Bihar School Examination Board is expected to announce the result of 12th Class / Intermediate soon on its official website.
BSEB Commerce Stream Exam took place from 15th March to 26th March, 2012. Arts Stream Examination took place from 15th March to 28th March, 2012 and Science Stream Examination started from 15th March, 2012 to continued till 26th March, 2012.

Amarnath Yatra 2012 registration process is scheduled to start from 7th May,2012 across India. This year there would be requirement of Medical certificate for this pilgrimage.
Registration would take place at 121 branches of Jammu & Kashmir Bank , 49 Branches of Yes Bank and 4 Corporation Banks of Bihar. Other details are given below:
Fees – Rs. 15
Time of Registration – From 3 pm to 6 pm on working days and on Saturday timings would be from 1 pm to 4 pm.
NOTE – This year pilgrimage would take place on Online Slip, without the slip travel / pilgrimage is not possible.
Helicopter Service charges for Amarnath Yatra / Pilgrimage has been reduced this year.

• Rs.1445for one side of  Baltal-Panchtarni-Baltal
  

  Amarnath Yatra 2012

• Rs.2335 for one side of Pahalgam-Panchtarni-Pahalgam

NOTE: Half fare for 2 to 12 years old children

For online registration and latest updates on Amarnath Yatra 2012 visit the official website http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com/

American Idol 2012

American Idol 2012 , Season 11 is gradually moving one step further in its quest to find the American Idol of year 2012. Now judges of  this biggest reality show on singing, have to select the idol from last six remaining contestants. Their names are following:

1. Skylar Laine, 18 years old from Brandon, MS
2. Phillip Phillips, 21 years old from Leesburg, GA
3. Joshua Ledet, 19 years old from Westlake, LA
4. Jessica Sanchez, 16 years old from San Diego, CA
5. Hollie Cavanagh, 18 years old from McKinney, TX
6. Elise Testone, 28 years old from Charleston, SC

Maulana Mazharul Haque Arabic and Persian University ( MMHAPU), Patna has extended the date of Alim ( Graduation) and Fazil ( PG- Post Graduation)Examination 2012. This examination is now scheduled to take place from 21st May to 30th May, 2012.

Earlier it was supposed to take place from 15th May to 21st May, 2012. But due to municipal corporation election and Fauqania examination, university has to extend the dates. It is expected that more than 10000 students will appear in this examination .

Bihar SSC has declared the result of Secretariat Assistant ( Sachivalay Sahayak ) Preliminary Examination , which was held on 18th December, 2011. About 2.54 lakh candidates appeared in this exam , out of which 16,497 candidates are selected for Mains Examination. To see the result visit the website of Bihar SSC ( http://bssc.bih.nic.in/).

It was the first time that Bihar SSC organised the exam of Graduate Level Combined Examination 2010 for Secretariat Assistant ( Sachivalay Sahayak). It is expected that the mains examination would take place this year, between October and November .

Loveraj Singh Dharamshaktu, a 39 years old Inspector of BSF would become the first Indian to conquer Mount Everest without Oxygen.His team of 15 member will start their journey from Monday.

Mission of Loveraj is not only to conquer Mount Everest, but also to clean the peak of Everest Mountain. He feels that lackadaisical attitude towards the cleanness of mountain will be harmful in near future

Love Raj Singh Dharmshaktu already has conquered 38 mountains. He climbed Mt Everest with oxygen in May,2011. His wife  Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu also a mountaineer and outdoor instructor along with seven other women skied for eight to 10 hours a day, traversing a 915km path through one of the coldest and most desolate regions of the world .

Haj committee has invited application from all the interested Pilgrims who are having valid passport(The passport should be valid upto31^st  March,2013) for Haj / Hajj 2012. Haj Pilgrims from Bihar can visit the official website (http://www.biharstatehajcommittee.org) to get the complete details and to download the application form.

Important dates to remember

Last Date for submission of  Haj Application Form with Pay-in-slip of Rs.200/- per applicant – 16^th April, 2012

Passport and Pay-in-slip of Rs.51,000/- per applicant ( Selected Pilgrims)- 11^th June,2012

Payment of Balance Haj Amount and Air Fare ( Applicable to Selected Pilgrims)-19^th July, 2012

Allotment letter of Rubat ( Applicable to Selected Pilgrims)- 31^st July, 2012

Haj Pilgrims in MP, who are verified by police, their Passport has been issued for Haj 2012. Such pilgrims will have to reach passport office with their applications. They have to write the date and registration number of police verification in their applications to complete the process of issuing the passport.

Those who want to contact the office for any information or any help can call on given number -0755-2775927. The last date to submit the Haj form for year 2012 is 16th April, 2012.

Bihar State Madarsa Education Board has announced the datesheet for Fauquania ( Matriculation) and Maulvi ( Intermediate) examination 2012 . It is expected that this year aroung 70000 students are sitting  in Fauquania exam and approximately 67000 students in Maulvi exam.

The timetable for this exam in given below:

The timing for 1^st Sitting is 8:45 AM and for 2^nd Sitting it is  1.45 PM.

Date for practical exam  ( Fauquania )- 15^th to 17^th May, 2012.

White Category in Haj Pilgrimage is over from year 2012 by the Government of Saudi Arabia. It has increased the areas for Green Category by 300 meter. Now this category would be till 1500 m from Haram Sharif. There is not any change in Azizia Category.

Now there is only two option for Haj Pilgrims to select for Haj-2012.This provision is beneficial for Haj Pilgrims. Last year there were many complains that after taking the amount of Green Category , Pilgrims were accommodated in white category.

Two Categories are following:

 Green Category - The area for this category is increased by 300m. It is from Haram Sharif 1 to 1500 meter. The amount for this category is  not declared by Haj committee.

Azizia Category – There is not any influence on the distance from Haram Sharif. The distance would be 6 to 7 km. The amount for this category is also not announced.