Rebel leaders of Bihar’s ruling JD(U), including some dissident MPs, on Monday met and resolved to form a new party to be called Bihar Navnirman Manch with the aim of propagating the failures of chief minister and party stalwart Nitish Kumar and emerge as an alternative political force.

A suspected attack of encephalitis is being blamed for the death of 24 children in less than two weeks in Bihar, raising concerns among doctors and health department officials.

Returning from a weeklong tour of China on Sunday, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is facing a tough task of dealing with a host of difficult situations currently embarrassing his government while h

Just over six months after Bihar’s Assembly polls, the alliance between the Opposition parties RJD and the LJP has developed cracks that resulted in the RJD announcing its support to the CPI(M) candidate in the upcoming Purnea Assembly bypoll without taking the LJP into confidence.

Even as the injured victims of the Forbesganj police firing languish at a Patna hospital without proper medical care, hectic politicking continues unabated in Bihar amid communal undertones and growing demands for action against deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi for the brutal crackdown on Muslim villagers.

Maoists on Thursday set ablaze a portion of a railway station and blew up four mobile phone towers during a 24-hour shut down called by them to protest the arrest of one of their top leaders in Bihar,

Aggrieved students and activists of the All India Students' Association (AISA) on Wednesday burnt the effigies of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal and Chief Minister Nitis

While the perceptions of Maoist threat during the panchayat elections in Bihar in April and May were real, actual impact of the rebels’ threats on the entire election process seems to have been far overblown, especially in the event of claims about candidates withdrawing their nominations under threats from the Maoists.

A CBI court on Friday framed charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Rupam Pathak, a school teacher accused of stabbing a BJP legislator to death in January.

After his recent visit to Bhutan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will undertake a “goodwill” tour of China from June 12.