The home portfolio of Bihar, which Chief Minister Nitish Kumar kept with himself all through his nearly 20-year-long tenure, has been given to his deputy, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Samrat......
'...yet struggles to convert that human capital into domestic productivity.' IMAGE: Passengers board a train at Patna Junction railway station. Photograph: ANI Photo At his rally in Samastipur......
'Without our support Nitish Kumar wouldn't have become chief minister.' 'After the government was formed we became ministers, but our agenda remained the same: Amit Shah had promised reservation......
The story of Bihar's educational reform is a lesson for all reforms done halfway. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar greets school children during the inauguration of the newly constructed......
In the "highest ever" voter turnout in Bihar, nearly 65 percent of 3.75 crore electors exercised their franchise on Thursday across 121 constituencies in the first phase of the assembly elections,......
The GoM of state ministers on GST rate rationalisation on Thursday accepted the Centre's proposal to move to a two-slab structure of 5 and 18 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Bihar......
With assembly elections due in Bihar later this year, it has rained goodies for the state in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's latest Budget. IMAGE: Finance Minister @nsitharaman proceeds from......
Average monthly GST collection rose from Rs 90,000 crore during the first year of its implementation -- 2017-2018 -- to Rs 1.68 trillion during 2023-2024, representing an 87 per cent rise.......
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.' Interview with......
As part of its six-month action plan to arrest the surge in food prices, the Centre will set up a price-stabilisation fund and make offences under the Essential Commodities Act non-bailable.......