Patna, India News

Patna, May 18 : Left parties in Bihar Saturday urged the CBI to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of former Rashtriya Janata Dal MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in the murder of a CPI-M leader.

In an indication that all was not well between NDA partners in Bihar, Kirti Azad accused CM Nitish Kumar of snubbing him at a review meeting.

Patna, May 18: Madhavi Sarkar, widow of slain CPM MLA Ajit Sarkar, today alleged 'foul play' in the acquittal of Pappu Yadav, saying she suspected a collusion between the CBI, Congress and the JD in Bihar.

Patna, May 17: The hospitality sector giants are expected to come calling to the city next week to attend a two-day conference of the tourism department aimed at attracting big-ticket investment after a similar meeting chaired by chief minister Nitish Kumar last month was a damp squib.

Patna, May 17: Almost every second government official assigned the execution of welfare schemes at the grassroots in the state is allegedly corrupt.

Patna, May 17: Patna district, with 58,38,465 people, has the highest population across the state according to the final population data of Census 2011.

Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav was today acquitted by the Patna High Court in CPI leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for want of evidence.

The Patna High Court offered cheers to millions of MNREGA workers in the state by restoring the MNREGA wages to Rs 144.

New Delhi, May 16 : In a major step towards realising the ambitious Nalanda International University, coming up in Rajgir in Bihar, an international jury has selected the architectural design of an Ahmedabad-based firm for the varsity.

New Delhi, May 15: The Centre today set up a committee to frame new criteria for backwardness and "special category status" for states, days after reassuring Nitish Kumar who has been demanding such a tag for Bihar.

Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi stepped up his attack on the Congress, questioning P. Chidambaram's 'sincerity' with Bihar's demand for the special category status again.

The vice-chancellor of Patna University, Arun Kumar Sinha, met principals of colleges to work out a strategy to enable the institutions get better grades from National Assessment and Accreditation Council this year.

Emerging from its era of economic darkness, the state managed to attract investment in hitherto untapped segments in the past few years.

Patna, May 14: On a day when his political rival Lalu Prasad would address a rally in Patna to solicit people's support for RJD, chief minister Nitish Kumar would be away in Delhi pleading for approval of the state government's proposal of a Rs 34,000-crore annual plan size.

Zee Media Bureau Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar a parrot of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh , and described senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as opportunistic.

Patna, May 15 : Ignoring the scorching mid-May heat, hundreds of thousands of people arrived in the Bihar capital Wednesday for Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's Parivartan Rally -- the second after he was ousted from power in 2005.

Very few residents would know that the nation's first Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore, had a short tryst with Patna.

The state is all set to witness one of the biggest real estate developments by a public sector.

Patna, May 14: The Bihar Human Rights Commission has ordered a probe into the non-payment of salaries of some revenue clerks for six months, an official said Tuesday.

Patna, May 13 : The RJD has fielded Prabhunath Singh while Jitendra Swami has thrown in his hat as Congress candidate in the by election for the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat.