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February 2014
Sahara chief Subrata Roy surrenders, arrested
Lucknow, Feb 28 (IANS) Sahara India chief Subrata Roy surrendered before police here Friday, a day after they failed to trace him to execute a Supreme Court warrant for his arrest. He was arrested and presented before the chief judicial magistrate who sent him to police custody till March 4. |
Cabinet approves changes in Nalanda university
New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The central government Friday approved changes in the Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill 2013 to further streamline the governance structure of the proposed university in Bihar. |
Congmen worried over delay in final announcement of alliance with RJD
Patna,(BiharTimes): Congress workers are somewhat worried over the delay in the final announcement of RJD-Congress alliance in the state. Though some party leaders call the exit of LJP as good riddance because of the bad image of some of its leaders and unjustified demand there are others who are of the view that too much delay in the final announcement is hampering the probable candidates from starting their work in the respective constituencies. |
BJP's rail blockade hits people in Bihar
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) Hundreds of passengers were Friday stranded at many railway stations across Bihar as BJP workers forcibly stopped trains over the denial of special category status to the state by the union government, officials said.
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Six girls fall from roof, die
Patna, Feb 28 (IANS) At least six girls died Friday after falling from the roof of a house in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said. |
‘Paswan should apologize to Narendra Modi’
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Lok Janshakti Party’s decision to return to the NDA fold has come under strong criticism from the Muslims and the lone party MLA, Zakir Anwar, resigned from the party. He accused the party of joining hands with the communal and fascist forces and of betraying the minorities. He had done so for sheer family and his own interest, the MLA added. |
Advani-camp instrumental in pact with LJP, feels many in Bihar BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): The camp-followers of Narendra Modi in Bihar BJP are seriously suspecting that the leaders, who were aligned to the party patriarch Lal Krishna Advani and opposed to the present prime ministerial candidate are behind the move to rope in the Lok Janshakti Party into the National Democratic Alliance fold. |
Five years on, hundreds of Bihar flood victims await homes
Madhepura (Bihar), Feb 28 (IANS) Over five years after their houses were washed away by the Kosi river in the worst floods in Bihar in half a century, Karee Devi and Ramji Das - and hundreds of others like them - are still awaiting the construction of their houses under the state government's rehabilitation |
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LJP rejoins NDA, to contest seven LS seats in Bihar
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ramvilas Paswan Thursday returned to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and announced an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the Lok Sabha elections.
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JD-U expels Shivanand Tiwari, four MPs
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United Thursday expelled senior leader Shivanand Tiwari and four sitting parliamentarians for anti-party activities. |
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BJP leaders meet Paswan
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) BJP leaders from Bihar Thursday met LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan as the two parties apparently moved forward for an alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. |
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad said Wednesday that not aligning with the Congress in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections was a "mistake" and Nitish Kumar was not a factor in Bihar in the coming elections. |
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Bihar shutdown a daylong Satyagraha: Nitish
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday said his call for a shutdown in Bihar March 2 is in line with Mahatma Gandhi's ideology, adding that it will be a daylong 'Satyagraha' to protest the denial of special category status to his state. |
FIR against 200 for stoning Bihar speaker's house
Patna, Feb 27 (IANS) An FIR was lodged here Thursday against 200 unidentified people in connection with the stone pelting at Bihar assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary's house by Rashtriya Janata Dal workers. |
Lone LJP MLA in Bihar resigns over BJP alliance
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Zakir Anwar, the Lok Janshakti Party's lone legislator in Bihar, Wednesday resigned from the party to protest the LJP's likely alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party for the Lok Sabha polls. |
BJP-LJP alliance talks now at advanced stage
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Talks for an alliance between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) are at an advanced stage and the two parties are discussing seat-sharing agreement, sources here said. |
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House attacked because I am Mahadalit: Bihar speaker
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Bihar assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary Wednesday said his house was pelted with stones by Rashtriya Janata Dal workers because he hails from the Mahadalit caste, the poorest among the Dalits. |
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Nitish’s move has its own method, feel some analysts
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though Nitish Kumar partially succeeded in his bid to make a dent into the RJD legislature party some observers and retired officials feel that it was a planned move by the Bihar chief minister so that all 13 MLAs get disqualified. |
11-party front to beat Congress, BJP; provide alternative
A grouping of 11 non-UPA, non-NDA parties Wednesday announced that they will work for defeat of Congress and BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections and provide an alternative with "secular, federal and pro-people development agenda". |
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Two killed in Bihar over dance dispute during marriage
Patna, Feb 26 (IANS) Two people were killed and one critically injured at a marriage function in Bihar's Bhojpur district when two groups opened fire at each other after a tiff over the demand for a dance, police said Wednesday. |
Bihar council polls on March 20
Patna (BiharTimes): Biennial elections to replace members of the Bihar legislative council members retiring in April-May will be held March 20, the Election Council announced Tuesday. |
Aamir visits Mountain Man's village, meets his family
Gahlaur (Bihar), Feb 25 (IANS) Bollywood actor Aamir Khan Tuesday visited Gahlaur village and met family members of Dasrath Manjhi, who single-handedly carved out a road by cutting through a hill in Bihar, for his TV show "Satyamev Jayate 2". |
Delhi Police reaches out to migrants - in Bhojpuri
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Making sure its announcements are not just heard but understood as well, Delhi Police is now asking people in Bhojpuri language to be cautious about drug and robbery gangs at a crowded railway station in the capital. |
Nitish gave MLAs bribes to leave RJD, says Lalu
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conspired to split his party by bribing RJD legislators to join the Janata Dal-United to save his minority government. |
JD(U) operation split got aborted as RJD wins back legislators, confidence
Patna,(BiharTimes): With just four out of 13 RJD MLAs in reality crossing over to Janata Dal (United) it can now be said that the whole operation failed to achieve the desired result. Actually the JD(U) wanted to engineer a split by winning 15 out of 22 MLAs to avoid anti-Defection law. But it could ‘procure’ the signatures of just 13 MLAs. |
Lalu returns to Patna as nine MLAs return to RJD fold
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu :Prasad Yadav rushed back to Patna on Tuesday morning even as the party is holding a meeting in mid-afternoon. So far nine of the13 MLAs have returned to the party fold and one more is likely to come. |
Nitish Kumar conspired to split RJD: Lalu Prasad
Patna, Feb 25 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Tuesday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar had conspired to split his party to save his government, which is in a minority. |
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Dissension spreads in BJP as C P Thakur opposes alliance with LJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): Dissension has spread in the Bharatiya Janata Party on the likely tie-up with the Lok Janshakti Party. After Ashwani Kumar Choubey it is the party’s national vice president, Dr C P Thakur, who said that any such move would prove disastrous for the saffron party. |
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Narendra Modi’s Muzaffarpur rally hit by infighting in BJP?
Patna,(BiharTimes): As almost all the state BJP top brass have rushed to New Delhi either to support or oppose the alliance with the Lok Janshakti Party the proposed March 3 rally of its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, in Muzaffarpur is suddenly getting less attention. |
RJD splitting? Six 'rebel' legislators deny rumour
New Delhi/Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Monday seemed headed for a split after 13 legislators said they were no longer with the party, but party leaders denied any rift and six of the "rebels" said they were still with the Lalu Prasad-led party. |
LJP, BJP deny alliance reports
New Delhi/Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) Leaders from both the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday refused to confirm reports of an alliance, after an LJP leader claimed a tie-up was on the cards. |
IM waging war against India: NIA charge sheet
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Indian Mujahideen (IM), a banned terrorist organisation, has entered into a larger conspiracy of waging war against the government of India, said a charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) against IM co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and three others for terror strikes in India. |
Luxury heritage river cruise to link Kolkata to Patna
