In Patna, the noisy capital of India’s northern Bihar state, a crowd gathers early for the weekly janata darbar, the “people’s audience.” Many have traveled for hours, even days; some stop for a bit ...

On Monday, Nitish Kumar, the president of the JD(U), informed party legislators that he would continue to oversee development initiatives in Bihar even after stepping down from the chief minister's ...

The chief minister announced that he would personally tour districts after August 15, review ongoing development projects and stay overnight during the visits to monitor implementation on the ground.

New Delhi, Jan. 18: Bihar has seldom been the exemplar of trends other than those on the adverse end of the scale. The gathering campaign for power in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, though, is offering ...