The Opposition parties in Bihar were on Monday up in arms against chief minister Nitish Kumar, holding him responsible for last week’s police firing in Araria district in which four people were killed.

In a shocking incident, a doctor was brutally beaten up by seven prisoners in a district jail here resulting in his death.

The doctor, Buddhadev Singh, brother of ex-MP Satyadeo Singh, was called

Under pressure from Opposition parties, Bihar Cooperative Minister and BJP leader Ramadhar Singh, declared an absconder by a court in Aurangabad district 16-years ago, has resigned from the Nitish

Bihar government on Tuesday gave a go ahead to the guidelines framed for new chief minister area development scheme in place of the scrapped MLAs, MLCs local area development fund scheme.

Voting in the c began on Wednesday morning but the generally peaceful exercise was marred by a bomb blast and some sporadic incidents of violence, officials said.

"Nearly 27 per cent of the electorat

Billionaire Bill Gates and his wife Melinda who co-chair their international philanthropic Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation arrived here on a day-long visit on Wednesday to meet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, policy makers, NGO partners and community leaders.

Patna: Over 200 outgoing village body heads, or 'mukhiyas', are in deep trouble in Bihar in connection with a scam in the purchase of solar lamps at a time when elections for 2.62 lakh panchayat posts

Patna: World Bank president Robert B. Zoellick, who arrives on a two-day visit to Bihar on Tuesday, will sign an agreement with the state government for rebuilding areas affected by the 2008 floods th

Ruling BJP MLA Rajkishore Keshri was on Tuesday stabbed to death allegedly by a woman visitor at his residence here on Tuesday.

Mr Keshri was meeting visitors at his residence when the woman identified as Rupam Pathak stabbed him, severely damaging his spleen which led to his death, director general of police Neelmani said.

The stage was set and thousands of people on Friday started gathering at the sprawling Gandhi Maidan here to witness Nitish Kumar take oath as Bihar's chief minister for a second consecutive term afte