The Latest Breaking News from Bihar

Nitish Kumar and Samrat Choudhary had a sharp exchange in the Bihar Legislative Council, with the latter declaring his resolve to remove the CM from his post. The BJP has planned a march on July 13 to protest against the lathi charge on teachers and to raise other issues.

The Left parties supporting the government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday protested against the change in the domicile policy allowing candidates from any States to become teachers in government-run schools in Bihar.

The Bihar Assembly witnessed unruly scenes on July 11 as the Opposition BJP MLAs trooped into the well of the House, raising slogans demanding the resignation of Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav

With the commencement of the rainy season, the labour-intensive farming activities have picked up in Siddipet. Knowing about the work available here, hundreds of farm labourers have migrated to the district from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal in the past few weeks.

Nitish Kumar expressed his anger during the Bihar Mahagathbandhan’s legislative party meeting after the first day of the monsoon session of the Bihar Legislature.

Proceedings for the day were adjourned minutes later, after obituary references, but the BJP made it clear that it would keep pressing for the resignation of Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Sunday slammed the BJP over the charge sheet filed against him in the land-for-jobs scam case. Mr. Yadav told journalists at the Patna airport that there was no merit in the case.

Uttar Pradesh Minister of State (independent charge) Manohar Lal Panth made a controversial remark in Jalaun district on July 9 comparing Opposition unity against the BJP with barking dogs against a powerful roaming elephant. “When elephant roams and does its work, dogs bark,” he said, when reporters asked him about Opposition unity.

Pulling up Dainik Bhaskar for “fake news” about attacks on Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu, the Madras High Court has ordered the Hindi daily to issue an unconditional apology before the court and the people of Tamil Nadu, and also publish a corrigendum on the first page of its…

A key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on July 4 rejected demands for Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav’s resignation, following a CBI chargesheet against the RJD leader, and accused the BJP of trying to repeat the Maharashtra episode in the State.

Political strategist-turned-activist Prashant Kishor said the Opposition unity drive would reap electoral benefits only if it came up with a “narrative” and did not rely solely on “arithmetic”.