Everything you need to know about Madhubani Kala: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Madhubani Kala: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Pune, April 12 (IANS) The Vishwashanti Sangeet Kala Academy, an international music education institute, was inaugurated here Friday fulfilling a dream by the late actor Raj Kapoor.
Siliguri, Apr 3 (ANI): A handicrafts fair in Siliguri provided a platform to rural artisans to promote and showcase their traditional products, attracting many visitors from across the state.
New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) A 23-year-old man was arrested for cheating various people of Rs.5 lakh by using their credit card data for online shopping, said police Monday.
Mumbai, Feb 13 (IANS) Fashion designer Nitish Chandra showcased his collection 'Khadiology' and says his aim is to popularise khadi among the youth.
New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) Away from the sculptures and lyrically colourful religious paintings, two masters of the Bengal school of art - Benodebihari Mukherjee and Nandalal Bose - loved to etch, make woodcuts, linocuts, lithographic prints and ink sketches on postcards.
Patna, Nov 29 (IANS) A man in Bihar got his wife married to her lover in the presence of hundreds of people, a police officer said Thursday.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Several activists and political leaders, including CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat and RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Sunday demanded that "the harassment and victimisation of innocent Muslims youths" by security agencies in the name of fighting terror be stopped.
New Delhi, Oct 22 (IANS) Fasih Mehmood, suspected to have been involved in a conspiracy to set off bomb blasts in Bangalore and Delhi, and member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) terrorist organisation, has been arrested, Delhi police said Monday.
Patna, Oct 19 (IANS) A Bihar youth whose reported disappearance triggered violent protests in his home town Madhubani last week that left three people dead, was presented with his girlfriend in a district court Friday, police said.
Patna, Oct 16 (IANS) In a fresh embarrassment to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, JD-U leader and MP Jainarain Prasad Nishad Tuesday said the Bihar government had failed on all fronts and the state was under 'mafia raj'.
Patna, Oct 16 (IANS) A Bihar Police team was sent to New Delhi Tuesday to bring Prashant Jha, a missing Class 10 student, who was declared dead last month after he eloped with a girl from his school, an official said. He was traced in New Delhi Monday along with the girl. The boy's disappearance had triggered two days of protests in Madhubani district that left three people dead.
Patna, Oct.15 (ANI): The schoolboy, whose death triggered off large scale violence in Bihar's Madhubani District and led to a state-wide shutdown on Monday, was found in New Delhi along with a girl with whom he had eloped.
New Delhi, Oct 15 (IANS) A Class 10 student, who was declared dead in Bihar last month after he eloped with a girl from his school, was traced here Monday along with his lover, police said.
Patna/Madhubani (Bihar), Oct.15 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday pulled up senior officials for mishandling local issues that precipitated the protest and arson leading to police firing on protesters in the state's Madhubani District.
Patna, Oct 15 (IANS) Bihar leaders Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad were detained here Monday while demonstrating during the daylong shutdown called by the opposition against the killing of three people in police firing in Madhubani town last week.
Patna, Oct 15 (IANS) Trains were blocked and trucks and buses were off the roads in Bihar as a daylong shutdown called by opposition parties to protest the killing of three people in police firing last week came into effect Monday.
Patna, Oct 14 (IANS) A 24-year-old-youth, seriously injured Saturday in police firing in Bihar's Madhubani district, succumbed to his injuries Sunday, sparking fresh protests in the restive region, an official said. The death toll in the violent protest has now reached three.
Patna, Oct 14 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday deferred his 'Adhikar Yatra' to Buxar and Bhojpur districts in the wake of violent protests in Madhubani over the killing of two people in police firing Friday, an official said.
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) Violent protests continued in Bihar's district headquarters town of Madhubani, 170 km from here, for the second consecutive day Saturday, with four people injured in police firing.
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) Three more people were injured Saturday when police opened fire to control an irate mob as it went on rampage for the second consecutive day in Bihar's district headquarters town of Madhubani.
Patna, Oct 13 (IANS) A day after two youths were killed and over a dozen people injured in a police firing, rampaging protesters in Bihar's district headquarter town of Madhubani Saturday torched the block office building, a police station and several vehicles, an official said.
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Two people were killed and over a dozen others injured Friday when police opened fire to control violent protestors in the district headquarter town of Madhubani in Bihar, police said.
