Wednesday, Dec 06, 2023 | Last Update : 08:37 PM IST
Bihar
AA Edit | It’s time for a consensus on national caste census
The fear is that there can be no limit on reservation once the ceiling is lifted
09 Nov 2023 12:00 AM
AA Edit | Caste census: No excuse now for not having data
The survey will also have its reflection on the country’s political landscape in the current scenario
04 Oct 2023 12:00 AM
AA Edit | Hot weather can be a killer
Medical analysis seems to suggest that extreme heat and humidity are exacerbating the existing preconditions in the health of the elderly
20 Jun 2023 12:00 AM
AA Edit | Patna meet delay to hurt Opposition
If Nitish cannot make a small compromise even on the format of the meeting, neither is the Cong keen to go out of its way to please him
07 Jun 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Bihar ex-MP remission unwise
It’s not new that governments take political decisions to free criminals convicted for heinous crimes
01 May 2023 12:20 AM
AA Edit | Some states deserve special status
Just as in case of individuals, in the context of states, or regions, too, “equality” between unequals is not fair
20 Feb 2023 12:31 AM
Dilip Cherian | Babus are losers in selection of new governors
That not a single babu was seen as governor material is a severe setback
15 Feb 2023 12:00 AM
Dilip Cherian | Bihar IAS body’s silence on release of ‘murderer’ MP irks some babus
Mr Anand was initially handed out a death sentence by a local court, but it was later commuted to life imprisonment by the high court
02 Feb 2023 12:05 AM
AA Edit | Bihar’s caste census: Will it make a real difference?
Though the Union govt has dismissed the demand for a nation-wide caste-based census, there is a larger political consensus in the state
10 Jan 2023 12:10 AM
Shikha Mukerjee | Nitish’s Bihar ‘coup’ to set off tremors across India
Nitish Kumar is the last of the politically active and physically robust survivors of the Mandal versus Kamandal war of the 1990s
12 Aug 2022 12:15 AM
Coup in LJP; Chirag Paswan gets ejected, uncle in saddle
The group of five MPs has conveyed their decision of electing Paras as the LJP leader in Lok Sabha to the Speaker
14 Jun 2021 10:05 PM
CM Nitish Kumar triggers political storm in Bihar, says 2020 polls will be his last
A section in NDA feels that the aggressive campaigning against him by Opposition may have prompted Nitish to take a decision
05 Nov 2020 10:53 PM
Bihar flood victims block NH28, attack police in Muzaffarpur over relief material
Three police personnel, including the station house officer, were injured and 12 have been arrested so far, Muzaffarpur SSP said
07 Aug 2020 2:56 PM
Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak commits suicide at her residence in Mumbai
Pathak, 40, was found hanging at her rented flat on Sunday, police said
07 Aug 2020 10:30 AM
Lalu Yadav shifted to RIMS director's residence amid COVID-19 fear
Doctors said that he is suffering from heart, renal and other serious diseases and needed to be kept away from COVID-19 patients
06 Aug 2020 3:24 PM
Chief Minister has become invisible says Tejashwi Yadav
As per an assessment more than three lakh people have been badly affected in around eight districts of north Bihar
23 Jul 2020 11:32 AM
Employers bring back guest workers to cities
Maharashtra has undertaken initiatives to invite locals to participate in the infra projects undertaken by the government
19 Jul 2020 2:18 PM
Rising water levels in rivers spark panic in Bihar
The major cause of concern for the government has been the rising water level in four rivers - Kosi, Bagmati, Kamala Balan and Mahananda
17 Jul 2020 4:02 PM
No postal ballot facility for voters above the age of 65 in Bihar polls, says Election Commission
the EC had earlier decided to allow those above 65, COVID-positive voters and all those under quarantine to use the option of postal ballots
17 Jul 2020 10:53 AM
Bihar: Political slugfest begins as bridge collapses 29 days after inauguration
Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
17 Jul 2020 10:28 AM
Columns
The reasons behind the BJP’s victory in this round -- Modi factor, Hindutva, welfarism and party machinery -- may not work across states
In politics as in cricket, the better side wins. It is credit that must necessarily be shared between the leader/captain and members.
The media space was saturated with rocket attacks on Kabul, boosting Islamophobia sky-high.
The hard reality is that the Modi factor was absent in all the four states.