Bihar
Capital: Patna
Breaking in Bihar
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Draft voter rolls out today in 13 states and 3 UTs; one month to challenge a deletion
The Election Commission's Special Summary Revision begins on Thursday, with draft electoral rolls published in 13 states and three Union Territories and claims and objections open till 11 December. Uttar Pradesh's draft roll has been pushed to 17 November. Final rolls for all these states are due on 4 January 2027.
11.11 lakh diyas on the Ganga at Munger, and a promise of an 83-km marine drive
Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary joined the Deepotsav at Kalyanpur in his home district of Munger on Saturday, where 11,11,111 lamps were lit along the Ganga. He said work on an 83-km marine drive linking Munger and Bhagalpur will begin within two months.
One iris scan, four identities: court refuses bail in the IBPS impersonation racket
A special CBI court in Mumbai has rejected the bail pleas of a serving GST inspector and a law student arrested in a nationwide bank recruitment racket, in which 46 impersonators allegedly sat exams for 135 candidates. The court noted the probe covers 22 IBPS examinations held between 2020 and 2024.
Bail cancelled, surrender by December 1: Supreme Court sends Mokama MLA back to custody
The Supreme Court on Friday cancelled the bail granted to expelled JD(U) MLA Anant Singh in the Dularchand Yadav murder case and told him to surrender by December 1. A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Prasanna B Varale held that the Patna High Court had not weighed the gravity of the offence or his criminal antecedents.
NDA takes 16 of 28 Council seats, SP sweeps Varanasi, Jan Suraaj opens account
The BJP-led alliance won 16 of the 28 Legislative Council seats decided across Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar and Karnataka, with the BJP alone on 13. The Congress managed one seat and lost all four in Karnataka, while the Samajwadi Party took five in UP, two of them in Varanasi. The Jan Suraaj Party won its first Bihar MLC seat.
A thank-you note from Rahul Gandhi, and a November 1 date for the opposition rally
The Congress leader sarcastically thanked the BJP and its allies for promoting the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally against 'vote chori'. The Congress also accused the Election Commission of withholding information on the ECINET software.
Expelled on Saturday, announcing a new party on Sunday: Anant Singh's 24 hours
The JD(U) expelled the Mokama MLA and his wife, former MLA Neelam Devi, for six years over alleged anti-party activities. A day later he said he would float his own party and predicted the JD(U) would struggle to win ten seats.
One line in Patna, protests in five cities: BJP takes Kharge's 'baap' jibe to the street
A day after the Congress president's remark in Patna, the BJP staged protests at state headquarters across the country on Monday. Effigies were burnt in Patna, a march was stopped in Delhi and protesters were detained in Bengaluru. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called the remark an insult to the country.
Voting under way for 28 MLC seats in four states, with UP billed a semi-final before 2027
Polling opened at 8 am on Friday for 28 Legislative Council seats in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Karnataka, with graduates and teachers voting in their own constituencies. Ballots are on paper, and counting is set for October 27. The Election Commission says the process ends by October 31.
A hospital bed and a rebellion: Bihar's MLC poll becomes a JD(U) fight
Days before Bihar's biennial Legislative Council elections, an open revolt has broken out inside the ruling JD(U). Mokama MLA Anant Kumar Singh is backing a Jan Suraj candidate against his own party's nominee, Neeraj Kumar.
CM at the hospital, a party MLA calling it 'drama': Bihar's MLC fight splits JD(U) in the open
Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary visited JD(U) MLC Neeraj Kumar, hospitalised after a heart complication, days before the Patna Graduates' council poll. But JD(U) MLA Anant Singh called the illness 'drama' and is backing a rival candidate against his own party's nominee.