I went to the Boring Road Chaurana and was quite surprised by looking at the heaps of garbage’s. The entire area was stinking unlike the other days. The city’s streets were covered by dirt and filth scattered and garbage dumped everywhere.There was no sound of “Gaadi wala aaya, ghar se karchra nikaal” (Vehicle has come, […]
GUWAHATI: Success of the third Bodo Accord signed on January 27 will depend entirely on the sincerity of the Government and all the stakeholders. This was the observation of the All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU), which is also a signatory to the Accord. President of the ABSU, Promode Boro said that the students’ body is […]
Bihar Board BSEB 12th exam 2020 starts from Monday February 3. The Bihar School Education Board (BSEB) intermediate and Class 12 examinations will begin from Monday. This year, 12.5 lakh (12,05,390) students have registered for the examination, including 5.38 lakh female students and 6.56 lakh males. To curb cheating, the board has taken several measures […]
GUWAHATI: – The accord signed by the Central and State governments with four factions of the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) and All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) was designed to bring in improvement to the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) and efforts were made to ensure that the interests of the non-Bodos living in that […]
With Saraswati Puja (also called Vasant Pancami) around the corner, images of the Hindu Goddess Saraswati, patroness of the Arts, are in high demand for community prayers. Seema Kumari visited the idol makers of Patna, Bihar. They bring her to life every spring, on the fifth day of Vasant. The puja is incomplete without a […]
Lat Friday (January3) Two men affiliated to fringe Hindu outfits red-flagged by police were among six arrested in Patna for the murder of a teenager whose body was found on December 31 — ten days after he was last seen participating in an RJD protest against the CAA and NRC with a Tricolour in his […]
Was the violence against the JNU students organised via social media? A report in a leading English daily suggests that it is. Messages urging people to “thrash the anti-nationals” in JNU allegedly did rounds of some WhatsApp groups in the hours leading up to the violence on campus Sunday. The Indian Express managed to contact […]
GUWAHATI: In Assam, it is the fear of being swamped by Bangladeshi language and culture that is driving the anti-CAA protests. As thousands of people in Assam take to the streets to voice their opposition to the amended citizenship law, old icon Bhupen Hazarika and newer idol Zubeen Garg have helped the protests find a […]
New Delhi: The economic slowdown may have dropped the sales graphs of cars and biscuits, but 2019 was a healthy year for smartphones. While biscuit companies saw rural sales dropping off, and auto sales spun into low gear, smartphones were flying off the shelves! Urban and rural users continued to buy, and even upgrade to […]
They were appointed two years ago, but after a Supreme Court verdict, some 82 government employees are jobless. The Manipur government has terminated services of its 82 officers after a court order on pleas alleging irregularities in the state civil services examination conducted in 2016, according to an official order. Their appointment letters issued on […]
Patna 27 November: The Patna Diocese of the Catholic Church in Patna is celebrating 100 years of service to Bihar, and the many achievements and contributions in education, health, and social service could not have been possible without the goodwill of all the communities of Bihar, said Archbishop William D’Souza SJ. Archbishop William D’Souza SJ, […]
Renowned mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh passed away at the age of 77 at PMCH hospital on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia while still in the US after which he had returned to India in 1974. One of the family members said that Singh was taken to PMCH after his condition […]
