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Bihar polls: Nitish Kumar announces hike in wages of Anganwadi workers, helpers

India, Sept. 8 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday announced a hike in the honorarium given to Anganwadi workers and helpers from Rs.7000/month to Rs.9000/month, and from Rs.4000/month to R... Read More


Nitish Kumar launches financial incentive scheme for women ahead of Bihar polls

India, Sept. 7 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday launched a financial incentive scheme for women, the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana- seen as a potentially game-changing move ahead of ... Read More


Cong's X post on 'bidi & Bihar' stirs political row

PATNA, Sept. 6 -- The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar is on the boil over a now deleted post on X from the handle of Kerala Congress, which linked Bidis (Inexpensive cigarettes made by rol... Read More


rjd making Bihar women apply for a scheme that exists only in promise: JD(U)

PATNA, Sept. 6 -- Bihar parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary on Friday hit out at the Opposition alliance in Bihar, especially the RJD, for trying to hoodwink innocent women by making ... Read More


Pushed by Shah, NDA's booth drive intensifies

PATNA, Sept. 6 -- Just a couple of days after home minister Amit Shah gave his mantra to the BJP core committee leaders to put up a united NDA show in every assembly constituency, the alliance on Frid... Read More


IIT-P only institution from Bihar in NIRF's top 100 list

PATNA, Sept. 5 -- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (IIT-P) significantly improved its position from last year's 73rd, to settle at 39th rank in the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)... Read More


Bidi-Bihar row: NDA allies criticise Kerala Cong post, deleted after backlash

India, Sept. 5 -- A now deleted post on X from the handle of Kerala Congress has stoked a controversy after the party's social media handle linked Bidis (Inexpensive cigarettes made by rolling tobacco... Read More


NIRF Rankings 2025: IIT Patna lone Bihar presence in overall ranking, state institutions fumble yet again

India, Sept. 4 -- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna is the only institution from Bihar featuring in the top 100 of the overall ranking of the National Institutional Framework Ranking (NIRF), relea... Read More


NIRF Rankings 2025: IIT Patna lone Bihar presence in overall ranking, state institutions fumble yet again

India, Sept. 4 -- Indian Institute of Technology, Patna is the only institution from Bihar featuring in the top 100 of the overall ranking of the National Institutional Framework Ranking (NIRF), relea... Read More


timeless beacon of peace: Bhutan PM on Nalanda university visit

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- Prime Minister of Bhutan, Dasho Tshering Tobgay on Wednesday said, "Nalanda is not just a university of the past-it is a timeless beacon of peace, unity and spirituality that continu... Read More