The Latest Breaking News from Bihar

Bihar Raj Bhavan intervenes to unfreeze state-run university accounts amid standoff with education department.

The public meeting was the first joint rally of Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) after the Janata Dal (United) led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar snapped ties with the RJD and joined hands with the BJP to form a government in the State.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on March 2 hailed the disqualification of six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh who had recently crossed over to the BJP and expressed hope that similar action will be taken against “turncoats” in Bihar.

Dispelling rumours of a strain in ties with the state leadership, Congress MLA Nitu Kumari on Friday said she is not 'upset' with the party but wants to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from the Nawaad constituency of Bihar. Read further on Dynamite News:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate, lay the foundation stone of and dedicate to the nation multiple development projects worth crores in West Bengal and Bihar on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will unveil development projects worth more than ₹34,800 crore in Bihar on March 2. “Besides, PM Modi will unveil multiple projects in the oil and gas sector, worth about ₹1.48 lakh crore, spread across various States, from Patna,” an official statement said.

RJD faces defections in Bihar as MLA Bharat Bind joins NDA, impacting upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

The letter, issued by Education Secretary Baidyanath Yadav, was also sent to examination controllers of all universities except those of Magadh University and Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University.

When faced with political extinction, Ram Vilas Paswan often used his ideological agnosticism to switch sides, says author Sobhana K. Nair in her book ‘Ram Vilas Paswan: The Weathervane of Indian Politics’