Census -- UP, State most populous
Bihar, the second populous state in India till the 1991 census, has now become third populous state in the country after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, even after the creation of Jharkhand state.



Widow, vidvah now dead words, declares NHRC
In a "small gesture" to lend dignity to women, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today directed state governments not to use expressions like `widow', vidvah and beva while addressing the wife of a dead person.



Gujarat govt wakes up just in time to host Clinton
During his maiden tour of India in 1998, the then US President Bill Clinton casually asked where Dholivara -- the 5,000-year-old Harappan civilisation site in Kutch -- was.



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