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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

Bihar Special Armed Police Bill passed as House calls in police to control protests

The Nitish Kumar govt and state opposition have been rowing over the bill, which allows police to conduct searches and arrests without a warrant.

Bihar wants its alcohol put to better use as state looks to become ethanol hub 

With Modi govt looking to promote blending of ethanol in petrol, Bihar last week launched an Ethanol Production Policy, 2021, the first state in the country to do so.

Why an RJD MLA reached Bihar assembly with a stethoscope to check Nitish Kumar

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has repeatedly lost his temper during budget session. Opposition MLAs say he is frustrated with ally BJP, but JD(U) says he only wants to stick to due process.

MP leads in land record digitisation for second year in a row, Bihar shows most improvement

NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index 2020-21 shows MP, West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu as the top five states in land digitisation efforts.

BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain inducted into Nitish Kumar cabinet

Apart from Hussain, JD(U) leaders Sanjay Kumar Jha, Shravan Kumar, Lesi Singh and Madan Sahni, and BJP's Pramod Kumar were also sworn in, in the much-awaited cabinet expansion.

Bihar cabinet expansion tomorrow, Shahnawaz Hussain likely to get ministerial berth

Bihar cabinet expansion has been on hold for over two months now, with CM Nitish Kumar demanding equal representation for his JD(U) and union ministry berths. 

Congress collecting donations for Ayodhya Ram temple exposes its ideological confusion

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‘Like Kim Jong-un’s diktat’ — Bihar opposition slams Nitish govt’s circular on protests

State DGP S.K. Singhal has issued a circular warning that those charge-sheeted for ‘criminal acts’ during protests will not be eligible for government jobs or contracts.

Supporters of Grand Alliance in Bihar form human chains in solidarity with farmers

Leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav took part in the demonstration in front of the Buddha Smriti Park in Patna where he was joined by alliance partners.

ADRI’s Shaibal Gupta, Bihar’s quiet ‘hero’ whose death CM Nitish Kumar called a personal loss

Shaibal Gupta, academician and founder of think tank ADRI, was prominent in the workings of Bihar, helping shape its economy and backing the demand for special status.

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New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

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.