Bihar

Patna, December 31, 2025 – Bihar, India’s poorest state and largest microfinance market, faces a devastating debt crisis where loans meant to uplift women have become instruments of despair and death.(Bihar Microfinance Debt) Siyaram Saw, a 48-year-old paralyzed resident of Patna’s Sahkari area, ended his life after a microfinance recovery agent snarled, “I want the […]

Eight wagons of a goods train derailed in Bihar’s Jamui district late on Saturday night, disrupting railway services on the crucial Howrah–Patna–Delhi route and affecting interstate rail traffic across multiple states. The incident, which occurred between Lahabon and Simultala railway stations under the Asansol division of Eastern Railways around 11.25 pm, led to a complete

Former actor Zaira Wasim has sharply criticised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after a viral video showed him pulling down the hijab of AYUSH doctor Nusrat Parveen during an appointment‑letter ceremony in Patna, calling the act “infuriating” and demanding an “unconditional apology.” The incident has ignited a nationwide debate on bodily autonomy, religious freedom and

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s government has approved the ‘Saat Nishchay-3’ programme for 2025-30, pitching it as the next five-year roadmap to shift Bihar into the league of developed states. The plan focuses on “double employment, double income” as well as agriculture, education, healthcare and infrastructure pushes. It gives priority to nearly 94 lakh poor