Terror stamped its gruesome feet on the world-famous Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar’s bustling pilgrim town of Bodh Gaya early on Sunday morning with nine low-intensity serial blasts at the site, l

Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda, his wife Meera and four others had a narrow escape on Wednesday when the helicopter carrying them crashlanded at Ranchi airport around 11.55 am.

The seven-seater, twin-engine Agusta 109 copter on lease from Aryan Aviation had taken off from Ranchi at 11 am with Jharkhand chief minister Arjun Munda, his wife Meera and others for Kharsawan, wher

For Dharampal Yadav, son of a poor truck driver from Bihar’s Vaishali district, this year’s IIT-JEE results came with the sweet fruit of hard work and gritty guidance.

With the Union Cabinet recommending revocation of President’s Rule in Jharkhand, governor M.O.H. Farook on Thursday invited BJP leader Arjun Munda to form a government in the state. Mr Munda will be sworn in as the eighth chief minister at 11 am on Saturday. He will head of a four-party coalition government, which will include JMM, AJSU and JD(U).

The BJP and JD(U) in Bihar’s ruling NDA government on Sunday began drifting towards the brink of separation as two senior BJP ministers defiantly stayed away from chief minister Nitish Kumar’s public

With major political outfits in Jharkhand failing to cobble up a simple majority, the state seems to be heading for a fresh spell of President’s rule. Governor Mr M.O.K.

The BJP demanded late Sunday night that JMM supremo Shibu Soren resign as Jharkhand chief minister by Monday, with the tieup between the two falling apart. A BJP delegation will submit a letter to state governor M.O.H. Farook on Monday morning withdrawing support.

With Jharkhand’s outgoing chief minister and JMM chief Shibu Soren saying on Thursday that he had “no intention of resigning now” and that the JMM’s executive committee will decide on the date of resignation, the atmosphere of uncertainty has returned afresh to Jharkhand’s politics.