Bihar

Senior cleric, Maulana Wali Rahmani runs Rahmani 30, a movement to provide free coaching to students from economically, socially and educationally backward communities.

From GST implementation to developing India's first cashless island, these initiatives have been awarded the PM's Award for Excellence in Public Administration 2018.

Mr Sisir Sanyal undertook an experiment for Integrated Rural Development in 50 villages that were affected by perpetual drought and periodic migration of labourers.

These girls are simultaneously juggling cultivation and education, in Patna.

Farmers in an Aurangabad village prone to drought and Maoist insurgency have defied scientific opinion, and cultivated strawberries successfully, boosting the local economy. Mohd Imran Khan takes a closer look.

A quiet little village named Patna in Scotland recently celebrated Bihar Diwas to celebrate its historic links with the Bihar capital.

Touched by poverty, untouchability and atrocities against Musahar- the Mahadalit community of Bihar, Padma Shri Sudha Varghese decided to dedicate her life for their upliftment. Today her NGO Nari Gunjan runs residential schools for girls and offers livelihood programmes for women.

For a man who has made such a strong mark on cinema, it was a surprise to learn, as he said, that the first time he saw a TV was when the 1988 TV show Mahabharat was telecast.

Few Indians have heard about Batak Mian, the brave cook from Bihar who didn’t just save Mahatma Gandhi’s life but also paid a heavy price for it. 

His service to the nation was not just as President—he was an active member of India’s freedom struggle, and his journey started long before he came into office.