Sir, The monsoon season has brought lots of fun and enjoyment. It gives relief from the excessive heat and temperature. People enjoy the rain, sipping hot tea and having snacks with their family. For children, its time for indoor games, reading novels, chess, story telling etc. People are seen with colourful umbrellas and rain coats. […]
Guwahati: Security forces on Sunday gunned down three top National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) rebels during a series of counter-insurgency operations in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, an official reported ro the local media.. “Retaliating to heavy non-discriminatory fire, a team of the Army and Assam Police neutralised three hardcore NDFB(S) militants. Two of them have […]
Sir, Being a Bihari, I am very happy that Nalanda University has been included as world heritage site by UNESCO. It stands out as the most ancient university of Indian subcontinent. Nalanda was the centre for learning from the 5th century. It flourished under Gupta Empire in fifth and sixth centuries and had its growth […]
In Karnataka, a young teenager, Mallamma did not eat for three days. Why? Her parents did not want to build a toilet in the house. At Danapur, in Gangavati district, she started a hunger strike for a toilet in her house, getting inspired by her teacher at school. At home, when her request for a […]
Sir, Potholes have been one of the major problems of Patna. There are very few roads which are free of potholes. Due to this the people of the state have to face many problems in their daily routine. Their vehicles get stuck in the potholes. Rain water gets collected in the holes creating problems for […]
Malnutrition is killing the tribal children of Orissa (Odisha). In Nagada village area, in Jajpur district, where five children have died in the past 20 days. While the government says 15 children have died since January, the local Sarpanch puts the number at 17. “Five children have died in 20 days at Nagada. Two of […]
India may soon lose its unique Jewish community living in the Northeast, as Israel plans to help their en-masse migration to ‘the promised land’. The Israeli government set aside eight million shekels to settle 712 members of the Bnei Menashe, a religious group from India which claims Jewish roots, in the Holy Land. The decision […]
Patna: Ruby Rai the so-called ‘topper’ who has brought shame to the real hardworking and sincere students of Bihar, has spent 18 days in a remand home for minors. She was taken to the juvenile justice board office at Gaighat in Patna City for a hearing on her bail petition. The hearing began before a […]
Rath-Yatra or Kangchingba is a festival of Meitei Hindus. The idols of Shri Jaganatha (lord Krishna), Shri Balarama and Shri Subhadra ( the replicas of the Lord Jagannatha, His brother Balarama and sister Subhadra of Puri, Orissa) are paraded in public. This festival always falls on the second day of Engel-Tha (June-July) per Meitei Calender […]
A subdued Pakistan went into national mourning to bid farewell to a man who owned just two sets of clothes. Mr Abdul Sattar Edhi, the founder of Pakistan’s largest welfare organisation, died on Friday last week in Karachi aged 88. Mr Edhi, a sort of Pakistani ‘Mother Teresa’, was revered for setting up maternity wards, […]
In just 18 months, India’s solar power capacity has doubled to almost 7gw. Now some think it’s time for an upward revision of the goal of 100gw by 2022. Now we can see India’s willingness to contribute to the global effort to reduce carbon pollution. “India is an interesting and inspiring example. The ambition is […]
LUCKNOW( UP): As large drought-devastated India desperately waits for the monsoons to arrive, Gangnauli village in dry, hot Uttar Pradesh has more than enough water. But the villagers fear the water supplies with heavy metals, underscoring the weighty challenges facing the world’s second most populous nation. They suspect their groundwater has been polluted by waste […]
