PATNA: A faculty member of Michigan University (US), Anshuman Pandey, has finally completed his stupendous project of encoding the `Tirhuta’ script (original Maithili script) in the Universal Character Set. Pandey’s work will assist in the preservation of ‘Tirhuta’ script, which is nearly obsolete in India, even amongst Maithili speaking people. Traditional ‘Tirhuta’ script is the [...]
DARBHANGA: Managing Worker and Chairman Subrata Roy Sahara of Sahara India Pariwar has been awarded with honorary degree D Litt by the Lalit Narain Mithila University. Subrata Roy received this degree for his contributions in the fields of corporate and social missions, Sahara India Pariwar said in a statement. The degree was handed over by [...]
PATNA: The hopes of Bihar’s jet-setting denizens may take a long time to get wings. The state government is in a fix over the proposal from a private agency to allow it to fly air-taxi services within the state. A private air-taxi provider, Spirit Air, had submitted a proposal (a copy of which is available [...]
PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) will run two special trains on the eve of Holi betweenMumbai and Muzaffarpur and Mumbai and Darbhanga to clear rush of passengers intending to visit their native place in Bihar. While Lokmanya Tilak-Muzaffarpur special train (01081-01082) will start from Lokmanya Tilak Terminal on March 16 at 1.20 am on Wednesday [...]
The Bihar government today said they are trying to obtain International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) certification for all medical colleges and hospitals in the state to ensure quality. “Sincere efforts are being made for ensuring quality facilities and services at all the six medical colleges and hospitals in Bihar to obtain ISO certification,” state health [...]
Operating under the name of ‘Husk Power System’, a group of villagers from Bihar’s Madhubani District got together to generate electricity using paddy husk. The initiative, which has 26 plants, is lighting over 10,000 homes in the region. Suresh Prasad Gupta, an official of the Husk Power Plant, said their initiative does not have a [...]
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry in India (Assocham) has proposed to partner Bihar government to develop 14 industrial clusters for an estimated cost of Rs. 450 crore for employment and revenue generation. Assocham General Secretary D.S. Rawat said on Sunday that the proposed clusters will provide jobs to 6 lakh people, directly and [...]
Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran unveiled the foundation stone for the construction of an Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Jogbani in Bihar on the Indo-Nepal border today. The setting up of ICPs along India’s international borer is a major initiative which the Government of India has taken up as part of a Plan [...]
PATNA: Very few people know that a German botanist, Charles Maries, had developed some exclusive varieties of mangoes in Bihar which were planted at private orchard of the erstwhile Maharaja of Darbhanga. Some of the surviving varieties are “Durga Bhog” (red- orange in colour), “Lakshmeshwar Bhog” (green and golden yellow in colour), “Shah Pasand” and [...]
Bihar Government is imparting training to youth in flood rescue operations, as the floods in the State claim several lives year after year. 28 out of 38 districts of Bihar are affected by floods every year. The flood claims lives due to the lack of divers and rescue workers. Keeping this in mind, Bihar government [...]
