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Topic: Bihar

Day after Nitish’s Rajya Sabha win, his ‘comrade for half a century’ KC Tyagi quits JD(U)

The senior leader & former Rajya Sabha MP doesn't see much of a role for himself in the party anymore, with the BJP looking to install its own CM.

Long arc of Nitish Kumar: From Modi-baiter to BJP’s bridge in Bihar

Nitish Kumar (75), Bihar's longest serving CM, filed nomination on Thursday for Rajya Sabha elections, clearing the decks for a change of guard in Bihar.

Why BJP can’t wait to replace Nitish Kumar with a BJP chief minister in Bihar

Even before the Bihar assembly elections, the JD(U) leadership had virtually controlled access to the 75-year-old CM whose health has been a concern.

BJP announces 9 candidates for Rajya Sabha polls, fields party chief Nitin Nabin from Bihar

Other prominent names to figure in BJP's list are former Bengal state chief Rahul Sinha, Karnal ex-MP Sanjay Bhatia, and Assam minister Jogen Mohan.

Bihar, Rajasthan ministers’ health tips for kids—buffalo milk makes you ‘bhrasht’, meat ‘violent’

Bihar govt to ban open sale of meat near educational institutes, religious places, crowded areas for 'social harmony, hygiene'. Rajasthan minister says cow milk makes kids intelligent.

The hunt for Pataliputra—how the Mauryan capital connects Persia and Patna

Historian Upinder Singh broke down the myths and truths of Iranian influence in Bihar at a talk titled 'A Persian palace in Patna? Looking afresh at the Mauryas and Achaemenids'.

Bihar’s superfood makhana industry isn’t growing. Where is the land?

Between 2022-2025, the cultivation area for makhana fluctuated between 27-28 thousand hectares annually, with a production of around 58.8 metric tonnes.

A floating house has withstood floods in Bihar for 3 years. The engineer wants to scale up

Kumar Prashant's experimental floating village in Ara is offering a shift from relief-driven responses to long-term resilience. His low-cost amphibious houses rise with floodwaters.

Nitish vs ASI in Bihar—save Kumhrar Park or smaller state-protected sites?

Shiv Kumar Mishra, co-convener of INTACH's Bihar chapter, said the Bihar govt should first maintain sites under its control before questioning the ASI.

‘Can get girls in Bihar for Rs 20-25k’: Uttarakhand women & child minister under fire over husband’s remarks

Embarrassment for the BJP, both in Uttarakhand and Bihar, over misogynist comments by husband of a BJP minister. Condemnation not just from the Congress and RJD, but also from within the BJP.

On Camera

Chiraiya shows marital rape is structural—it is embedded in India’s legal framework

Chiraiya, streaming on JioHostar, confronts consent within marriage. It stars Divya Dutta, Siddharth Shaw and Prasanna Bisht.

Drug regulator calls on Indian pharma to move beyond generics, address dependence on bulk imports

Advice comes at a time when India accounts for a 5th of global generic drug supply & 40% of generics used in US. However, this strength in finished formulations relies on imported ingredients.

1st batch of 2,000 India-made Israeli Negev LMGs delivered to Army; 4,000 more to be delivered this year

The Indian Army is set to get another 4,000 of these LMGs as part of a contract signed in August 2024 to replace the 5.56x45mm INSAS LMG.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.