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The Election Commission of India. (ANI)

No postal ballot facility for voters above the age of 65 in Bihar...

the EC had earlier decided to allow those above 65, COVID-positive voters and all those under quarantine to use the...

17 July 2020 10:53 AM IST

The collapsed bridge in Gopalganj. (Twitter/Majid Alam)

Bihar: Political slugfest begins as bridge collapses 29 days after...

Leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar

17 July 2020 10:28 AM IST

Patna district administration on Wednesday announced a lockdown in the city. (PTI Photo)

District magistrate announces week-long lockdown in Patna from July 10

Officials said that district administration will review the situation a week later and may increase the period depending...

9 July 2020 9:30 AM IST

Jayant Kant, Muzaffarpur Senior Superintendent of Police, speaking to the media. (File Photo- AFP)

Bihar flood victims block NH28, attack police in Muzaffarpur over...

Three police personnel, including the station house officer, were injured and 12 have been arrested so far, Muzaffarpur...

7 Aug 2020 2:56 PM IST

Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak commits suicide. (Photo- Facebook)

Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak commits suicide at her residence in...

Pathak, 40, was found hanging at her rented flat on Sunday, police said

7 Aug 2020 10:30 AM IST

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Yadav has been shifted to the official residence of the hospital director located on the premises. (PTI Photo)

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...

6 Aug 2020 3:24 PM IST

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan arrives to meet party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras at his house, in New Delhi, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

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 IST

Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar with Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav interacts with the media after meeting Bihar Governor Phagu Chauhan, in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

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...

12 Aug 2022 12:15 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said the government will consult all political parties to decide the next course of action based on the data. (File Photo: PTI)

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

4 Oct 2023 12:00 AM IST

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has said the government will consult all political parties to decide the next course of action based on the data. (File Photo: PTI)

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

9 Nov 2023 12:00 AM IST

Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has called it a historic step that will help the government carry out development work that will benefit the poor. (Photo: Twitter)

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...

10 Jan 2023 12:10 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI)

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 IST