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Patna, March 11 Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM, a Member of Parliament representing Hyderabad and which has five MLAs in the Bihar Assembly, indicated on Wednesday that it might support the RJD candidate in the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.Akhtarul Iman, an AIMIM MLA and the chief of the Bihar...

Patna, March 11 – Political activity in Bihar has intensified ahead of the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections after Akhtarul Iman, the state president of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), met with Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav at his official residence in Patna...

Patna, March 3 – Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) National President, Upendra Kushwaha, has been officially declared as the party's candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections from Bihar. As a candidate supported by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Kushwaha will file his nomination on...

Patna, March 2 Union minister Chirag Paswan emphasized the need to review Bihar's prohibition law, which has been in place for over a decade, stating that its implementation should be "tightened" by identifying and addressing any loopholes.Speaking to reporters in Patna on Sunday, Paswan said...

Patna, March 1 Union minister Chirag Paswan emphasized the need to review Bihar's liquor prohibition law, which has been in place for a decade, saying its implementation should be "strengthened" by identifying and addressing loopholes.Speaking to reporters in Patna, Paswan said the law should...

Patna, March 1 Amid speculation that RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav may contest the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar, party supremo Lalu Prasad convened a meeting of its parliamentary board here on Sunday.The meeting is scheduled to take place four days before the deadline for filing nominations in...

Patna, February 27 Bihar Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar on Friday said that the state government would review anti-conversion laws of other states that prohibit forced religious conversion and inter-faith marriage, and "if required, would implement them in the state as well".Kumar made the...

Patna, February 26 The Bihar Assembly passed a bill on Thursday aimed at strengthening oversight of microfinance institutions and curbing coercive recovery practices.The Bihar Micro Finance Institutions (Regulation of Money Lending and Prevention of Coercive Actions) Bill, 2026, mandates that...

Patna, February 25 – Amid Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the Seemanchal region, Purnea MP Rajesh Ranjan, also known as Pappu Yadav, reminded the Home Minister of the promises made to the people of the region, particularly farmers, during the election campaign.Yadav stated that during...

Patna, February 25 – Bihar Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary has made it clear that the prohibition law will remain in effect, ruling out any possibility of a rollback despite growing demands from some leaders of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for a review of its...

Patna, February 25 – The opposition intensified its attack on the Bihar government on Wednesday over alleged widespread liquor smuggling, despite the state's prohibition, while also condemning the recent lathi charge on protesting Chowkidars and Dafadars in Patna.Speaking to the media, RJD MLA...

Patna, February 24 The Bihar Assembly passed four bills on Tuesday, including one that seeks to replace a law from the British era.State Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary moved the 'Bihar Civil Court Bill, 2026', which aims to replace the existing 'Bengal, Agra, and Assam...

Patna, February 24 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his composure inside the state assembly on Tuesday when opposition members created a ruckus, alleging that his government was ruling the state with the help of "guns and bullets".The 76-year-old leader, who stood up to admonish the...

Patna, February 24 – Political activity in Bihar has intensified ahead of the elections for five Rajya Sabha seats, which are being seen as significant in the context of the elections to the 37 seats across 10 states.Of the five Bihar seats, the terms of three NDA MPs and two Grand Alliance...

Patna, February 23 – Political activity has intensified in Bihar ahead of the elections for five Rajya Sabha seats, with senior Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Bhai Virendra urging the party leadership to nominate Hina Shahab, the wife of former MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, as the joint candidate for...

Patna, February 23 The Bihar assembly passed an appropriation bill on Monday to pave the way for withdrawing the state's annual budgetary allocation of over Rs 3.47 lakh crore for 2026-27 from the consolidated fund.The Bihar Appropriation (No 2) Bill, 2026, introduced by Finance Minister...

Patna, February 19 – The Patna High Court has issued notices to 42 MLAs of the Bihar Assembly in response to a petition that accuses them of submitting false information in their election affidavits and cites alleged irregularities in the voting that occurred during the assembly elections...

Patna, February 19 – Following the announcement of Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across the country, political mobilization has intensified in Bihar, with AIMIM indicating that it may field its own candidate.AIMIM MLA Akhtarul Iman, who arrived at the Assembly to attend proceedings, said...

Patna, February 18 – Nearly a decade after the complete prohibition was implemented in Bihar, the ban on alcohol has once again come under intense political scrutiny. Leaders from both the ruling alliance and the opposition are questioning its effectiveness, amid continued reports of illegal...

Patna, February 17 – Political activity has intensified in Patna, the state capital, ahead of a major event organized by the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) to commemorate the death anniversary of socialist icon Karpoori Thakur. Separate teams from the Patna Municipal Corporation began removing RJD...