Jamui girl Khushbu tops intermediate examinations; Patna’s Priyanshu is commerce topper

 BSEB chairman Anand Kishor publishing the intermediate result by click of a mouse

 Commerce topper Priyanshu celebrating his moment of joy 

Students celebrating their success in intermediate examinations in Patna on May 30

Patna: Khushbu Kumari, a science stream student of Simultala Residential School (Jamui) topped the intermediate examinations of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) with 86.2 per cent marks as the  result was declared here on Tuesday. The result, however, turned out to be utter despair for majority of students as only 35.25 per cent of students who appeared in the examinations were declared successful.

Priyanshu Jaiswal of College of Commerce, Patna, emerged as the topper in commerce stream with 81.6 per cent marks. Ganesh Kumar of RNS College, Samastipur finished on the top of the podium with 82.6 per cent marks in the arts stream.

In the overall trend, boys outshone girls with better pass out percentage.  About 12.61 lakhs students appeared in the 2017 intermediate examinations in which 55.53 per cent boys and 44.47 per cent girls were declared successful.

The BSEB which went through an acid test in the academic session 2016-17 after the topper scam hit the headlines last year, took a series of corrective measures to curb the cheating, malpractices and use of other unfair means in the examination and the impact of these measures clearly felt on this year results.

Barring the commerce stream where the boys and girls fared well with 73.76 per cent pass, the overall percentage dipped drastically in the science and arts streams. Going by the figures, 37.13 per cent arts students and 30.11 per cent science students crossed the hurdles smoothly.

BSEB chairman Anand Ksihor said: “The examination was free of unfair means and for the first time students filled up online forms and barcode system was introduced in the answer sheets to check any kind of backdoor pushing”.

“There is no shortcut to hard work and students will have to work hard to get through the examinations of Bihar Board,” he said.

Comparing to the results of the last year, there was sharp decline in the overall results of all the three streams. Science headed the list by 30 per cent while arts witnessed a drop of 19 per cent. Commerce has registered a decline of 7 per cent.

The percentage of first division holders in all the three streams have also nosedived as only 8.93 per cent of the science students achieved the feat. The first divisioner in commerce stream was 16.29 per cent and for arts stream it was 6.74 per cent.

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NIOS Senior Secondary results today

PATNA: The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) will be declaring Senior Secondary Public Examination results of March-April, 2017 on  May 31 and Secondary results on June 2, 

 The results will be placed on the NIOS website at 6.00 pm. In total 3,39,325 learners appeared for March-April, 2017 Examination out of which 1,95,135 learners appeared for Senior Secondary courses and 1,35,110 learners appeared for Secondary courses.  The examinees can know their result through:

1.      Web site: The learners can see and download their result at NIOS website www.nios.ac.in from 6.00 p.m. onwards. The result will also be available on the web site www.indiaresults.com and www.examresults.com

2.      SMS: The learners can also get their results through SMS. For this, the learners can send an SMS by writing NIOS12 for Sr. Secondary and NIOS10 for Secondary to 5676750.

3.      IVRS: The learners can get their results on phone or through IVRS by dialing the NIOS Learner Support Centre Toll free number 18001809393.

4.      E-mail: The learners can also get their results through e-mail by registering themselves on the website given above or by sending a request to lsc@nios.ac.in

The Marks Statements, Migration Certificates and Provisional Certificates will be made available to the learners through the Accreditated Institute (Study Centre) concerned by the Regional Centres of NIOS.  

The registration and collection of examination fees for the October-November 2017 examination will be as per the schedule i.e. from May 21 to June 20, 2017.

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Mritunjay Tiwari breaks his indefinite fast

PATNA: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Players' Association president Mritunjay Tiwari called off his fast unto death agitation on the fourth day on Tuesday after an assurance given to him by the director general Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA) Arvind Pandey that he would discuss the issues in the sub-committee meeting of the general administration department.

The sub-committee will meet later in the day.

Tiwari broke his fast sipping fruit juice given to him by BSSA DG Pandey.

Tiwari was on fast unto death agitation from Saturday demanding immediate release of list of the players selected for government jobs.

About 700 players from 67 disciplines applied for government jobs referred to an advertisement last year but the general administration department has yet to announce the names of the players selected for the job.

Earlier, in 2011 and 2012, state government had provided jobs to about 150 sports persons who won medals in national and international tournaments.

The process for fresh appointment has been stalled for five years.

Now, Bihar Board toppers will get Rs 1 lakh and laptops

PATNA: Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has decided to enhance the prize money for its intermediate and matric examination toppers. Now, the intermediate and matric toppers will get Rs 1 lakh cash prize along with laptops.

This was decided in a meeting of the BSEB governing council here on Monday.

Earlier, the toppers of the intermediate and matric examinations have been getting Rs 25,000 and one laptop each.

The second palace holders in both the examinations will get Rs 75000 while the students stood third will get Rs 50000. They will also get laptops as received earlier.

Besides this the top three finishers will also get e book reader.

