Centre’s poverty definition ‘cruel joke’ on poor: Nitish
Slamming the government’s poverty fixation criteria as a “cruel joke” on the poor, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar Friday said poverty should not be measured in terms of calories and money but on the basis of right to live with dignity.
JD-U mantri wants RSS ban
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s recent visit to Bihar sparked a fresh battle between former allies JD(U) and BJP as a minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet on Wednesday demanded a ban on the RSS and legal ac
Bihar headmistress held for midday meal deaths
Unnerved by a bitter Opposition attack for the school meals tragedy that claimed 23 young lives, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday strongly defended his government’s response and said the
Bihar headmistress held for midday meal deaths
Unnerved by a bitter Opposition attack for the school meals tragedy that claimed 23 young lives, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday strongly defended his government’s response and said the
Advani must be at the “helm of affairs”: Shatrughan Sinha
A day after Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan hailed L.K. Advani as BJP’s supreme leader, another voice of support for the party patriarch came Tuesday when Shatrughan Sinha described him as the “most seasoned and mature” leader who must be at the “helm of affairs”.
Nitish Kumar smells conspiracy behind mid-day meal tragedy
Smelling a conspiracy behind the mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar, chief minister Nitish Kumar has alleged that BJP and RJD had a “secret understanding” to derive political mileage from the incident.
RSS for a strong nation with Hindutva at core
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday identified Indianness with Hindutva and called for reform in society based on the “right ideology” so as to help the RSS fulfil its prime obje
A Modi revolt in Bihar BJP
In the first sign of open revolt within the BJP in Bihar since the party split up with long-time ally JD(U), a rebel BJP legislator deeply critical of senior leader and former deputy chief minister Su
BJP ex-MLA to join JD-U?
Amarnath Gami, BJP MLA from Hayaghat in northern Darbhanga district who was suspended from the party on Sunday for anti-party activities, is widely speculated to be set to join the ruling JD(U).
FSL report confirms pesticide
With an FSL report on the death of 23 schoolchildren in Bihar confirming on Saturday that the mid-day meals served to the children had high quantities of the pesticide organo-phosphorus in them, the N