Patna, March 14: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of India's second green revolution taking off from Bihar seems to be coming closer to reality. A young farmer of Darveshpura village in his native Nalanda district has set what is claimed to be a world record in potato production through organic farming. Three ...

New Delhi, March 14: The railway budget for 2012-13 presented in parliament Wednesday does not adequately address safety issues and is disappointing, Bihar Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said. "The budget does not give hope to people who are dependent on the railways and work for it. It is disappointing, the bill ...

Patna, March 1: A special Bihar court Thursday framed charges against former chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra along with 32 others in a case related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from the state treasury to purchase fodder for public distribution, court officials said. The court has framed charges against them ...

Patna, March 1: A train driver was injured Thursday when a crude bomb exploded near the Patna junction, police said. According to police, a crude bomb exploded near the running room of the junction at Mithapur gumti, injuring the train driver. "The injured train driver is being treated and his condition is out ...

New Delhi, February 22: A special team of Delhi Police has arrested a key member of the outlawed Indian Mujahideen (IM) from Darbhanga district in Bihar, police said here Wednesday. Kafeel Ahmed, 50, who is believed to be the motivator for the group, was arrested from Darbhanga district in Bihar Tuesday and ...

Patna/Bhubneshwar/Chennai, February 20: The clamour against the proposed anti-terror hub continued Monday with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar writing to Prime Minister Manmonhan Singh expressing his opposition while his Odisha and Tamil Nadu counterparts Naveen Patnaik and Jayalalithaa sent second letters seeking dialogue between the two sides. In his letter, Nitish Kumar ...

Vancouver, February 21: Super 30, Bihar's free coaching centre which helps poor students crack the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE), has won high praise in Canada. Super 30 founder Anand Kumar was felicitated "for his remarkable way of spreading the light of education in the darkened corners of the ...

Patna, February 20: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday again came out against the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) which he said had been proposed without consulting the states. In a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, he said: "Where is the need to create new centres like NCTC with provisions which ...

Ranchi, February 14: Two former Bihar chief ministers, Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra have denied charges made against them in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam. The two contested the charges when they appeared in a special CBI court in Ranchi Tuesday where their statements in the case were ...

Patna, February 7: The government has invited Amitabh Bachchan and other actors of Bihar origin for Bihar Diwas centenary celebration in March. It marks the day when the British carved out Bihar from Bengal Presidency March 22, 1912. "Amitabh Bachchan will be one of the special guests," said Yaswant Prashar, a member of ...