The fourth and fifth position holders of the intermediate examinations and fourth to 10th finishers of the matric examinations will also get cash awards, laptops and other prizes as they used to get earlier.

The governing council has also decided to create separate wings for different examinations the board conducts round the year.

The governing council has approved creations of separate posts of examination controller for its teachers' eligibility test (TET), diploma in elementary education examinations (two years), diploma in elementary education examinations (distance education mode) and Simultla Residential School entrance test .

As per the name of the exmiantion different section will be established in the board office.

The meeting has also approved posts to run the different sections.

Mritunjay Tiwari's fast unto death agitation enters third day

Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and Bihar Players’ Association president Mritunjay Tiwari continued his fast unto death agitation at the Moinul Haq Stadium here for the third day here on Monday.

His condition turned worse on the Monday morning as he was feeling some breathing problem. However, later in the day he recovered slightly.

Tiwari began his hunger strike on Saturday demanding government jobs for state players who excelled in national and international arenas.

The state government had started job scheme for talented Bihar players in 2010-11 and since then about 150 players had got jobs in different state government departments.

The job scheme was put on hold for the last five years. In 2016, government again published an advertisement for fresh recruitment. About 700 players from 67 sports and games have applied for the jobs.

The general administration department of the state government which is looking into the matter, is yet to publish the list of the selected players for the jobs.

The general administration department has formed a sub-committee to shortlist the players but the panel which met a few days ago failed to break the deadlock of selection procedures.

It’s learnt that the sub-committee will meet on Tuesday to find out a solution to the issue.

Meanwhile, Bihar State Sports Authority (BBSA) director general Arvind Kumar Pandey, its secretary Ashish Sinha, art, culture and youth affairs department director Sanjay Sinha reached the dharna venue and urged Tiwari to call off his hunger strike.

Tiwari, however, said that he would call off his agitation when general administration department will  give a certain date to release the appointment letters to the selected players.

Bengalee Association organises Rabindra-Nazrul cultural evening

PATNA: Patliputra Branch of Bengalee Association of Bihar organised a cultural function here on Sunday to pay tributes to Kavi Guru Rabindra Nath Tagore and Revolutionary poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Bihar Board Intermediate exam results on May 30

PATNA: Intermediate examination results of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) will be declared on May 30.

BSEB chairman Anand Kishor on Sunday said the results of the all streams (science, arts and commerce) would be announced on the same day.

Students can get their results at BSEB website www.biharboard.ac.in
www.srsec.bsebbihar.com
www.biharboard.org.in and
www.skillmissionbihar.org

The results are expected to be declared in the forenoon (11am).

CBSE class XII results on May 28

Patna/ New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education will declare Class XII examination results for all the CBSE regions on May 28 (Sunday).

The result is expected to be announced in the forenoon of May 28.

The CBSE public relation officer Rama Sharma states that like the previous years, this year also the CBSE is hosting its results on net with the technical support of National Informatics Centre (NIC), Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India.

“The students can access their results through following websites: www.results.nic.in www.cbseresults.nic.in and www.cbse.nic.in ,” Sharma said.

The result will not be available in the Board office and the public are advised not to visit Board’s office for collection of results.

The process of verification will be displayed on CBSE’s website shortly, the CBSE release states.

Dr CP Thakur conferred with WHO lifetime achievement award

PATNA: Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Dr CP Thakur received the WHO lifetime achievement award for his contributions in the treatment and cure of dreaded disease Kala-azar in the Spanish city of Toledo on Saturday.

The WorldLeish 6 Congress Organising Committee, which selected Dr Tahkaur, who is renowned physician, for this coveted World Health Organisation (WHO) award, gave away the award in its 6th world congress in Toledo.

Dr Thakur, a former union minister, also addressed the conference on Leishmaniasis and his research papers on Kala-azar.

Meanwhile, BJP state working committee member Sanjeev Kumar Mishra congratulated Dr Thakur for his feat.

He said Dr Thakur was the first Indian to receive the WHO lifetime achievement award.

JD(U) workers from MP meet Nitish Kumar

Patna: Workers and leaders of the Janata Dal (United) Madhya Pradesh unit met Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar at the latter's 1 Anne Marg office here on Saturday.
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Yugpursh Mahatma Ke Mahatma to be staged in Patna on May 23

Patna: Jain Sangh will organise a play Yugpursh Mahatma Ke Mahatma at Rabindra Bhavan here on May 23.

The play which is an untold story in Indian history will begin at 7: 30 pm.

The play which is originally in Guajrati will be staged here in Hindi version.

Commemorating the glorious occasion of Shrimad Rajchandraji’s 150th birth anniversary year, under the able guidance of Pujya Gurudevshri Rakeshbhai, Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur presents the theater production, Yugpurush – Mahatma Ke Mahatma.