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) Tourists will soon get a chance to sail their way through the Ganga, to get a glimpse of remote historic and scenic spots in West Bengal, courtesy a heritage cruise connecting Kolkata to Patna. |
RJD heads for a split
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) At least 13 of the 22 legislators of Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal Monday said they were no longer with the party. |
Nitish for 'Thali' beating before Bihar shutdown
Patna Feb 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday urged people to participate in 'thali' beating March 1 in support of the state shutdown the following day to protest denial of special category status to Bihar. |
Federal Front has more votes than Congress, BJP: Sharad Yadav
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) The "Federal Front" of 11 regional parties, including the Samajwadi Party, Janata Dal-United and AIADMK, has more geographical reach and vote share than either the Congress or BJP, JD-U president Sharad Yadav has said and claimed the front will form the next government after the Lok Sabha polls. |
BJP shifts venue for Muzaffarpur rally of Narendra Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday announced that it had shifted the venue for March 3 rally of its prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi in Muzaffarpur from the Police Lines ground to a field at Bakhri-Parimasa on Darbhanga-Muzaffarpur National Highway. |
CPI, CPI (M) support Bihar bandh demand
Patna,(BiharTimes): The CPI and CPI(M) on Saturday backed chief minister Nitish Kumar’s call for Bihar Bandh (Shutdown) on March 2 to protest against the denial of special category status to Bihar. |
CPI-ML shutdown hits transport in Bihar
Patna, Feb 23 (IANS) Road and train traffic in Bihar was partly hit Sunday during a shutdown called by the CPI-ML to protest against the power tariff and licensing policy for alcohol shops. |
Man killed in Maoist-police battle
Patna, Feb 23 (IANS) A man was killed by a stray bullet in Bihar's Gaya district during a five-hour gun battle between Maoists and police, police said Sunday. |
BJP seeks Nitish's support for railway blockade
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) The BJP Saturday sought the support of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his JD-U for the Feb 28 railway blockade, in return for supporting a shutdown called by the government March 2 protesting the denial of special category status to the state. |
Three children burnt to death in Bihar
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Three children were burnt to death and five sustained burn injuries when their thatched house in a Bihar village caught fire, police said Saturday. |
Reports of tactical understanding between JD(U), AAP
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the Aam Admi Party is to announce the name of its candidates from Bihar within a day or two grapevine has it that it may have a tactical understanding with the ruling Janata Dal (United). |
BJP to bag half the seats in UP, Bihar: survey
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) The BJP is projected to win half the Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, notching up a tally far higher than any other party, according to an ABP News-Nielsen survey. |
After NaMo tea, Lalu tea stalls to open soon
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) Politics over a cup of tea is warming up in Bihar as RJD members have decided to open Lalu tea stalls to counter the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's claim to being a tea seller. |
Woman gives birth in exam hall
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) A woman in Bihar gave birth in the examination hall where she was appearing for her class 12 exams, an official said Friday. |
Union Cabinet to decide on financial freedom for Nalanda University
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Union Cabinet will have to take a decision on granting full financial independence to the institution to Nalanda University even as the finance ministry refused to budge from its stand that the project would have to be governed and managed by the same oversight rules as other government-aided bodies. |
BJP demands CBI probe into Sohail Hingora abduction case
Patna,(BiharTimes): Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly, Nand Kishore Yadav, on Wednesday demanded the CBI probe into the Sohail Hingora abduction case even as the issue rocked the House for the second day in succession. |
NIA files second charge sheet against Bhatkal, others
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Thursday filed a second charge sheet against Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and three others for planning terror strikes in India. |
Two Bihar men wrongly branded terrorists, demand probe
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) A cycle repair shop owner and a mason in Bihar Thursday said they were wrongly branded terror suspects by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) without any evidence. A police inquiry too found they had no terror links. |
Central varsity status for Nalanda would be betrayal: Amartya Sen
Economist Amartya Sen Wednesday dismissed reports that he had threatened to quit as the revived Nalanda University's chancellor, but said a bureaucrat's suggestion that it be treated like a central varsity would be a "complete betrayal" of the Asian signatories and Indian parliament. |
