Former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur will be honoured with the Bharat Ratna posthumously, President Draupadi Murmu announced on January 23, a day before the 100th birth anniversary of the socialist icon. Born in the Nai Samaj in Pitonjhiya village of Samastipur, Karpoori Thakur (24 January 1924 – 17 February 1988) was popularly known as … Read more
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar reshuffled his cabinet on Saturday night, in which portfolios of three ministers of his ally RJD were changed. Education Minister Chandra Shekhar, who has been hitting the headlines for different reasons, was made the Sugarcane Industries Miniter. Alok Mehta, who held the Sugarcane Industries and Revenue and Land Resources portfolio, … Read more
Sanjay Dutt, whose special appearance in the Shah Rukh Khan starrer Jawan and the power packed role in Thalapathy Vijay starrer Leo was much loved by audience, has been on a trip away from home. The actor was recently seen in Bihar where he visited the pious Gaya river and was seen performing the Hindu … Read more
From organising free travel to Ayodhya to distributing Akshat (sacred rice) to households for inviting them to the holy town, the BJP has made a micro-level plan to leverage the Ram temple consecration ceremony ahead of 2024 polls. In Bihar -where the caste arithmetic of opposition can challenge its bid to consolidate Hindutva votes- the … Read more
The Class 10 dropout rate stands at 20.6 percent for the academic year 2021-22 with Odisha being the worst performing state in this regard followed by Bihar, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan informed the Lok Sabha on Monday. Apart from Odisha and Bihar, the other states with high dropouts are Meghalaya (33.5 percent), Karnataka (28.5 … Read more
Patna: The Adani Group will invest Rs 8,700 crore in Bihar, a senior official of the company said during the Bihar Business Connect-2023, a two-day global investors summit that concluded on Thursday. Addressing the conclave at the Gyan Bhavan here, Pranav Adani, the Director of Adani Enterprises, appreciated the efforts of Nitish Kumar and said … Read more
