Bihar is a state in eastern India. It is the third-largest state by population and twelfth-largest by territory, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). It is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. Three main cultural regions converge in the state: Magadh, Mithila, and Bhojpur.
The Bihar assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution demanding a caste-based census in 2021. The move comes just two days after the 243-member House unanimously passed a resolution stating.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar clarified in the assembly that the Centre had sought feedback from all states on NPR, but he took the opportunity to also communicate his governmentâs stand on the NRC. âThe.. IndiaTimes - Published
The Bihar assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution to not implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state. The assembly also passed a resolution to implement the National Population.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday reiterated his opposition to "additional clauses" inserted in the National Population Register (NPR) forms and said that the state government has written to.. IndiaTimes - Published
A case was registered in a Muzaffarpur court on Saturday against AIMIM leader Waris Pathan and Union minister Giriraj Singh for making controversial statements. The case has been filed by one M Raju.. IndiaTimes - Published
Exhorting party workers in Bihar to spread the message that "BJP is synonymous with development", its national president J P Nadda on Saturday asked them to work towards ensuring the NDA's return to.. IndiaTimes - Published
The controversial remark was made in Purnea district in the Seemanchal region of Bihar where he was trying to garner support in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. DNA - Published
After sweeping Delhi assembly election, AAP now plans to go national and also replicate the âKejriwal model of developmentâ in other states. Also, several states have started emulating this model.. IndiaTimes - Published
Former JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Wednesday ruled himself out as a possible chief ministerial candidate for the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar, asserting that Tejashwi Yadav, who has already been.. IndiaTimes - Published
With many axes to grind against Prashant Kishor, the BJP on Wednesday launched a fresh attack against the poll strategist-turned-politician whom it likened to the musclemen who having previously.. IndiaTimes - Published
Election strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor on Tuesday questioned the Nitish Kumar government's development model, even as he sneered at the chief minister for making ideological compromises.. IndiaTimes - Published
Expelled Janata Dal-United Vice President and top election strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday launched a direct attack on Bihar Chief Minister saying ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and that of his.. IndiaTimes - Published
A few days back, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had attributed controversial remarks made by some party leaders as one of the reasons for the BJP's defeat in Delhi polls. DNA - Published
Lok Janshakti Party, a key coalition partner in the ruling NDA disapproved "hate speech" by some of the BJP members during election campaign in Delhi. IndiaTimes - Published
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party chief Upendra Kushwaha on Thursday caused a flutter by proposing that veteran socialist leader Sharad Yadav be projected as the "chehra" (face) of the Grand Alliance in Bihar.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court on Tuesday sentenced Brajesh Singh Thakur â who ran a childrenâs home in Biharâs Muzaffarpur district where 44 girls were sexually exploited â and five others to imprisonment for.. IndiaTimes - Published
"Janata maalik hai", uttered Kumar with hands folded above his head and the ghost of a smile playing on his lips as he sauntered past a posse of journalists tossing queries on the sidelines of a.. IndiaTimes - Published
As per the latest Election Commission figures available, the AAP has garnered 53.65 per cent of the votes polled in the February 8 elections, the BJP 38.47 per cent and the Congress 4.31%. The Congress.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday side-stepped queries on the outcome of assembly polls in Delhi, where the coalition comprising his JD(U), BJP and LJP has been drubbed by the incumbent Aam.. IndiaTimes - Published
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said the south and northeast of India will become "irrelevant" in comparison to the north, as the national narrative is increasingly becoming a.. IndiaTimes - Published
The convoy of CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who is on a state-wide tour of Bihar campaigning against the CAA, NPR and NRC, was attacked here on Wednesday evening, police said. On February 1, his convoy.. IndiaTimes - Published
Almost half of children who died due to acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in Biharâs Muzaffarpur in mid-2019 had no history of litchi consumption, whereas majority of the rest were less than two.. IndiaTimes - Published
Imam was arrested from Bihar's Jehanabad on January 28 for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at the Jamia Millia Islamia University here and in Aligarh. DNA - Published
From leaving a job at the Bihar State Electricity Board for his socialist ideals to booting out Prashant Kishor and Pawan Verma, on January 29, for a pragmatic approach to his politics, Bihar Chief.. IndiaTimes - Published
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent JNU student Sharjeel Imam, arrested in a sedition case, to five-day custody under Delhi Police Crime Branch. He was arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch from.. IndiaTimes - Published
Soon after his expulsion from JD(U), Prashant Kishor on Wednesday took a dig at party president Nitish Kumar, offering him his best wishes to "retain" the chief ministership of Bihar. In a tweet.. IndiaTimes - Published
After rejecting any NPR in Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar asked the Centre to remove the new questions related to the date and place of birth of parents in the NPR updation form as âthey would create.. IndiaTimes - Published
In top news of the day on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, the novel coronavirus scare continues to spread as India launches a 24*7 helpline. Anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam was also arrested today by the.. DNA - Published
The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Sunday booked Imam, the co-ordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests, for his controversial "cut off Assam from India" speech that he allegedly made a few days ago. IndiaTimes - Published
Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam has been booked for delivering inflammatory speeches in opposition to Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register for Citizens.. IndiaTimes - Published
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Saturday launched a blistering attack against Bihar deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi bringing to fore the widening differences between the two.. IndiaTimes - Published
On Saturday, Kishor targeted the Bihar deputy chief minister tweeting, "There is no substitute to Sushil Modi in giving character certificate to people. Earlier, he used to speak on camera about Nitish.. IndiaTimes - Published
Varma's comments came after Kumar, who is the chief minister of Bihar, snubbed him saying he is free to go wherever he wants and slammed him for raising his concerns over the party's stand on a host of.. IndiaTimes - Published
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, drawing his attention towards a female ascetic hailing from the state who has been on a fast for more than a month.. IndiaTimes - Published
JD(U) leader Pavan K Varma on Tuesday sought âideological clarityâ from Nitish Kumar on taking the alliance with BJP beyond Bihar to contest the Delhi election. In a letter, Varma said he was.. IndiaTimes - Published
In what appears to be a widening rift in the party, senior Janata Dal (United) leader Pavan K Varma on Tuesday wrote a letter to party chief and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar questioning him on its.. IndiaTimes - Published
The weather department also predicted dense fog in isolated parts over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next 24 hours. IndiaTimes - Published
A special court on Monday convicted NGO owner Brajesh Singh Thakur and 18 others, including nine women, of committing or abetting sexual assault on 44 minor girls at a shelter run by the former in.. IndiaTimes - Published
Lok Janshakti Party founder Ram Vilas Paswan on Monday ducked queries about a viable seat-sharing formula for the ruling NDA in Bihar for the assembly elections later this year though he asserted that.. IndiaTimes - Published
Over 5.16 crore people participated in the 18,034-km long human chain in the state to create awareness about conservation of water and increasing green cover, prohibition and the adverse impact of.. IndiaTimes - Published
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