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‘Special status for Bihar not needed’
In a poke at the political hot potato of Bihar’s strong demand for special category status for the state, adviser to the Prime Minister on pubic information infrastructure and innovations Sam Pitroda
Reddy appointed as new CPI chief
Communist Party of India (CPI) veteran and former two-term MP from Andhra Pradesh Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy, 70, was on Saturday named the party’s new general secretary, replacing A.B.
Villagers lynch Bihar youth, father held
In a gory display of primitive justice, dozens of people in a Bihar village on Friday beat a dalit teenager to death in presence of policemen.
Nitish, MLC spar over road’s British name
While the Bihar capital’s colonial history refuses to fade from the still popular British names of the city’s roads despite efforts by successive governments, the irony has now staged an unlikely political cameo in the state legislature and begged for introspection.
Woman gangraped and killed, family looted by road robbers
A group of robbers waylaid a car on a Bihar road, gangraped a woman occupant before shooting her dead and looted valuables worth Rs.2 lakh from her family, police said on Monday.
Robbers took control
Nitish pushes for Central varsity in Motihari
In a strongly worded, partly sarcastic letter, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has once again reminded Union HRD minister Kapil Sibal of the wholesome suitability of Motihari as the site for the pro
Abducted Bihar girl found killed, limbs chopped off
In a shocking act of violence, abductors in north Bihar have killed a five-year-old girl and thrown her severely mutilated body on a road near her house, spreading a wave of fear and anger against the
JMM cosies up to Congress
With the Congress in Jharkhand cosying up to the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha amid the latter’s feelings of disappointment with its ally BJP that heads the state government, BJP legislators on Friday accused the Congress of trying to destabilise the coalition government.
Ten children die of measles in Bihar
At least 10 children died in a village in Bihar's Madhubani district due to a disease commonly referred as 'khasra' or measles, an official said on Saturday.
"Eight children have died over the past f
Allies JD(U), BJP set to clash in civic polls
Fresh electoral clash is likely between Bihar’s ruling allies JD(U) and BJP after the UP Assembly polls as the regional party has decided to contest municipal corporation polls in Delhi on its own wit
