Maheshwar Hazari

Four-time JD(U) MLA and former minister maheshwar hazari (58) was elected Deputy Speaker of Bihar Vidhan Sabha amid boycott of the House proceedings by the opposition comprising RJD, Congress, CPI-ML, CPI and CPM in protest against the use of police force against them when they were trying to block the passage of the controversial Bihar Special Armed Police Bill-2021 in the assembly on Tuesday.

Sunny Hazari, son of JD(U) minister maheshwar hazari, joins Congress amidst potential candidacy speculations. Hazari's move may challenge Shambhavi Choudhary in Samastipur. Despite father's ties to JD(U), Sunny vows to strengthen Congress grassroots. His shift marks fourth major defection from NDA to opposition, reshaping Bihar's political landscape.

CM Nitish Kumar on Tuesday asked the urban development and housing department (UDHD) to set up an urban engineering organization to expedite building maps clearance. He also asked the department to construct model townships on the outskirts of Patna.

An FIR was on Monday registered against unidentified persons charging them with making threatening calls and extortion demands from ruling JD(U) Lok Sabha MP from Samastipur maheshwar hazari.

maheshwar hazari, a JD(U) leader, has resigned from his position as the deputy speaker of the Bihar assembly. The resignation came into effect on February 21. Hazari, who had been serving as the deputy speaker since March 2021, did not provide any explanation for his decision. He is a second-term MLA from the reserved Kalyanpur assembly constituency. Previously, Hazari was a minister in the Nitish Kumar cabinet.

The Patna Metro Rail project has got a fresh boost with Union urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu reportedly assuring Bihar of the Centre's in- principle approval to the project within a month.

City bus service across the state is all set to get a major boost with Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (Buidco) procuring 100 new buses to cater to the demands of various cities.

JD(U) workers protested outside CM Nitish Kumar's residence and party office, expressing anger and disbelief over his Rajya Sabha nomination. Alleging a conspiracy and pressure, some threatened self-immolation and vandalized property, demanding to meet their leader and questioning the authenticity of his social media posts.

Urban development and housing department minister maheshwar hazari on Saturday said the state government will notify the much-awaited Bihar Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act 2017 by April 30 to bring the unregulated real estate sector under its domain.

Ending their boycott of the state assembly, the opposition members attended the House in its pre-lunch session on Thursday, but continued to disrupt the proceedings on the fifth and final day of the monsoon session by creating uproar over the Agnipath scheme.

Reporting any civic problem has not been easy for the city residents. They have to run from pillar to post, not knowing who is the right person to approach to get the problem solved. With a view to addressing the problem and promoting e-governance in the state, urban development and housing department (UDHD) minister maheshwar hazari on Friday inaugurated ‘Apna Patna’ app through which people living under Patna Municipal Corporation area can lodge their grievances. In its current form, this app will allow people to lodge their complaints related to garbage, drainage, streetlights, encroachment, dead animals and illegal constructions.

Bihar urban development and housing department (UDHD) minister maheshwar hazari met senior officials of the Union ministry in Delhi on Friday to seek in-principle approval of the Patna metro rail project.

There has been much hue and cry over Bihar not figuring in the first list of 20 smart cities announced last week.

JD(U) workers protested outside CM Nitish Kumar's residence and party office, alleging a conspiracy and pressure behind his Rajya Sabha nomination. Some threatened self-immolation, vandalized furniture, and questioned the authenticity of his social media posts, demanding to meet their leader and expressing their dissent.

CM Nitish Kumar attended a programme organized on the occasion of birth anniversary of Jannayak Karpoori Thakur at his ancestral village Karpoori Gram in Samastipur on Saturday.

State IPRD minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and four other JD(U) candidates filed their nomination papers on Monday even before any formal announcement made by the party in this regard.

In all 18 MLAs quit to contest the Lok Sabha elections and, as a result, as many seats have been declared vacant.

In a meeting with the state urban development and housing department (UDHD) minister maheshwar hazari in New Delhi on Tuesday, union minister M Venkiah Naidu assured full support from the centre and said construction of metro in Patna was his priority.

CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday has hit back at the critics who have opposed the state government’s decision to open a medical college at Narghoghi village under Sarairanjan block of Samastipur district on the pretext that the institution should have been opened at the district headquarters.