Patna Sahib: One of India's most interesting contests

Nowhere else has caste, power politics, and generational change come together to form a combination so potent that it is combustible.Aditi Phadnis reports. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Mr......

Bihar BJP springs surprise with first list, drops speaker

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday sprang surprises with its first list of 71 candidates for the Bihar assembly polls, denying a ticket to Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, a seven-term MLA,......

Meet the first-time MPs in Lok Sabha

The new Lok Sabha will have 300 MPs who have been elected for the first time to the Lower House, including cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir, Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Smriti......

'Bihar, bidis start with B': Congress's GST post triggers row

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress locked horns in Bihar on Friday over a social media post by the opposition party, which allegedly made disparaging remarks about the state while criticising......

When the world's most beautiful lady voted...

Social media wants to know if the Great Patriot -- who had a cosy tete-a-tete with the Pradhan Sevak last week -- voted. Alas, no photographic evidence exists of the Desh Bhakt casting his ballot,......