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Bihar don't want Nitish back as CM, it needs BJP-led govt: Chirag Paswan

In a hard-hitting attack, Paswan said Kumar's long rule has delivered "nothing" and Bihar will get an actual "double-engine" government

BJP in a double bind over striking a balance between Sushant, Kangana

Maharashtra BJP, including Fadnavis, in a quandary over striking a balance between regional sentiment and electoral needs in Bihar, writes Radhika Ramaseshan

GST compensation row: Bihar bats for the first option proposed by Centre

West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana have rejected both the options and reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene

At least 9 children dead from AES at Muzaffarpur hospital, 70 diagnosed

As per the hospital's report on August 29, a total of 56 children were discharged so far after recovering post-treatment from the hospital

SC Bihar govt reply on plea for consolidation of Tablighi members trial

A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna asked the state government to respond to the plea and posted the matter for hearing on Monday

Sushant case: SC orders CBI probe, asks Mumbai Police to hand over evidence

The single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy also said that the Bihar Government was competent to recommend transfering the case to the CBI

LJP may withdraw support to Nitish Kumar-led govt in Bihar: Report

The Lok Janshakti Party may withdraw its support to the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar, its sources said on Friday

Political clout prevented FIR in Sushant death case in Mumbai: Bihar to SC

The Bihar government told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that political clout has not allowed Mumbai Police to even register an FIR in the Sushant Singh Rajput's suicide case

Bihar: Death toll due to floods at 21, over 6.9 million people affected

So far, 33 teams of the NDRF and SDRF have been deployed to tackle the floods which have affected multiple districts in Bihar

Bihar govt decides to recommend CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput's case

The Bihar government has decided to recommend a CBI inquiry in the actor Sushant Singh Rajput's death case after the deceaseds father made a request for it

Chirag questions prohibition's impact in Bihar in fresh salvo at Nitish

LJP president Chirag Paswan attacked CM questioning the success of prohibition in Bihar as he cited a case in which a ward councillor, reportedly in an inebriated state, abused him and his father

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's rally postponed in view of Covid-19 outbreak

A much-anticipated virtual rally of Bihar CM next week has been put off for the time being, a top office-bearer of the ruling Janata Dal (United) said here on Friday.

Bihar heading towards becoming global Covid-19 hotspot: Tejashwi Yadav

Bihar is heading towards becoming a global hotspot of the COVID-19 pandemic, RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav said, as he hit out at Nitish Kumar govt over the "low" number of tests being conducted

Bihar can become next global Covid-19 hotspot, govt fudging data: Tejashwi

"Covid-19 testing in Bihar is the lowest in the country. The situation is bad," says the RJD leader

Covid-19: Total lockdown in Bihar from July 16 to 31 to contain spread

On his official Twitter handle, Sushil Modi said the 15-day lockdown will remain in force at all municipal, district, sub-divisional, block headquarters level and that guidelines were being prepared

Ruling, Oppn parties struggle to get their act together in Bihar

The father-son leadership of Ram Vilas Paswan and Chirag Paswan of the Lok Janshakti Party has thrown a spanner in the works by demanding more seats

Tejashwi Yadav apologises to people of Bihar for mistakes during RJD's rule

By doing so, he was following in the footsteps of a host of other leaders who've picked up a page from Pope John Paul II's book

How Bihar's social experiment came to an end

It is now a different time in Bihar. It is a different place - one in which NREGA man Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's options are very limited

Bihar could be underreporting coronavirus cases in the state; here's why

Bihar is seeing a sudden increase in the number of coronavirus cases

India coronavirus dispatch: How to spot misinformation around Covid-19

From social media infodemic, to trends shaping post-Covid-19 world, and why the need for labour reforms must not be conflated with complete deregulation - read these and more in today's India dispatch