New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah is set to begin a three-day visit to Bihar on Wednesday, focussing on border security, administrative preparedness and ongoing development initiatives in the state’s Seemanchal region, which shares proximity with Nepal and Bangladesh.Reacting to the visit, Bihar Minister Ashok Chaudhary said, “He (Amit Shah) is coming to review our border areas with Nepal and Bangladesh because reports are coming that drug peddlers have become active fro…
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Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) The Bihar Legislative Assembly witnessed massive chaos on Tuesday over the police lathi charge on Chowkidars and Dafadars.Opposition members accused the Nitish Kumar government of suppressing democratic protests, triggering sharp exchanges between the Treasury Benches and the Opposition.RJD MLA Kumar Sarvjeet alleged that the Bihar government was ruling through force.“A government of sticks and bullets will not work in Bihar,” he said, leading to loud sloganeering by Opp…
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) 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 polls to the 37-seats across 10 states.Of the five Bihar seats, the terms of three NDA MPs and two Grand Alliance MPs are set to expire, making the contest strategically important for both alliances.Amid this churn, Union MSME Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has reminded the NDA leadership of an earlier assurance made to his party…
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Following the announcement of Rajya Sabha elections for 37 seats across the country, political mobilisation 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 his party would contest the Rajya Sabha election from Bihar.AIMIM currently has five MLAs in the 243-member Bihar Assembly.When asked by mediapersons which alliance AIMIM would support in the Rajya Sabha po…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) As BJP national president Nitin Nabin is on a visit to Bihar for the first time after assuming the party’s top post, leaders of the BJP and its JD(U) on Monday described the development as a ‘proud moment’ for the state and said preparations were underway in Patna to welcome him.Nabin, who represents the Bankipur seat in the Bihar Assembly, is scheduled to attend the Budget Session of the Bihar Legislative Assembly this week. His visit is being seen as significant, as i…
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) BJP National Working President Nitin Nabin hosted a grand Dahi-Chura (curd and flattened rice) feast at his official residence in Patna on Friday on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The event witnessed the presence of several senior leaders from the NDA, reflecting political warmth and cultural unity.Among the prominent attendees were Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Ministers Samrat Choudhary and Vijay Kumar Sinha, former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, a…