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RJD: BJP has projected Modi as PM
The BJP has already projected Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as its prime-ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha poll, Opposition RJD said on Monday.
Quake damages houses, 5 dead
Strong tremors of earthquake, centred near Gangtok, were felt across Bihar on Sunday evening and scores of houses collapsed as a result in various districts.
A day later, woman retracts
A Jharkhand woman who had claimed that a BJP minister in the state government had married her and fathered her three-year-old son withdrew her claims in a mysterious volte face on Sunday.
Bihar BJP leaders go on fast too, JD-U aghast
Enthused by Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s ongoing “harmony fast” in Ahmedabad, leaders of Bihar’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday began a parallel fast and havan in Patna in support o
Mantri: woman claim of ‘son’ a conspiracy
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister in the Jharkhand government is defending himself against claims by a woman that he had married her and fathered her son but has been refusing to both acknowledge it and support the three-year-old child.
Bihar to have Metro Rail services soon
Bihar will soon have Metro Rail services with the government giving the green signal for introducing the public conveyance on two routes in state capital Patna.
"In the first phase, Metro Rail servi
Nitish under fire for police excesses
Bihar’s Nitish Kumar-led government on Thursday faced a barrage of criticism for violent police excesses on women and children from the weaker sections in the chief minister’s home district of Nalanda even as four constables were suspended and a probe was ordered.
Nitish orders probe into Nalanda lathicharge
A day after the police lathicharge on locals in Nalanda, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday ordered a probe by the AGP(headquarter) into the incident and immediate suspension of policemen f
Nitish boasts of anti-graft feat
When Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar resumed blogging after a gap of 11 months, it was his sheer satisfaction from the fulfilment of a major election promise that brought him back to the blogosphere. His latest blog waxes eloquent on his government’s recent achievements in the campaigns against corruption.
Bihar doctor dragged out of clinic, shot dead by suspected Maoists
An ayurvedic doctor in Bihar was pulled out of his clinic and shot dead by a group of suspected Maoists, police here said on Wednesday.
Dr Rajesh Kumar, 28, was shot dead late on Tuesday at Sheikhpur
