ANAND S.T. DAS
‘Undeclared emergency’ in Bihar: Opp.
Even as Bihar’s Opposition parties on Saturday accused chief minister Nitish Kumar of having imposed an “undeclared emergency-like situation” in districts he is touring, Mr Kumar professed his complet
JD-U blames Opp. for protests
Even as Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday faced more public protests during his ongoing state-wide tour and a curfew-like situation prevailed at a town where protests had turned violent a da
Nitish ‘praise’ of liquor draws flak from Opp.
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has left anti-liquor activists shocked and the Opposition parties furious by his controversial statement about drinking and the ever growing sale of liquor in the sta
MLA blocks 3 Rajdhani trains
A BJP legislator in Jharkhand and his supporters forcibly blocked the passage of several trains, including three Rajdhani Express trains, for over four hours on Monday morning to press for their deman
Bihar jailer hires witch doctor for exorcism
Superstitious excesses are no longer confined to Bihar’s rural hinterlands. A jail has now shot to uneasy spotlight after its superintendent hired a witch doctor to “heal” prisoners allegedly troubled by the spirit of a dead prisoner.
Lalu son vows to uproot Nitish govt
When Rabri Devi, a former Bihar chief minister and wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, had frankly said in May that she would launch both her sons in politics, she certainly meant it. The couple’s elder son announced on Saturday that he had indeed joined politics.
JD-U MLA accuses Nitish govt of graft
Both the JD(U) and the BJP in Bihar are currently facing the distressing scenario of some of their own leaders publicly debunking the alliance government’s claims of achievement in the past seven year
In Bihar, it’s Nitish bicycles vs Lalu’s buses
The wheels of politics remain well oiled in Bihar.
Flesh trade run by cops in Bihar?
Just days after a Bihar policeman’s barbaric conduct with an arrested man shocked the nation, fresh revelations have pointed at the rot in the state police force and renewed calls for stringent action
Top BJP leaders’ associates got coal blocks too: Scindia
Union minister of state for industries and commerce Jyotiraditya Scindia mounted a blistering attack on the BJP Tuesday, accusing it of blatant hypocrisy in its coal block allocation protests, claiming close associates of top BJP leaders were among those allotted coal blocks. The BJP, however, rubbished these allegations, saying the government should cancel the coal blocks and set up an independent inquiry.