Tarakant embarrasses JD(U) with pro-Narendra Modi comment
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) faced an embarrassment of a sort when the former state BJP chief, Tarakant Jha, while joining the party did not mince words to say that he still abides by the ‘vichar dhara’ (ideology) of the RSS as he has been Swamsevak since his childhood days. |
Tarakant’s exit exposes infighting within BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): The resignation of Tarakant Jha from the primary membership of the party at the time when everything is apparently going right for the party certainly came as a jolt to the saffron brigade. |
Bihar to set up IT city in Nalanda: Nitish
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday said his government will set up an IT city in the state's Nalanda district that will help create job opportunities. |
CBI begins probe into Bihar schoolgirl's abduction
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation Wednesday began a probe into the abduction of a schoolgirl, Navruna who was whisked away from her home in Bihar's Muzaffarpur town, police officials said. |
N K Singh praises Nitish as well as NDA’s joint efforts for Bihar’s development
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rajya Sabha MP from Bihar N K Singh on Tuesday attributed the development made by Bihar to the leadership of chief minister Nitish Kumar as well as the “joint efforts of the NDA of which my party was an alliance partner till June last year and the collective political leadership of both the parties played a criticial role in bringing about these far reaching changes.” |
Jharkhand civil servants quitting jobs to fight polls
Ranchi, Feb 19 (IANS) Politics seems to be attracting several bureaucrats and police officers in Jharkhand. Many Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officials have quit their jobs in the last few months to join politics. |
Nitish rules out alliance with BJP
Patna, Feb 18 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday ruled out any alliance of his Janata Dal-United with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA. |
Nitish challenges Nand Kishore on Hingora abduction charge
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday strongly denied that the CID report states that the payment of the ransom money for the release of Sohail Hingora was made at the house of any senior Janata Dal (United) leader in Patna. |
Over 200 students caught cheating in Bihar, expelled
Patna, Feb 18 (IANS) More than 200 students have been caught cheating in the Class 12 board exam and expelled in the last three days. Nearly a dozen parents who helped them use unfair means were arrested, an official said Tuesday. |
CD ratio issue to be taken up with Centre: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Stating that the credit-deposit (CD) ratio in Bihar continues to be very low chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said that the state government would strongly take up the matter with the Centre. |
Sohail Hingora case :Ransom Paid in JD(U) leader’s house, says Nand Kishore Yadav
Patna,(BiharTimes): The leader of opposition in the state Assembly, Nand Kishore Yadav, said on Monday that the ransom amount for the release of Sohail Hingora, son of an industrialist of Gujarat, was paid in the house of a senior Janata Dal (United) leader in Patna. He read out the CID report in the assembly and asked govt. to come clear on the issue. "This speaks enough how organised crimes are taking place in the state" added Yadav |
I am Khan but not a terrorist, says Bihar minister
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) In the wake of the BJP demanding his resignation over his alleged links to two terror suspects, Bihar's Minority Welfare and Information Technology Minister Shahid Ali Khan Monday said his name is Khan but he was not a terrorist. |
Special status for Bihar: JD-U plans parliament stir
Patna, Feb 17 (IANS) Over two dozen MPs from Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) will stage a dharna in parliament Tuesday demanding grant of special status to the state, JD-U state president Vashisht Narain Singh Monday said. |
High-level meeting after IB alert on Modi rallyPatna,(BiharTimes): A high-level meeting was held on Saturday after Intelligence Bureau sent an alert to the state police headquarters that terror groups could be planning an attack on BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, during his rally in Muzaffarpur on March 3. |
BJP betrayed JD-U by naming Modi as PM candidate: Nitish
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) betrayed his party JD-U even after then BJP president Nitin Gadkari had promised that Narendra Modi will not be the prime ministerial candidate. |
Arvind Kejriwal: 49 days of adrenaline-pumping; will it return?
It was yet another day when I was woken up by the alarm tone of my mobile phone at 7.30 a.m. only to realise that I would no longer be covering the feeble-looking but feisty Arvind Kejriwal who shook up Delhi's political landscape in just 49 days as the chief minister. |
Patkar, Meera Sanyal in AAP's first Lok Sabha list
New Delhi, Feb 16 (IANS) Two days after its government in Delhi quit, the AAP Sunday turned its focus on the Lok Sabha elections, releasing its first list of candidates which included activists Medha Patkar, Anjali Damania, Yogendra Yadav, Meera Sanyal and Kumar Vishwas from various key constituencies.
