India's GST collections rise 8.2% to Rs 1.78 lakh crore in MarchIndia's Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection surged to Rs 1.78 lakh crore in March 2026, marking an 8.2% increase from the previous mont...
01 Apr, 2026, 12.16 PM IST
Bihar Election 2025: Modi’s Arrah speech roars with 1-crore jobs push, industrial boom plan, and a vow to bury ‘jungle raj’ once and for allPrime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a massive rally in Arrah, Bihar, where he outlined his vision for a ‘Viksit Bihar’, a developed Biha...
02 Nov, 2025, 02.10 PM IST
In the battle for Bihar, NDA and Mahagathbandhan try to cash in on jobs, and what else?Bihar's 2025 elections focus on jobs. The Mahagathbandhan promises government jobs for families. The NDA plans one crore jobs via private i...
31 Oct, 2025, 01.41 PM IST
Bihar polls: BJP is giving final touches to first phase manifestoIn a strategic move ahead of the Bihar polling season, the Bharatiya Janata Party is crafting a dynamic election manifesto aimed at transfo...
28 Oct, 2025, 12.21 AM IST
Why Bihar missed the growth bus: The only 'BIMARU' state still struggling while its siblings moved aheadBihar faces significant development challenges, lagging behind national progress. Low literacy, poverty, and industrial stagnation persist....
07 Oct, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
SIDBI ties up with Bihar govt to promote MSME sector in stateUnder the first MoU with Bihar's industry department, project management units (PMUs) will be deployed by SIDBI with the state government, ...
17 Feb, 2022, 08.40 AM IST
Bihar chalks out new plans for industrialisation, job creationWith RJD slamming BJP and JDU during the 2020 Assembly elections over high unemployment in Bihar which forces people to migrate to other st...
21 Apr, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
Nitish Kumar now on a mission to outsmart Lalu Yadav with vikas plankNitish Kumar's main weapon to politically counter RJD would be faster execution of his development programme, observers said.
28 Jul, 2017, 12.15 AM IST
Nitish Kumar repeats 'special category' demand for BiharEven after achieving double digit growth rate during the last many years, we are still behind the national average on major developmental p...
29 May, 2017, 12.47 AM IST
Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra revives party to work for NDAMishra made a fervent appeal to the people and his party members to ensure the defeat of 25 years of mis-governance of Lalu-Nitish dispensa...
10 Oct, 2015, 03.58 PM IST
Tax incentives for manufacturing units in rural BiharThe Finance Act 2015 has provided incentives for manufacturing facilities set up during the five-year period beginning April 1, 2015.
20 Aug, 2015, 02.49 AM IST
- Sushil Kumar Modi asks Nitish Kumar to explain land availability for industries
Former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi today hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for raising a false hope about industrialisatio...
10 Sep, 2013, 09.00 PM IST
Special status will boost private investment in Bihar: Nitish KumarThe special status brings with it tax concessions and the investors pumping their money in industrial units in Bihar.
16 May, 2013, 10.15 PM IST
- Chidambaram pays moral boosting visit to Cong office in Bihar
With his schedule curtailed due to technical problem in helicopter, Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today paid a brief visit to state ...
11 May, 2013, 10.11 PM IST
- Centre to discuss industrialisation of Bihar
To promote industrialisation in Bihar, the Centre said the steps could be discussed with the CM, MPs from the state and officials of the He...
15 May, 2012, 04.31 PM IST
- Bihar won’t allow SEZs on farm land
Learning from the recent Nandigram fiasco, the Bihar government has tightened its noose on the development of industrial activities, includ...
26 Dec, 2007, 04.40 AM IST
- Bihar says no to SEZ
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday ruled out the possibility of creating Special Economic Zones (SEZs) and said the state governme...
10 Apr, 2007, 02.49 AM IST