Amitabh Srivastava

A WhatsApp message, a stolen identity and a compromised computer are all it takes to steal corporate funds by exploiting an employee’s instinctive deference to authority

The eight-seat polls have become an early stress test for the emerging order, revealing uncertain succession, fragile coalition discipline and a growing challenge from Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj

A decade after Nitish Kumar's liquor ban reshaped Bihar's politics, prohibition remains a contentious policy debate

With 531 inspections and counting, Kumar Ravi is driving a crackdown in a state where consumer awareness is uneven and building a culture of food safety as challenging as catching offenders

The heartland states have seen an alarming rise in ‘half encounter’ cases where alleged offenders are shot in the leg by the police. With the courts stepping in, the ‘instant justice’ discourse is facing a backlash

Making firecrackers is a generations-old livelihood source for many in Bihar. In Siwan, it exposed an underground economy thriving on festive demand and off scrutiny

The expulsion of the Mokama MLA and his wife underlines an old feud, the limits of Nitish Kumar’s tolerance for dissent and the risks of alienating a local strongman

An extraordinary number of cybercrimes in Bihar are not about money but something else: revenge, humiliation and private feuds migrating into the digital sphere

Special Task Force figures show the scale of anti-narcotics enforcement; the supply routes and recurring recoveries indicate how much the task remains unfinished

Special Task Force figures show the scale of anti-narcotics enforcement; the supply routes and recurring recoveries indicate how much the task remains unfinished