Even a superhuman cannot handle the kind of workload that our district magistrates, DMs, are expected to handle. The over-reliance on the DM to do and deliver everything in his district has made the DM not just the pivot of our bureaucracy's steel frame, but also its biggest problem. Everybody knows the DM has to be unburdened for governance to be more effective, but nobody is willing to disturb status quo. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has. In Bihar now, the DM is a "supervisor" not superhuman.

Violence during funeral of Ranvir Sena chief is nothing but the swansong of a perverse political order in Bihar

Singh was earlier facing life imprisonment and was acquitted and released from jail in April 2012.

"Government should frame a stringent law that would ensure no one would dare to pollute the river"

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar faced protests from angry locals who pelted stones at a couple of vehicles in his convoy

Bihar govt sanctioned Rs 1366.70 crore for the first year (2012-13)

Exoneration of all accused puts a question mark on our criminal justice system

According to a new report, expenditure on teachers is not doing anything to improve the level of education in children

CBGA reports tells health sector is plagued by acute inequity in terms of accessibility and availability of service

Literacy rate among women is highest in Kerala and lowest in Rajasthan, Bihar