However, the magnitude of the Naxalite offensive came as a surprise.
A democracy is one, only if it has a robust Opposition. And as its actions show, the Modi-BJP combine gives two hoots for that. So, the Opposition must learn to convince people why the BJP must go. Else, it can count down to 2029, points out Shyam G Menon.
A new Bihar government headed by Jitan Ram Manjhi as the 32nd Chief Minister was sworn in on Tuesday evening.
According to police sources, Maoist rebels attacked Bamdah Bazaar under Chandramandi police station killing two traders and injuring some others.
Kushwaha retorted saying that he could not leave the party without his share in the "paternal property".
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The Janata Dal-United's decision to break its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party not only changed the political equation in Bihar but also created a buzz in the political circle from Patna to Delhi that whether Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and JD-U MP Harivansh will continue on his post or going to resign.
Ex-Indian hockey star Rajiv Mishra was found dead at his residence in Sarsauli area of Varanasi under mysterious circumstances.
Rented housing and fixed rents, like it's in developed countries, could be one way to ensure that everyone in cities has a roof over his head.
Raising the 'Jungle Raj' pitch, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday warned that Lalu Prasad will "remote control" the affairs in Bihar and "kidnapping" will be only industry that will flourish if the opposition grand alliance comes to power.
If we get a chance to form the next government at the Centre, all backward states will get special category status, Kumar said.
Mobs killed a cleric in a late night attack on a mosque, torched an eatery and vandalised shops as communal violence that began in Haryana's Nuh spilled over into Gurugram, taking the death toll to five, the police said on Tuesday.
Siddhant Parmar, nephew of Bihar Sugarcane minister Raghvendra Pratap Singh, was abducted from Patna on July 24.
The state government has introduced a new, more prohibition stringent law
With Bihar minister Shahid Ali Khan under Sashashtra Seema Bal's scanner for suspected links with Indian Mujahideen activists, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday questioned the central agency's handling of the matter, especially as to why he was not informed, and has directed a probe into it.
An entirely preventable disease claimed the life of 173 children -- thanks to state apathy.
Armed Maoists blasted two schools at a village in Bihar's Kaimur district on Monday, police said.
The operatives that carried out the triple blats in Mumbai last year were illegal migrants, reports Vicky Nanjappa
On the road rage incident in Gaya, Kumar said, "... when I saw in the media the (journalist's) family's demand for a CBI probe, I personally asked the DGP (director general of police) to send a police team to acquaint the family with probe (being conducted by the state police).
'It is bustling with activity. This is after years,' observes a security person near the big iron main gate at 10, Circular Road.
Sanichri Devi was beaten to death at Kotamdag Kolhuan in Kaimur after some unidentified men doused her with hot water on Wednesday.
'They fear their caste privilege will be exposed if there is an OBC caste census.'
Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar will take oath as chief minister of Bihar on February 22, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the state.
The three-day-old Jitan Ram Manjhi government in Bihar won the trust vote in the state assembly amid walkout by opposition the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The police however, are maintaining that the fire was an accident.
Shops, schools and other commercial establishments were closed in parts of Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab but the shutdown call by anti-reservation bodies had little impact elsewhere in the country.
The bandh called by contractual teachers in Bihar on Thursday affected normal life and hit train services, while 1000 protestors were arrested as opposition parties continued to pillory the Nitish Kumar government in both Houses of legislature for the lathi-charge on teachers.
Two village heads from Bihar's Gaya district had to bear the brunt for defying the diktat by Maoists not to contest the panchayat polls last year.
Other NDA allies, including the Lok Janshakti Party and the Rashtriya Lok Samta Party, will get due representation in the seat sharing formula, Shah said.
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'You are talking as if Patna has been the only place which has suffered on account of heavy rain. What happened in Mumbai and America when these places were battered by similar downpour?'
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has already taken a lead with his knock-on-door campaign.
Audit scrutiny of expenditure on foodgrains (Rs 37.4 crore) and cash dole (Rs 44.59 crore) revealed delay in distribution, doubtful purchase of material, doubtful distribution of foodgrain and non-submission of detailed contingent bills.
He was 'punished' for trying to enter the home of an influential man 'without permission'.
Twenty-three people were killed in rain-related incidents in Bihar where several areas have been flooded due to incessant downpour during the last five days. Heavy rains triggered by the south-west monsoon lashed parts of Kerala, but no casualties.
Abdul Jalil Mastan caught on camera asking a crowd at a note ban protest to hit with shoes the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sparking condemnation and kicking up a ruckus in the state legislature.
The police rescued the boy from a house under Harpur Pusa police station while acting on the information obtained from the interrogation of eight people who were arrested earlier.
Right now the challenge before the government is to double the speed of construction in order to complete the remaining 6.6 million houses before March 2019.
With Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray targeting some Members of Parliament from Bihar, including Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, in an editorial in party mouthpiece Saamana, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee on Wednesday said that such references amounted to contempt of the House.
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