Bharatiya Janata Party senior leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday claimed that the party had already finalised its candidate for the post of the President, but refused to share the name. "BJP will disclose the name at the right time," Naqvi, who is in Bihar to attend a party meet in Siwan district, said. "The BJP's choice of candidate for the post of the President is an able and non-political person, who is popular and acceptable," Naqvi said.
Nine French tourists detained in Bihar's Nawada district for violating visa rules were deported outside the state on Sunday, police officials told rediff.com.
Bihar Member of Legislative Assembly Zakir Anwar alias Zakir Mian is among the criminals of Indian origin wanted by the Nepal police.
Around 20 students of a primary school in Bihar's Banka district Tuesday fell ill after consuming the mid-day meal, police said.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday questioned Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's intention to "bow" before Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray to attend Bihar Diwas celebrations in Mumbai on Sunday.
Troubles for Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sonelal Hembrum in Bihar is likely to escalate with the state vigilance bureau filing a petition in the special vigilance court seeking permission to confiscate his property in a corruption case, officials said on Saturday.
They are political rivals, but when it comes to celebrating Bihar Diwas in Mumbai, Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal has backed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and has urged him to ignore Maharashtra Navnirman Sena's threat. The impending visit on April 15 has become controversial in Maharashtra.
It seems as if Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's war against corruption is a mere slogan for his members of Legislative Council. Recent audit has revealed that they submitted fake bills to claim travel allowance of lakhs of rupees from 2006 to 2011, officials on Wednesday said.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has invited Army chief V K Singh to join his campaign against black money and corruption after his retirement.
Indira Awaas Yojana, a social welfare programme started to provide homes to the poorest of the poor, has fallen prey to rampant corruption in Bihar, the latest Comptroller and Auditor General report has said.
The Hindu temple which will be constructed in Bihar's Vaishali district will have the tallest 'shikhar' (spire) in the world. M I Khan reports.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who appealed to celebrate the centenary as a festival, will formally inaugurate the function at Patna's Gandhi maidan. M I Khan reports
Free of cost radios provided by the state government to the Mahadalits, the poorest of the poor in Bihar, is proving useless, as they are selling them to raise money for chicken, mutton and country liquor. M I Khan reports.
Three-and-a-half years since Bihar was ravaged by floods after a breach in the eastern embankment of the Kosi river, a one-man commission set up to probe the cause of it finally began public hearing in Patna, officials said on Thursday.
Bihar is again witnessing a different kind of lawlessness -- street justice. In the last few days, more than half a dozen people have been beaten to death by angry mobs for minor reasons.
In yet another chilling episode in the feudal society of rural Bihar, the hands of a 20-year-old youth from Arwal district were chopped off because he failed to repay a loan of Rs 300. Ram Sagar Chandravanshi, who belongs to an extreme backward caste, is currently admitted in the Patna Medical College. "They wanted to punish me in such a way so that I lose my hands, my only means to earn my livelihood, as I had refused to accept their diktat," he said.
A Special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Patna on Thursday framed charges against Bihar's former chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra, along with 32 other accused, in the multi-crore fodder scam case. According to court officials, the CBI court framed charges against Lalu, Mishra and others including former Member of Legislative Assembly R K Rana and Janata Dal United Member of Parliament Jagdish Sharma.
A student was arrested in Bihar on charges of uploading porn video clips on YouTube in the names of two prestigious private schools, police officials said on Sunday.
Press Council of India Chairman Justice Markandey Katju said on Friday that a three-member PCI team would be sent to Bihar soon for an investigation into harassment of media in the state by Bihar government.
Opposition leaders have questioned the alleged misuse of public funds in organising the second global meet on Bihar. They have claimed that the event is merely an "image building" exercise for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The much-hyped meet -- which began on Friday and involves nearly 1,000 participants including NRIs -- aims to discuss ways to accelerate the momentum of high growth and development strategies for Bihar.
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