Yugpurush is a heart-touching and riveting portrayal of the profound relationship between Shrimadji and Gandhiji, depicting the transformation of Mohandas to the Mahatma. What began as an honest friendship, progressed to Gandhiji proclaiming Shrimadji as his spiritual mentor. Celebrated as the global messenger of nonviolence, Gandhiji remained indebted to the teachings of Shrimadji. Their bond initiated a brilliant new chapter in the cultural, political, and spiritual history of India, and of the world.

Yugpurush highlights the values of expanding one’s capacity to love and give selflessly, respecting diversity, supporting truth, fostering trust, and building lasting communities. It brings to the forefront a powerful experience of looking within, upholding truth and fearlessness, and transforming character and consciousness. It revives a stirring spiritual legacy and the cultural philosophy of our nation. The legacies of Shrimadji and Gandhiji continue to offer new paradigms to global peace and human progress.

The play is directed by acclaimed director Rajesh Joshi and scripted by Uttam Gada. The music direction is by well-known composer duo Sachin–Jigar. 

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State-level political re-building convention on July 9

Patna: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Vichar Kendra will organise a state-level political re-building convention at SK Memorial Hall here on July 9.

The decision was taken in a state-level seminar of Vichar Kendra at Bihar Industries Association hall in Saturday.

More than 10000 representatives from Brahmin and Bhumihar communities are expected to take part in the convention.

Noted social activist Bhup Narayan Singh presided over the seminar.

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Devastating fire breaks out in GV Mall

Patna: A devastating fire broke out in the GV Mall located in the posh Boring Road locality here in the wee hours of Saturday causing huge loss of property worth crores of rupees as several shops on the third floor were completely destroyed.

More than one dozen of fire tenders rushed to the spot to tame the leaping flame.

Cause of the fire was stated to be short circuit. However, police are investing the matter.

Sources said several big shops including Hangout, Hangover, Studio 11, SBI Life Insurance, Radio Big FM and Petu Gali were completely gutted.

Several others shops including spa and ready-made garments too suffered substantial damage.

On getting the information, several senior police officers reached spot.

Sources pointed out that the back portion of the mall was totally destroyed in the fire.

MLA Flat Footpath Shopkeepers Association stages dharna

Patna: MLA Flat Footpath Shopkeepers Association staged dharna-cum-demonstration in protest against the district administration's move to evict them from their places here on Wednesday.
The district administration has launched anti-encroachment drive against illegal kiosks and vends by the sides of the busy roads capturing pavements and footpaths.
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Socialists celebrate 82 years of Samajwadi movement

Patna: Socialists thinkers participated in a convention (Samajwadi Samagam) that was organised to celebrate the 82nd year of the socialist movement in India here on Wednesday.
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Ritika enthralls Montessori School students

  

Patna: Students of Montessori School enjoyed the face to face with Indian Ideal fame singer Ritika Raj in their summer camp on Tuesday.

Ritika sang some old and new Bollywood hit songs to entertain the students.

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Tagore's birth anniversary celebrated in Patna

Patna: The 156th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindra Nath Tagore was celebrated at Rabindra Bhavan here on Tuesday.
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Cyclonic storm kills 22 in Bihar

Patna: An early morning cyclonic storm laced with rains hit most parts of Bihar on Tuesday that reportedly took 22 lives and destroyed property worth several lakhs. The state government, however, stated that 15 persons were killed in squall.

Government also announced a compensation of Rs 4 lakhs each for the family members of the deceased.

In Patna, the storm hit around 5:30am in the morning and the strong wind uprooted many a trees causing impediments in the flow of traffic movements throughout the day on several important roads.

The electricity supply was also snapped for several hours and an under construction  pontoon bridge between Hajipur and Gaighat (Patna) was severely damaged.

The movement of railway traffic was also disturbed between Zamania and Dinha section of the East Central Railway for several hours as overhead wire was snapped due to storm.

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District administration destroys 9645 liters of IMFL

Patna: District administration on Tuesday destroyed 9645 liters of India made foreign liquor (IMFL) kept in 17596 bottles at Bihar State Beverage Corporation Limited warehouse at Lakhanibigha (Khagaul) by road roller.

The entire operation was supervised by Patna district magistrate Sanjay Kumar Agrawal.

The entire lot was seized by the police in Fatuha on October 20, 2016 when it was transported in a  truck from Haryana to some location in Patna district.

Bihar government had imposed complete ban on sale,purchase and consumption of liquor in state since April 6, 2016.
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Victory over Fascism celebrated

Patna: A lecture-cum-poets meet was organised to celebrate the 72nd year of victory over Fascism at Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir here on Tuesday.
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Junior Engineers Association celebrates 72nd foundation day

Patna: Awar Abhiyanta Sangh (Junior Engineers Association) celebrated its 72nd foundation day here on Tuesday. Former Bihar Legislative Council chairman Awadhesh Narayan Singh was the chief guest.
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Bengali women take out Prabhat Pheri to celebrate Rabindra Nath Tagore's birthday

Patna: Bengali women of Samastipur took out Prabhat Pheri (morning march) to celebrate the 156th birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindra Nath Tagore on Tuesday. The march was taken out under the banner of Milani Sangha.