All Entries Tagged With: "Bodh Gaya"
Arundhati flays cop killing, with a rider
Patna, Sep 04(TNN): “For the Maoists to kill the policemen they have kidnapped and are holding in custody in Bihar is as reprehensible as it was for the Andhra policemen to kill Azad and Hem Chandra Pandey in the way they killed them according to the autopsy report,” said Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy on [...]
Bihar hasn’t changed, feels Om Puri in ‘dirty’ Gaya
Gaya, Aug 03 (TNN): Cine actor Om Puri on Monday reiterated the comment he made on the sanitary conditions in Gaya town during his month-long stay here to shoot ‘Patang’, a national award winning film, in 1990s. “I still feel like picking up the broom to clean the Gaya streets,” he said. In Gaya after [...]
B. R. Ambedkar Bihar University
On 02.01.1952 Universities of Bihar was separated from Patna University, but with its headquarters at Patna. In the year 1960 – The Bihar State Universities Act 1960 bifurcated the existing University of Bihar into three separate Universities, namely; (1) Bihar University, Muzaffarpur (2) Ranchi University, Ranchi (3) Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur. Again in the year 1961 [...]
Myanmar ruler in India, prays at Bodh Gaya
Patna, July 25 (IANS) Myanmar’s military ruler General Than Shwe began a five-day state visit to India Sunday by offering prayers at the Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya in Bihar. He will reach Delhi Monday, where he will meet Indian leaders and sign several agreements. The general landed at the Gaya airport around 10.30 a.m. [...]
Magadh University BSc Part III Result 2010
July 21: Magadh University has released Bachelor of arts and Bachelors of Science part 3 results onlline at official website. Students can check their Under Graduate results from the following link given below. Magadh University is a university in the state of Bihar, India. It is recognized by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The University [...]
Bihar to approach Sri Lanka for Bodhi tree sapling
Patna, June 28 (IANS): The Bihar government will approach Sri Lanka for another sapling of the Bodhi tree after the first one planted by Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama in Patna wilted due to negligence, triggering anger in the Buddhist community. Bihar Art and Culture Minister Renu Devi said on Monday over telephone that the [...]
Buses that never hit Bihar road
The Bihar NEWS, May 30: Thanks to the lethargic style of functioning of the Bihar government the Centre has recently withdrawn the financial assistance it had extended to tone up the urban transport system in Patna and Gaya-Bodh Gaya, the two cities selected under the Jawaharlal Urban Renewal Mission, for this purpose. The money was [...]
Monks upset over Dalai Lama not raising temple issue
Patna, May 28 (IANS) Buddhist monks in Bihar are disappointed that Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama did not raise the demand for Buddhist control over the management of the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya during his visit here. “As usual, the Dalai Lama did not raise the core issue of Buddhist control over the [...]
Buddha Purnima celebrated at Bodh Gaya
Bodh Gaya (Bihar), May 27 (IANS) Hundreds of Buddhists from across the world Thursday celebrated Buddha Purnima, the day Lord Buddha was born, at Bodh Gaya in Bihar where he attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya temple management committee organised a function to celebrate the 2,554th Buddha Jayanti at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, Buddhism’s holiest [...]
Three get life term for raping Japanese woman
Patna, May 17: A special court in Bihar Monday sentenced three men to life imprisonment for raping a 25-year-old Japanese woman near Bodh Gaya, just 26 days after it first started hearing the case. Gaya District and Sessions Judge Jayant Kumar Sen also imposed a Rs.10,000 fine on each of them, prosecution lawyer Vimal Kishor [...]
Nitish playing politics on Central University in Motihari
The Bihar NEWS, May 02: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday that the state government would give land for the Central University of Bihar nowhere else but in Motihari. Addressing a public meeting during the Vishwas Yatra he warned that the state would not allow any delay or attempt by the Centre to [...]
Nitish sets off for Vishwas Yatra, justifies BJP’s withdrawal of support to Soren
The Bihar NEWS, April 29: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday justified the BJP’s decision to withdraw support from the four-month old Shibu Soren government in Jharkhand. Nitish, who sets off for Vishwas Yatra and reached Bagaha in West Champaran, alleged that it is the CBI and not Manmohan Singh-led UPA, which is ruling [...]
Few takers of BSTDC tour package
The Bihar NEWS, April 27: Though the number of foreign and domestic tourists have shown marked increase in the last one year yet there is hardly any taker of the idea of the tour package floated by the Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation. The tour package was introduced for the Buddhist sites like the Mahabodhi [...]
Speedy trial begins in Japanese woman’s gangrape case
Patna, April 22 : A Bihar court Thursday began the trial into the gangrape of a Japanese woman on April 16. Three people have been arrested. The speedy trial began in the court of the chief judicial magistrate in Gaya, a day after police filed its chargesheet against the three accused. The 25-year-old Japanese woman [...]
Shinde blames poor transmission lines for power shortage in Bihar
The Bihar NEWS, April 22: The Union power minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, blamed the weak power transmission lines of Bihar for the acute electricity shortage in the state. Addressing a meeting after laying the foundation stone of 765/400/220 KV power sub-station at Bara village under Bodh Gaya block of Gaya district on Tuesday he said [...]
Bihar beefs up security after rape of Japanese tourist
Patna, April 19: Three days after a Japanese woman was allegedly gangraped near Bodh Gaya in Bihar’s Gaya district, the state government has decided to enhance safety and security measures for tourists, particularly foreigners, officials said Monday. A 25-year-old Japanese woman was raped near Gaya railway station by four people, including an autorickshaw driver, Friday [...]
Bihar govt upset over the appointment of new MU VC
The Bihar NEWS, April 19: The appointment of Prof Arvind Kumar as the new VC of Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, has created storm in the corridors of power. The human resources development minister, Hari Narayan Singh, on Saturday said that the state government was not consulted by the Raj Bhawan on the issue of appointment [...]
Japanese woman gangraped in Bihar
Patna, April 17 (IANS) A Japanese woman was allegedly gangraped in Bihar by four people, including an autorickshaw driver, police said Saturday. The four accused have been arrested. The tourist was on her way from Bodh Gaya to the Gaya railway station when she was raped Friday night, police said. A First Information Report (FIR) [...]
Gaya
Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River (Niranjana, as mentioned in Ramayana), it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions. It is surrounded by small rocky hills (Mangla-Gauri, Shringa-Sthan, Ram-Shila and Brahmayoni) by three sides and the river [...]
