It was over four decades back that the news of Dashrath Manjhi, a villager from a remote part of Bihar, breaking a mountain to create a path had captured the imagination of the country.
A political slugfest erupted in Bihar with various political parties staking claim to the legacy of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar on the birth anniversary of the national icon and the architect of the Indian Constitution.
Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor sounded the poll bugle at the historic Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Friday, declaring, “No one can stop the storm of change in Bihar.”
Kanhaiya Kumar, who is also the national in-charge of NSUI, was leading thousands of Congress workers during the ongoing ‘Palayan Roko, Naukri Do’ (Stop migration, Provide jobs) Yatra, which began on 16 March and reached Patna on Thursday after covering various districts.
Coal India Limited (CIL) has launched the ‘Lakshya’ initiative aimed at empowering girl students from the Scheduled Caste community at the Government Ambedkar Residential School, Gaighat, Patna.
BJP Rajya Sabha MP and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday took a swipe at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and said Lalu Prasad Yadav-led Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) will break the Janata Dal (United) in Bihar
Sushil Modi said, "After Arunachal, Manipur is also JDU free. Very soon Laluji will make Bihar also JDU free."
Earlier bulk of the JDU MLAs joined the BJP in Arunachal Pradesh giving a nightmare to Nitish Kumar's party. Five JDU MLAs merged with the ruling party BJP on Friday, according to a statement from Manipur Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
"We demanded from the Nitish Kumar government to conduct survey on the madrasas and mosques of Bihar, especially in Muslim-dominated Seemanchal region.
A court in Bihar's Danapur on Thursday rejected the bail application of former state Law Minister Kartikeya Singh, in a 2014 kidnapping case.
