Can Nitish-Tejashwi's second coming stem Bihar's rot?

Various indicators make it amply clear that there are grave challenges facing the new government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, reports Indivjal Dhasmana. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar......

U-turns queer the pitch for Nitish Kumar as Opposition's PM face

As he snapped ties with the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar’s caretaker chief minister Nitish Kumar has once again been pitched as a prime ministerial candidate for the 2024 elections by some,......

Can Lalu still change Bihar's power dynamics?

Prasad can still influence the power play in Patna if not change it, reports Satyavrat Mishra. IMAGE: Lalu Prasad Yadav addresses party workers via a video call during the RJD's silver......

BJP or JD-U: Who's behind the breakup of Paswan's LJP?

Both the BJP and the JD-U abetted the LJP split but interestingly, independently. And there hangs a tale of conflicting interests, gamesmanship, subterfuge, and retribution, reports Radhika......

Noida, Chennai's electronics hubs in total lockdown

The usually busy Greater Noida expressway is empty except small groups of commuters that gather at its sidelines, seeking lift from every passing vehicle. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Price of piped water to all households = Rs 5 trillion

The current estimate, however, largely covers only the cost of infrastructure such as pipes, construction of borewells, overhead costs among others and not the expenditure to be incurred on......

21 Indian cities will run out of groundwater by 2020

At the bottom of the water index for 2016-17 are Odisha, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh (UP), and Haryana, which are major producers of paddy, wheat, along with a host of horticulture crops. A......

Whatever happened to job creation?

The government has no choice but to accept that its actions have not just failed to create new jobs, but likely led to actual job losses, says Mihir S Sharma. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Bihar bicycle girl to attend trials but studies top priority

'We will surely send for the trials after the lockdown is lifted.' IMAGE: 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari cycled her ailing father from from Gurugram to her native village in Bihar’s Darbhanga......