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Mumbai: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced a revised curriculum framework to be implemented in phases from the 2026-27 academic session. The key changes include the rollout of the three-language policy from Class 6 -- set to be fully implemented by 2030 and the introduction of a two-level system for mathematics and science in Class 9. Aligned with the National Education Policy (NEP), the framework mandates that students from Class 6 study three languages, with at lea ...Read More >
ITANAGAR, 1 Apr: Governor KT Parnaik expressed sincere appreciation for the people of Odisha and Bihar,and acknowledged their valuable contributions to the fields of education, administration, and business in Arunachal Pradesh. He also commended the people of Mizoram for achieving near-universal literacy, highlighting it as an inspiring benchmark for the nation. Addressing people from Odisha, Bihar and Mizoram who are serving and living in Arunachal, during the foundation day celebration of Odi ...Read More >
The inaugural session of the 18th Bihar Legislative Assembly got underway on Monday with the newly-elected members taking the oath of office. Pro-tem speaker Narendra Narayan Yadav administered the procedure allowing the members of recite oath in five languages -- Hindi, English, Urdu, Sanskrit or Maithili. Ministers in the Nitish cabinet were the first to take oath, with deputy chief minister Samrat Choudhary, elected from Tarapur assembly seat, coming to the dais first. He was followed by ano ...Read More >
Maithili Thakur is set to become the youngest Bihar MLA. Almost ten Gen Zs stood the electoral test in the two-phase Bihar Assembly elections, including spiritual singer and BJP's Alinagar candidate Maithili Thakur. Here is how the nine candidates aged 25 years stand as of 4 pm: In Alinagar, Maithili Thakur is on the path to become the state's youngest ever MLA. She is almost 7,000 votes ahead of Rashtriya Janata Dal's (RJD) Binod Mishra. Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party's (RLJP) Yash Raj lost f ...Read More >
Patna: The Bihar assembly election has transcended state and national boundaries, finding mention not just among the Indian diaspora abroad but also among artists in the United States.In one such instance, BJP candidate and folk singer Maithili Thakur, contesting from the Alinagar assembly constituency in Darbhanga district against RJD's Vinod Mishra, has received warm wishes from American singer and long-time admirer of India, Mary Millben.Maithili on Monday expressed gratitude to Millben for e ...Read More >
Guwahati: The devotional fervour of Chhath Puja this year found an added emotional rhythm as songs of Zubeen Garg once again became the soothing backdrop to the rituals performed at ghats in the city.Devotees in the city joined the pan-India celebration as the Chhath Puja, a four-day festival devoted to the sun god, commenced from Monday. While maintaining the traditional sanctity of the festival, the city, however saw the devotees playing music of Zubeen Garg, blending the Assamese sentiment wi ...Read More >
Playback singer Maithili Thakur, trained in Indian classical and devotional music, turned 25 on July 25 this year. Three months later, she is in a different field altogether as she contests the upcoming Assembly elections from Alinagar constituency in Darbhanga district as a surprise Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee. Ms. Thakur, the youngest among the candidates in the Bihar elections this time, hails from Benipatti in neighbouring Madhubani district, about 35 km from the Mithilanchal regio ...Read More >
Patna: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday blazed through poll-bound Bihar with back-to-back rallies in Samastipur and Begusarai districts, calling upon voters to keep at bay the opposition RJD-Congress combine led by "people out on bail" and predicting a record-breaking victory for the NDA. The PM also sought to underscore the contrast between a fractious INDIA bloc and the cohesive BJP-led coalition, which included Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party and Hindusta ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday said that the upcoming festival of Chhath Puja will be marked by even greater devotion and spiritual fervour. The CM announced that cases filed a few years ago against devotees performing Chhath Puja on the Yamuna's banks will now be withdrawn. She attended a review meeting headed by L-G V K Saxena over preparations for the Chhath. In a post on X, Gupta shared the photo of the meeting, saying the government is committed to providing every Chhat ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi govt is preparing around 1,500 ghats across the city for Chhath Puja, including 23 large ghats along the Yamuna riverbed and 17 model ghats. In Nov 2024, Delhi High Court had upheld the then govt's proposal to ban Chhath on the riverbank. The court said the water was highly contaminated and dangerous to enter. The festival will be celebrated from Oct 27-30. At 9 am on Wednesday, Chhath preparations were finalised at a large meeting, which had chief minister Rekha Gupta, minister ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta (Kerala) [India], October 18 (ANI): Prasad E.D. has been selected as the new Melsanthi (chief priest) of the Sabarimala Temple, while Manu Namboothiri M.G has been chosen as the Melsanthi of Malikappuram Temple, according to the Travancore Devaswom Board release. The announcement came after the arrest of Unnikrishnan Potti, the prime accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) appointed by the Kerala High Court. Potti has been remanded to po ...Read More >