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Drones buzz in Bihar to track Maoists
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) Drones are flying in Bihar to help combat Maoists.Security forces in Bihar's worst Maoist-hit districts are using the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ensure the safety and security of their men in field operations, police officials Saturday said. |
Poll call: Nitish again links special status to Bihar's development
Patna, Feb 16 (IANS) With the Lok Sabha polls round the corner, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has once again linked the grant of special status to development in the hope of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) sweeping the state's 40 seats in parliament's lower house. |
| No, it was Chai Pe Googly, counters Sushil Modi Patna,(BiharTimes): Commenting on Chai Pe Chugli remarks of chief minister Nitish Kumar his former deputy and senior BJP leader, Sushil Kumar Modi, said that it was actually Chai Pe Googly. |
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Budget Session starts with brief Governor’s speech
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Budget Session of the Bihar Assembly started on Friday with a brief speech by the Governor, D Y Patil.Though it is a Budget Session it would be only of nine days. After the speech the House was adjourned after obituary references. |
Now the NOC twist to Muzaffarpur ground battle
Patna,(BiharTimes): The issue of allotment of field to Bharatiya Janata Party and Rashtriya Janata Dal on Friday acquired a new twist with the Muzaffarpur district administration seeking No Objection Certificate (NOC) from both the parties. |
Dipankar calls Nitish a dictator, but bats for Third Front
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though he describing the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar a dictator yet CPI(M-L) national general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya called upon the Left parties to gauge the public mood and take initiative to form a Third Front ahead of the coming Lok Sabha elections. |
Second Patna Literature Festival begins
Patna, Feb 14 The three-day Patna Literature Festival began here Friday with well-known poets Gulzar and Ashok Vajpayee, fiction writers, filmmakers and others discussing different colours of the age-old literary tradition in the ancient land of Patliputra. |
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Nitish's help sought to bring back seer's body from Punjab
Patna, Feb 14 (IANS) The son of Divya Jyoti Jagriti Sansthan head Ashutosh Maharaj, who has been declared clinically dead, Friday sought help of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to bring back his father's body from Punjab to their native village in state's Madhubani district for last rites. |
Kejriwal resigns over Janlokpal bill; sets stage for national role
New Delhi, Feb 14 Forty-nine days after he took charge of the Delhi government, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday resigned following a tumultuous day in the state assembly where combined Congress and BJP legislators “defeated” his party’s attempts to introduce its signal Jan Lokpal bill |
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Media’s darling: Narendra Modi or Nitish Kumar or both
Patna,(BiharTimes): Perhaps, it is after sending the editor of a Hindi daily, Harivansh, to Rajya Sabha that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar understood the real design of the media. He may be right when he called NaMo the darling of the media. But what he missed in the process is that from October 19, 1994, that is on the day Samata Party was formed, to June 16, 2013, when he snapped ties with the BJP, none else but Nitish was the darling. |
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NDA projected to win 227 Lok Sabha seats: Survey
New Delhi, Feb 13 (IANS) The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is projected to win 227 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, 45 short of the magic mark of 272 in a house of 543, according to an India TV-C Voter poll projection released Thursday. |
NaMo’s tea party: Many a slip between the cup and the lip
So far Bihar is concerned BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi had to do a lot of tight-rope walking while addressing 36 tea-vendors of 16 cities and towns. In all on Wednesday he, via videoconferencing, addressed hundreds of tea-vendors of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar |
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Rivals ridicule Giriraj’s remarks on Shahnawaz as CM material
Patna,(BiharTimes): The comment made by the BJP leader, Giriraj Singh, that former Union minister and Bhagalpur MP, Syed Shahnawaz Husain, is a chief ministerial material has sparked off heated debate in the political circle with the Janata Dal (United) and Rashtriya Janata Dal ridiculing it.
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Nitish appeasing Narendra Modi, says Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Commenting on the allotment of Police Line ground to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief, Lalu Prasad Yadav, said on Wednesday that Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had wasted no time in allotting the venue to the BJP as he wanted to please his old friend, Narendra Modi, while his party is yet to get any ground. |
Vigilance seeks sanction to prosecute 250 in pending graft cases
Patna,(BiharTimes): The vigilance department has sent fresh reminders to the principal secretaries of General Administration Department, Education, Health, Environment and Forest, Water Resources, Panchayati Raj, Home (Police) Departments etc giving them lists of about 250 officers and employees
