Comprehensive coverage of Bihar's coalition dynamics, assembly elections, party politics (JD(U), RJD, BJP, Congress, Mahagathbandhan), cabinet decisions, and key political profiles.
Jan Suraaj Party announced Prashant Kishor as its candidate for Bankipur bypoll on July 30, aiming for political change in Bihar post-2025 elections.
The ECI announced by-elections for the Bankipur seat on July 30, with counting on August 3, amidst competition from RJD and Jan Suraaj Party.
Jha said that at the National Council meeting on Sunday, Nitish Kumar himself indicated that he would devote more time to the organisation to ensure even better performance in the future and facilitate a smooth generational transition.
JD-U working president Sanjay Kumar Jha said that Kumar himself said that he will devote more time to the organisation with an eye on the 2029 Lok Sabha election and 2030 Assembly elections
The party also appreciated centre's continued help in development of Bihar and congratulated the Samrat government for being committed to taking forward Nitish's legacy
The result is politically significant, as it was the first election since the formation of the new government and stepping down of JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar as the CM
Among the inductees 15 are from the BJP, 13 from the JD(U), two from the LJP(RV), one each from the HAM(S) and RLM.
Lt Gen (Rtd) Syed Ata Hasnain administered the oath of office to the ministers, which brings the Samrat cabinet's strength to 35
Nishant Kumar, who had embarked on his Bihar yatra, is said to have halted it for the cabinet expansion, hinting that he is ready for a role in the state government after joining the JD(U) only some weeks ago
According to insiders in the NDA bloc, as per an agreed upon formula, the BJP and the JD(U) would have 16 berths each, two would go to the LJP-RV and one each to HAM-S and RLM
Bihar's cabinet expansion may happen on May 6, as CM Samrat Choudhary consults BJP leaders in Delhi to finalize ministerial positions.
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary vows to demolish illegal constructions on government land, aims for ₹5-lakh crore investment, and announces new development projects.
Choudhary said the National Democratic Alliance government under Kumar worked for all sections of society in the last two decades | India News
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government headed by chief minister Samrat Choudhary will seek the vote of confidence in a special session of the Bihar Assembly on Friday. According to the Vidhan Sabha schedule, Speaker Prem Kumar will first make introductory remarks and then Choudhary will propose that "this Assembly expresses faith in the current Council of Ministers."
Former Jehanabad MP Chadeshwar Prasad 'Chandravanshi' has been appointed national vice-president, while Gopalganj MP Alok Kumar Suman has been made the treasurer
Shravan Kumar replaces Nitish Kumar as JD(U) legislature party leader, recognized for loyalty and experience as Bihar's MLA since 1995.
This was the first meeting since Kumar stepped down as CM and held significance due to the clamour within the JD(U) for important role of his son Nishant Kumar within the party and the impending cabinet expansion
Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary criticized the Congress-led Opposition for the defeat of the Women's Reservation Bill, calling it a setback for women's empowerment.
It will be a one-day session, according to a notification issued by the Vidhan Sabha director Rajiv Kumar on Saturday
Samrat Choudhary government to seek trust vote in Bihar Assembly's April 24 session despite NDA majority; one-day sitting ahead of monsoon session.
The entire Bihar stands with his decision and the PM is working to strengthen all the sisters of the country, said the CM
For many in Bihar, Nitish Kumar was the CM who worked towards ensuring basic infrastructure like roads, bridges and electricity
The development marks a departure from over two decades of politics centred around Nitish Kumar, who resigned as chief minister on Tuesday.
Samrat Choudhary, who has been the state's deputy CM since January 2024, is set to take the oath of office on Wednesday morning.
BJP's Samrat Choudhary has been elected as the legislative party leader in Bihar, paving way for him to take oath as the next chief minister of the state.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar prepares to resign, reflecting on his tenure while JD(U) strategizes for a new government with BJP amid political shifts.
Bihar's political landscape shifts as Nitish Kumar prepares to resign, paving the way for the BJP to appoint its first chief minister amid crucial meetings.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar will take Rajya Sabha oath on April 10, starting new government formation. His successor remains uncertain amid ongoing development efforts.
