Terai Madhesh

PATNA: Bihar's six government-run engineering colleges have fewer than 40 teachers, including principals, to cater to over 4,000 students, triggering resentment among them and forcing thousands of others to study in other states. The acute shortage of teachers in six colleges can be gauged from the fact that there are over 300 vacancies for teachers, according to college authorities. Principals of all six engineering colleges say they have been managing everything with the help of guest faculty members, but repeated protests and hunger strikes in recent months by students to highlight their plight belie the claims. Students of these colleges in Bihar are regretting their decision to stay and study in their own state, given the acute shortage of teachers that badly hit laboratory and workshop activities. "I simply curse my fate for opting to stay back in Bihar, instead of going outside to study engineering like thousands of other students from the state," said Sury...

Bihar is scripting a new tale of arms and the man. State police chief Abhyanand, who took charge a month ago, has ushered in the innovative idea of making agricultural and gardening tools from seized arms and ammunition. “Thousands of illegal arms, like pistols and guns, nabbed from criminals and stored in police stations will now be melted to manufacture tools to be used in farming and gardening,” he says. Abhyanand has earlier come out with other concepts such as fast-track courts, one of the most effective tools in establishing rule of law and order in Bihar. He says, “Tools made from the seized firearms would be used for development to help people earn their livelihood.” adding that the weapons will not only be destroyed in the presence of a magistrate but the entire process “videographed for evidence”. Recently, police in Darbhanga district started the process, forging hoes and hedge clippers from the illegal arms. On October 17, Darbhanga chief judicial magistrate PK Dixit ...

बिहार निवासी सुशील कुमार के लिये दीपावली एक दिन पहले ही आ गई और वह पहले ऐसे व्यक्ति बन गये हैं जिन्होंने लोकप्रिय शो कौन बनेगा करोड़पति (केबीसी) के पांचवें सत्र में मंगलवार को पूरी ईनाम राशि पांच करोड़ रुपये जीत ली। सूत्रों ने बताया कि केबीसी की शूटिंग के दौरान सुशील ने महानायक अमिताभ बच्चन द्वारा पूछे गये पांच करोड़ रुपये का सही जवाब देकर इसे जीत लिया। यह संभवत: भारतीय गेम शो इतिहास में जीती गयी सबसे बड़ी ईनामी राशि है। हाल ही में शादी करने वाले कुमार एक कंप्यूटर आपरेटर हैं और बिहार में एक अंशकालिक ट्यूटर हैं। इससे पहले केबीसी के चौथे संस्करण में झारखंड की रहने वाली राहत तसलीम ने एक करोड़ रुपये जीते थे। चैनल सूत्रों ने बताया कि सोनी टीवी पर यह एपिसोड दो नवंबर को दिखाया जायेगा। [[., read more at केबीसी में बिहार के सुशील कुमार ने जीते पांच करोड़ by livehindustan.com