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Movie Review / Once Upon a Time in Bihar

Based on real incidents, set in the year 2003 - 2004 in ravenous terrains of Buxar District of Bihar.

FROM A BYSTANDER / BJP thrashed in Bihar

The Grand Alliance called Mahagatbandhan of three parties led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad Yadav humiliated the BJP-led NDA in the Bihar...

BETWEEN THE LINES / Has Modi's magic waned?

Whether or not the Narendra Modi magic has waned or whether the strategy of campaigning has been faulty, the fact remains that the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has been routed in Bihar.

Modi’s BJP defeated in Bihar polls

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has been defeated in a stunning outcome to the electoral battle in the country's third-most populous state Bihar where a coalition of regional parties led by Nitish Kumar swept back to power.

The hardliners behind India Prime Minister Narendra Modi

An ascendant Hindu nationalist group wants minority Muslims and Christians to accept that India is a nation of Hindus, and is pushing some of them to convert.

Europe’s dilemma is a stark closer to Asia

Persecuted Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and thousands of Bangladeshi nationals have undertaken perilous journeys across the Andaman Sea to reach countries in Southeast Asia.

Why India's Bihar is taking DNA samples to spite Modi?

Why is India's Bihar state planning to send the DNA samples of up to five million of its people to Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

Take steps against India’s river linking project: BNP

BNP expresses concerns over India's fresh move to implement the controversial river linking project and urges the government to take strong initiatives against it.

Assam, Bengal Bihar rivers to be linked

The central government in India announces that it will run a project of connecting Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga rivers in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar and will approach the three states for their consent, moving forward with its grand plan of connecting rivers across the country.

May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015

16 killed as fresh earthquake strikes Bihar

16 people dies and large number of houses collapse in Bihar, a seismically active zone, after two powerful earthquakes rocked neighbouring Nepal on Tuesday afternoon.

May 6, 2015
May 6, 2015

Bihar conjoined twins refuse meal after Salman’s verdict

Bihar's conjoined twins Saba and Farah who are 'Rakhi-sisters' of Bollywood actor Salman Khan begins a fast to express their solidarity with the actor who is sentenced to five years' jail in a 2002 hit-and-run case.

April 22, 2015
April 22, 2015

Storm kills 32 in India's Bihar state

At least 32 people were killed in a storm which hit the eastern Indian state of Bihar.

March 30, 2015
March 30, 2015

India's Bihar state arrests '1,000 police test cheats'

More than 1,000 men have reportedly been arrested in India's Bihar state for impersonating candidates in physical fitness tests for the police

March 24, 2015
March 24, 2015

Indian media: Ex-minister's 'bizarre' suggestion to stop cheating

Indian websites are abuzz with former federal minister Laloo Prasad Yadav's "bizarre" suggestion to stop cheating in school exams.

March 19, 2015
March 19, 2015

India students caught 'cheating' in exams in Bihar

Cheating in exams is fairly common in the Indian state of Bihar, but new images have emerged which show just how large-scale and blatant the practice is.

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