The guns that once echoed across Mokama, a town infamous for election-time bloodshed in the late 1980s and 1990s, had fallen silent for nearly two decades. But that uneasy peace was shattered on ...

In the heart of Bihar, along the bank of the river Ganga, the town of Mokama (in the district of Patna) is an important and historically significant town known for being an industrial area in the past ...

NEW DELHI: Patna will host a massive gathering of Bhumihar community members on August 17 for the Brahmrishi Samman Sammelan, where key demands, including a Bharat Ratna for former CM Sri Krishna ...

In the last Assembly elections, the number of Bhumihar MLAs rose from 17 to 27 In the past, Bhumihars have led movements against reservations, wielding influence in wealth, agriculture, politics, and ...

The sight of two statues of Mahatma Gandhi — at Lenin Chowk near Langat Singh College in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur — as well as of the two revolutionaries, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki, who had ...

Vaishali (Bihar) [India], May 23 (ANI): Also known as the cradle of democracy in the country. the Vaishali district in Bihar is poised for a keen contest between the Lok Janshakti (Ram Vilas) and the ...

Lucknow: The appointment of Ajay Rai as UP Congress president has brought the spotlight back on politically significant Bhumihar community of east UP in the run up to Lok Sabha elections. Political ...

The Janata Dal (United) is divided over remarks allegedly made by Bihar Minister Ashok Choudhary on the Bhumihar caste. A video has surfaced showing Mr. Choudhary indirectly blaming the community for ...

Patna: The state govt found itself on the defensive in the Assembly on Friday when BJP MLA Vishal Prashant demanded that the Bhumihar community be included in the Scheduled Tribes (ST) category, ...

To break the perception of being a party of Muslims and Yadavs, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Sunday roped in Karuna Sagar, a Bhumihar by caste, and a 1991 batch IPS officer from the Tamil Nadu ...