Make break-up of caste survey data public: SC to Bihar

03 Jan 2024

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Bihar government to make the break-up of the caste survey data public, allowing those aggrieved to challenge the findings. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta declined to grant interim relief to the petitioners challenging the caste survey and the Patna...

File defamation case over “misleading” news, Lalan Singh resigned constituency issues

30 Dec 2023

Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) has refuted the reports circulating in certain sections of the media regarding his resignation as party chief. He has described these reports as "untrue and misleading" and clarified that he voluntarily stepped down due to his busy schedule related to his...

Nitish replaces Lalan Singh as JD(U) chief

30 Dec 2023

New Delhi: With months to go for the Lok Sabha polls, the Janata Dal (United) on Friday saw a change at its helm as the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was unanimously re-elected as President of the party at a meeting of the party’s national executive in Delhi. Later, speaking...

Centre approves for new bridge over river Ganga in Bihar

27 Dec 2023

The construction of a new, 4.56-kilometer, six-lane bridge over the Ganga that connects Digha and Sonepur in Bihar received approval on Wednesday from the Union Cabinet, which is presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. When the bridge is finished, Bihar's north and south will be connected. The country's inland...

Central Government’s Development Record Questioned by JDU President- Rajiv Ranjan Singh

08 Nov 2023

Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) National President Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh took a swipe at the BJP-led Central government, highlighting the development efforts of the Bihar government in comparison. He expressed that the Bihar government's initiatives, particularly related to the census, are aimed at promoting development with justice. Singh stated, "The Bihar...

Bihar seeks 75pc reservation after Survey shows 1/3rd of all families live on less than 200 per day

08 Nov 2023

The Bihar Cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to increase the quota for SCs, STs, Other Backward Classes, Extremely Backward Classes, and Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) to a total of 75% from the current 50%, just hours after the Caste Survey report was introduced in the assembly. According to sources...

Two die due to food poisoning in Muzaffarpur,Bihar

05 Oct 2023

In a case of food poisoning in the Muzaffarpur district of Bihar, two family members perished, and one is in critical condition, according to police. The district's Tehwara police station area in Katra is where the incident was first reported. Ramprasad Sahni, age 36, and Soni Kumari, age 7, have...

Congress leader Hariprasad praised Bihar for conducting public caste census

03 Oct 2023

Hariprasad BK, a senior member of Congress, praised the Bihar government for disclosing the results of its caste census and encouraged Karnataka to do the same and release the results of its own caste census from 2017. Hariprasad, a Karnataka Legislative Council member, spoke to X and said, "The caste census...

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will visit to Bihar tomorrow

28 Sep 2023

On September 29, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar is scheduled to arrive in Bihar for the first time. According to a press release from the Vice President's Secretariat, Dhankar's interaction with the faculty and students of Nalanda University will be one of the visit's major highlights. This university is well-known for...

Three people were killed by a truck in Nawada, Bihar

28 Sep 2023

Authorities in Bihar's Nawada reported that a truck had crushed three people to death and injured one other. According to Anjani Kumar, Block Development Officer, Nawada, "In a truck accident, 3 people were crushed to death and one injured, he has been admitted to a hospital." The people were reportedly...