Tag: bihar

The mica mines of Bihar and Jharkhand are compelling over 5,000 children to lead lives of perpetual exploitation.

The last thirty six hours have led to the death of 32 people in Bihar due to massive lightning.

The recent case of mob lynching in Bihar’s Baniyapur is a reminder of the growing cases of intolerance in the nation.

The worrisome state of health infrastructure in Bihar came to light once again after the outbreak of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome that killed over 153 children in Muzaffarpur recently.

The rediscovery of the spirit of Bihar with the rise of Kanhiaya Kumar, points out at the rustic and humane, political and critical nature of the Bihari mind.

POLITICS / Bihar’s regional parties have played on caste dynamics; this has denied entry to nationalist parties into the state post Emergency. Will Bihar vote in favour of a political alternative, this election?

Despite nationwide education and cleanliness campaigns, the pathetic sanitation scenario in most government schools across rural India is a reminder that in the absence of basic sanitation facilities, it is the students who double up as sanitation workers losing out on precious time.

In a recent report the NCW investigated the condition of 25 shelter homes for women in states like Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha and Karnataka only to find them in pathetic condition and without the minimum facilities.

GUJARAT Several migrant workers from the non-Gujarati speaking belt have been compelled to flee Gujarat in the context of grave violence against migratory labour in the state.

VIDEO | Several groups in Bihar have launched a protest against sexual atrocities against inmates of the shelter home in Muzaffarpur. The protests are taking place in Patna. In many parts of the state such as Nalanda, Jahanabad, Gaya left-wing groups are staging protests.