Three individuals from Bihar, including folk artist Bishwa Bandhu, were honored with the Padma Shri Award. Alongside Bandhu, ...

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 ...

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 ...

BJP MP Manoj Tiwari has written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding that Bhikhari Thakur, the legendary Bhojpuri poet, playwright, singer, and social reformer, be posthumously awarded the ...

Patna: Folk dancer Bishwa Bandhu, Bhojpuri folk singer Bharat Singh Bharti and agricultural scientist Gopal Ji Trivedi from ...

MP Sudama Prasad has urged the President to posthumously award the Bharat Ratna to Bhikhari Thakur, widely known as the ‘Shakespeare of Bhojpuri’. Thakur, a legendary playwright and social reformer, ...

Patna: Over five decades after his death in 1971, calls to posthumously confer the Bharat Ratna on Bhikhari Thakur, the legendary Bhojpuri literary and cultural icon, grew louder on Sunday.BJP MP and ...