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Topic: Patna

Patna University Students Union is now run by women. ABVP prez calls it arts students’ lab

Patna University Students Union now has a woman president, general secretary, and treasurer. The boys’ club is out.

The real Bihar godfather is the land mafia. Fake receipts, muscle power, kangaroo courts

The absence of an alternate big urban centre has led to the over congestion of Patna, skyrocketing land prices in a state that has little presence of business.

7 dead, several injured after truck-tempo collision on Noora Bridge in Patna

Residents rushed to the scene and alerted the police. Rescue operations were carried out, and officials stated that efforts are underway to identify all the victims.

Rahul Gandhi ups the ante, says BJP lawmakers from marginalised communities ‘put in a cage’

Speaking at Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan' in Patna, Gandhi also says RSS chief Bhagwat 'rejecting Constitution if he is saying India did not get independence on 15 August 1947'.

Patna cops resort to lathi-charge against BPSC aspirants protesting ‘normalisation’, server issues

Bihar Public Service Commission aspirants are demanding more time to fill forms, citing server issues, and a rethink on distance between centres. Police term the protests 'illegal'.

Why are Telugu superstars in Patna, Jaipur? North India tier 2 is where the action is

‘A lot of what these movies make comes from the Hindi audience in UP & Bihar. When you do an event there, national media also takes it up more,' said a senior film critic.

Angry mob sets school on fire after 3-year-old student found dead inside campus in Patna

The child used to take tuition inside the premises after school hours, but in CCTV footage he wasn’t seen leaving the campus. Police said the body was retrieved from inside a tank.

Bihar boasts of Manoj Bajpayee, Pankaj Tripathi. Now it’ll get NSD-style drama school too

Patna has always been a theatre powerhouse. Now the city is getting its first govt drama academy thanks to Patna Municipal Corporation.

‘In national interest?’ YouTube blocks videos of job aspirants’ Patna protest citing govt diktat

Channels where protest videos were blocked included 'Kya Kahti Hai Public', 'Sach Bihar' and 'On Duty'. One called ‘SK Jha’ appears to have been shut down.

It took 40 yrs to find first traces of Ashoka’s Pataliputra. Now, we must find the rest

Ajatshatru transformed a small village called Paligrama into a city by fortifying it. But it was his son Udayin who made it the seat of Magadhan power and a hub of trade and culture.

On Camera

Why Hyderabad restaurants don’t make it to the top. Obsessed with comfort food, no PR

Most of the fancy or high-end restaurants opening up in Hyderabad these days are pretty much stuck on the same blueprint—big space, and inauthentic menus.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.