Tag: news
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Bihar: Schools for Class 10, 12 to reopen from January 4
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Schools for students of Class 10 and 12 in Bihar will reopen from January 4, said a notification issued by the state Education Ministry on Friday. Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar confirmed the development. As per the notification, the state education department will distribute free masks to every students and schools…
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Bihar: Varsities unlikely to finish PG admissions by year-end
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: With the year ending, varsities in the state are yet to complete the admission process for the current academic session 2020 leaving postgraduate (PG) aspirants hassled. The deadline for filling online admission forms for the traditional PG course at Patna University (PU) ended on November 30 but the varsity is…
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SC allows CAB to move BCCI seeking committee to run cricket in Bihar
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: The Supreme Court has allowed the Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) to move the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) seeking to constitute an independent ad-hoc arrangement or a supervisory committee to run and manage the game of cricket and related activities in Bihar. Vikas Mehta, representing CAB, submitted before the top…
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Bihar: Man shot dead for objecting to celebratory firing during wedding
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: A 25-year-old man was shot dead in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Saturday for allegedly objecting to celebratory firing during a wedding, said police. The incident took place in the district headquarters of Arrah. The victim was identified as Nikesh Kumar. Following the incident, the deceased’s father Vishwanath Singh lodged a…
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Bihar: 26-year-old RTI activist dies by suicide in Buxar
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: A 26-year-old RTI activist allegedly died by suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan in his house in Buxar district. The deceased, identified Amit Rai, was found hanging in the bedroom of his house located in the industrial area of Buxar district. According to Dinesh Kumar, Station House Officer…
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Patna boy makes it to Georgetown University
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Patna boy Ritik Raj has been awarded the prestigious ‘Arrupe Scholarship’ to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Georgetown University in Washington DC (USA). He has secured a full scholarship worth Rs 2.5 crore, which will cover the entire expenses for his four-year studies. He had passed Class X and XII…
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US Award for brothers who made kids innovators
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist) Patna: Two brothers from Patna, Mirza Rizwan and Mirza Faizan, have been selected for the prestigious national award of the US, ‘The George Washington Honor Medal’, by the Freedoms Foundation. They have been selected for the award in recognition of their efforts to inculcate innovative skills in school students through their…
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Modi govt wants to drag income to Bihar average: Rahul Gandhi
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday attacked the government, alleging that it wants the income of farmers in the country to be as low as that earned by those in Bihar. The former party chief cited a media report that claimed that an agricultural household in Punjab earns the highest in…
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Emraan Hashmi hilariously reacts to Bihar student naming him as his father in admit card
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): Emraan Hashmi has reacted to the news that a second-year student pursuing Bachelors of Arts at a college affiliated to Muzaffarpur’s Bhim Rao Ambedkar Bihar University named the actor as his father on his admit card. Emraan took to Twitter and quote-tweeted a news story on the same and quipped, “I…
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Mystery of the mystery disease solved
(Riya Singh, Intern Journalist): A mystery disease had affected more than 500 people in Andhra Pradesh last week and while researchers feared corona season 2, the latest reports may have narrowed down the cause. Based on research by state experts and AIIMS, Lead and Nickel content in drinking water and milk was the root cause…