Chaos at Cong yatra in Bihar, Kanhaiya Kumar leaves midway

The 'Palayan roko, naukri do Yatra' (stop migration give jobs) of the Congress turned chaotic in Bihar's Araria district when private security guards of All India Congress Committee in charge of......

Ahead of polls, Nitish inducts 7 new ministers, all from BJP

With less than a year left for assembly polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday inducted seven new faces into his council of ministers, all from alliance partner Bharatiya Janata......

SC says Bihar babus suspended for bridge collapse brought back

The Supreme Court on Wednesday pulled up the Bihar government observing its officials were suspended after incidents of bridge collapse but brought back after the furore died down. IMAGE: People......

Bihar govt suspends 15 engineers over series of bridge collapses

The Bihar government on Friday suspended 15 engineers in connection with a series of recent incidents of bridge collapse in the state, a senior official said. IMAGE: People gather at the site......

In India, it's a rural 'WAGELESS' job scheme

If a worker has put in 15 days work, he gets paid for 10 days and he keeps waiting for the balance. But on paper, he worked only for 10 days and hence, there is no balance on official records,......

How solar power is lighting up 1,000 remote villages

Around 80 mn rural households are estimated to have no access to grid power. Off-grid decentralised systems, based on renewable energy, are lighting up around 1,000 villages through government......

Cricket Buzz: Former England skipper Collingwood calls time on career

IMAGE: Former England captain Paul Collingwood. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Former England captain Paul Collingwood will retire from professional cricket at the end of the current......