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Topic: Bihar

SC sentences ex-Bihar MP Prabhunath Singh to life imprisonment in 1995 double murder case

The case involved the killing of two people on the day of polling for assembly elections in Chapra in Bihar's Saran district in March 1995.

Barring minister’s PA from edu dept to tabs on teachers — all about controversial Bihar IAS KK Pathak

Additional chief secy of education dept, Pathak is making waves with decisions that include slashing school holidays to banning coaching classes during school & college hours.

Take a cue from Bihar, other states should also look at bloated vacation calendar

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Which class did you teach, how many students came? Bihar govt order to keep tabs on college teachers

Teachers will now have to fill out forms with details of classes they taught. There is a general complaint among college students that teachers don't complete syllabus, says official.

Clipping wings? Bihar ministers’ private secretaries told to focus only on ‘non-govt functions’

Bihar chief secretary said in letter to dept heads that private secretaries not picked from administrative services will now only oversee minister's tours & outdoor political events.

‘Jungle Raj 2?’ — Oppn hits out at Nitish govt over crime in Bihar, ex-DGP calls situation ‘scary’

Several gun crimes have put focus on law & order issue in state. Bihar CM says there's no issue and crime figures in other states are much higher.

Message to allies? Bihar BJP picks own members for outreach to backward classes

Patna: The BJP appointed a relatively low-profile leader, Hari Sahni, as the leader of the opposition in the Bihar legislative council Sunday, in a...

Infighting in Bihar BJP exposed, as 1 MLA accuses another, a party MP, of potting to murder him & son

Alinagar MLA Mishri Lal Yadav files FIR claiming Madhubani MP Ashok Yadav & Keoti MLA Murari Mohan Jha sent armed men to his Darbhanga residence over land dispute involving religious leader.

‘Democracy in danger’: Opposition slams Bihar govt after journalist shot dead at his house

Vimal Kumar Yadav, 35, who worked for a Hindi daily, was killed at his residence in Bihar's Premnagar village. He died on the spot.

Delimitation will lead to colonisation of South. It’s UP, Bihar’s reward for underperforming

Federalism is central to India’s Constitution. Delimitation will dilute it while rewarding underperforming states.

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New HAL CMD doesn’t have to be an ‘insider’. Let merit decide

India’s premier defence public sector undertaking, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, will have a new Chairman and Managing Director in May 2026. The selection process has...

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.