A political row erupted in poll-bound Bihar on Thursday (August 28, 2025) over a viral video on social media which showed a speaker, said to be a minor, abusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the ...

To protect Bihar's linguistic heritage, the state government will unify eight language academies under one governing body for better management. The academies, which include Bhojpuri, Maithili, and ...

While five languages were accorded the classical status earlier this month, Maithili, a language for which demands have been raised time and again missed out as the Bihar government had not forwarded ...

Patna: The state govt has finalised ‘Policy 2026’ to bring all language academies under one umbrella, with the higher education department sending the proposal to the finance department for approval.

Bihar's language academies, once bustling hubs of cultural enrichment, now teeter on the edge of extinction as they grapple with chronic understaffing and governmental indifference. These institutions ...

Demands for the grant of official language status to Bhojpuri, arguably the most widely spoken dialect in Bihar, and Bharat Ratna (posthumously) to legendary folk artiste Bhikhari Thakur appear to ...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday, August 29, condemned the alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ in the state. PATNA: Darbhanga ...

Patna: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Friday condemned the use of abusive words against Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the “Vote Adhikar Yatra” in Bihar. “The kind of language that has been ...

The academies are being set up under the administrative control of Department of Higher Education. The Bihar government has taken a significant step towards preserving and promoting ancient languages ...