Politics

PATNA—The Grand Alliance headed by RJD has given a call for state-wide bandh (shutdown) in Bihar on Friday (March 26) to protest alleged police assaults on opposition lawmakers and ‘disrobing’ of democracy by the ruling NDA alliance. “We…
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PATNA—The month-long budget session of the Bihar assembly came to an end on Wednesday on a bitter note. The opposition lawmakers boycotted the last session of the House to protest the alleged police excesses and instead held their…
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PATNA—Opposition lawmakers angrily protested inside the Bihar assembly and on the streets over the controversial Special Armed Police Bill, 2021. The opposition is opposing the Bill as they say this bill empowers the police force to…
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PATNA—The Bihar assembly is soon to start its own “Best Legislator Award” on the line of “Best Parliamentarian Award” given to parliament members. Bihar assembly speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha told the media on Friday that Bihar House would…
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PATNA—Two key allies of the NDA in Bihar have objected to the nomination of 12 persons to the legislative Council saying the coalition dharma was not followed in deciding names of the leaders. The Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) headed by…
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PATNA—Ending days of speculations, former Union minister Upendra Kushwaha merged his Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) with the ruling JD-U in Bihar on Sunday. The merger took place following intense political debate during the two-day…
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PATNA—Dozens of top Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) leaders joined the main opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar on Friday. The development is being viewed as a major setback to RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha ahead of his…
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PATNA—A Rashtria Janata Dal (RJD) lawmaker Dr Mukesh Raushan reached the Bihar assembly carrying Blood Pressure machine and stethoscope as a protest to chief minister Nitish Kumar’s outbursts against a party colleague. “I have come with…
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PATNA—The NDA government in Bihar headed by chief minister Nitish Kumar is working on a plan to allot lands to the landless people among the upper castes to build homes. “We are working on a plan to grant lands to the landless persons…
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PATNA—While most of the political parties have rolled out red carpets to woo the Dalits and backward caste voters who form lion’s share of the total vote bank, the ruling Janata Dal United (JD-U) in Bihar has gone all out to lure the upper…
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