In the Language Atlas, the term ‘speakers’ referred only to individuals who reported a particular language as their mother tongue during the Census enumeration

In 1971 the two parties had come together for the first time to face the polls when the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections were held simultaneously

Bihar-based gangster Chandan Mishra was out on parole and was shot dead in an open firing inside Paras Hospital in Patna in the morning on July 17. The ‘leader’ of the hit team and three others were arrested in Kolkata on July 18 in joint operations of the Bihar Police, West Bengal Police, and Kolkata Police

The investigation revealed a meticulously planned operation to evade customs duties by undervaluing premium furniture sourced from top European brands

Bharatiyata is not citizenship. Bharat’s nature is based on ‘dharma drishti' (vision), he said