Bihar Cong in turmoil, Lallan to join
The Congress in Bihar is undergoing both transition and turmoil as the party works ahead trying to bring all its warring factions together and distribute tickets to deserving, winnable candidates in all the 243 Assembly constituencies in the state.
Nitish blasts Sonia funds comment
Bihar chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar on Thursday targeted Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in his acerbic address at a JD(U) conclave, blaming her for the UPA government’s allegedly step-mo
RJD: No RSS meets if we win
In a step that could open fresh communal acrimonies in Bihar’s politics, the RJD on Wednesday vowed not to allow the RSS to organise conferences in Bihar when then party comes to power in the state after the Assembly polls in November.
Lalu, Paras projection may harm RJD-LJP
The RJD-LJP’s projection of both Mr Lalu Prasad Yadav as the chief ministerial candidate and Mr Pashupati Kumar Paras as the deputy chief ministerial candidate is likely to damage the alliance’s prospects in the Assembly polls in two crucial ways due to the emerging reactions and strategies of the two parties’ opponents.
Behind bars but JD-U legislator still enjoys minister status
A legislator from Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U), sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a minister, enjoys the status of minister as head of the Assembly housing committee, officials sai
Fodder scam: CBI court summons Lalu
A special court on Wednesday summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and others to appear before it on September 6 in connection with the multi-crore rupees fodd
NCP slams Lalu, Paswan for alliance
NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar on Wednesday slammed RJD president Lalu Prasad and his LJP counterpart Ram Vilas Paswan of entering into "an alliance bereft of ideology and policy" and said it had f
Lalu’s Cong fear gets LJP good bargain
The LJP’s ability to finally get as many as 75 seats from its reluctant ally RJD to contest in Bihar’s Assembly polls was possible due to the RJD’s increased fears of losing LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan to the Congress and becoming a weaker opponent of the ruling JD(U)-BJP.
2 shot dead while hoisting tricolour
The patriotic spirits of Independence Day turned bloody in Bihar’s Bhabua, where two men were shot dead during the hoisting of the tricolour while the high spirits in Samastipur flowed not from patrio
Nitish: Entire Bihar is drought-affected
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday announced the entire state as drought affected by adding ten more districts left from the list of 28 affected districts and said his government would use it