For Nitish Kumar, his new innings in the Rajya Sabha will also coincide with his fourth stint as the JD(U) national president.
BJP president Nitin Nabin delayed his Bihar Assembly resignation for a crucial meeting, as he must resign from one House by March 30 after Rajya Sabha election.
According to the Prohibition of Simultaneous Membership Rules, 1950 (under Articles 101/190 of the Constitution), a member elected to both Parliament and a State Legislature must resign from one within 14 days. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha on March 16.
Yadav allegedly campaigned against the party candidate during the 2025 Assembly election in Belhar, from where his son Chanakya Prakash Ranjan contested on the RJD ticket
This time, he has been elected party chief at a time when the state is headed towards political transition after his decision to move to national politics.
Samriddhi Yatra, which commenced from January 16, may have one more phase to complete the entire state for direct feedback from the people, reviewing the ongoing schemes and preparing ground work for new initiatives
NDA won with a sound strategy for the fifth seat, while the Opposition could not ensure voting by all its 41 legislators after four of them abstained.
With numbers comfortably stacked in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for four seats and marginally short for the fifth, the Opposition has forced an election by fielding a joint candidate
On Tuesday, Nitish embarked on the five-day third leg of his "Samriddhi Yatra", during which he will cross-cross 10 districts of Kosi and Seemanchal. He will return on March 14 evening visiting Begusarai and Sheikhpura on the way, while the Rajya Sabha election is on March 16.
'I will work for the party as an active member. My father has decided to go to the Rajya Sabha and I respect his decision. I will try to live up to the faith that the people and the party have shown in me,' said Nishant Kumar after his induction into JD(U)
JD(U) state president Umesh Kushwaha said Nishant Kumar is the future of the party and that the entire JD(U) would work with him.
Nishant Kumar, son of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, will formally join JD(U) on Sunday, as part of a plan for political transition and future leadership.
In 2025, JD-U won 85 seats at a strike rate of 85% despite Nitish Kumar's muted campaign amid concerns over his health
The Bills are Bihar Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Bill, 2026, Bihar Micro Finance Institutions (Regulations of Money Lending and Prevention of Coercive Actions) Bill, 2026, the Bihar State Madarsa Education Board (Amendment) Bill, 2026, Bihar Private Professional Educational Institutions (Admission, Regulation and Fixation of Fee) Bill, 2026, Bihar Advocates Welfare Fund (Amendment) Act, 2026 and Bihar Secretariat Service (Amendment) Bill 2026.
Coming 114 year an after Bihar became a state, the new bill replaces the old British law of 1887 (Bengal, Agra and Assam Civil Courts Act) in line with the specific judicial requirements of Bihar
Tabling the Bill, finance minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said that the state's focus was on making Bihar a developed state by 2030 and work was on in a planned manner to achieve the goal.
Parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary clarified that there was no such proposal for any review and all the members had unanimously backed prohibition
The minister was giving the government reply after the debate on ₹2,190.15-crore budgetary demand of the department
Bihar plans to open special schools for disabled children in all divisions, while the Opposition staged a walkout over governance criticisms in the assembly.
The RJD staged a walkout in Bihar's Vidhan Sabha during the budget discussion, citing dissatisfaction with the government's response and budget issues.
In Bihar Assembly, CM Nitish Kumar and Opp. Leader Tejashwi Yadav clashed over development claims, law and order, and corruption amid ongoing debates.
The finance minister said the budget had its focus on imaan, gyaan, vigyaan, armaan aur samman (faith, knowledge, science and respect) to contribute to a developed Bihar in keeping with the Nitish government's motto of development with justice
One writing was on the sheet of poll verdict was in bold letters: Bihar has voted for the new generation development in the state so that people are not forced to migrate to other states for their livelihood. That's like a task cut out for the current Nitish-led NDA government
JD(U) spokesman Neeraj Kumar said that Madani's remarks may be useful to find relevance within the organisation, but they would remain totally irrelevant for the country
With the release of the fifth instalment, the total number of beneficiaries under the scheme has reached 1.56-crore
The manifesto pledges ₹10 lakh financial assistance to those from the Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs), constituting 36% of the population, for business and entrepreneurship | India News
Kishor alleged that Choudhary had been granted reprieve "in a 1995 murder case on the basis of a forged age certificate submitted before the Supreme Court." | India News
Bihar is considered the cradle of political movement that culminated in the imposition of Emergency in India on June 25, 1975.
