, the Patna High Court on Wednesday upheld the life sentence given to former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP, Mohammad Shahabuddin in a 2004 murder case. Shahabuddin had been held guilty of killing two brothers, whose bodies were never found in 2015. The men’s mother, Kalawati Devi, had[Read More…]
The Janata Dal (United) condemned the opposition rally that was organised by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief, Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday and said that he had organised the anti- BJP rally only to launch his sons. “Lalu Yadav organised this anti-BJP rally only to launch his sons so that[Read More…]
Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi on Sunday extended fullest support to RJD ‘anti-BJP’ rally, says it will expose wicked intentions of ruling party in Bihar. The Congress vice-president, who is on an official visit to Norway, said, “This rally is being organised at a time when the very foundation of our pluralistic[Read More…]
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi completed an aerial review of flood-hit areas of Bihar on Saturday and declared Rs 500 crore as immediate relief for the state apart from announcing Rs 2 lakh each to the family of people who died in the flood. He also said, a team would be[Read More…]
RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was attacked on Thursday by Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Srikant Sharma over the Yadav’s proposed rally of opposition parties in Patna, terming it as a “congregation of the corrupt.” “Laluji is not organising a rally but a ‘jamawada’ (congregation) of the corrupt,” said Sharma. Yadav[Read More…]
The Srijan scam continues to rock Bihar politics. On Wednesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) patriarch, Lalu Prasad Yadav accused Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar for “trying to cover up” an alleged scam, involving an NGO, with the help of his “hand-picked officials” in the Special Investigation Team (SIT). “The chief[Read More…]
Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Monday has said that the Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the state would continue with its probe till the CBI took over the case of the unique government fund transfer scam in Bhagalpur involving crores of rupees. The government is continuously facing criticism from the[Read More…]
Bihar CM, Nitish Kumar, on Saturday challenged rebel JD(U) leader, Sharad Yadav to split the party after the latter did not attend the national executive meeting of the party and held a parallel meeting of the party’s other faction in Patna. “Let Sharad Yadav split the party. For splitting the[Read More…]
Amidst the ongoing rift, between Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar and rebel leader, Sharad Yadav, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday displayed their firm support for the former and said that Yadav has absolutely had no locus of his own. “Firstly, the issue of Sharad Yadav is an internal[Read More…]
The Congress on Saturday reacted at the Janata Dal (United)’s resolution to join the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should change its name to the BJP-United. Congress leader, Tom Vadakkan, felt that the merger was inevitable. “This was bound to happen. This isn’t[Read More…]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar led Janata Dal (United) passed a resolution to join National Democratic Alliance in the party’s national executive meeting on Saturday. In the meantime, security has been increased outside chief minister’s house where JD(U) meet is underway after protest by Sharad Yadav and RJD supporters. Nitish had[Read More…]
Prior to the meeting, both the factions resorted to ‘poster wars’ and verbal jibes with each claiming to represent the real JD(U).
Bihar’s leader of opposition, Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday demanded a CBI probe into the Rs 1,000 crore Srijan scam. In the scam, the government funds were transferred to private accounts amid 2005 and 2013. BJP leader, Sushil Kumar Modi was the state’s finance minister then. “It is high time that[Read More…]