Hockey India has announced the Indian U-18 Men's and Women's squads for the upcoming home series against Australia, which will be held in Bhopal from May 15 to 20. The series is a crucial part of the teams' preparations for the U-18 Asia Cup in Japan.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar lost his temper in the state legislative council on Friday when an opposition RJD member flagged the issue of the "inadequate number" of girls' schools in her area. Kumar, who prides himself on having promoted women's empowerment, grew irritated and said, "Do you people even know what we have done for girls' education? Village girls hardly went to schools in Bihar until we came to power." He then launched a frontal attack on Rabri Devi, his predecessor, recalling the circumstances in which she had succeeded her husband Lalu Prasad, the RJD president, as the chief minister. The exchange of words led to chaos in the House before order was restored.
'The RJD is a family centric party and its top leadership's main concern is only to promote the family.'
The party's state unit president Jagadanand Singh announced the names of Mohd Qari Sohaib, Munni Rajak and Ashok Kumar Pandey.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sunday, October 1.
'The minute I tell couples to use condoms or suggest permanent birth control, they ignore it or just change the topic.'
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The party, however, did not announce as whether it would merge with any other party or become part of some other alliance.
Bihar CM says there's no question of going back on supporting Kovind.
'In Bihar, the Dalits are not a consolidated socio-political constituency,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
As Bihar awaits the results in the much-awaited polls, Rediff.com takes a look at some of those leaders who won and lost.
The CM will either force Tejashwi to resign, or tender a resignation himself to put pressure on the RJD.
This is the fifth time that Nitish will be the chief minister of Bihar and this will be his third consecutive term.
'Compared to other social groups, managing the Muslim constituency has always been easier for the secularists.' 'Just some symbolic measures and window-dressing would keep the Muslim flock together.' 'Having been betrayed by all the supposedly 'secular' political parties, Muslims should turn into citizens without any ascriptive identity marks,'says Mohammad Sajjad.