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No fare hike, 72 new trains in India's interim rail budget
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge presented the interim rail budget for the next fiscal Wednesday sans much fanfare with no hike in fares or freight rates, and announced 72 new trains and connectivity to two more northeastern states. |
No clear message yet from Congress, regrets Ram Vilas
Patna,(BiharTimes): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan is somewhat worried over delay by the Congress party in making final announcement over pre-poll alliance with LJP and RJD. He said even Lalu Prasad is in dark over the issue. |
Nitish govt in minority, says Sushil Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday that the Nitish Kumar government has lost its majority in the Bihar Assembly after the resignation of Parween Amanullah from Janata Dal (United) and death of another party MLA, Damodar Singh. |
Higher education director quits
Patna,(BiharTimes): The director of higher education, Sitaram Singh, resigned from his post on Monday. His three years term was to end in December 2014. |
Bihar cabinet approves dismissal of three judges
Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet Tuesday formally approved the dismissal of three senior judicial officers, as recommended by the Patna High Court, for their involvement in "undesirable activities" in a hotel in Nepal. |
Former Bihar minister rules out contesting against Khurshid
Patna, Feb 11 (IANS) Parveen Amanullah, Bihar's first woman Muslim minister who quit the ruling JD-U last week to join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Tuesday denied that she will contest against External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad constituency. |
RJD, BJP both to hold rally in Muzaffarpur on March 3
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said on Tuesday that it is upto Nitish Kumar to decide whether he wants to allot the land in Muzaffarpur to his friend, Narendra Modi, or to him to organize a rally. |
Third Front can play its role in fractured verdict: Ram Vilas
Patna,(BiharTimes): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan is of the view that a third force could play a key role after the Lok Sabha election. He said the Third Front would not be a force to reckon with in the run-up to the general elections but it could unite many parties on a common platform to help them realise their common goal of keeping the BJP out of power at the Centre. |
Insurance plan for journalists launched in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state government on Monday formally launched Bihar Rajya Patrakar Bima Yojana, 2014 to provide group mediclaim and personal accident insurance to 3,000 working journalists |
Another controversial politician looks towards BJP for Lok Sabha ticket
Patna,(BiharTimes): The controversial Janata Dal (United) leader, Ranvir Yadav, who snatched the gun of the security guard of his MLA wife to fire in the air to disperse the protesting para-teachers during chief minister’s Adhikar Yatra in Khagaria, is now accusing Nitish Kumar of breaking the promise. |
BJP will go alone in Bihar: Rudy
Patna,(BiharTimes): BJP leader and former Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy said on Monday that his party would contest all the 40 Lok Sabha seats alone in the coming election |
Ram Kripal comes to Shahid Ali Khan’s support
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD general secretary Ram Kripal Yadav on Monday rejected the allegation that Bihar’s minority welfare minister, Shahid Ali Khan, has any link with two alleged Indian Mujahideen operatives. |
Is Nitish’s fear of BJP’s revenge misplaced?
Patna,(BiharTimes): While addressing public meetings recently Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar repeatedly asked his voters to beware of the subtle strategy adopted by the former ally, the Bharatiya Janata Party, to weaken him. |
Three judges dismissed from job for sexual escapade
Patna,(BiharTimes): The meeting of the full court of Patna high court on Saturday decided to dismiss three serving judges posted at different places in Bihar as they were allegedly caught red-handed in a sexual escapade in Nepal. |
Giriraj, Ashwani Choubey land BJP in a spot by their remarks
Patna,(BiharTimes): Some BJP leaders in Bihar think that their prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is in possession of such a magic wand that he would ensure victory in all the 40 Lok Sabha seats even if they by their utterances and actions cause damage to the party’s prospect and image. |
JD(U) asks Ashwini Choubey to resign before LS poll
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) has strongly denounced the statement of BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey that he would quit his Bhagalpur Assembly seat if the JD(U) wins even a single seat in the coming Lok Sabha election. On Saturday Choubey had even said that he had warned the BJP leadership eight years ago not to support Nitish Kumar as chief minister as he has poisonous teeth. |
A village where Hindu girls wear 'janeu'
Patna, Feb 9 (IANS) In a tradition that is more than four decades old, girls in a Bihar village wear the 'janeu' or the sacred thread, which is otherwise the preserve of men or boys. |
Nitish takes exception to SSB’s actions
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday took strong exception to the manner in which the Shashtra Seema Bal (SSB) had sent the information to the Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar Police for verification of charge against minority welfare minister, Shahid Ali Khan. |
Ashwani Choubey special: I warned against making Nitish CM eight years back
