"A total of 1,20,336 teachers have been appointed by Bihar Lok Sabha Aayog. Recruitments in Bihar are being done on a huge level and it's not being done on this level anywhere else," CM Kumar said while addressing the appointment letter distribution ceremony of teachers in Patna.
A political row erupted in Bihar over Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MLA Fateh Bahadur Singh's making a derogatory statement regarding "Goddess Durga" as the BJP termed the RJD leader's objectionable statement against a Hindu deity as an example of "appeasement politics."
After the stampede at Durga Puja pandal in Bihar's Gopalganj a day earlier claimed the lives of three people including a five-year-old, a committee has been set up to investigate the matter, an official said on Tuesday.
After a stampede broke out at a crowded Durga Puja pandal in Bihar's Gopalgunj, leaving a child and two women dead, District Magistrate Nawal Kishor Choudhary said all three of them died while being taken to a hospital.
In a heart-wrenching incident amid the Durga Puja celebrations, two women and a child died and more than ten people were injured in a stampede at a crowed pandal in Bihar's Gopalgunj on Monday late evening.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday offered prayers at the Shitala Mata temple in Bihar's Patna on the occasion of 'Maha Ashtami', which is the eighth day of the Navratri festival.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against one accused in connection with the Naxal case in Bihar's Patna, an agency release said on Saturday.