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TopicBhagalpur

Topic: Bhagalpur

Does GI tag bring more business? Mysore silk & Jardalu mango rose, not Kannauj attar

In Karnataka, the GI tag has increased demand for Mysore silk so much that supply can’t keep up. Jardalu mango from Bihar was exported for the first time in 2021.

Bihar couple & their infant daughter shot dead, police arrest woman’s father & brother

Couple & their infant daughter allegedly attacked with a rod by the woman’s father and later shot dead by her brother, it is learnt. Couple had 'eloped to marry' & later stayed near woman’s family.

Portion of a bridge in Bihar’s Bhagalpur collapses again. CM orders probe, BJP alleges ‘corruption’

In April 2022, another portion of the bridge — meant to connect Bhagalpur with Khagaria district — had collapsed. Deputy CM Tejashwi says IIT Roorkee had last yr hinted at 'faulty design'.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Use LPG judiciously, consider alternatives wherever possible—Govt amid supply crunch & shipping delays 

With vessels stranded at Hormuz amid West Asia conflict, Centre ramps up production, cracks down on hoarding, and urges households to use alternative.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.