Bihar History

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to explain his position clearly on whether he will exit the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar.

Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti: The 357th birth anniversary of the great Sikh guru - Guru Gobind Singh - is being observed on January 17. Born in Bihar's capital Patna, he was a warrior, a spiritual master, a poet, and a philosopher.

Bihar Diwas or Bihar Day is marked on March 22. This year, a variety of cultural events have been organised in the state from March 22 to 24. 

Such a milestone, however, is not new for Gaya. Bhagwati Devi, a woman from the highly marginalised musahar community, who was a stone crusher by profession, was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gaya constituency in 1996.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has slammed what he called "the pretense" over the 75 years of Independence and alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or the RSS, would write a new version of the freedom movement if they could.

Taking a swipe at the ruling party, the JD(U) leader said that the entire country knows that when BJP is trying to change the history of the country itself, then "what is the big deal if you forget the history of your own party".

Bihari Snacks recipes: This cuisine, just like the state's culture, has a rich history of its own. Bihar's food culture is a union of different traditions and cultures. Let's get started with the recipes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday was a proud witness to over 75,000 people simultaneously waving the Indian national flag at this semi-urban town in Bihar, where the BJP sought to make history by breaking Pakistan's record set 18 years ago.

The "double engine" claim of NarendraModi and NitishKumar is exaggerated. The centre under NarendraModi is the engine and NitishKumar is now just a bogey being tugged along by NarendraModi. Nitish Kumar has been claiming that he will get a better financial deal for Bihar from the centre. The jury is still out on that. Nitish Kumar, who has a huge s...

The move to contest the coming assembly elections against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a "big defining moment in the history of the state of Bihar," Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag Paswan said today in an open letter to the people of the state. Highlighting the party's "Bihar First Bihari First" slogan, Chirag Paswan, who has dubbed himself "Yuva B...

Bihar, with 40 Lok Sabha seats, is a crucial stop in this election for any party or alliance heading for Delhi. It was in view of this the BJP chief Amit Shah had allowed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to have his wishlist during seat sharing, despite their shared history of ups and downs.

Purnea remand home: Five teenagers at a juvenile home shot dead their warden and a 17-year-old inmate before escaping from the facility at Bihar's Purnea town, the police said. One of the five inmates is the son of a local Janata Dal United leader, the police said. Another has a long criminal history and is facing over a dozen cases.

Two inmates died at a shelter for women with mental disabilities in Bihar, their postmortem was also conducted at Patna Medical College, but the officials of the state-run facility didn't bother to inform the police. Two days after the police got to know about the incident this morning,a board was constituted to look into the medical histories of t...

Union Minister Gen (retd) VK Singh and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday appeared to stand on the same side of the unending row over "Padmaavat'. The union minister said freedom of expression did not give anyone the right to distort history while Digvijaya Singh went a step further to assert that films that hurt anybody's sentiments shoul...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have a long history punctuated with hostility, but since Mr Kumar walked out of Mahagathbandhan in July (Grand Alliance over corruption charges against Lalu Yadav and his family, the two leaders have found admirers in each other.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) today asked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to explain his position clearly on whether he will exit the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar.

Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti: The 357th birth anniversary of the great Sikh guru - Guru Gobind Singh - is being observed on January 17. Born in Bihar's capital Patna, he was a warrior, a spiritual master, a poet, and a philosopher.

Bihar Diwas or Bihar Day is marked on March 22. This year, a variety of cultural events have been organised in the state from March 22 to 24. 

Such a milestone, however, is not new for Gaya. Bhagwati Devi, a woman from the highly marginalised musahar community, who was a stone crusher by profession, was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Gaya constituency in 1996.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has slammed what he called "the pretense" over the 75 years of Independence and alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, or the RSS, would write a new version of the freedom movement if they could.

Taking a swipe at the ruling party, the JD(U) leader said that the entire country knows that when BJP is trying to change the history of the country itself, then "what is the big deal if you forget the history of your own party".

Bihari Snacks recipes: This cuisine, just like the state's culture, has a rich history of its own. Bihar's food culture is a union of different traditions and cultures. Let's get started with the recipes.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday was a proud witness to over 75,000 people simultaneously waving the Indian national flag at this semi-urban town in Bihar, where the BJP sought to make history by breaking Pakistan's record set 18 years ago.

The "double engine" claim of NarendraModi and NitishKumar is exaggerated. The centre under NarendraModi is the engine and NitishKumar is now just a bogey being tugged along by NarendraModi. Nitish Kumar has been claiming that he will get a better financial deal for Bihar from the centre. The jury is still out on that. Nitish Kumar, who has a huge s...

The move to contest the coming assembly elections against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is a "big defining moment in the history of the state of Bihar," Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag Paswan said today in an open letter to the people of the state. Highlighting the party's "Bihar First Bihari First" slogan, Chirag Paswan, who has dubbed himself "Yuva B...

Bihar, with 40 Lok Sabha seats, is a crucial stop in this election for any party or alliance heading for Delhi. It was in view of this the BJP chief Amit Shah had allowed Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to have his wishlist during seat sharing, despite their shared history of ups and downs.

Purnea remand home: Five teenagers at a juvenile home shot dead their warden and a 17-year-old inmate before escaping from the facility at Bihar's Purnea town, the police said. One of the five inmates is the son of a local Janata Dal United leader, the police said. Another has a long criminal history and is facing over a dozen cases.

Two inmates died at a shelter for women with mental disabilities in Bihar, their postmortem was also conducted at Patna Medical College, but the officials of the state-run facility didn't bother to inform the police. Two days after the police got to know about the incident this morning,a board was constituted to look into the medical histories of t...

Union Minister Gen (retd) VK Singh and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday appeared to stand on the same side of the unending row over "Padmaavat'. The union minister said freedom of expression did not give anyone the right to distort history while Digvijaya Singh went a step further to assert that films that hurt anybody's sentiments shoul...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have a long history punctuated with hostility, but since Mr Kumar walked out of Mahagathbandhan in July (Grand Alliance over corruption charges against Lalu Yadav and his family, the two leaders have found admirers in each other.