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Two people were killed and over a dozen others injured Friday when police opened fire to control violent protestors in the district headquarter town of Madhubani in Bihar, police said.
Patna, Oct 12 (IANS) Four people were injured Friday when police opened fire to control violent protestors in the district headquarter town of Madhubani in Bihar, police said.
Patna, Oct 4 (IANS) Traders and businessmen Thursday downed shutters and people took to the streets in Bihar's Khagaria town to protest a former legislator's terror tactics during Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'Adhikar Yatra' (Rights March).
Patna, Sep 26 (IANS) A fuming Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar declared Wednesday that the demands of "contractual para teachers" for parity of salaries with government teachers won't be met.
Patna, Aug 10 (IANS) At least five women drowned and 10 people, mostly women, were missing after a boat ferrying over 30 people capsized in Kosi river in Bihar's Madhubani district early Friday, police said.
Patna, Aug 10(IANS) At least four women drowned and 10 people were missing after a boat ferrying over 30 people capsized in Kosi river in Bihar's Madhubani district early Friday, police said.
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The government Monday told the Supreme Court that Bihar engineer Fasih Mehmood had been detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities on suspicion of terror links.
Patna June 30 (IANS) Four members of a family were shot dead Saturday over a land dispute in Bihar's Madhubani district, police said.
Darbhana, June 27 (ANI): It is that time of the year again, when people in the north Indian plains wait anxiously for the rains to escape the trials of the unbearable Indian summer. The family of Ramdev Safi in Bisphi Block of Madhubani District, Bihar, is waiting too, but with dread and fear: for the water monster, they are sure, will strike again.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) A two-year-old girl had a miraculous escape while her father was killed after they were hit by a train here, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The government Monday told the Supreme Court that Fasih Mahmood, a Bihar engineer who went missing in Saudi Arabia last month, was not in police custody in India and the Saudi authorities were not co-operating in tracing him.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The central government told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it had never taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went missing in Saudi Arabia, and was trying to ascertain his whereabouts.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The central government told the Supreme Court Wednesday that it had never taken into custody Fasih Mahmood, an engineer from Bihar who went missing in Saudi Arabia, and was trying to ascertain his whereabouts.
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday granted the central government time to file its reply to the plea of Nikhat Parveen, who has sought to know whereabouts of her husband Fasih Mahmood, a Bihar engineer who went missing from Saudi Arabia since May 13.
Patna, May 24 (IANS) The parents of an engineer who has gone missing after being allegedly arrested in Saudi Arabia and deported to India have decided to stage a hunger strike to know his whereabouts.
Patna, April 24 (IANS) To ease the financial burden on those suffering from kala azar, most of whom are from impoverished backgrounds, the Bihar government has decided to provide minimum specified wages to each patient and an attendant during their stay in hospital.
Darbhanga, Apr 6 (ANI): "The current age is the era of knowledge and not of weapons, and only through education and knowledge can one break out of the abject poverty". Wise words from Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who believes that times have changed since his government took over: now is the time to pick up the pen and discover its power.
Patna, March 24 (IANS) At least 10 children died in a village in Bihar's Madhubani district due to a disease commonly referred as 'khasra' or measles, an official said Saturday.
Madhubani (Bihar), Dec 21 (ANI): "To every child in India I carry this message. Aim for the sky and beyond. There is nothing holding you back." This stirring statement, by Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal on the launch of a cheap tablet computer, surely creates an impression of an expected educational reform in the Indian society.
Patna, Nov. 25 (ANI): With Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar all set to present the report card of his government on completing the first year in office during the second term on November 25, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has said that his party will release a factual report of the prevailing conditions in the state, and will expose the hypocrisy and pretence of the ruling state government.
Washington, Sept 24 (ANI): The number of deaths from East Africa's worst outbreak of a deadly parasite known as kala azar could be reduced only if there is funding for wider access to treatment, experts have said.
New Delhi, July 2 (ANI): Former Union Minister Chaturanan Mishra breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Saturday following a prolonged illness.
Darbhanga, June 5 (ANI): Bihar is surprising everyone with rapid strides, its rush to shake off the backwardness and inertia that once marked it. This impetus is amply evident in the field of education. The goal is to have a quality system accessible to all.
Madhubani District (Bihar), Feb.11 (ANI): Don't be surprised if you get a greeting of Good morning rather than Namaste from pupils in Bihar's essentially rural Madhubani District these days.
