Patna: National Waterways would do well to address the major problem of silt deposits along the Ganges, says Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. He also questioned the wisdom of building check dams which would further affect the flow of water. Boats need enough water to be able to traverse the length of the river! Bihar […]
Patna: A harrowing Bihar Day day for two men who demanded more transparency from the Bihar Government: they were detained for six hours in a police station after they raised questions in front of chief minister Nitish Kumar. Two entrepreneurs who questioned chief minister Nitish Kumar at a start-up meet on Tuesday spent six hours […]
The house sparrow is Bihar’s State Bird, and what are we doing to protect them? Make your office or home Sparrow friendly Put bird boxes and bird feeders on your office windows and terraces. Plant hedges in and around your office to convert it into a mini bird sanctuary. [We have to remember that this […]
The issues of transgender welfare was raised in the budget session of the Bihar legislature. Thanks to the initiatives of the Bihar government, some 18 transgender students are appearing for Matric and higher secondary level exams this year, and several efforts are being made for the mainstreaming of transgendered people in Bihar, RJD MLA Ejya […]
Patna: The Bihar Assembly, in 2007 passed a bill that would allow it to fix its own Sugarcane Price in place of the Central Government one, the President has said that’s not possible, yet. President Pranab Mukherjee has directed to return the Bihar Sugarcane (Regulation of supply and purchase Amendment) Bill, 2007 to state Assembly […]
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today announced cancellation of examination conducted by Bihar State Staff Selection Commission (BSSC) for recruitment of clerks in state government jobs in the wake of alleged paper leak (Feb 8). “On the basis of preliminary report of state police chief P K Thakur and recommendation of Chief Secretary Anjani […]
Guwahati: The Government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is sitting upon some 47,000 documents that will help ascertain whether the ‘Biharis’ residing in Assam are really from Bihar or actually fake illegal immigrants. Even ‘slow states’ like UP and Bengal have verified over a thousand documents, while Tripura has verified 39,249. Bihar hasn’t verified a single […]
Sheikhpura (Bihar): Even as Bihar CM conducted his ‘grand illusion’ of having a human chain eleven thousand kilometres long in orchestrated ‘support’ of his draconian anti-prohibition law, juvenile courts are having to deal with a new breed of underage bootleggers and hooch makers! Community Service as punishment for kid caught running a hooch still A […]
Patna: The optics was complete. The world’s ‘longest’ human chain was accomplished in Bihar, primarily through the use of government might, such as the education department browbeating colleges and schools into participation, and so on. Of course, Bihar witnesses another ‘spectacle’ in the face of deteriorating governance, but no matter. Bihar today claimed to have […]
Sir, It was only recently when the city was celebrating Makar Sankranti like every year on 14th January. In the evening, when I switched on the television, I saw in the breaking news about the boat tragedy, which happened near NIT Ghat and killed almost 20 – 25 people and many of them are still […]
Motihari (Bihar): Is there a shadowy network of terror that lurks in the backwoods of Bihar? The local police say they have nabbed some Bihar fellows hired by a Nepali working for a Pakistan spy ring to derail trains! The role of ISI in the recent train disaster in Kanpur was being suspected after Bihar […]
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has ducked the question of Uniform Civil Code. He has refused to tender his government’s opinion in response to a questionnaire sent by the Law Commission on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). He said the questions asked as “leading” and framed in a manner to “force the respondent to […]
