The Bihar Education Project Council, which was conducting the examinations, later acknowledged the error and expressed an apology.
The Bombay high court on Monday allowed three anti-nuclear activists -- two of them former judges -- to enter Maharashtra's coastal Ratnagiri district, where a proposed atomic power plant is facing opposition.
The 94 constituencies which are going to poll on November 3 are in 17 districts: West Champaran, East Champaran, Sheohar, Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Gopalganj, Siwan, Saran, Vaishali, Samastipur, Begusarai, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Nalanda and Patna.
The RJD leader, who is the Mahagathbandhan's chief ministerial face, said that if voted to power, providing jobs to unemployed youth would be his topmost priority.
Saurabh Kumar, who is in his mid-30s, has been begging on the streets in a small village in Bihar's Vaishali district with his family. Placards hang from their necks, which boldly proclaim in Hindi that they are doing so to pay bribe to a police official.
Cool red carpet fashion, right here.
The elections in this phase are seen as a big test for the Bharatiya Janata Party
The festival of Dhanteras, a precursor to Diwali, was celebrated with a 'difference' in a rural pocket in Bihar where people purchased owls -- a symbol prosperity and wealth, instead of the common ritual of buying gold, silver and metal.
At least 12 passengers in the three trains were robbed.
For the villagers of Anjani, a not-so-small village tucked away in north Bihar's Vaishali district, India's ambitions mean little. Anjani is yet to see the light, literally so.
Impressed by social activist Anna Hazare's anti-corruption movement, a youngster from Bihar, Ajay Kumar, has filed a petition to Vaishali district magistrate to probe into ill-gotten money of his father - a retired government official.
To be built at a cost of Rs 100 crore, the five-storied and 222-feet tall temple will come up at a sprawling campus spread over 15 acres at a place near Ismailpur village on Hajipur-Bidupur road, which will be christened as Angkor Nagar, BMMT's secretary and ex-IPS officer Acharya Kishore Kunal said.
The house located in Tandel Mohalla of the town came crashing down at around 5 am when its occupants, all members of one family, were asleep, the police said.
At least 38 people have been killed and 18.6 lakh affected by floods in Bihar as major rivers continue to overflow after crossing the danger mark at several places in the state. The district-wise break-up of deaths are Muzaffarpur (1), Saharsa (3), Gopalganj (2), Madhepura (1), West Champaran (4), Bhojpur (10), Purnia (1), Madhubani (2), Katihar (2), Samastipur (2), Vaishali (4), Bhagalpur (4) and Lakhisarai (2), according to State Disaster Management sources.
Half-way through the polls, the fight has become more personal.
The addition of a million jobs as promised by Tejashwi Yadav would make a big impact. But the electorate needs to raise its expectations, notes Mahesh Vyas.
Former World chess champion Vladimir Kramnik believes Indian icon Viswanathan Anand seems "past his prime" but remains "extremely good" for a 50-year-old and should continue for some more years. Anand turned 50 last year and has been struggling to regain top form for a while now.
A total 4.16 lakh people have been evacuated so far from the 12 flood-affected districts of Buxar, Bhojpur, Patna, Vaishali, Saran, Begusarai, Samastipur, Lakhisarai, Khagaria, Munger, Bhagalpur and Katihar.
Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad on Tuesday challenged Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi to contest the state assembly elections against former chief minister Rabri Devi, who is contesting from two constituencies.
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It is now a different time in Bihar. It is a different place -- one in which Raghuvansh Prasad Singh's options are very limited, notes Aditi Phadnis.
Well known cinematographer Madhu Ambat on the snake film and what went wrong.
It took Vaishali Shadangale more than a decade to find her calling as a celebrity designer and she still hasn't come to terms with the celeb status.
Contrary to repots about former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi giving up politics, the wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad has decided to contest the state assembly elections from not one but two constituencies -- Raghopur and Sonepur.Two months ago, it was widely reported that Rabri Devi may bid adieu to active politics after her husband Lalu Prasad declared himself the RJD's chief ministerial candidate for the assembly polls.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad took a potshot at Narendra Modi on Monday calling him a Dhritarashtra who is not only "blind" but also "deaf and dumb" and a "coward", as the chorus of criticism against the prime minister's "silence" on Dadri lynching grew louder.
This is the first full-scale review of VIP protectees by the Union home ministry after the Modi 2.0 government took charge.
A Vaishali court in Bihar's Hajipur on Wednesday issued summons to All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi to appear personally before it on August 11 in connection with his reaction against awarding of capital punishement to Mumbai blast accused Yakub Menon last year.
Tunnaji Pandey was earlier arrested on Sunday for misbehaving with a girl on board a running train.
Director Vaishali Kasarvalli gets candid about the quality of shows today and the completion of 500 episodes of her Kannada soap.
A police officer in-charge was among the two persons who were shot dead by a former sarpanch over a property dispute at the Juravanpur police station in Bihar's Vaishali district, a police officer said on Wednesday.
About 54 per cent of 1.03 crore electors cast their votes on Thursday in 48 constituencies that went to polls in the third phase of the Bihar Assembly elections which passed of by and large peacefully.
The Janata Dal - United on Tuesday expelled its senior leader Shambhu Sharan Yadav a day after he mercilessly beat up a teenager by hanging him upside down from a pole. Television channels showed Yadav dragging 18-year-old Rajesh Mahato by his hair and hanging him upside down with a rope before assaulting him with a stick and shoes in full public view at Mansurpur village in Vaishali district. Yadav, the district general secretary of the JD-U, was expelled from the party.
With reports of eight fresh deaths on Thursday, the total toll in Bihar flood increased to 135, with Bhojpur district accounting for 12 deaths in the second round of floods due to the swollen Ganga.
A lot of qawalli and romance in Bajirao Mastani's soundtrack, says Aelina Kapoor.
'Mamata is an emotional person, she follows her heart.' 'We loved that Didi, we still love her, but she is a changed person.' 'Why and how the change happened, who is responsible, I can't say.'
Free wifi with a speed of upto 50 mbps was rolled out on Friday across the six stations on Delhi Metro's premium Airport Express line.
It's been seven years since a chess player got the Arjuna award and the iconic Viswanathan Anand is hoping that India's triumphant campaign at the online Chess Olympiad will change this when the national sporting honours are announced next year.
A Bihar court on Thursday awarded 10 years imprisonment to Praduman Kumar, locally known as 'Father Teressa', head of Lok Seva Ashram, an orphanage in village Chakwaja under Patedhi Belsar block in Vaisali district, for sexually abusing children.
In an online chat with readers, Amit Jaiswal, head of academics, MockBank.com shared tips and strategies to crack the upcoming IBPS Bank PO exam.
