The Latest Breaking News from Bihar

‘We lived there once’: An underwater mosque resurfaces in India

A mosque’s appearance stirs memories of displacement for people who lost their village when it was flooded 34 years ago.

Al Jazeera · Nov 22, 2022

In former Bihar DGP’s account, a solution-driven police career, eventful teaching detour

More often than not, the memoirs of civil servants are fraught with risks of weaving personal accounts into a larger canvas of the public realm. And it isn’t unusual to see such exercises get stuck either within cautious tones and guarded memories or narrations from a conceited perch of the…

Newslaundry · Nov 16, 2022

Award-winning Bhojpuri writer Brajkishor Dubey found dead in Patna flat

Famous Bhojpuri writer Brajkishor Dubey was found dead under suspicious circumstances in his friend's flat in Patna, Bihar on November 14, 2022, police said.

The Times of India · Nov 15, 2022

Congress to launch state-wide padayatra in Bihar from Dec 28

PATNA: Congress is set to launch a state-wide padayatra in Bihar from December 28 on the lines of 'Bharat Jodo Yatra', senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said in Patna on Sunday.

The Times of India · Nov 13, 2022

Uttar Pradesh: Girl, 3, falls off moving train in Varanasi, dad jumps too; both dead

VARANASI: One Hira Rayin (32) of Darbhanga in Bihar jumped off a moving train in his bid to save his 3-year-old daughter near Bahedwa halt in Varanasi on Sunday. They both died in the freak accident.

The Times of India · Nov 13, 2022

Bihar: Former minister Manoj Kushwaha named JD(U) candidate for Kurhani assembly byelection

PATNA: Former Bihar minister and JD(U)'s senior leader Manoj Kushwaha will be the Mahagathbandhan candidate for byelection to Kurhani assembly seat in Muzaffarpur district, which is going to polls on December 5.

The Times of India · Nov 12, 2022

Bihar: CM Nitish Kumar Emphasises On Girls’ Education To Check Population Growth

The Bihar Chief Minister pointed out that "if a girl has completed school education, the fertility rate on an average falls to 1.7 per cent nationally”. Read on for details:

Dynamite News · Nov 12, 2022

People who made no contribution in freedom struggle want to push their own agenda, says Nitish Kumar

PATNA: Making a fresh attack on his former ally BJP, Bihar CM and JD(U)’s de facto leader Nitish Kumar on Friday said the people sitting in Delhi (Union government) want to push only their own agenda in education system through new technology, though they made no contribution in the country’s…

The Times of India · Nov 11, 2022

Children in govt schools will now carry school bags only five days a week, as Bihar introduces 'Bagless Safe Saturday' scheme

PATNA: Children studying in government-run schools in Bihar will now have to carry school bags only five days in a week, as the state government introduced "Bagless Safe Saturday" scheme in its schools on Friday on "Shiksha Diwas", which is observed since 2007 on the birth anniversary of country’s first…

The Times of India · Nov 11, 2022

Children in govt school will now carry school bags only five days a week, as Bihar introduces 'Bagless Safe Saturday' scheme

PATNA: Children studying in government-run schools in Bihar will now have to carry school bags only five days in a week, as the state government introduced "Bagless Safe Saturday" scheme in its schools on Friday on "Shiksha Diwas", which is observed since 2007 on the birth anniversary of country’s first…

The Times of India · Nov 11, 2022