The sand and liquor mafias have corroded Bihar’s economy, fuelled criminal politics, brought in a rural rot, and rendered its youth unemployable for at least a decade.
Responding to opposition allegations govt said in assembly that from '2008 to 2015 when there was no liquor ban in Bihar, there were 108 deaths due to consumption of spurious liquor'.
Letter from state education department directs teachers in govt schools to report alcohol consumption & sale in their areas & ensure school premises are not used for liquor consumption.
Sharif was not part of forum in 2025, nor did WEF officially mention Pakistan's presence in 2025. Accompanying PM will be Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb, Dy PM Ishaq Dar and PPP chief Bilawal.
Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines.
UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.
Excellent reportage. Kudos to Ms. Jyoti Yadav. Keep up the good work.
Bihar is indeed a cesspool. Always at the bottom across all HDI parameters. No wonder Biharis migrate to other cities and never come back.
The sad part is that once in a different state, say Delhi, they try their utmost to disown their Bihari identity. Most would not say that they hail from Bihar – such is the stigma associated with the state and it’s people.
Thanks to AASU and other such active organisations, Biharis are not really welcome in Assam. Otherwise, even Guwahati would have turned into a mini-Delhi.
I don’t think CM Nitish Kumar thinks any longer in such grandiloquent terms as creating a legacy. Author of the Prohibition policy, which he thought would create a national women’s constituency for his prime ministerial ambitions. Now down to ensuring that jab tak samose mein aaloo hai, he remains in the saddle.
Excellent reportage. Kudos to Ms. Jyoti Yadav. Keep up the good work.
Bihar is indeed a cesspool. Always at the bottom across all HDI parameters. No wonder Biharis migrate to other cities and never come back.
The sad part is that once in a different state, say Delhi, they try their utmost to disown their Bihari identity. Most would not say that they hail from Bihar – such is the stigma associated with the state and it’s people.
Thanks to AASU and other such active organisations, Biharis are not really welcome in Assam. Otherwise, even Guwahati would have turned into a mini-Delhi.
I don’t think CM Nitish Kumar thinks any longer in such grandiloquent terms as creating a legacy. Author of the Prohibition policy, which he thought would create a national women’s constituency for his prime ministerial ambitions. Now down to ensuring that jab tak samose mein aaloo hai, he remains in the saddle.