The Patna High Court on Friday cancelled the Bihar government’s controversial Prohibition of Liquor Act, calling it illegal. This is not ‘good news’ for boozers, rather, it is that the punishments given under this law were undemocratic and unconstitutional. Imagine that the penalty of possessing a bottle of liquor was more severe than penalty for […]
Sir These days noise pollution has become one of the major problems in Patna. It affects health and behaviour. Narrow roads are one of the major causes of noise pollution in Patna. Here, two vehicles cannot move parallel at the same time, in a one way road traffic flows from both the sides, traffic rules […]
Cecelia Ahern’s book ‘Where the Rainbows End’ is a heart –warming book which leaves you warm inside. The story is about Alex and Rosie who are best of friends since childhood. They are torn apart as teenagers as Alex’s father moves to Boston from Dublin as he got a new job. Despite of the distance […]
Tuesday was World Peace Day (21 September). The campus housing the twin St Xavier’s colleges at Digha saw several strange faces. The reason? An inter-department Face painting competition jointly by St. Xavier’s College and St. Xavier’s College of Management and Technology. The competition was based on the college annual theme “Healthy Youth, Wealthy Nation”. […]
Sir, Children who behave cruelly with animals are at a high risk to commit violence against humans somewhere in the future. Almost everyday we get to see this situation on the roads. Young boys keep on pelting stones on street dogs, badly injuring them. Moreover, the passers by also ignore the incident and prefer to […]
Sir, Total prohibition in Bihar has led to overcrowding in the jails as the number of violators of this law has outnumbered the number of jail cells available in Bihar. The prohibition law came into effect in April, bringing out diverse opinions from different people. Some considered the law as draconian, while some voted in […]
Sir I would like to share my view points on the film ‘Gold and Copper’ which I have watched recently. Gold and copper is an Iranian film directed by Homayoun Assadian. The film is well made, with excellent camera work, editing, and fine performances. Gold and Copper film presents the daily life struggles and happiness […]
Sir, India’s Next Top Model is an adaptation of the TV reality show America’s Next Top Model. The show was judged by celebrity photographer Daboo Ratnani and Model-Actress Lisa Haydon. The contests were groomed by Neerja Gaba and mentored a VJ- Actress Anshu Dandekar. The show started with 13 faces competing for the title among which […]
It is splendid that Blessed Mother Teresa was canonized as the Saint Teresa of Calcutta by Pope Francis on 4th September 2016. We know that she was already a living saint during her life time on earth. She had a special heart for the poorest of the poor and the downtrodden. She served them with […]
Sir Just this morning ( 9th September) India’s Vice President Muhammad Hamid Ansari came to Patna for gracing the 90th silver jubilee of BCCI (Bihar Chamber of Commerce and Industries) and had also visited St. Michael’s School to interact with the students. The streets of Bailey Road, Frazer Road, Kurji, Digha- Aashiyana were included in […]
Sir, In this busy and fast life, everyone is in the race of earning more and more. People are turn to different profession as per their interest and talent, to earn their livelihood. Vending is a well known profession as well as an integral part of our society. In Patna, we can see many street […]
Sir, The latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) on has placed Bihar in the eleventh position among the states and Union Territories in terms of crime against women and the state was at eighth position in 2014. According to the data, in 2015, there were 13,891 cases of crime against women reported […]
