Patna, Nov 30 (UNI) Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Shahnawaz Hussain on Thursday said that days of Nitish Kumar government in Bihar were numbered. Hussain, while reacting to number of holidays in schools reduced recently in Bihar for the year 2024, told media persons that number of days of Nitish Kumar government was…
Munger, Nov 25 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday declared that poverty in the state would get eradicated completely if special status demand was accepted by the Centre. Kumar while addressing a function organised on the occasion of laying foundation stone of a Government Medical College and Hospital here, said that special status…
Patna, Nov 20 (UNI) Chhath, a festival of purity and piousness, ended on Monday, with millions of devotees offering “Araghya” to the rising Sun in Bihar. The four-day Chhath festival ended with millions of devotees offering “Araghya” to the rising Sun on the banks of river Ganges and other rivers in Patna and the rest…
Patna, Nov 12 (UNI) Diwali, the festival of lights, was celebrated with traditional fervour in Bihar on Sunday with millions of people thronging the temples across the state to offer worship to Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi. A large number of people particularly women and girls attired in traditional dresses, worshipped Lord Ganesha and Goddess…
Patna, Nov 9 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday lost his cool over patron of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) Jeetan Ram Manjhi in the Assembly and said ‘he was a man of no use and it was his foolishness to make him CM in 2013.’ Kumar lost his cool during a debate on…
Patna, Nov 7 (UNI) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday proposed new reservation formula for government services in the state, by increasing upper reservation limit from 60 percent to 75 percent, leaving only 25 percent for candidates of unreserved category. Kumar after a debate on caste survey report tabled in Bihar Legislative Assembly, said…
Patna, Oct 24 ( UNI) The nine-day long Durga puja festival ended in Bihar with symbolic burning the effigy of Ravana at the historic Gandhi Maidan on Tuesday. Bihar Governor Vishwanath Serkar and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the ceremonial ‘Ravana Vadh’ function organised with traditional fervour. While lighting the lamp during the inaugural function,…
Patna, Oct 22 (UNI) Earthquake of moderate intensity of 5.3 measured on richter scale, rocked several districts of Bihar on Sunday morning but no casualty was reported from any part of the state so far. Weather department sources said that earthquake of moderate intensity rocked Patna, Bagha, Siwan, Gopalganj and Chhapara districts of Bihar. People…
Motihari (Bihar), Oct 19 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said that social unity and equality will pave the way for development of a country. Addressing the first convocation ceremony of Mahatma Gandhi Central University at Motihari in the state, the President highlighted the ideologies of the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and said…
Patna, Oct 18 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu, currently on three day visit to Bihar, visited Takht Harimandir Sahib on Wednesday here in Patna City locality, to pay obeisance to 10th Guru of Sikhs Guru Govind Singh. Murmu visited Takht Harimandir Sahib in Patna City locality to pay obeisance to Guru Govind Singh. She was also…
