Bihar

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS): The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will contest the coming Bihar assembly elections together, it was announced on Sunday. "It has been decided that RJD and JD-U will contest the…

Patna, June 5 (IANS): Janata Dal-United president Sharad Yadav said on Friday that the alliance with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal for legislative assembly elections scheduled later this year was "sure and certain". "The alliance…

Patna, June 4 (IANS): A Bihar court on Thursday sentenced 15 people - including one BJP MLA and two former MPs - to ten years in jail for an attack on the Sitamarhi district collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons…

The politics in Bihar has taken an ugly turn, as Bihar CM Nitish Kumar deployed 24 policemen at the CM's residence currently occupied by former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi and prevented him from consuming mangoes, litchis and jackfruits inside the…

Patna, June 2 (IANS): A Bihar court on Tuesday directed authorities to file an FIR against officials of Maggi noodles maker Nestle and Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit, brand ambassadors of the food item. "The court of…

Patna, May 26 (IANS): The bodyguard of a Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader was killed on Tuesday in Bihar's Gaya district when a bomb - wrapped in a parcel - exploded at the politician's house, police said. "A parcel bomb has exploded at the…

Patna, May 25 (IANS): Maoists burnt 32 vehicles in Bihar's Gaya district to enforce a two-day shutdown beginning Monday to protest the killing of a woman Maoist leader, police said. "A group of armed Maoists forcibly stopped vehicles on…

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS): The BJP on Saturday ruled out any possibility of an alliance with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Janata Dal-United in the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal and Bihar. "The BJP and TMC are…

Patna, May 19 (IANS): Muslims in Bihar, in a stellar demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to help build the world's largest Hindu temple which will have the capacity to seat a staggering 20,000 people. "Muslims have not…

Patna, May 16 (IANS): Twenty five of the 40 Lok Sabha MPs in Bihar failed to spend even a single paisa from their Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) fund in the past one year, an official said on Saturday. "Of the 25 MPs, who did not…