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Bihar tribals agitated after landowners kill 3

Tribals in Bihar, a tiny minority population that many believe did not exist after Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, are suddenly in the news after three landless tribals were shot dead by non-tribal landowners in the eastern Purnea district three days ago.

JD-U rally today to be webcast

In a first in Bihar’s long list of political rallies, the ruling JD(U)’s ambitious Adhikar rally on Sunday will be webcast live as the regional party is keen to spread its message across the country and even farther to the NRIs interested in Bihar.

Power reforms begin in Bihar

Long-awaited reforms in Bihar’s power sector took effect on Thursday with the unbundling of the state electricity board into five separate companies to take specific care of generation, transmission a

JD-U books 4 trains, 20K buses for rally

With Bihar’s ruling JD(U) having booked four trains and about 20,000 buses to bring people from across the state for its Adhikar rally to display the regional party’s strength, capital Patna is set to

‘Slain’ Bihar boy surfaces at Delhi mall

The amazing appearance on Monday of a missing Bihar schoolboy, whose assumed murder and the subsequent police indifference sparked off violent protests leading to police firing causing two people’s de

Nitish: JD-U, BJP will contest together in Bihar

Bihar chief minister and JD(U) stalwart Nitish Kumar on Monday finally demystified his “all 40 seats in Bihar” statements made during his ongoing state-wide tour, saying he actually meant the seats co

Madhubani: Arson, vandalism continue

Vandalism and arson continued in Bihar’s Madhubani district for the second consecutive day on Saturday even as a flustered state government transferred top officials and ordered a judicial probe into alleged police inaction after a student’s murder and Friday’s firing on protesters that killed two youths.

Surgeon, friends rape patient for 12 days

A college girl undergoing a surgery at a private clinic in Patna was allegedly gangraped for about 12 days by the senior surgeon and his friends and then abandoned at a nearby railway station, where s

‘Kashmir issue needs deft approach’

India’s engagement with the Kashmir crisis in the face of continuing cross-border terrorism and jehadi fanaticism needs stronger resolve both at the political and military levels along with psychologi

Chair thrown at Nitish at rally

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday narrowly escaped being hit by a plastic chair thrown at him by a man in the audience at a public meeting the JD(U) stalwart was going to address.

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