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Due to the continuous heavy rain falls in the Himalayan nation, the level of water in the Koshi river increased very speedly, so all the 56 gates of the Birpur Barrage of the Koshi river was opened. The districts affected by the Koshi floods are Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Khagaria, Katihar and Bhagalpur. [5] [6] [7]
Hindustan dominates in Bihar with a readership of about 5 million (as per the IRS 2011, Q4). It commands a massive 73% share of the Hindi readership market of Bihar. On 24 April 2018, Hindustan launched its 5th edition in Purnea. On 13 May 2016, Hindustan ' s reporter, Rajdev Ranjan, was shot to death in a drive-by shooting. [6]
Bhagalpur, historically known as Champa Nagri, is a city in the Indian state of Bihar, situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river.It is the third largest city of Bihar by population and also serves the headquarters of Bhagalpur district, Bhagalpur division, and Eastern Range.
Bhagalpur is the oldest district of Bihar. Bhagalpur ... 23.40% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 10.29% Urdu and 2.09% Bhojpuri as their first language ...
The first success of spreading Modern Standard Hindi occurred in Bihar in 1881, when it displaced Standard Urdu as the sole official medium of the province. In this struggle between Hindi and Urdu standards of the Hindustani language, the potential claims of the three large mother tongues in the region – Bhojpuri, Maithili and Magahi were ignored.
Such state and national politics are creating conditions for language endangerments. [9] After independence Hindi was given the sole official status through the Bihar Official Language Act, 1950. [10] Hindi was displaced as the sole official language of Bihar in 1981, when Urdu was accorded the status of the second official language. [11]
Dainik Bhaskar (lit. ' The Daily Sun ') is a Hindi-language daily newspaper in India which is owned by the Dainik Bhaskar Group. [2] According to the World Association of Newspapers, it ranked fourth in the world by circulation in 2016 and per the Indian Audit Bureau of Circulations was the largest newspaper in India by circulation as of 2022.
Prabhat Khabar is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal, with circulation in some other states in India, including parts of Orissa. It was founded in August 1984 in Ranchi, in Bihar. With the formation of Jharkhand state in November 2000, Ranchi became the capital of Jharkhand.