On his last visit to Bihar on April 24, PM Modi vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly terror strike in Kashmir that had killed 26 people.
On his last visit to Bihar on April 24, PM Modi vowed to punish those responsible for the deadly terror strike in Kashmir's Pahalgam that had killed 26 people
Mahagathbandhan candidate Kumar Chandradeep of the RJD, an English professor, is making his electoral debut against the sitting MP Dinesh Chandra Yadav of the JD-U, who is the NDA nominee.
Pathak, who was only recently praised by chief minister Nitish Kumar as an "honest officer", has courted numerous controversies in his less than a year of his stint in the education department.
Shah called Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as "paltu (one who takes frequent U-turns)" and the June 23 Opposition unity meeting in Patna a gathering of "dynasts soaked in corruption".
A little less than a year left for the parliamentary elections, BJP has organised a month-long mass contact programme ending on June 30 in Bihar.
Under the new recruitment process, primary teachers (class 1-5) will have a basic salary of Rs.25,000 and the gross with dearness, house rent and medical allowances will come to around Rs.38,000, while for middle schools (class 6-8) the gross salary with Rs.28,000 basic will be around Rs.42,000
In the education sector, the government has announced to recruit 48,762 primary teachers, 5,886 physical education trainers, 40,506 head teachers, 44,193 teachers in secondary schools, 89,734 teachers in higher secondary schools and 7,360 computer teachers.
This was the 17th report of the Bihar Economic Survey, a practice started by the Nitish Kumar government in 2006-07.
The former union minister said it was true that Nitish Kumar made him the parliamentary board chairman and amended the party constitution to make such a provision, but it was made meaningless and reduced to a mere "jhunjhuna (a child's rattle)" by the way he was treated
He said he also respects Kumar and therefore wanted the chief minister to be alert and handle things well or else the party will be damaged
In 2022, Bihar saw a sudden change in government that stripped BJP of power, a number of hooch tragedies, frequent protests by job aspirants, embarrassing leak of question papers of state's top competitive exams, complete disarray in state universities due to delayed academic sessions and below par agriculture growth, which clouded the state's positives like the inauguration of the Ganga water supply project for the vast arid regions of central Bihar and cabinet nod to fill large-scale vacancies in police.
Chirag, who did a roadshow in Mokama on his birthday, said he and his father late Ram Vilas Paswan were uneasy even in 2017 when Nitish Kumar had switched sides and realigned with BJP.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, popularly known as KCR, on Wednesday supported Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's call for a united opposition ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha elections to ensure a "Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-mukt Bharat". | India News
Nitish Kumar said the kind of work Rao had done in his state after playing the lead role in Telangana's creation was unparalleled.
Telangana chief minister KCR's visit to Bihar has been seen as part of the efforts to cobble up an Opposition alliance of regional power centres to take on the BJP in 2024 general elections
Union home minister Amit Shah, who was given a rousing reception at the airport on Sunday, made it clear that the NDA alliance in Bihar was here to stay till 2024-2025.
The report, tabled in the Bihar Legislature on Friday, the last day of the monsoon session, says that utilisation certificates (UCs) of ₹ 92,687.31 crore were outstanding as on March 31, 2021.
After Tuesday's episode in the second half, when the ruling JD(U) members also stayed away from the House, the treasury benches presented a united look, with Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha also communicating through chits with chief minister Nitish Kumar.
The chief minister Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government brought the amendment bill weeks after the Supreme Court expressed its reservation for high pendency of prohibition-related cases in local courts and the Patna high Court.
Though Bihar's progress over the last 16 years cannot be dismissed - it has far better road connectivity, round-the-clock power supply and significantly higher per capita power consumption and infrastructure growth - but it is mostly in the context of where the state stood prior to 2005.
The special leave will be granted to employees joining the residential meditation programme from outside Patna and only upon confirmation of their registration.
