Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday unwittingly lent his name to Bihar’s latest political wrangling with the Opposition parties accusing the state government of thwarting his show on Tuesday. The government’s frequent inability to control large crowds was behind the Opposition parties’ anger.

By working to give political momentum to allegations of fodder scam bribery against Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, the main Opposition party RJD sees the JD(U) stalwart and NDA’s reluctant prime ministerial candidate in jail in due course like RJD boss Lalu Prasad Yadav had suffered earlier.

Suggesting Bihar’s exclusive rights on India’s national symbol Ashoka Chakra, chief minister Nitish Kumar has put forward a proposal that the Centre should “return” this symbol to the state in the eve

In a shocking display of barbaric tribal traditions in Bihar, a middle-aged couple suspected of being in an illicit relationship was publicly tonsured, smeared with black paint, beaten up and paraded

In a potentially dangerous beginning of the Anna Hazare effect, a drunkard in Bihar was on Sunday beaten up in public by scores of people who said they were following the Gandhian social activist’s pr

Bihar’s politics is growing hotter by a shrill verbal wrestling between the Nitish Kumar-led government’s self-laudatory “report card” for its sixth consecutive year in power and the Opposition partie

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s ongoing Seva Yatra of the state is facing public anger in ways unexpected by the ruling JD(U) and BJP. Mr Kumar’s disregard to the protests has prompted the Opposition parties to renew their criticism of his much-hyped yatra.

The politically rare and enviable opportunity of seeing two leaders from Bihar’s two main Opposition parties joining the ruling JD(U) on a single day gave chief minister Nitish Kumar a suitable occasi

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who has often censured arch-rival Lalu Prasad Yadav’s indulgence in supposedly “superstitious practices”, left many surprised when he himself embraced the 11.11.11 craze and ordered the prosecution of 11 allegedly errant officials at 11:11 am on that date.

With Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar all set to begin his most elaborate and politically far-sighted tour of Bihar called Seva Yatra on Wednesday, the state’s Opposition parties are fuming at the move, calling it drama and a drain on public money.