Patna: Folk singer Maithili Thakur, along with RJD MLA Bharat Bind joined the BJP on Tuesday. She is likely to be fielded from Alinagar in Darbhanga. Sitting MLA Mishri Lal Tadav has quit BJP. Earlier, it was speculated that the BJP would field her from her home seat Benipatti, but retained sitting MLA Vinod Narayan Jha in its first list of 71 candidates announced Tuesday. Alinagar is the home of Maithili's maternal uncle.Maithili turned 25 recently. Her father Ramesh Thakur is also her guru and ...Read More >
Pathanamthitta: E D Prasad from Chalakudy has been selected as the new Melsanthi (chief priest) of the Sabarimala temple. The selection was made through the traditional draw of lots held at Sannidhanam around 8 am on Saturday. Prasad, a member of the Erannoor Mana in Chalakudy, is currently serving as the Melsanthi of the Areshwaram Sree Dharma Sastha Temple. The draw for the Sabarimala Melsanthi was conducted by Kashyap Varma of the Pandalam royal family. He is the son of Shailendra Varma from ...Read More >
PATNA: Emphasising the need for unity among NDA partners and mobilisation of cadre and sympathisers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged BJP workers to ensure the alliance's victory so that there is no return to the "jungle raj" that characterised the Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi governments.Addressing BJP workers over a video link, the PM referred to the remark a special court made while allowing charges to be framed against Lalu Prasad, his wife, former CM Rabri Devi, and his political succes ...Read More >
Jan Suraaj has announced Chanchal Singh as its candidate for the Raghopur seat in the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. This decision comes amidst speculation that Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor might contest from this prominent constituency. Raghopur has a significant political history, having been represented by prominent leaders like Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, and Tejashwi Yadav. Jan Suraaj has announced Chanchal Singh as its candidate from the Raghopur constituency for the upcoming ...Read More >
Chirag Paswan's LJP(RV) has made headlines by announcing its inaugural list of 14 candidates, claiming significant positions in key areas like Govindganj and Brahmpur. In a surprising twist, they have taken over several constituencies that were contested by JDU during the last elections. After a lot of discussions within the party and with NDA allies, LJP(RV) of Chirag Paswan has finally released its first list of 14 candidates on Wednesday. There were several seats which the party had earlier ...Read More >
Patna: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Wednesday allotted his party LJP(RV) symbol to state president Raju Tiwary from Govindganj and to Hulas Pandey from Brahmapur while releasing the list of 14 candidates from his quota of 29 seats given by the BJP as part of the NDA seat-sharing agreement to contest the assembly elections on Nov 6 and 11.Apart from Raju Tiwari and Hulas, LJP(RV) has fielded Seemant Mrinal (Garkha), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Simri Bakhtiyarpur), Vishnu Dev Paswan (Darouli), Surendra ...Read More >
New Delhi: BJP on Tuesday released its first list of 71 candidates for the upcoming Bihar assembly elections, signaling a major reshuffle in the party's state leadership. Ten MLAs, including five former ministers, have been dropped and the party has brought in a mix of new and experienced faces to strengthen the party's social and regional balance. Among those denied tickets are assembly Speaker Nand Kishore Yadav, state minister Ramprit Paswan, Motilal Prasad, former minister Amrendra Pratap S ...Read More >
Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket New Delhi: Bihar's folk singer Maithili Thakur will contest the assembly election from Alinagar on a BJP ticket. Her name was among 12 candidates in the second list that the BJP released today. The BJP has fielded new candidates in nine out of the 12 assembly constituencies in this list. Other key candidates in the second list include former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Anand Mishra, w ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a second list of 12 candidates for Bihar Assembly Elections, naming singer Maithili Thakur as a candidate from Alinagar. The list also names Ram Chandra Prasad from Hayaghat, Vinay Kumar Singh from Sonepur, Anand Mishra, an IPS, from Buxar and Siyaram Singh from Barh. Birendra Kumar and Mahesh Paswan have been named candidates from Rosera and Agiaon seats. Meanwhile, Ranjan Kumar will contest from Muzaffarpur and Subhash Singh f ...Read More >
