The Latest Breaking News from Bihar

PATNA: RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday claimed that Union minister of state for home affairs and senior BJP leader Nityanand Rai met him before he had not got a berth in the Narendra Modi cabinet and expressed his desire to join the Lalu Prasad-led party.

PATNA: Well-known farmers’ leader Rakesh Tikait on Monday said he would unite all small and large organisations that are agitating for the cause of farmers in Bihar and start a big agitation in the state from October.

PATNA: BJP leaders on Sunday hit back at RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav for calling the NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu a ‘statue’.

PATNA: Bihar police probing the terror module busted in Phulwarisharif locality of Patna on Saturday arrested a lawyer, an active member of Popular Front of India (PFI), from Lucknow with the help of Uttar Pradesh's anti-terrorism squad. Three people were earlier arrested in connection with the case.

PATNA: Bihar police with the help of Uttar Pradesh’s anti-terrorism squad (ATS) on Saturday arrested a lawyer in Lucknow while probing the network of a terror module linked with PFI and SDPI involved in anti-national activities at Patna’s Phulwarisharif area, the police officials said.

PATNA: Bihar CM and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Saturday welcomed the decision to declare West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar as the NDA’s candidate for the vice-president post.

PATNA: The 100-year journey of the state legislature, including some of the major decisions taken and speeches made by the great leaders, will be showcased at the upcoming museum on the assembly premises here.

PATNA: RJD MLA Anant Kumar Singh was disqualified on Friday by the Bihar Vidhan Sabha following his conviction in a case related to recovery of arms and ammunition, including an AK-47 assault rifle, from his residence at Nadwa village under Barh police station in Patna district in 2019.

PATNA: Sleuths probing the network of a terror module busted in Bihar on Friday said they have stumbled upon a separate 'sleeper cell' with connections in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Yemen, among other countries.

PATNA: Opposition’s presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Friday invoked his Bihari identity and appealed to the lawmakers to vote for him in national interest, as well as to ward off the lurking dangers to the country’s practice of democracy, and to also prevent the misuse of institutions like CBI, ED…

PATNA: Bihar is facing a major agriculture crisis due to a whopping 42% deficiency in the monsoon rainfall so far this year. As many as 35 of 38 districts received deficient rainfall (-20 to -59%) so far, including large deficiency (-60% and above) in 11 districts.