On 21st February Thursday, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveiled two new buildings IGNOU as well as the buildings of Aryabhatta Knowledge University together in Patna. At the same time, the Bihar government has decided to appoint non-academic staff in the state universities by the ‘Employees Selection Commission’. On recommendation of the University service commission, […]
In the run up to International Women day on 8th March the campaign one billion rising is still alive in Patna. The ground of Bihar Vidyapeeth echoed with the voice of approximately 2000 women and girls from different corners of Bihar who stood together for their rights and to stop violence against women on the […]
Eight years before in 2012 people across the world came together to express their outrage, to strike and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end of violence against women. According to a survey 1 in 3 women across the planet are beaten or raped during her lifetime. That’s ONE BILLION WOMEN […]
“Enough is enough. Children cannot be treated like this. You cannot let your officers treat children this way. Spare the children,” the Supreme Court told the Bihar government. The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the transfer of the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case from Bihar to a court in New Delhi and slammed the […]
AIZAWL: The so-called Citizenship amendment Bill is facing stiff opposition in the Northeastern states of India. In fact, in Mizoram, Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan addressed an almost empty ground on the occasion of 70th Republic Day celebration at Aizawl. Civil society responded positively to massive protests and boycott call given by various organisations against the Citizenship […]
Really fishy goings-on in the Bihar capital ! Fish lovers will have to go without for at least 15 days. The state government on Monday (14 Jan) has stopped fish import from Bengal and Andhra Pradesh with immediate effect. The reason: formalin contamination! Fish sellers however, smell a rat. They say it’s a conspiracy by […]
The festival of Makar Sankranti is dedicated to the Hindu sun god Surya. The festival also marks the beginning of a six months auspicious period for hindus known as Uttarayana period. It is celebrated on January 14 every year. In Bihar Makar Sankranti is celebrated by eating Dahi-Chura (Flattened rice and curd) and Laai-Tilkut (sweets) […]
TURA (Meghalaya) – Praising the Lord in song and dance is a unique Garo way to mark the end of the Christmas Festivities and welcome the New Year, according to local newspaper reports. The Garo Hills bade adieu to the festive season with more than 15,000 people gathering on the Bangsi Apal School playground for […]
All Assam Student’s Union spent the New Year’s eve on December 31 in a unique way. Three lakh objections have been filed in the claims and objections process of update of National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, the last few hours before the Supreme Court’s Monday deadline ended at midnight. However, till Sunday, only […]
Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha, the former Indian high commissioner in London, told a local newspaper that the cricket that he learnt at St Xavier’s School in Patna was not just a sport but part of his bringing up. That’s not all, he attributed much of his ‘learning for life’ to what he had picked up from […]
It’s an eventful November for Patna’s Kurji Parish. After a remarkable Christ the King procession at on Sunday (the 25th), Bihar’s most populous parish prepares to play host to the Papal Nuncio and several bishops this week. It’s going to be an evening to remember, according to sources close to Kurji Parish Priest Raymond Cherubim SJ, […]
Guwahati (Assam) – At a time when the State is on the edge over the illegal Bangladeshi migrants’ issue, Amnesty India today said that Assam must end human rights violation against persons declared foreigners by the Foreigners Tribunals and held in detention centres across the State. Releasing a report, ‘Between Fear and Hatred: Surviving Migration […]
