Begusarai Durga temple gets PETA award
Oct 7, 2022 An 700-year-old Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Durga in Begusarai has won a rare award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), world’s largest NGO fighting for animal rights, for abolishing the 700-year-old custom of animal sacrifice.
Bihar govt steps up vigil to monitor midday meals in schools
Feb 11, 2023Authorities in Bihar has adopted a three-tier strategy to monitor the quality of lunches being served to school children amid incidents of many students falling sick after consuming midday meals in schools.
DMs in Bihar told to stop sale of temple, mutt land
Mar 30, 2023The state government has launched steps to prevent sales and capturing of landed properties of temples and mutts. There are more than 5,000 temples and mutts in the state but half of them have not registered themselves with the Bihar State Board of Religious Trust (BSBRT) so far.
Bihar: RJD chief Lalu Prasad setting agenda for NDA in his home turf?
Apr 17, 2024Lalu Prasad's influence on PM Modi's agenda in Bihar ahead of elections leads to a series of exchanges between the two leaders. The NDA faces the challenge of retaining its majority in the state amidst intense political discourse.
'PoK is part of India,' says Union minister Nityanand Rai
Sep 24, 2023Union minister Nityanand Rai who represents Ujiyarpur seat in Parliament said, PoK belongs to India and the Narendra Modi government at the Centre was committed to maintain unity and integrity of the country at all costs.
Jan 9, 2024The NDA is likely to keep a lion's share of 30 plus seats for the BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The remaining seats will be distributed among its allies, such as both factions of the erstwhile LJP, Upendra Kushwaha's RLJD, and Jitan Ram Manjhi's HAM-S. The NDA has not closed its door for Mukesh Sahani's VIP. BJP plans to contest at least 30 out of the state's total 40 LS seats, leaving around 10 seats for its allies.
Bihar ‘bahubali’ Anand Mohan Singh release triggers calls to free two more upper-caste netas
Apr 30, 2023
Bihar: Will pull out CM detractors' tongues, says JD(U) MLC Ramishwar Mahto
Jan 5, 2023The Grand Alliance partners, the JDU and the RJD, are pressing Lalu Prasad's RJD to take action against a party member, Mla Sudhakar Singh, for his disparaging remarks against the Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar. Nitish has said he doesn't take any notice of such things yet the remark has angered the JDU rank and file. Mla Mahto, the RJD's spokesperson, threatened to pull out the tongues of Nitish's detractors if the RJD didn't rein in its men.
‘Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s U-turn on hooch death relief under political compulsion’
Apr 20, 2023
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