Tag Archives: Bihar

India’s unity in diversity was on display on the first day of the five-day opening session of the 17th Bihar Vidhan Sabha, when elected members from different regions who cross party lines took the oath in different languages. However, Shakeel Ahmad Khan, MLA of the Kasba Congress, surprised everyone by …

Some time ago, most news experts and analysts in Delhi thought that the Bihar elections would be child’s play for the NDA. However, a sudden wave of support for Nitish Kumar’s young and energetic rival, Tejashwi Yadav, changed the scene. This was supported by the majority of the exit polls. …

Three Maoists were killed in an encounter in the Barachatti forest area in Bihar. (Figurative) New Delhi: Three Maoists were killed when shooting began during a search operation by security forces in the Gaya district of Bihar around midnight on Saturday. Among those killed in the exchange of fire was …

Bihar’s Education Minister Mewalal Choudhary resigned three days after taking the oath Patna: Days after Bihar’s newly sworn-in Education Minister and JDU leader Mewalal Choudhary was forced to resign over a three-year corruption case, an interesting question arose. Who, really, was behind the resignation of the two-time MLA from the …

India’s daily coronavirus infections have halved from a peak of more than 97,000 in mid-September, but the significant drop has raised new questions about the South Asian nation’s testing regimen and whether it reflects the true state of your epidemic. As the country surpassed the grim milestone of 9 million …

PATNA: Mewalal Choudhary, Bihar’s newly appointed education minister, resigned on Thursday just three days after taking the oath amid allegations of corruption in venture capital appointments at Bihar Agricultural University. Opposition parties led by Texas RJD Prasad Yadav raised questions about Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s zero tolerance policy on corruption, …

Just hours after taking office as Bihar’s education minister on Thursday, Mewalal Choudhary, JD (U) MLA from Tarapur, submitted his resignation from the ministry. Opposition parties, including the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), had been pulling the government and attacking Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for incorporating Choudhary, who was expelled …

Bihar Governor Phagu Chouhan on Thursday handed the oath to former Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi as interim president of the 17th state assembly, which will convene its inaugural session from 23 November. Elected from the constituency of the Imamganj assembly, Manjhi has been appointed interim president for two days …

PATNA: Bihar Minister of Education Mewalal Choudhary on Thursday he resigned three days after taking the oath in the middle of corruption charges in appointments as VC of the Agricultural University of Bihar. Speaking about the corruption allegations against him, Mewalal said: “An accusation is proven only when a charge …

Mewalal Choudhary, 67, has been charged with corruption. Patna: On Wednesday, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) shared a video of the newly appointed Bihar Minister of Education Mewalal Choudhary struggling to understand the lines of the national anthem during a flag-raising ceremony. The RJD, Bihar’s main opposition party, has targeted …