Madhubani, Jan 17 (ANI): 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.
Patna, Dec 25 (ANI): Now that the new government in Bihar is in place and that too with a thundering mandate, it is time to address the problems that the state which is struggling to emerge from centuries old backwardness and debilitating social divisions faces.
Darbhanga (Bihar), Nov.29 (ANI): The River Kosi in north Bihar has always been defiant and unpredictable. Having its origin in neighbouring Nepal, its downstream flow is through the flat plains of Supaul, Saharsa, Madhubani, and Madhepura in Bihar.
New Delhi, Nov.7 (ANI): U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is likely to visit the National Handicrafts and Handloom Museum at Pragati Maidan on Monday, a day after she arrives in the Indian capital.
Patna, Oct 21 (ANI): An estimated 35 to 40 percent voters exercised their franchise so far in the first phase of Bihar Assembly election on Thursday.
Patna, Oct 21 (ANI): Moderate voting was reported in 47 Assembly constituencies in Bihar.
Patna, Oct 20 (ANI): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Bihar for the first phase of Assembly polls beginning tomorrow with voters from 47 constituencies spread over eight districts of the State to vote in this phase.
Muzaffarpur/Patna (Bihar), Aug 31 (ANI): Maoists set Block Development Officer (BDO) Manoj Kumar Singh free on Tuesday, two days after his abduction from Bihar's Sheohar District where he had gone on an official visit.
Patna, Aug 29(ANI): The flood situation in Bihar further worsened on Saturday as Kosi River continued to unleash its fury in several districts, pushing the death toll to 52.
Patna, July 7 (ANI): The work is in progress on the eroded embankment of the river Kosi in Madhubani district of Bihar.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) Her son is a star and she too is making a comeback with 'Do Dooni Chaar' after more than two decades, but Neetu Singh says that neither she nor her actor husband Rishi Kapoor has ever tried to coach Ranbir despite having so many years of experience in Bollywood.
Patna, April 22 (IANS) It's a high stakes battle for power in round two of Bihar's parliamentary polls Thursday with not just several heavyweights in the fray but also the powerful Lalu Prasad-Ram Vilas Paswan combine testing its alliance against Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who is backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Patna, Mar 31 (ANI): The Congress Party on Tuesday said that it would field its candidates in Bihar against the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who it considers as its biggest enemies in the coming general elections.
The Congress has 12 spokespersons on its panel, but Delhi journalists suddenly find they are not as accessible as they used to be for a quote or two on phone.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The rift in India's ruling coalition widened Sunday with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) deciding to contest even in the three Lok Sabha seats the Congress won five years ago in Bihar.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The rift in the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) widened further Sunday with a miffed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) deciding to contest even in the three Lok Sabha seats held by the Congress in Bihar.
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The rift in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) widened Sunday with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) deciding to contest even in the three Lok Sabha seats held by the Congress in Bihar.
Hyderabad, March 21 (IANS) The main opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh Saturday received a big jolt as its senior leader and former minister K. Subbarayudu joined Praja Rajyam party of actor-turned-politician K. Chiranjeevi.
New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad, leaders of the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) respectively, held an emergency meeting on Thursday evening.
A day after the one-sided announcement of seat sharing formula in Bihar by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) along with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Tuesday, Congress, the lead in UPA coalition, has expressed its anger on Wednesday by stating, 'no adjustmen
Kathmandu, Jan 18 (IANS) After controversial Assam MP Mani Kumar Subba and golden-voiced Bollywood singer Udit Narayan Jha, it is now the turn of a communist minister from Nepal to become embroiled in a dispute about his nationality.
New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), that promises jobs to thousands in rural India, has not stopped migration to cities, a non-government study found.
Patna, Oct 7 (IANS) The Bajrang Dal is a terrorist outfit and the central government will not hesitate to ban it like it outlawed the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), says Union Minister of State for Home Shakeel Ahmad.
New Delhi, Aug 26 (ANI): Rural Development Minister Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will inaugurate the SARAS mela, an exposition of rural artisans from across the country, here today.
"Mumbai Musical" a celebration of 29th festival of Prithvi Theatre has come to revive the royalty of this theatre which has survived race against time. Every year Prithvi Theatre comes with new themes in the festival. The theatre is now nurtured in
