On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, speaking about the Bihar topper scam, said that the state government has accepted it as a challenge to conduct future examinations fairly. However, he also added that he has “miles to go to plug all loopholes”. Significantly, this is the second scam in[Read More…]
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Drugs still on the rise in Bihar, maximum supplies from Odisha
Though drugs have been prohibited in Bihar under the Nitish Kumar’s government, the amount of narcotic drugs seized in the state has shot through the roof. Minister claims that people, instead of buying alcohol, are spending on sweets and milk but the data reveals the contrary. This year, the amount[Read More…]
Bihar: Students continue to protest against being failed
In Bihar, hundreds of Class 12 students, who have failed in their board exams continue to protest for the fourth day in Patna on Saturday demanding re-checking of their answer sheets and action against top officials. Out of 12 lakh students who appeared for Class 12 exam conducted by the[Read More…]
BSEB: Bihar’s topper Ganesh Kumar fails to answer basic questions
Bihar is all again in the news for the credibility of the education it provides and the way the examinations are being conducted in the state. This time, Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB)’s Intermediate Arts 2017 topper Ganesh Kumar has triggered a storm as he failed to answer the basic[Read More…]
SC allows liquor companies to move their stocks out of Bihar by July 31
Relieving the liquor companies which are holding their stocks worth more than Rs 200 crore in Bihar, the Supreme Court on Monday granted two months extra time to transport liquor out of the state and directed them to dispose of their stocks by July 31. The deadline was earlier fixed[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar skips meeting with Sonia Gandhi, will have lunch with the PM
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who couldn’t attend Sonia Gandhi’s lunch party for the opposition leaders due to pre-engagements, will fly to Delhi only a day later to lunch with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. PM Modi is hosting lunch in honour of visiting Mauritian Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth and has invited[Read More…]
Proud! Litti-Chokha to give tough fight to renowned cuisines at global food fest
Litti-chokha, the famous delicacy from Bihar is all set to give serious competition to New York’s red hook lobster pound, Mexican taco and Thailand’s most popular street food, Sukiyaki at the international food festival to be held in Philippines capital, Manila, from May 31. Litti-chokha is not just famous in[Read More…]
UP CM and other prominent BJP leaders to visit Bihar
As the Modi government is to finish its third year in office on 26 May, UP CM Yogi Adityanath, his Deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti among other prominent leaders and MPs will visit Bihar to showcase the achievements of the Narendra Modi government in the past[Read More…]
Lalu’s close aide, Prabhunath Singh convicted in Ashok Singh murder case
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prabhunath Singh along with two others, were convicted by a court in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh on Thursday. They have been convicted in the link with a 22-year-old MLA Ashok Singh’s murder case. All the convicts were sent to jail. The court said it will declare[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar not interested for Prime Minister’s post
On Monday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar cleared that there barely are any chances of him leading a grand coalition against the BJP as a Prime Ministerial candidate in the next general elections in 2019. Praising PM Modi, Kumar said, “Three years ago who was aware that Modi Ji would be the[Read More…]
Rajasthan ambulance scam accused writes to PM Modi seeking justice
Ziqitza Healthcare Ltd (ZHL) director, Sweta Mangal has reached out to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking speedy resolution of what she termed was a “witch hunt” against her and her colleagues. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached properties worth Rs 11.58 crore belonging to Mangal and Ravi Krishna, Congress leader Vyalar[Read More…]
Burberry, Zara to bloom in Bihar soon
Bihar government is planning to set up garment bases of global brands like H&M, Zara, Lacoste and Burberry in the state. Taking inspiration from Bangladesh, that happens to be a manufacturing hub for the textile industry, the state is trying to convince the readymade garment tycoons to set up their[Read More…]
Bihar: Wedding cancelled as woman refuses to marry dark-skin groom
In a shocking incident, a woman in Bihar’s Buxar district has refused to marry a dark-skin groom, saying he was not ‘smart’ enough for her. The groom, Anjani Chouhan, was stunned after his would-be-bride denied to marry him, citing his dark complexion at mandap in Ramrekha Ghat in Buxar. “After[Read More…]
1,070 cartons of foreign liquor seized in Bihar
Madhushala in the age of prohibition
“Musalman o hindu hain do, ek, magar, unka pyala, Ek, magar, unka madiralaya, ek , magar, unki hala, Dono rehte ek na jab tak masjid mandir mein jaate, Bair badhate masjid mandir mel karati madhushal ।” Many of us, poetry lovers, have enjoyed these lines of “Madhushala” sung by Manna[Read More…]
Rahmani-30, proves its mettle once again in IIT-JEE
Ali has indeed done well and brought lots of glories to his coach, family and his entire district. But the effort of Rahmani30 in bringing such talent forward cannot be ignored.
Nalanda University to collaborate with Kanazawa University
On Friday, the Nalanda University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Kanazawa University of Japan for an academic collaboration, said a statement from Nalanda University. The MOU was signed on Thursday in Rajgir by Mori Masahide, Head of the School of Humanities, Indian Buddhist Studies, Comparative Culture[Read More…]
Severe cancer outburst in Bihar due to arsenic contaminated water
There is an outburst of cancer in Bihar which is mostly due to high levels of arsenic in the ground water. As per Scroll reports, the field studies in the state suggest that in the past 15 years arsenic concentrations in water have gone as high as up to 3,880[Read More…]
Nitish Kumar calls for opposition unity to take on BJP
Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi and advocated unity among opposition parties to take on the BJP-led NDA. Nitish Kumar also suggested a joint Opposition candidate for the President post and appealed Sonia Gandhi to take the lead[Read More…]
Heat intensifies in Bihar
Doctor’s family attacked in Buxar, 3 dead
In Bihar, tension prevails in Laxman Dera village in Buxar district after the murder of three relatives of a well-known family of doctors settled by the town which is 140km west of Patna, late on Thursday night. As per police reports, a group of criminals forcefully entered the ancestral house[Read More…]
Exam postponed as university forgets to print question papers in Bihar
About 94 students of the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU) of Bihar could not write their last paper of the second semester postgraduate Hindi exam, as the question papers were not printed by the university. Post the incident, the vice chancellor served a show cause notice to the controller of[Read More…]
Bihar: Maternal mortality rate comes down from 208 to 93 in last four years
The maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Bihar has come down from 208 to around 93 maternal deaths per one lakh live births in March 2017, according to the data available with the maternal health wing of the state health society (SHS). The MMR 16 points lower than the national average[Read More…]
Bihar forest minister accused of ‘Mitti’ scam
Post-matric scholarships to continue in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
ihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said that students belonging to backward classes (BC), extremely backward classes (EBC), scheduled castes (SC) and scheduled tribes (ST), will continue to receive the post-matric scholarships in order to pursue higher studies. “Misgivings are being spread vis-a-vis post-matriculation scholarship. It will continue till[Read More…]