Tag: bihar
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Bihar: Education Minister struggles to recite National Anthem
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Days after the formation of the Bihar government, four-time Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has come under immense scrutiny from the opposition party leaders for appointing Mewalal Choudhary as the Education Minister of Bihar. Choudhary, a Janata Dal-United (JDU) MLA, had lost the Cabinet’s birth the previous time after his name cropped up…
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The Suri Empire
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Sher Shah Suri (1486-1545), also known as Farid Khan, laid the foundation of the Suri Empire in Bihar. He was a great warrior, an eminent leader, a great strategist, and also a powerful administrator. Sher Shah Suri took over the Mughal empire in 1538 by defeating the Mughal emperor Humayun.…
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Bihar: RJD candidate’s brother gunned down
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Unidentified assailants on Saturday (November 7) gunned down the brother of RJD nominee Bittu Singh, who is in the poll fray from Damdaha Assembly constituency in Purnea district of Bihar. Deceased Beni Singh was moving from booth to booth in the constituency while polling was on in the third and…
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Bihar records 18.31% voter turnout in 1st phase of Assembly Polls
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Over 18.3 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till 11 am in the first phase of Bihar Assembly election today, the Election Commission said in its provisional data. A total of 71 assembly segments of the state’s 243 constituencies are voting in the first phase in which nearly 2.15…
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Bihar Assembly polls: Political greenhorns trying their luck too
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: In the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, there are many young contestants whose fate will be decided by voters on Wednesday (October 28). Among these contestants include international shooter Shreyasi Singh, who is contesting from Jamui. In Kahalgaon constituency, the Congress has fielded senior party leader Sadanand Singh’s…
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Bihar symbolizes a larger shift in politics
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: With the Bihar assembly elections kicking off on Wednesday, what is on display is an advanced stage of a transformation in the kind of politics that prevailed in the state. This transformation got underway 15 years ago, with the electoral unseating of the long-dominant Lalu Prasad family from office. Till…
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Crime has reduced in Bihar: Bihar CM
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that crime has reduced in Bihar “as the state is now at number 23 ranking, according to government data”. “We’re interested only in work, not in our self-promotion,” he said. “Those who don’t have any knowledge or experience, are speaking against me…
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Today’s Bihar doesn’t need ‘lalten’: PM
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi began campaigning for the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar on Friday. Addressing a rally in Dehri-on Sone (Sasaram), the Prime Minister said people have decided that those who have a history of making Bihar ‘Bimaru’ will not be allowed to return. “The people who once ruled…
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Revival of Bhojpuri Paintings
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Bihar shelters a rich history of art and culture. The splendor of Madhubani painting and Mithila painting are always singing worldwide but is that all we got? Through this article, we strive to unearth the beauty of one such art form, that remained forgotten for quite some time. “Bihari ho?…
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Golghar: The Granary
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: None would ever have had the thought of an under-construction giant granary to evolve as a monument of symbolic imminence and importance back in the 1780s. To curb out the devastating famine of 1770, this giant dome-shaped (stupa shaped) granary was built, irrespective of the thought of projecting it as…