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Topic: Bihar

How Bihar is ramping up AB-PMJAY health infra to keep patients from turning to Delhi, Vellore

Bihar spent a third of Ayushman Bharat budget for hospitalisations outside state last year. Efforts on to change that in election year.

Chirag targets Nitish over Muzaffarpur case, flags ‘breakdown’ in Bihar law & order, healthcare

Union minister's letter to Bihar CM, both NDA allies, assumes significance at a time when state polls are nearing.

‘Bihar First, Bihari First’—Chirag Paswan says will contest Bihar polls, backs Nitish for CM

Talking to the media, Paswan said that several parties have benefitted when their national leaders fought state polls.

Out-of-school children: Centre flags huge mismatch in Bihar, Jharkhand data & national survey

During meetings between state officials & project approval board for Samagra Shiksha Scheme, Centre also flagged widespread vacancies in teaching posts across various states.

PM Modi launches projects worth over 48 crore in Bihar’s Karakat

During his two-day visit to state, the prime minister laid the foundation stone for the Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project, Stage-II & inaugurated 4-laning of highways running through state.

Ahead of Assembly elections, Bihar govt transfers 11 IAS, 6 IPS officers

Apart from class-I officers, 36 officers of the Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) were also transferred in the major reshuffle.

In Bihar’s Chhapra, a broken family copes after 25-yr-old lynched, brother battling for life

The mob lynching transpired on 11 May in Bihar's Chhapra village. Zakir Qureshi died after he was tied up & beaten. His brother remains critical.

Born the same day as India’s Operation Sindoor, baby girl in Bihar named ‘Sindoori’

The girl was born at 9 am on 7 May. Her maternal grandfather says, ‘every time we say her name, we’ll be reminded of the strong message India sent to Pakistan.’

Why Nitish Kumar has reason to worry about Chirag Paswan’s claim to share of power in Bihar

It was LJP (RV) that had pushed JD(U) to 3rd position in Bihar as its tally came down from 71 in 2015 to 43 in 2020. But, Chirag, too, has not got the numbers to claim CM's chair.

UP, Bihar, Maharashtra make up 42% of all undertrials in India, shows India Justice Report 2025

Share of undertrials in detention for 3-5 years almost doubled over 10 yrs between 2012 & 2022, & those above 5 years have tripled in that period, it adds.

On Camera

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.

Tejas crash: Amid taunts from across border, a Pakistani pilot’s brother voices shared grief & solidarity

Speaking to ThePrint, Salman Akram urges dignity in tragedy, recalling the loss of his brother, Wing Commander Nauman Akram, in similar crash & the mockery his family faced after.

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.