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Sunday, August 17, 2025
TopicBihar

Topic: Bihar

PK’s Jan Suraaj fizzles in poll debut. 10% vote share, 3rd or 4th place across 4 seats in Bihar bypolls

JSP placed fourth in Ramgarh assembly bypolls and third in Tarari, Imamganj & Belaganj. Kishor says he has a year to prepare for state election.

Midnight raid lays bare lives of Bihar’s underage dancing girls. Dingy rooms, drunk men & ‘owners’

In early hours of Friday, local police and NGO volunteers rescued 12 girls in Bihar’s Siwan. The minors had been working as dancers for orchestras, paid Rs 2,000 for a gig.

Bihar wants to be the next tourism hotspot. Drone influencers are rushing to Rohtas

Bihar has long been trying to shed its badlands image and tourism is its latest pitch. In the absence of big industries, the state has chosen an easier way of building up revenue.

Centre gave Bihar Rs 3,900-cr for 13 sewage plants on Ganga. Only 7 work, faecal matter high in water

The data was submitted by National Mission for Clean Ganga to the National Green Tribunal after it was directed in May to disclose central funds released to clean Ganga in Bihar.

Giriraj Singh’s planned ‘Hindu Swabhiman Yatra’ in Bihar becomes another BJP-JD(U) flashpoint

JD(U) criticises Giriraj Singh's proposal for the yatra, saying it is an attempt to engineer riots in Bihar ahead of the 2025 assembly elections.

With launch of GenNext Lab, Bihar’s BIPARD set to usher in new era of data-driven governance

The inauguration will also witness the launch of the Viksit Chintan Kaksh and Nitishala, further augmenting Bihar's commitment to innovation in governance.

Arrested NIA DSP made ‘bribe demand’ in his 1st case as agency sleuth, was probing CPI (Maoist) revival

Arrest came after Bihar ex-MLC's son told CBI that DSP Ajay Pratap Singh sought Rs 2.5 crore from him saying terror charges would be slapped against his family otherwise.

In Bihar’s Nawada, Dalits live in fear after homes burnt over land feud. ‘Hamein jameen ka parcha chahiye’

About 200 people live in fear in cramped tarpaulin tents not far from their charred homes. As politics takes over, all they want is to go back home.

Padyatra to 2 Oct launch of his Jan Suraaj party, how PK is raising the political temperature in Bihar

Prashant Kishore does not plan on becoming the Bihar CM next year but is confident his new party's presence will be felt everywhere in another 6 months.

Houses torched, Dalits in Bihar’s Nawada say they’d faced threats to relocate. ‘But land belongs to us’

After the land mafia torched their houses, Dalit families in Bihar's Nawada were given tarpaulins to live under. They want the government to rebuild their houses.

On Camera

China wants to create new order in Myanmar. India must switch gears or be dealt out of the game

India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?