Last Updated: January 26, 2024, 19:47 IST Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav during the Republic Day celebration in Patna. (PTI Photo) Nitish Kumar may rejoin the BJP-led NDA on Sunday as reports claimed the Bihar CM was unhappy with the current ‘Mahagathbandhan’, which includes parties like the Congress, RJD, and the … Read more
PATNA: Amid the uncertainty in the political corridors of Bihar over the possible alliance of Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), as speculations are on the rise that chief minister Nitish Kumar could cross over to the NDA again, RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari said on Friday that it ‘surprises’ him how one’s … Read more
This will be the PM’s first visit to Bihar this year, with just a couple of months to go for the Lok Sabha polls. (File pic: PTI) With the Centre awarding the Bharat Ratna to ‘Jan Nayak’ Karpoori Thakur, a champion of the backward sections, the BJP is confident of doing well in the upcoming … Read more
Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna posthumously, President Draupadi Murmu announced on January 23, a day before the 100th birth anniversary of the socialist icon. Born in the Nai Samaj in Pitonjhiya village of Samastipur, Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was popularly known as … Read more
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday night, in which portfolios of three ministers of his ally RJD were changed. Education Minister Chandra Shekhar, who has been hitting the headlines for different reasons, was made the Sugarcane Industries Miniter. Alok Mehta, who held the Sugarcane Industries and Revenue and Land Resources portfolio, … Read more
Sanjay Dutt, whose special appearance in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan and the power packed role in Thalapathy Vijay starrer Leo was much loved by audience, has been on a trip away from home. The actor was recently seen in Bihar where he visited the pious Gaya river and was seen performing the Hindu … Read more
From organising free travel to Ayodhya to distributing Akshat (sacred rice) to households for inviting them to the holy town, the BJP has made a micro-level plan to leverage the Ram temple consecration ceremony ahead of 2024 polls. In Bihar -where the caste arithmetic of opposition can challenge its bid to consolidate Hindutva votes- the … Read more
The Class 10 dropout rate stands at 20.6 percent for the academic year 2021-22 with Odisha being the worst performing state in this regard followed by Bihar, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. Apart from Odisha and Bihar, the other states with high dropouts are Meghalaya (33.5 percent), Karnataka (28.5 … Read more
Patna: The Adani Group will invest Rs 8,700 crore in Bihar, a senior official of the company said during the Bihar Business Connect-2023, a two-day global investors summit that concluded on Thursday. Addressing the conclave at the Gyan Bhavan here, Pranav Adani, the Director of Adani Enterprises, appreciated the efforts of Nitish Kumar and said … Read more
