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In January 2024, the Indian politician and eight-time Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, of the Mahagathbandhan block resigned amid rumors of him joining the opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). [1] He joined the NDA and took the oath for his ninth term as Chief Minister of Bihar.
According to the media reports, the flood caused by the release of approximately 6.61 lakh cusecs of water from the Birpur Barrage of the Koshi river is one of the most disastrous in the history of floods in Bihar. Local residents said that they had seen this type of large amount of water 56 years ago in the Koshi river. [3]
The 2024 Indian general election was held in Bihar in all 7 phases from 19 April to 1 June to elect 40 members of the 18th Lok Sabha, with the results declared on 4 June. [1] [2] [3] Bihar, along with Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, were the only states where the 2024 Indian general election was held in all 7 phases. [4]
Voters standing in the queue to cast their votes, at a polling booth, during the first phase of the Bihar Assembly Election, at New Madhya Vidyalaya, in Gaya, Bihar on October 28, 2020. The Chief Election Commissioner of India , Sunil Arora , announced on 25 September 2020 that the Bihar assembly election will be held from 28 October 2020, in ...
Bihar has experienced strong growth in per capita net state domestic product (NSDP). At current prices, per capita NSDP of the state grew at a CAGR of 12.91% from 2004 to 2005 to 2014–15. [133] Bihar's per capita income went up by 40.6% in FY 2014–15. [134] The state's debt was estimated at 77% of GDP by 2007. [135]
Taasir is an Urdu-language daily newspaper published in India. It was established in 2013. It launched in Patna, the capital city of Bihar. [1] [2] Taasir is being published from eleven Indian states with 12 editions, and is the country's highest circulating Urdu-written daily newspaper.
A bicameral system of legislature was introduced according to the act. On 22 July 1936, the first Bihar legislative council was set up. It had 30 members and Rajiv Ranjan Prasad was the chairman. The first joint session of the two houses of the Bihar Assembly took place on 22 July 1937. Ram Dayalu Singh was elected as the speaker of the Bihar ...
The state began witnessing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases as migrant workers and many people of Bihar stranded in other parts of the country returned to the state. Many of them tested positive for the coronavirus when they arrived, and were quarantined. Bihar's COVID case fatality rate is one of the lowest in the nation. [5]