Karpoori Thakur: Jan Nayak who is revered across ideologies

Chosen for the country's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna a day ahead of his birth anniversary, Karpoori Thakur has been the veritable 'Jan Nayak' or people's hero of politics in Bihar, whose......

Bihar politicians fume as quotas take knock inside court

The political fraternity in Bihar on Wednesday strongly disapproved of the alleged denigration of a government employee inside the Patna high court recently, with allusions to his having secured......

Nitish aide hits out at ally RJD; says it's helping BJP

Janata Dal-United parliamentary board chief Upendra Kushwaha has claimed that 'delay' by the Rashtriya Janata Dal in taking action against minister Chandra Shekhar and MLA Sudhaker Singh might give......

KCR-Nitish meet on Wednesday could see anti-BJP front taking shape

Bihar's choppy political waters were on Tuesday astir over the prospects of a meeting between Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and K Chandrasekhar Rao, his Telangana counterpart, both of whom share a......

Shivanand Tiwari has no right to speak on Tendulkar: Shiv Sena

Shiv Sena has objected to senior JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari questioning the decision to award Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, to Sachin Tendulkar.  "Even......

Why no Bharat Ratna for Dhyan Chand, asks JD-U MP

Janata Dal-United Member of Parliament Shivanand Tiwari on Monday questioned the government’s decision to confer the Bharat Ratna on Sachin Tendulkar and not legendary hockey player Dhyan......

Case filed against Bharat Ratna award to Tendulkar

The government’s decision to award the Bharat Ratna to Sachin Tendulkar was drawn to a court in Bihar on Tuesday, with a petitioner challenging the Centre's decision to bestow the ......

'Dhyan Chand deserved Bharat Ratna more than Sachin'

JD(U) leader Shivanand Tiwari tells Rediff.com's Manu Shankar that hockey legend Dhyan Chand was more deserving of the Bharat Ratna than Sachin Tendulkar because the former played without......