Interview letters have been sent to the candidates through email. Those called for interview are required to come with their Covid-19 test report and all the original documents at the commission's office
Kumar had earlier in his address referred to the Patna HC's endeavour in 2006, soon after he took over the reins of the state, to help establish the rule of law by ensuring speedy trials so that wrongdoers could get punishment.
An EC directive requires candidates and parties to mandatorily publicise pending criminal cases against the candidates through advertisements in a local and a national newspaper, besides official social media platforms of the political party, and explain reasons for fielding them.
With a number of sulking leaders looking for opportunities to change loyalties on all sides, there are ample hints of more churning in the days to come, depending upon individual ambitions and requirements. | India News
Speculation about Nitish Kumar's return to the grand alliance, which routed BJP-led NDA in the 2015 Bihar assembly polls, caught fire after the CM called up a convalescing Lalu Prasad to enquire about his health. | India News
The JD(U)'s defeat in the bypolls and a series of post-Ram Navami clashes across Bihar have dented Kumar's "pro-development" image in recent times. | India News
The Grand Alliance in Bihar now comprises the RJD, Congress and HAM-S and also has a strong backing of the Janata Dal(United) faction led by Sharad Yadav. | India News
Kishor had been made advisor to CM, in the rank of a cabinet minister, soon after the formation of the GA government in November 2015, 'to give wings to the development of Bihar', through Bihar Vikas Mission.. | India News
Minister Khurshid alias Firoz Ahmad chanted the slogan outside the Bihar assembly after chief minister Nitish Kumar won the trust vote he faced after breaking ties with the RJD-Congress alliance. | India News
The Bihar legislative assembly on Thursday adopted the Bill, which proposes to strengthen mechanism for protection of depositors' interests by reining in mushrooming chit fund companies and non-banking financial companies . | India News
BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday warned voters that terror cells at home and in Pakistan would celebrate if they help the Grand Alliance (GA) win the election in Bihar. | India News
Chief minister Nitish Kumar tried to win over the youth and women, while raising the 'Outsider vs Bihari' (Bihari vs Bahri) issue, to seek people's support for the Grand Alliance candidates in the forthcoming assembly elections.
A World War-era airbase in Bhagalpur will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi's final rally in Bihar ahead of the upcoming assembly elections, an event that state BJP leaders say will be marked by some serious hard talk. | India News
BJP president Amit Shah on Friday laid down the blueprint for the party's strategy to conquer Bihar in the assembly elections scheduled later this year, with special focus on getting the basics right. | India News
The BJP on Friday accused the Bihar government if treating the country's top terror suspects with kid gloves, as part of its larger policy of 'appeasing' such elements.
State police cooperates with the National Investigation Agency in nabbing the alleged terrorist, but then strangely shows 'disinterest' in questioning them. Arun Kumar & Avinash Kumar report.
The BJP on Tuesday removed ex-MLC and party spokesman, Ram Kishore Singh from his post and issued a showcause notice for his praise of chief minister, Nitish Kumar yesterday, even as party MP, Shatrughan Sinha asserted 'Nitish Kumar is prime minister material'.
The JD(U) legislator from Mokama town, popularly known as Chhote Sarkar, has been arrested along with four of his associates for assaulting journalists in his house, report Arun Kumar and Ramashankar.
Journalists had approached him for comments in a rape & murder case in which he is alleged to be involved, report A Kumar & Ramashankar.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad predicts an early fall for the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar, report Anirban Guha Roy & Arun Kumar.
Call it a misunderstanding or sheer bad luck, but being "rude" to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has led to Saharsa district magistrate NK Chaudhary's transfer, reports Arun Kumar.
Maoists blew up railway tracks between Chetar and Richuguta areas under Dhanbad rail division on Tuesday during the blockade, report Arun Kumar and Amitabh Srivastava.
In a bizarre incident in Bihar, a three-year-old boy has been accused of rioting and attacking policemen during a clash between two communities, reports Arun Kumar.
Of this, Rs 1,300 crore would be used on civil works, including construction of school buildings and classrooms while the rest will be for teachers' salary, training et al, reports Arun Kumar. | India News
First comes Nitish?s phenomenal acceptance level in the State, with 81 per cent respondents from Bihar rating him the best, reports Arun Kumar. | India News