Thousands of devotees, both in India and abroad, gear up for the worship of the Sun god as the auspicious four-day festival begins.

The universities in Bihar have of late turned litigants, contesting nearly 2,000 cases in different courts of law.

Society and culture of Bihar between 1780-1850 as depicted by the British painters and writers is likely to throw new light on the history of the state.

Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday announced a government aid of Rs 250 for every family at the flood relief camps wishing to celebrate Chhath.

Kundan Prasad Singh is unhappy with the Maharashtra government's probe into his son's killing and angry with Thackeray for having justified the action of the police in Mumbai.

Shatrughan Sinha came down heavily on the Maharashtra government for doing too little and too late to tackle the situation spawned by Raj Thackeray and his activists.

Aapki Sarkar Aapke Dwar, a scheme aimed at rooting out Naxal influences through development, has emerged as one of the most successful programmes of the state government in Jehanabad.

A Danapur Nagar Parishad employee, Jai Kumar Choudhary, was knocked down by a truck near Shahpur on the Maner- Danapur Cantonment road on Friday morning. He died on the spot.

“Perform or perish” may be the operating words of most modern business and industrial houses, but they hold little significance for the universities and colleges in Bihar.