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Topic: Bihar

To defeat Modi, the opposition needs to woo Nitish Kumar back

Bihar is crucial for the opposition to defeat the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

Who will take the Bihar cake, and Baba Ramdev’s wax statue

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

Split from NDA or accept a minor role? The 6 options in front of Nitish Kumar

Nitish Kumar is looking for a new role for himself, but is unable to figure out what it could be.

Nitish Kumar cites ‘improved quality of life’ to rule out any ‘compromise’ on prohibition

Says Bihar government has set up a committee to look into complaints of the anti-liquor law's misuse.

This popular all-women Dalit musical band in Bihar has a packed wedding season ahead

The ‘Sargam Band’ has 10 women in their 30s - all from Dhibra village in Danapur near Patna.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s prohibition is a sober idea in need of a drink

Nitish Kumar’s prohibition policy now hangs between its supposed political utility and its social and economic futility.

There is dangerous selectivity in how we look at violence against Dalits in India

Are Dalits of Raghopur and West Bengal not Dalits? Only when Dalits are attacked in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, there is mass outrage among urban intellectuals. 

Bihar booze ban: Bane for state, boon for neighbours

Since Nitish Kumar brought in prohibition in December 2015, Bihar’s neighbours Jharkhand and West Bengal have seen steady spikes in their excise revenue.

In elementary govt schools, a third of teachers don’t have the required teaching degree

The worst performer is Bihar, where 72 per cent of the teachers are untrained, followed by Assam (64%) and Madhya Pradesh (57%).

Nitish Kumar set to take on BJP, forms a ‘Bihar front’ within NDA to bargain for 2019

BJP allies Nitish, Paswan and Kushwaha are believed to have come up with a seat-sharing plan that will leave the party with less than the 22 seats it won in 2014.

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.