Many Bihar cities record AQI over 300, BSPCB tells DMs to enforce laws to check air pollutionState Pollution Control Board of Bihar has asked the district administrations to strictly enforce laws to check air pollution in their resp...
12 Nov, 2023, 04.51 PM IST
Many Bihar cities record AQI over 300, BSPCB tells DM to enforce laws to check air pollutionAs several cities in Bihar grapple with alarming levels of air pollution, the state pollution control board issued a directive on Sunday, u...
12 Nov, 2023, 04.12 PM IST
Bihar STF intensifies crackdown against illegal poppy cultivation to choke flow of funds to NaxalsTo choke the flow of funds to left-wing extremists in the state, the Bihar Police has intensified crackdown on cultivation of illegal poppy...
16 Jul, 2023, 12.02 PM IST
Learn to enjoy your drink on the sly, like 'bada sahibs': Jitan Ram Manjhi's advice to poor in dry Bihar"Anarth ho rahaa hai" (what is happening is outrageous), remarked Manjhi referring to the arrest of a drunken man, reported in a section of...
23 Jul, 2022, 04.24 PM IST
Nitish Kumar calls for public shaming of those flouting prohibitionReiterating that relaxing the ban for visitors from outside was out of question, the Chief Minister claimed his decision to impose prohibit...
27 Dec, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from elsewhere: CM Nitish KumarThe chief minister, who made the state dry in April 2016, made his views known at a gathering in this north Bihar district, which he visite...
24 Dec, 2021, 05.06 PM IST
Nitish Kumar calls for 'immediate dismissal' of cops found drunk in dry BiharKumar, who chaired a meeting to review the functioning of department for prohibition and excise, underscored the role of the police in ensu...
15 Feb, 2021, 09.51 PM IST
Did nothing for women apart from installing wife on chair when himself got jailed: Nitish attacks LaluAttacking his bete noire and jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, without naming him, Kumar said, "When he was sent to jail, he installed his wife...
30 Oct, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
JD(U) releases its manifesto;seeks to know from rivals source of money for fulfilling its poll promisesBihar unit President of the JD(U) Basistha Narayan Singh and its working president Ashok Chaudhary released the party manifesto for the thr...
22 Oct, 2020, 10.41 PM IST
Bihar set for spirited fight 3 years after booze banThese will be the first general elections after Bihar was declared a dry state in April 2016.
17 Mar, 2019, 10.27 AM IST
Nitish Kumar vows a more stringent law after Patna high court scraps booze ban"We will mark the centenary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi's Champaran Satyagraha movement by implementing the new Act on Gandhi Jayanti," ...
02 Oct, 2016, 11.25 AM IST
Patna High Court strikes down Nitish Kumar’s total prohibition plan, terms it illegalThe order, coming just two days before the new Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act is set to take effect, will not have any bearing on the ong...
01 Oct, 2016, 02.05 AM IST
How Nitish Kumar's Bihar is still on a high despite liquor banNow, in his third term in power, Nitish has turned into a parental figure who believes he knows what’s best for his citizen children.
11 Sep, 2016, 04.03 AM IST
Exemption for Sacral Spirits in Bihar?Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar’s fulfilment of an electoral promise made him the toast of the temperance league, but it appears to have ...
09 Apr, 2016, 02.45 AM IST
Consolidation of anti-BJP front including Congress likely post Bihar elections: CM Nitish KumarThe Bihar chief minister also accused BJP and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of attempting to ferment communal disturbances in Bihar since 201...
23 Oct, 2015, 07.13 AM IST
BJP will sweep to power in Maharashtra & Haryana: Ram Vilas PaswanAsked if the August 21 bypoll results in Bihar would be replicate in the Assembly elections there next year, Paswan said "bypolls are diffe...
16 Oct, 2014, 09.19 PM IST
- BJP adopts eco-friendly manifesto
The party, which has finalised a vision document for the poll-bound state, said, if elected to power, its top priority would be on a "more ...
14 Jan, 2012, 01.54 AM IST