Bihar Nishads

Encephalitis has claimed the lives of 126 children in Bihar until now, a majority from the Muzaffarpur area, and public anger against the administration is palpable. On his first visit to the city today, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was accosted by angry crowds who wanted to know why he had dropped by over 17 days after the start of the outbreak.

The Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is ready to begin discussions on sharing the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Key leaders of all the parties are expected to meet today over a lunch of fish curry and rice. Their host Mukesh Nishad, who coined the slogan "Maach bhaat khayenge aur mahagathabandhan ko jeetayenge" (meaning "we will eat fish and rice and en...

Mukesh Sahni - a Bollywood producer-turned-politician who calls himself the "Son of Mallah (boatman)" - has now picked the BJP for the Bihar assembly elections. Full page ads in local newspapers today explained why.

For days Mukesh Sahni - a film producer-turned-politician in Bihar who calls himself the "Son of Mallah" - was wooed by the rival alliances led by Nitish Kumar and the BJP for the support of the Nishad community, which he claims to lead. Today, he picked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Mukesh Sahni is the emerging face of Bihar's caste-dominated politics. He calls himself the "son of Mallah or boatman".

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United JD(U) on Wednesday suspended two of its MPs for six years for anti-party activities, a party leader said.

Senior JD(U) legislator Chhedi Paswan was suspended for six years by his party after he met BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday.

Encephalitis has claimed the lives of 126 children in Bihar until now, a majority from the Muzaffarpur area, and public anger against the administration is palpable. On his first visit to the city today, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was accosted by angry crowds who wanted to know why he had dropped by over 17 days after the start of the outbreak.

The Mahagathbandhan in Bihar is ready to begin discussions on sharing the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Key leaders of all the parties are expected to meet today over a lunch of fish curry and rice. Their host Mukesh Nishad, who coined the slogan "Maach bhaat khayenge aur mahagathabandhan ko jeetayenge" (meaning "we will eat fish and rice and en...

Mukesh Sahni - a Bollywood producer-turned-politician who calls himself the "Son of Mallah (boatman)" - has now picked the BJP for the Bihar assembly elections. Full page ads in local newspapers today explained why.

For days Mukesh Sahni - a film producer-turned-politician in Bihar who calls himself the "Son of Mallah" - was wooed by the rival alliances led by Nitish Kumar and the BJP for the support of the Nishad community, which he claims to lead. Today, he picked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

Mukesh Sahni is the emerging face of Bihar's caste-dominated politics. He calls himself the "son of Mallah or boatman".

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United JD(U) on Wednesday suspended two of its MPs for six years for anti-party activities, a party leader said.

Senior JD(U) legislator Chhedi Paswan was suspended for six years by his party after he met BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday.