Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said it was not possible to grant Bihar the status of a special category state but its special package can be improved.

Bihar does not meet the existing criteria to be granted the status of special category state, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said on Wednesday.

The Congress on Wednesday strongly objected to the cartoons of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Planning Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia depicting their turbans in an objectionable manner which were put up by the ruling BJP's youth wing in Madhya Pradesh.

Punjab Police on Friday booked singer-rapper Honey Singh for using obscene language in his songs, an official said.

Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh on Monday filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has given consent to set up an airport at Nalanda, for connectivity to the proposed Nalanda University.

Six candidates are left in the fray for Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-polls, which is all set to see a triangular contest in the elections.

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior Congress leader Harvansh Singh died in the wee hours of Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. Singh, 65, is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Much to the embarrassment of Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, some farmers resorted to a novel way of protest against alleged irregularities in government poverty alleviation schemes by jumping into a well.

Unleashing a scathing attack on the Mayawati government for misappropriation of the funds under the Bundelkhand package, Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia wrote to the Chief Minister expressing serious concerns over its slow pace of development in the region.