Tension prevails in two Bihar villages after what seems to be an ugly return of old caste-based rivalries, which led to the burning of a dozen homes of dalit and backward families allegedly by the upp

An ongoing massive eviction drive in Jharkhand, which has bulldozed hundreds of homes and made thousands homeless amid violent protests, became politically enmeshed on Sunday when senior BJP leader Ya

The Rashtriya Janata Dal, brought to its knees after consecutive electoral debacles in Bihar, has framed an elaborate strategy to revitalise the organisation and project itself as the only credible alternative to the ruling NDA.

The fear of Maoists has forced about 1,000 candidates for Bihar’s panchayat polls to withdraw their nominations and many other aspirants to not file nomination papers at all in two southern districts after the left-wing rebels threatened dire consequences if they participated in the democratic exercise.

The unexpected defeat of a veteran Congress leader, Prof. Arun Kumar, in the latest round of polls for the Bihar Legislative Council has come as a shock to both chief minister Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav as much as it shocked the Congress.

A Bihar court today dismissed the application of Rupam Pathak for regular bail in connection with a case charging her with stabbing to death BJP MLA of Purnia Raj Kishore Kesari in January this year

While Anna Hazare’s praise for both Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar in the same breath has become difficult for Bihar’s ruling JD(U) to handle, a noted Gandhian activist in the state on Wednesday made matters worse for the embattled crusader by saying he was confused.

A young man’s death at a government hospital in Bihar for want of medical attention and basic medicines has dealt a blow to the state government’s claims about improvements in the healthcare delivery system. The lack of empathy in the government’s reaction to the death has shocked many.

While the end of Anna Hazare’s hungerstrike on Saturday spread cheer among hundreds of social activists and commoners demonstrating across Bihar and Jharkhand, a sense of cynicism about corruption rem

He may be one of India’s most infamous politicians convicted for murder, but former RJD MP Pappu Yadav has taken the unlikely step of supporting Gandhian social activist Anna Hazare’s ongoing campaign against corruption by an indefinite fast inside Patna’s Beur Jail.