Patna

In a letter to CM Nitish Kumar, Yadav wrote that there had been a huge spike in cases of murder, loot, kidnapping, extortion, rape and theft in the last few days in Bihar. Even records of the Centre indicate higher incidence of crime in Bihar.

The announcement was made by RJD de facto leader Tejashwi Yadav after a meeting with delegates of Congress, CPI(ML), CPI and CPI(M) which together constitute the opposition coalition helmed by his party.

The UK is witnessing surge in corona cases after detection of a new variation which causes a higher infection rate.

Around 1,500 junior doctors of the state's prominent government medical colleges and hospitals went on a strike on December 23 over their demand to increase the monthly stipend.

As per the notification, the state education department will distribute free masks to every students and schools have been directed to follow all the guidelines pertaining to the pandemic and disaster management law along with social distancing guidelines...

Prasad, who is a Union Minister for Law and Justice, made the assertion while launching Bihar BJPs state-wide "Kisan Chaupal Sammelan" (farmers conference) in support of the three agricultural Acts at Tekbigha village in Bakhtiarpur assembly constituency...

Addressing a function on Dr B R Ambedkar's 64th death anniversary, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar hailed the Centre for extending the reservation for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) till January 25, 2030.

Yadav, who is expected to retain the post of leader of the opposition, expressed dissatisfaction over the resignation of JD(U) MLA Mewa Lal Chaudhary from the post of education minister and demanded a statement from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the same...

Counting of votes for the graduate constituencies of Patna, Koshi, Darbhanga and Tirhut, and the teacher constituencies of Patna, Darbhanga, Tirhut and Saran, which began on Thursday, concluded late on Friday.

The JD(U) president was talking to journalists here for the first time after results for the assembly elections came out and the NDA got a clear majority, though his own party suffered a slump and got outperformed by junior partner BJP.

After the polling process draws to close, multiple news channels like Chanakya, Axis, Neilsen and others will broadcast exit poll predictions on various new channels as part of the coverage for the Bihar elections.

About 2.34 crore voters, spread across 78 assembly segments of the 243-strong Assembly, will decide the fates of 1204 candidates, including the Speaker and 12 members of the state cabinet.

The voters will be provided free Uber rides to the booths on polling day as part of the initiative, the Election Commission said.

At present, commercial flights ply from only Patna and Gaya in Bihar, both situated south of the Ganges, leaving the densely populated north Bihar with virtually no air connectivity.

Congress legislators Sudarshan Kumar and Purnima Yadav, senior RJD leader and former state minister Bhola Rai, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party's (RLSP) Bihar unit spokesman Abhishek Jha are among those who switched sides on Friday.

Manjhi has severed ties with the grand alliance after spending two-and-a-half years in the opposition coalition, comprising of RJD, Congress, RLSP and Mukesh Sahni’s Vikasshil Insaan Party (VIP).