On Wednesday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated four state highways having a total length of 130 km and constructed at a cost of over Rs 1,121 crore.

District court in Bihar has ordered a liquor smuggler to take care of the education of 5 children.

Mamata Banerjee's statement came at the backdrop of a 10-party delegation from Bihar headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi to push for a caste-based census.

Nitish Kumar's JD(U), RJD and other political parties from Bihar are pressing for a caste-based census. They are saying that the exercise will not only benefit Bihar, but the whole country.

On Saturday, the Bihar government released the list of 11 members who will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the issue of caste-based census.

Pitching for caste census, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that it is the desire of the people that there must be a caste census. I hope there will be a positive discussion on this.

​Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, along with an all-party delegation, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 23 to discuss the issue of a caste-based census. Tejashwi Yadav, who is the leader of opposition in the state assembly, will also participate.

Tejashwi Yadav's remarks came when he was asked to comment on caste-based census. The RJD has been demanding caste-based census.

Nitish Kumar has said that his strong pitch for a caste-based census was driven by social, and not political concerns.  

Nitish Kumar has dismissed media reports that spoke about a rift in his Janata Dal (United). He said that 'all is well in his party'.

Some BJP MLAs have raised the recommendations of the Karunakaran Committee, which favoured debarring those with more than two children from contesting municipal and panchayat polls, be implemented in Bihar.

The development has reportedly irked Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Nitish, however, has refrained to blame any of his leaders for 'error'.

Nitish Kumar on Wednesday wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi, seeking an all-party meeting on this issue.

Much like the Assembly elections, the RJD will again want to tap onto the Muslim-Yadav (MY) equation and Dalits. Besides, its leaders led by Tejashi and Tej Pratap are likely to highlight the rising crime graph, liquor smuggling and lack of employment opportunities during the rural polls.

Nitish Kumar, whose JD(U) is an ally of the BJP at the Centre as well as in the state, reiterated that the sentiment in Bihar was unanimously in favour of a caste-based census.

The opposition has been demanding a discussion in Parliament on the Pegasus row and its leaders have been giving adjournment notices every day.

Bihar: BJP Ministers will meet the common people of the state to address their problems on the spot. 

Leaders of the five-party opposition Grand Alliance, led by RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, had met CM Nitish Kumar over a caste-based census recently.   

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and JD-U general secretary Tyagi met Chaudhary Om Prakash Chautala at his Gurgaon residence and enquired about his well-being and discussed political matters

The issue has gained momentum after Centre’s recent statement in the Parliament that a caste-based census would include only the Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes has triggered a fresh demand for inclusion of the OBCs, who dominate the political scenario in Bihar post-implementation of the Mandal commission report.