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News News: Bihar education department's controversial decision to hold training and exams on festivals faced criticism from political leaders. SCERT circular man

Gopalganj in-charge SP Hriday Kant said Sah was not a priest, as some reports had mentioned, but was a caretaker who lived in a room on the temple premises.

Two persons were killed and several others injured as police opened fire on Friday in Bihars Katihar district following stone-pelting by protesters who were demanding better power supply on 26 July, Wednesday.

Bihar energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav meanwhile said there was "no place for violent protests" in the state, and the Bihar government would "augment" electricity in Barsoi.

Protests will remain the ornament of our democracy and shall continue to act as a reminder to those who wishfully think that they can suppress the voices of ground-level leaders like Vijay Singh

Protests over teacher recruitment point to widening gap between rising expectations and a political economy that cannot keep pace

An India Today investigation into the violent Agnipath protests in three Bihar towns revealed glaring gaps between intel about potential violence and security planning on the ground.

The Union Cabinet on June 14 approved a recruitment scheme for Indian youth to serve in the three services of the Armed Forces called Agnipath and the youth selected under this scheme will be known as Agniveers

All India Students` Association in Bihar have called a 24-hour Bihar bandh today demanding an immediate rollback of the new Agneepath recruitment scheme.

On Saturday, the Centre announced 10% reservations for the ‘Agniveers’ in various Central government jobs after completion of the four-year service tenure as per the Agneepath scheme.