BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey (file photo).

Muzaffarpur: Just days after fellow BJP'ian Giriraj Singh suggested actions against Indians living abroad while getting accustomed to eating beef, Union Minister Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Sunday said knowledge of English should not be requirement to pass an exam in India as English was not the mother tongue of the Indians.

JD-U spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad.

Patna: Janata Dal-U leader and party spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan Prasad on Sunday claimed Bihar was all set to become a state known for its excellent health services where not only people will have to go out of state to obtain quality health care but people from other states would also be coming to Bihar for top of the line healthcare and facilities.

RJD leader Shyam Rajak (file photo).

Patna: Janata Dal-U leader Shyam Rajak on Sunday insisted ties between his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were as strong as ever before and there was no cause for concern for those supporting the NDA leadership in Bihar.

Patna SSP Gautam Garima transferred (file photo).

Patna: Patna welcomed the new year with late-night parties and bottles of non-alcoholic champagne at major hotels and night clubs while also witnessing a massive administrative reshuffle by the Nitish administration that included the departure of Garima Malik who, nearly a year to the date, was put in place as Patna's Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) pledging to clean Patna from the clutches of criminals.

BJP leader and Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (file photo).

Patna: Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday, in no uncertain terms, ruled out any chance of scrapping the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) saying it was now the law of the land and any attempt to subvert it would be unconstitutional.

Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi (file photo).

Patna: With 2019 now back in the rearview mirror and state elections only a few months away, politicians began retooling their electoral strategy as Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi toned down his rhetoric against Janata Dal-U leader Prashant Kishor saying he hoped any bitterness caused by the recent exchange of harsh interaction between the two would fade away and all will be forgotten in the greater interest of Bihar.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveils statue of late Arun Jaitley in Patna.

Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is huge on observing anniversaries, melas, utsavs, yatras, flag-offs, and installing statues of the leaders of his choice, on Tuesday announced his decision to observe the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader's birth anniversary each year on December 28 in Bihar.

Congress leaders celebrating party victory in Jharkhand state Assembly.

Patna: Congress leaders in Patna on Monday celebrated the victory of the party in Jharkhand Assembly elections where the Congress-Jharkhand Mukti Morcha-RJD coalition handed over a convincing defeat to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by limiting the saffron party to 25 seats while walking away with a joint total of 47 out of a total of 81 seats.

Pro-CAA rally in Patna on Monday.

Patna: Thousands of Modi supporters in Patna on Monday took out a march between the JP Roundabout near Gandhi Maidan to the Dak Bungalow Crossing in support of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) chanting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) talking point that the Act was not about taking away someone's citizenship but was all about granting citizenship to those fleeing religious conversion in countries like Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.

Pappu Yadav supporters clashing with police in Patna on Tuesday.

Patna: In what is being described as imposition of 'Undeclared Emergency' nationwide by the Modi administration in the wake of the violence over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register for Citizenship (NRC), the Patna district administration followed suit on Tuesday by imposing prohibitory orders in many parts of the state capital to prevent people from gathering at public places with intent to organize protests.

Protestors block road near Kumharar in Patna on Tuesday.

Patna: It was yet another riot-filled day in Patna on Tuesday as protestors marched through Patna roads to express their anger over Modi-Shah sponsored Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register for Citizenship (NRC) while in another part of the state capital, hundreds of people were protesting against the tragic death of a teenager who was raped and then set on fire a few days ago in Muzaffarpur.

Aishwarya Rai and Rabri Devi.

Patna: Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Rabri Devi escalated the feud against her daughter-in-law by filing a counter FIR against her accusing her of assaulting her and subject her to intense verbal abuse.