Patna, October 16: The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of party chief Upendra Kushwaha -- from Sasaram, and Alok Kumar Singh from ...Read More >
New Delhi: The BJP announced its candidates for all 101 seats which the party got after the seat-sharing arrangement in the NDA, with the party on Wednesday evening releasing the third list of 18 nominees for the upcoming Bihar polls. Earlier in the day, the party released the second list of its 12 candidates for the assembly polls, fielding singer Maithili Thakur from Alinagar seat and former IPS officer Anand Mishra from Buxar. On Tuesday, it released the first list of 71 candidates for the ...Read More >
Bihar polls: BJP releases final list of candidates; RLM also announce 4 names Patna: The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of pa ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 16 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has named Jay Dholakia as its candidate for the Nuapada Assembly by-election in Odisha on Wednesday. In addition to Nuapada, the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has approved several candidates for the 2025 Assembly by-elections in various states. Agha Syed Mohsin and Sushri Devyani Rana have been selected as candidates for the Budgam and Nagrota by-elections, respectively, in Jammu and Kash ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The BJP on Thursday released its third and final list of 18 candidates for the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections, completing its share of 101 seats under the NDA's seat-sharing arrangement. Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Lok Morcha (RLM) also announced its list of four candidates. According to the RLM's first list, Madhav Anand will contest from Madhubani, Prashant Kumar Pankaj from Ujiarpur, Snehlata -- wife of party chief Upendra Kushwaha -- from Sasaram, and Alok Ku ...Read More >
Darbhanga: Sitting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Alinagar in Bihar's Darbhanga district, Mishri Lal Yadav, has resigned from the party, alleging disrespected within the BJP. "My self-respect has been hurt. Even as an MLA, I was not given due respect in the party. Therefore, my continued stay in the BJP is not justified," Yadav said in his resignation statement. Yadav was elected from the Alinagar assembly seat in 2020 on a Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) ticket and later joined the BJP-l ...Read More >
Popular folk singer Maithili Thakur has expressed her desire to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections from her home constituency, potentially receiving a poll ticket. She has met with BJP leaders to discuss Bihar's future, though no official announcement has been made. The Bihar Assembly elections are scheduled for November 6 and 11, with vote counting on November 14. Popular Bihar folk singer Maithili Thakur has expressed her interest in contesting the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) While Bihar prepares for high-voltage Assembly elections in a month from now, popular folk singer Maithili Thakur is likely to make her political debut in the upcoming polls, potentially contesting on a BJP ticket from her home district, Darbhanga. Speaking to press after meeting BJP leaders including Nityanand Rai and Vinod Tawde, she remarked that her favorite political leader is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thakur, known for promoting Maithili culture and f ...Read More >
Patna, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, on Sunday, made a series of major announcements regarding the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections during a press conference in Patna after a two-day consecutive meetings with top state officials. Starting his address in Bhojpuri and Maithili, the CEC urged voters to treat elections like a festival. "Just as we celebrate Chhath with devotion and enthusiasm, we must celebrate this great festival of democracy. Ensure you ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday emphasised the importance of Indian manuscripts, and called them an unparalleled civilisational treasure, a source of pride for the nation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at the Gyan Bharatam International Conference, a three-day event concluding on September 13, with the theme Reclaiming India Knowledge Legacy through Manuscript Heritage. PM Modi said that every country treasures its historical artefacts ...Read More >
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