Patna,(BiharTimes): Claiming that he had warned the BJP leadership more than eight years back against letting Nitish Kumar become the chief minister as he should never be trusted former Bihar health minister Ashwani Choubey said on Saturday that he would quit as BJP MLA if Janata Dal (United) won even a single seats in the state in the coming Lok Sabha elections. |
BJP is a 'bimar' party: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Feb 8 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said that BJP is a 'bimar' (ill) party with a communal mindset, the harshest criticism by the chief minister so far of his former ally. |
Inchoate Third Front does not pose a major challenge
Considering that the ambition of the regional parties to form a stable government at the centre without the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hasn't been fulfilled till now, it is open to question whether their latest endeavour will meet with any success. |
Bihar sacks 95 corrupt officers, more to go
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) Showing zero tolerance against corruption, the Bihar government has sacked 95 corrupt officials and will dismiss 21 more this month and 129 in March, it was announced Friday. |
Blasts affect tourist inflow to Bodh Gaya
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) The number of tourists visiting Bihar's temple town of Bodh Gaya has hugely reduced after last year's serial bomb blasts, an official said Friday. |
 The aam admi view of Parween Amanullah in AAP
Patna, (BiharTimes): Though the main opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, showered praise on the outgoing social welfare minister, Parween Amanullah, and called her honest, dedicated and competent minister, who has no place in the Nitish Kumar cabinet she on Thursday joined the Aam Admi Party in Delhi. |
500 pistols seized, man held in Bihar
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) At least 500 locally-made pistols were seized in Bihar's Munger district and a man was arrested Thursday in this connection, police said. |
Former Bihar minister Parveen Amanullah joins AAP
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Parveen Amanullah, Bihar's first woman Muslim minister who quit the cabinet two days ago, Thursday joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saying she wanted the AAP to govern Bihar. |
Janata Dal (United) MLA passes away
Patna,(BiharTimes): The sitting Janata Dal (United) MLA from Maharajganj in Bihar, Damodar Singh, (66) died of a heart attack at Jhumritilaya in Jharkhand on Thursday. |
Nitish Mishra given Parween’s portfolio
Patna,(BiharTimes): Unlike in the case of 11 former BJP ministers, whose portfolios chief minister Nitish Kumar is himself looking after, the Rural Development Department Minister Nitish Mishra has been given additional charge |
BJP suspends two MLAs for praising Nitish Kumar
Patna, Feb 6 (IANS) The BJP Thursday suspended two of its legislators in Bihar for choosing to back Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and not the party's prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, as the next prime minister. |
Kerala governor may contest Lok Sabha polls
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 6 (IANS) Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar is likely to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha polls from his home state Bihar, sources close to him said Thursday. |
Bihar's minister refuses to reconsider resignation
Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) A day after Parveen Amanullah, the first Muslim woman minister in Bihar, resigned as social welfare minister and from the ruling Janata Dal (United), she said she will not reconsider her decision. |
Third front will finish third, says Shahnawaz Hussain
Kolkata, Feb 5 (IANS) Ridiculing the meeting of 14 parties in Delhi to give formal shape to a "third force", BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain Wednesday said it was only a gathering of outfits who would finish third in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. |
BJP showers praise on Parween Amanullah Patna,(BiharTimes): After the resignation the outgoing social welfare minister, Parween Amanullah, got support from somewhat unexpected quarters––the Bharatiya Janata Party. |
Gujarat minister flayed for remarks on Biharis
Patna, Feb 5 (IANS) Bihar's politicians and activists Wednesday slammed Gujarat Finance Minister Nitin Patel for his reported remarks that influx of Biharis was responsible for the poverty levels in Gujarat. |
JD(U) state chief urges Parween to withdraw resignation
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state unit chief of Janata Dal (United), Bashistha Narayan Singh, on Tuesday urged Parween Amanullah to withdraw her resignation from the post of Social Welfare minister. She has also quit from the primary membership of the party. |
BJP objects to reported JD(U) move to put up IAS officer as candidate for LS poll
Patna,(Biharimes): The state unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken strong exception to the reported move of the chief minister, Nitish Kumar, to field senior IAS officers and Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) Welfare Department Principal Secretary K P Ramaiah as the Janata Dal (United) candidate from Sasaram (Reserved) Lok Sabha constituency. It is at present represented by the Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar. |
Part of foot overbridge falls on train in Bihar
Patna, Feb 3 (IANS) A portion of an old foot overbridge collapsed on a running express train in Bihar Monday evening, causing derailment of the train. However, there were no casualties, railway officials said. |
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Bihta farmers protest construction of wall on BIADA land
