Bihar government

When Bihar’s Assembly was dissolved before it could speak

May 10, 2026 6:29 am

The 2005 Bihar crisis began with a fractured mandate, travelled through Raj Bhavan and Rashtrapati Bhavan, reached President Kalam in Moscow, and returned as a Supreme Court warning on the limits of Governor’s discretion

Fadnavis govt wants to make Marathi a must for auto, taxi drivers. BJP allies from Bihar and UP have a word of caution

May 02, 2026 3:28 am

Last month, Maharashtra Transport Minister Pratap Sarnaik had said that starting May 1, Marathi would be compulsory for all licensed auto-rickshaw and taxi drivers. He had warned that those who are unable to read, write or speak the language might risk losing their licences.

Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary: Prohibition to stay; govt to crack down hard on violators

April 18, 2026 5:28 am

He told the media the former CM had drawn a “big line of governance” and he felt burdened to do something “extraordinary” to continue receiving the love and faith of the people.

With Nitish Kumar’s exit, Bihar’s Sushasan must go beyond top-down

April 11, 2026 7:00 am

Deep reform requires empowering those within the system, drawing on support from institutions within the public system

After Nitish exit, amid Bihar's shifting sands, BJP braces for an uphill task

March 09, 2026 6:03 pm

BJP’s perceived inability to claim the space of a backward party and its struggle to build a rainbow base may further complicate its task as the party looks to emerge as the state's dominant force

After Nitish, Lalu, Paswan, why Bihar's social justice movement is at a crossroads

March 08, 2026 6:58 am

The exit of socialist icons marks more than a generational shift – it closes a political cycle that began with socialist mobilisation in Bihar in 1970s and culminated in implementation of Mandal Commission report in 1990

Bihar clears 17,000 ex-paramilitary, ex-Army recruits for auxiliary police, honorarium hiked

February 15, 2026 1:00 am

This is the first time the state is engaging ex-paramilitary personnel in state policing

Bihar seeks special package for industries, flood-control support

January 31, 2026 5:27 am

Employment emerged as the central issue in the Bihar polls, with both the RJD and Prashant Kishor-led Jan Suraj Party foregrounding it in their campaigns. This had prompted the NDA to promise creation of one-crore job opportunities on returning to power.

JDU minister who became assistant prof has appointment withheld by his own govt in Bihar

December 28, 2025 12:57 pm

Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary, 57, was one of 274 candidates to clear interview for political science professor last June. But his appointment is learnt to be withheld because he uses two variations of his name.

Scheme for women entrepreneurs gets 23 lakh applicants in just a month in Bihar

December 26, 2025 10:00 am

Introduced before the Assembly elections, the scheme, which provides for paying Rs 10,000 each to prospective women entrepreneurs, is being seen as a key reason for ruling NDA's resounding return to power

Sharad Yadav To Visit Bihar Today

June 22, 2020 6:56 pm