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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicPatna

Topic: Patna

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.

Oppn united to defeat BJP, says Rahul before Patna meet; Kharge says ‘he took first step’

In his address to Bihar party workers, Rahul said after Karnataka, Congress was poised to win MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana, where polls are due in November-December.

Patna HC stays caste-based survey in Bihar, points to ‘larger question of right to privacy’

The HC also asked the govt to ensure that the data already collected are secured and not shared with anybody till final orders are passed.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.