Land-for-jobs scam: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's statement was recorded under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before he left the office at 9 pm.
RJD MLA Mohammad Nehaluddin has made an objectionable statement saying that Muslims were making bombs in self-defense in violence-hit Bihar's Sasaram.
Land-for-jobs scam: Earlier on March 16, the probe agency assured the Delhi High Court that it will not arrest Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav this month, after which the politician agreed to appear before it.
RJD JDU merger: Talking about the 'Mahagatbandhan' in 2025, Kushwaha said, "our primary focus is the Loksabha election of 2024." He said opposition parties will be brought under one roof under the leadership of Nitish Kumar.
Bihar agriculture minister Sudhakar Singh on Sunday resigned from the post and submitted his resignation to Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, informed Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Bihar president and Sudhakar's father, Jagdanand Singh.
The comments are his first since the 'Mahagathbandhan 2.0' government came to power in Bihar after the JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar dumped the BJP and joined hands with Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Congress and other parties.
Bihar: The 8th time sworn-in chief minister has been questioned for inducting Kartikeya Singh as state's law minister even when a warrant has been issued against him.
Bihar Political News: A senior Opposition leader also pointed out that Kumar is one among the several leaders with prime ministerial ambitions, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, besides Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Bihar political crisis: Nitish Kumar met Governor Phagu Chauhan and tendered his resignation as chief minister of the NDA government in Bihar. He said the decision to sever ties with the NDA was taken by his party, the JD(U).
Urging his party cadre not to lose heart, Tejashwi Yadav said, "the order passed today is not a finality. We will seek justice before the High Court of Jharkhand. If need be, we will move the Supreme Court".
"Those who run such news reports are fools. We will get to know whatever happens," Lalu Yadav told media when asked if Tejashwi will be made the national president of the party.
Amid apprehension of cheating during counting, RJD has sent top leaders in a rank of Tejashwi Yadav, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, Jagadanand Singh and Shyam Rajak to monitor the developments at the counting centres in a bid to prevent "mischief" by the ruling JD(U).
Janata Dal United (JDU) has thrown 25 questions to leader of opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Yadav.
All five candidates for as many Rajya Sabha seats in Bihar were on Wednesday declared elected unopposed as no other nominations were filed, an official said.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Friday observed its foundation day in Patna with its jailed and ailing founding president Lalu Prasad Yadav away in Ranchi and heir apparent Tejashwi Yadav refusing to attend the programme. The celebrations took place at the RJD state headquarters here, but many workers were unhappy as they had hoped that bail would be granted to Lalu Yadav on this very day when the outfit was floated in 1997.
While Bharati is relying on sympathy for her father, imprisoned in the Ranchi jail in the fodder scam, her BJP opponent is flaunting the appeal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his development plank.
The announcement was made by Tejashwi Yadav at a press conference on Friday, but absence of any senior Congress leader on the occasion showed the party's displeasure over arm-twisting by Lalu Prasad's RJD.
Asked what would be his party's stand regarding the Congress in Bihar in the wake of Samajwadi Party (SP)-Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) combine dumping it in Uttar Pradesh, Tejashwi Yadav said: "The Congress has been with us from early on."
Out of the MPs belonging to the lower house, 61 have not furnished their details since 2014, while four recently came to the house through by-elections, the Lok Sabha secretariat said. "The requisite declaration of Assets and Liabilities is awaited from 29 members of Rajya Sabha," RTI query revealed.
A shutdown called by the Left parties in Bihar on Thursday against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district has hit rail and road traffic
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