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Cost of care previously meant racking up huge debts or going without treatment
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar jettisons partners and rejoins alliance with BJP
Nitish Kumar appears poised for alliance with premier’s BJP
Notebook: Climate change has led to exceptional heatwaves, writes Victor Mallet
First minister Nitish Kumar pledged to ban liquor sales during last year’s elections
Arrest makes celebrity of Kanhaiya Kumar and thrusts him into heart of bitter national debate
The country is suffering an epidemic of bans that are rarely enforceable, writes Victor Mallet
Populous eastern state of Bihar has changed, but far more needs to be done, writes Henny Sender
Ruling party veterans publish open letter in most overt challenge yet to PM’s leadership
Despite an election pledge to revive the river, it remains as filthy as ever
Result creates fresh political obstacles for prime minister Narendra Modi
Critics complain of religious intolerance and economic drift
US and French engineering groups lead the field for multibillion-dollar locomotive deals
BJP victory in poverty-stricken Indian state would boost Narendra Modi’s national government
Pew finds that more than two-thirds of Indians hold a very favourable view of the prime minister
Government to fulfil promise to review pensions regularly to prevent them from being eroded by inflation
Vegetable’s inflation poses problem for Modi ahead of Bihar election
Superstition abounds in the country — sometimes to lethal effect, writes Victor Mallet
Tremors felt as far away as New Delhi with reports of avalanches in the Himalayas
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