RJD to launch ‘Thali Bajao’ campaign to take on Shah’s virtual rally

June 4, 2020

In response to the BJP’s virtual rally led by Amit Shah in Bihar on 7 June, the RJD would be launching a “Thali Bajao” campaign across the state, observing Mazdoor Adhikar Diwas. The RJD, which is targeting lakhs of migrant labourers in the state, would try to galvanise them to...

Yashwant Sinha may lead ‘Third Front’ in Bihar

June 3, 2020

A Third Front spearheaded by veteran politician Yashwant Sinha is about to foray into Bihar’s political arena to contest the upcoming assembly elections due in the state later this year. A non-NDA, non-UPA front, this is being seen as an attempt to provide a face that can match Nitish Kumar...

Amit Shah to begin BJP’s Bihar campaign with ‘virtual rally’

June 2, 2020

The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to begin its campaign in Bihar next week with a “virtual rally” by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who will address the people through video conference and Facebook live. Scheduled on 9 June, this rally is aimed at targeting “at least one lakh...

Tejashwi’s march to Gopalganj halted citing lockdown rules

May 30, 2020

The political dispute over the triple murder case of Gopalganj, Bihar, has taken a new turn. Even as RDJ leader Tejashwi Yadav was stopped from marching to Gopalganj along with hundreds of his supporters, he raked up the issue of the killings by demanding the arrest of JDU MLA Amarendra...

Nitish ‘shielding’ JD-U MLA accused of murder: Tejashwi

May 29, 2020

The RJD leader and the leader of Opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, has summoned all his party MLAs and MLCs to Patna and they would be marching to Gopalganj to protest against the alleged shielding of Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA Amarendra Pandey who is accused in a triple murder that...

Arrest accused MLA or face protests, Tejashwi warns Bihar CM

May 27, 2020

Furious and agitated over a triple murder case in the Gopalganj area of Bihar, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav has issued an ultimatum to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and demanded action against accused Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MLA Amrender Kumar alias Pappu Pandey. He also warned the CM of mass agitations...

Bihar sets up task force for unemployed migrants

May 26, 2020

As the number of returning migrant workers in Bihar begins to swell, the state government is ready with an action plan to combat the growing unemployment and provide skill-based jobs to them. A task force has been constituted for skill-mapping of these labourers who have returned in droves and are...

Dogs feed on semi-burnt dead body of suspected corona-positive patient

May 23, 2020

As harrowing tales of coronavirus patients continue to come, some stray dogs were spotted feeding on a semiburnt dead body of a suspected Covid-19 patient near a river bank in Hajipur on Friday. The body was left on the ghat in semi-burnt condition by health officials on Thursday. Immediately after...

15-year-old girl brings father from Gurugram to Bihar on bicycle

May 21, 2020

A 15-year-old girl did what even professional cyclists would think twice before doing. She took her injured father as a pillion on a bicycle and paddled almost 1,200 km from Gurugram in Haryana to Bihar’s Darbhanga district after they were reduced to starvation with no work at hand due to...

Bihar’s Principal Health Secretary transferred amid growing Covid cases

May 21, 2020

Amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in Bihar, the state’s Principal Secretary of Health, Sanjay Kumar, has been transferred from the department. He has been replaced by Uday Singh Kumawat. Kumar will now take over as the Principal Secretary of the tourism department. The decision comes at a time when...