(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Known for crooning regional songs like "Vivah Geet" and "Chhath Geet", folk singer Sharda Sinha, fondly called as“Bihar Kokila”, passed away aged 72. She has left ...
Forced marriages, or Pakadua Vivah, are not isolated but part of a tradition in several areas of Bihar. Often eligible bachelors are abducted and forced to marry women whose families cannot afford ...
New Delhi: Sharda Sinha, the renowned classical and folk singer from Bihar, is currently in critical condition and receiving treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi ...
Pakadua vivah or forcible wedding was a common practice in Bihar but saw a decline after government initiatives and police tightening its grip on people abducting eligible bachelors for marriages to ...
Two weeks into his job as a schoolteacher, Gautam Kumar, in his late 20s, from Maheya-Malpur village, Vaishali district in Bihar, was allegedly kidnapped from his place of work and forcibly married at ...