All stories by M I Khan
Hotel owner shot dead for refusing to serve onions
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015A hotel owner in Bihar was shot dead after he refused to serve patrons onion with their meals.
BJP taking Shah's lift trapping episode very seriously
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015An incident involving the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party Amit Shah being trapped in a lift at the state guest house in Patna for around 40 minutes will now be investigated by a high-level committee.
Bihar: Jitan Ram Manjhi quits assembly seat
Rediff.com25 Aug 2015In a surprise move, former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned on Tuesday as member of the state legislative assembly, according to his close aide Danish Rizwan.
Modi announces special package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for Bihar
Rediff.com18 Aug 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 'special package' of Rs 1,25,000 crore for poll-bound Bihar during his address at Ara district, in the state.
'Modi to announce Rs 50,000 cr special package for Bihar'
Rediff.com17 Aug 2015PM Modi is scheduled to visit Bihar on August 18 to lay the foundation stone of a four lane road in Bhojpur district and will also address a BJP rally in Saharsa district.
NDA allies pressure BJP to finalise seat sharing for Bihar polls
Rediff.com14 Aug 2015A powerful lobby of BJP leaders -- mostly from the upper castes -- want to give no more than 70-80 assembly seats to its three allies.
Bihar polls: Modi's rally vs Lalu-Nitish joint show on Aug 30
Rediff.com13 Aug 2015The stage is set for the August 30 rallies of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bhagalpur district and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad's joint rally in Patna.
Bihar polls: JD-U, RJD to contest on 100 seats each
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015The grand alliance of the JD-U and the RJD have decided a seat sharing program to contest together in the coming Bihar assembly polls to defeat the BJP-led NDA.
Bihar polls: BJP turns to 'lucky' chariots for Parivartan Yatra
Rediff.com12 Aug 2015The BJP plans to ride the upcoming Bihar assembly polls battle on four chariots that will helm the much hyped parivartan yatra.
Modi vs Nitish war escalates; Bihar CM to send 50 lakh DNA samples to PM
Rediff.com10 Aug 2015The war of words between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar escalated on Monday with the latter tweeting that "50 lakh people" from Bihar would send their DNA samples for testing to the prime minister.
Nitish Kumar, Rabri Devi not to contest Bihar assembly polls
Rediff.com3 Aug 2015Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and former chief minister Rabri Devi on Monday said they would not contest the upcoming assembly polls in Bihar.
Fake degree scam: 3,000 teachers resign fearing action by Patna HC
Rediff.com29 Jul 2015About 3,000 school teachers, who allegedly used fake degree certificates to procure jobs, have resigned in Bihar till date fearing legal action and the Patna high court on Tuesday refused to extend deadline to quit voluntarily.
'My DNA is that of a freedom fighter,' Nitish replies to Modi's barb
Rediff.com27 Jul 2015Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar snapped back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday who had on Saturday said that there was something wrong in Nitish's political DNA.
RJD shuts down Patna over caste-based census data
Rediff.com27 Jul 2015Reports of stopping of trains and road blocks are coming in from Patna following the bandh called by the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar against withholding of the caste-based census data by the central government.
PM Modi's silence over Bihar's special status may put BJP in tight spot
Rediff.com26 Jul 2015Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over caste based census and Bihar's special status is likely to put the BJP in a tight spot ahead of upcoming state assembly polls.
Kashmiri youth detained ahead of Modi's Bihar visit
Rediff.com25 Jul 2015The intelligence agencies had on Friday warned of a possible attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi using a human bomb either during his visit to Patna or at the public rally he is scheduled to attend in Muzaffarpur.
IB alert: Human bomb may target Modi in Bihar
Rediff.com24 Jul 2015The Intelligence Bureau has issued an alert about a possible attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi using a human bomb either during his visit to Patna or at the public rally he is scheduled to attend in Muzaffarpur on July 25.
BJP rolls out 160 raths to propel Bihar poll campaign
Rediff.com16 Jul 2015Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Thursday launched his party's high-tech 'Parivartan Rath' campaign for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls and appealed to people to vote for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance for development of the state and to end the 'jungle raj'
2 minor sisters gang raped by 15 men in Bihar
Rediff.com16 Jul 2015Two minor girls were gang raped on Wednesday by 15 boys when they were returning from a temple in Bihar's Rohtas district.
Gowda was first OBC PM, not Modi: Lalu, Nitish remind Amit Shah
Rediff.com11 Jul 2015Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah's claim about the party giving first prime minister from the Other Backward Class in Narendra Modi, was on Saturday sharply contradicted by both the Janata Dal-United and the Rashtriya Janata Dal.