Girls in Bodh Gaya learn karateBODH GAYA - Scores of girls, mostly students in Bodh Gaya district are being taught martial arts for self-defence. Saint Maqdoom Shah Daulat shrine promotes communal harmonyin BiharMANER - : The Dargah of Sufi saint Maqdoom Shah Daulat, here has become a symbol of communal harmony,as people of all faitha visit here to pay obeisance. Kesaria Buddhist monument in Bihar dilapidatedKESARIA - Locals and pilgrims bemoan the dilapidated condition of a Buddhist monument in Bihar, despite it being under the control of the archaeological department. Maoists hinders development of Gaya regionGAYA - School buildings have become the sitting ducks for the violent Maoists as they have been blowing up and damaging the educational institutions by contending that rural children do not need such storied structures to study. Hit a chicken and you’re sitting duck!SAHARSA - If your vehicle runs over a chicken or a goat on a Bihar road and you happen to hail from outside, be prepared to shell out anything between Rs.5,000 and Rs.25,000! Maoist outfit’s ninth anniversary celebrated in BiharGAYA - Members of a banned Maoist outfit in Bihar celebrated the ninth anniversary of the creation of peoples liberation guerrilla army. Dalit killed for sitting on chair in upper caste’s marriageA dalit youth in Bihar was publicly humiliated and then gunned down for sitting on a chair in the presence of upper caste men at a marriage function, police said today. Bihar govt selling cheap grains to employeesThe state government in Bihar is selling food items to its employees at subsidised rates to help them survive the shooting prices of essential commodities. Train driver borrows rail engine to move his train aheadA driver of an Express train in Bihar borrowed a rail engine from his fellow train driver to move his train ahead after it got stuck in the neutral zone, railways officials said today. Bihar setting up Placement Bureau for overseas jobsThe state government in Bihar is in the process of setting up an Overseas Placement Bureau to arrange overseas jobs for its unemployed people, a senior state government official has said. 3 lakh children in Bihar schools going without lunchOver 300,000 children studying in government schools in a southern Bihar district have been going without lunch for months owing to scarcity of rice in schools, prompting the State Human Rights Commission to pull up the authorities concerned. Maoists blow up Gaya school buildingGAYA - Maoists have blown up a school building in Bihar’s Gaya district. The primary school was blown up on Saturday in the Imamganj area of the district. Bihar grooms prefer cars to cash as dowryCars have replaced cash as dowry for thousands of grooms in Bihar awaiting marriage as car sale has recorded an unexpected jump in this current marriage season. Husbands say “sorry”, quit drinkingDozens of villagers in an eastern district of Bihar have quit drinking after their angry wives drove them out of their houses and also announced to give them divorce for their bad habits. Piqued at stylish hair, teacher scissors girls’ curlsAngry parents protested before the school administration today after the headmistress of a private school in Bihar scissored hairs of about a dozen girl students, peeved at their hair styles. Woman delivers baby in train, names LaluA woman named her newborn baby boy after former railway minister Lalu Prasad moments after she delivered her baby on a running train, officials said today. Bihar fast recovering from money order economyBihar is fast recovering from money order economy, State’s deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said today. Mobile ban in premier academic centre triggers protestThe total ban imposed on use of cell phones in a premier women college in Bihar has triggers protests. Buddhist monks pray for world peace in Bodh GayaBODH GAYA - Buddhist monks from various parts of the globe offered prayers for world peace here. Bihar schoolgirl falls into cooking pot, suffers burn injuriesA class II schoolgirl suffered burn injuries after she fell into a hot cooking pot in which food for their midday meal had been just cooked, officials said today. Teacher beats girls with cricket stumps for passing comments, 18 injuredAt least 18 girl students of a government middle school in a remote Bihar village had to be hospitalised after a teacher assaulted them with cricket stumps for passing comments, police said today. Border outposts put on alert as drug peddlers go activeBorder outposts along the porous Indo-Nepal border have been placed on maximum alert as the drug peddlers have gone overactive in recent days, officials said today. Bihar health dept cancels contracts of 12 NGOs for poor worksThe state government in Bihar has terminated the contracts awarded to 12 NGOs to run the rural health centres following large-scale complaints against them, health officials said today. 500 drugged on trains in Bihar this yearAt least 500 passengers have been drugged on trains passing through Bihar this year, raiwlay officials have said. Japanese woman builds memorial to her son in BiharGAYA - To keep her late son’s memory alive, a Japanese woman has raised a memorial showcasing Japanese culture. Bihar launching air taxi service for Buddhist sitesThe government in Bihar is starting air taxi sevices to ferry tourists to different tourist sites scattered across the state, a senior state tourism department official said. Bihar school teacher accused of sodomising 18 studentsPolice in Bihar are investigating the allegations against a private school teacher who is accused of sodomising 18 students. Women’s battalion on border dutyFor the first time in many years, women’s battalions of the border guarding force have been deployed along the porous Indo-Nepal border to check influx of narcotics and other contraband goods into the Indian territory, officials said today. Bihar smugglers using children to run arms businessSmugglers in Bihar have been using children to pass on arms in the illegal markets and to the criminal gangs, according to a police report. Bihar’s poor use elephant dung as mosquito repellentPoor villagers in Bihar are using elephant dung as repellent to drive out mosquitoes from their homes and have sound sleep. |
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