Adani Group has planned to invest Rs 20,000 crore in setting up a super critical thermal power plant in Bihar. The development comes amid its plans for expands its cement, food processing and logistics business in the state.
Two youths from Bihar, who were working as migrant workers in Manipur were shot dead in the state's Kakching district on Sunday.
A scooter driver was arrested in connection with the attack on a councillor in Kasba. Police have arrested the accused, Laxman Sharma, from Vaishali in Bihar.
Some senior citizens aged 70 years and above were provided Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) cards also.
Meanwhile, the ruling NDA coalition, buoyed by their recent victory in all four seats during the Assembly bye-elections, is enthusiastic about defending their position.
Though the NDA won majorly from Bihar during the Lok Sabha polls in Bihar in 2019, Nitish Kumar's withering away from the BJP could impact the new political formation.
Soon after the JD(U)-BJP split, a police official pasted "former" against the nameplate of deputy chief minister Tar Kishore Prasad.
Kumar, who was a long-time BJP ally before snapping ties in 2013 and again joining hands in 2017, said that there was a unanimous decision in the party meeting in the morning "to break off ties".
Talking to reporters in Kannauj, Akhilesh said: "People in our communities are no longer getting postings in institutions and all BJP supporters are being appointed to key posts at universities and educational institutions."
Nitish Kumar will take oath as Bihar's chief minister for the 8th time today (Wednesday) afternoon at 2pm, after leaving BJP on Tuesday and forming new "Grand Alliance" with Tejashwi Yadav's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and other Opposition parties. Tejashwi Yadav will take oath as Deputy Chief Minister.
