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Topic: Bihar

RJD candidate Amar Kumar Paswan leads by 11,620 votes in Bihar’s Bochahan

By-poll to the seat was necessitated by the death of MLA Musafir Paswan, who had won on the ticket of the Vikassheel Insaan Party.

Thieves ‘steal’ 60-foot-long bridge in Bihar’s Rohtas posing as govt officials

The accused came prepared with bulldozers, pickup vans and gas cutters. They dismantled the 500 tonne bridge with the help of irrigation department officials and local residents.

‘Sold goats to buy him a phone’: How 31 youth from 1 Bihar village were nabbed for cybercrime

Amid the scrubby farmlands of Thalpos village in Nawada, dozens of youth used their smartphones to run a cybercrime enterprise until the police swooped in. What went wrong here?

Red-eyed, lost young men in Bihar’s Seemanchal show how Nitish Kumar’s alcohol ban backfired

In Bihar, the focus is still on curbing alcohol. But there’s a problem Nitish Kumar didn’t see coming – drug addicts, crime and a new ‘Generation Nowhere’.

Mukesh Sahani, Bollywood set designer and BJP ally who set his political career on fire

Sahani once used to make sets for big Bollywood films. Then he rose in Bihar politics to become a minister. Now, his career is on the line after ally BJP didn’t take to his attacks kindly.

Modi-Nitish then & now — Two photos, taken 13 yrs apart, reflect ‘cycle that’s moved full circle’

From a time when the prime minister, then the Gujarat CM, had become persona non grata in Bihar, to now, when the BJP has eclipsed its NDA partner JD(U) in the Bihar assembly.

From Lalu’s guide to his man, foe & now ally – how Sharad Yadav’s career is tied to RJD boss

On Sunday, Sharad Yadav's Loktantrik Janata Dal merged with Lalu Prasad Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal. In 1997, differences with Yadav had led Lalu to break away from Janata Dal & form RJD. 

As Nitish stays absent, Speaker Sinha returns to Assembly & claims truce. But storm not over yet

Patch-up between CM Nitish Kumar and Speaker V.K. Sinha believed to have been brokered by central BJP leadership. The question of CM making an apology 'remains unresolved'.

Turmoil in Bihar assembly even as speaker takes the Chair

Patna: The Bihar assembly on Wednesday morning was adjourned till 2 pm within minutes of commencement of proceedings as the opposition kept demanding an...

The Bihar historian you won’t find in most Indian textbooks — Radhakrishna Choudhary

Choudhary is best known for being among the handful of historians who gave weight to the neglected folklore of Mithila in north-eastern Bihar.

On Camera

Worker exploitation powers the firework industry in Tamil Nadu’s Sivakasi

For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

India and France to jointly manufacture HAMMER air-to-surface missile

Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.

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.