Patna,(BiharTimes): Farmers of Bihta block of Patna district on Sunday disrupted construction work on BIADA land and staged blockade on Patna-Buxar Road near Sikandarpur village in protest against the non-payment of compensation to them by the Bihar Industrial Aread Development Authority. |
World Bank soon to have office in Bihar: Country director
Patna,(BiharTimes): The country director of World Bank, Onno Ruhl, said on Friday that his organization is thinking in terms of opening an office in Bihar as “I am infatuated with the state and wish to contribute to its development.” |
Nitish Kumar rules out return to NDA
Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday ruled out his party Janata Dal-United's (JD-U) return to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA. |
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Bihar launches National Food Security Act in four districts
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar on Saturday became the first state to launch the National Food Security Act (NFSA), which guarantees foodgrains at nominal prices to those living below the poverty line. It was launched in four districts of the state. |
BHU keen to open branch in Bihar
Patna, Feb 1 (IANS) After Aligarh Muslim University, now Banaras Hindu University is keen to open a centre in Bihar, officials said Saturday. |
Rs 1267 crore loan for upgradation of nation highway No. 82
New Delhi (BiharTimes) The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) signed a loan agreement with the Government of India to provide 21,426 million JPY(approx Rs 1267 crore) of Japanese Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan for the Bihar National Highway Improvement Project (Phase II). |
Kejriwal terms Rahul, Gadkari 'corrupt'; BJP, Congress lash back
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday stirred a fresh controversy by naming over 20 top politicians including Rahul Gandhi, Nitin Gadkari, Mayawati and Sharad Pawar as "corrupt". Hitting back, Congress questioned his commitment to a legal process while the BJP asked him to furnish proof or apologise. |
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Five elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Bihar
Patna, Jan 31 (IANS) Five candidates -- three from the ruling Janata Dal-United and two from opposition BJP -- were Friday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, an official said. |
January 2014
10 new VCs appointed in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Governor-cum-Chancellor, D Y Patil, on Thursday evening appointed Yedla C Simhadri as the new Vice Chancellor (VC) of Patna University while Mohammad Ishtiyaque was chosen to head Magadh University. In all 10 VCs and nine pro-VCs have been appointed. |
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Bihar CM dares Congress to withdraw support
Patna,(BiharTimes): Following threat from the Congress of withdrawing support to his government the Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday dared that if the party wants it can go on with its warning. |
The land reality of AMU which Nitish can not wish away
Patna,(BiharTimes): Now with chief minister Nitish Kumar finally receiving an invitation from the Union Human Resources Development Minister, M Pallam Raju, he decided to attend the inaugural function of the off-campus branch of the Aligarh Muslim University at Kishanganj on Jan 30. |
Shivanand Tiwary hits out at Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Dropped Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP, Shivanand Tiwary, on Wednesday shot off a hard hitting letter to the state party chief, Bashishth Narayan Singh, accusing the chief minister Nitish Kumar of humiliating and insulting him and two other party MPs. |
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Cap on subsidised LPG cylinders raised to 12
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The government Thursday decided to increase the cap on subsidised LPG cylinders to 12 from the existing nine, which will put an additional burden of Rs.5,000 crore on the exchequer, Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily said. |
Rahul to take up UPSC pattern change issue
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Thursday said the change in the pattern of the UPSC civil services exam is wrong and he will take up the issue. |
Made-in-Jail products of Bihar find good market at home, abroad
Patna, Jan 30 (IANS) Delhi's Tihar Jail set the trend more than a decade and a half ago. Now, jute products, soft toys and decorative candles made by the women inmates of a Bihar jail are in great demand in the country's big markets and abroad, particularly in the Gulf countries, says the NGO behind the effort |
Two dozen diagnostic centres sealed in Bihar Patna, Jan 30 (IANS) At least two dozen diagnostic centres were sealed in Bihar's Purnia district after they were found to be flouting prescribed norms, officials said Thursday. |
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BJP protests as Nitish addresses Sankalp rally in Banka district
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar has to change his route to reach Rajaun block in Banka district to address a Sankalp rally on Wednesday. Rajaun is situated on Banka-Bhagalpur road.
He had to do so following the BJP’s move to block the road. |
Dozen students fall ill after mid-day meal
Patna, Jan 29 (IANS) At least a dozen children fell ill Wednesday after taking their mid-day meal at a government school in Bihar, officials said. The students are out of danger. |
Nitish blames Cong for 1984, 1989 riots, BJP for 2002 bloodbath
Patna,(BiharTimes): Following the controversy over Rahul Gandhi’s statement on anti-Sikh riots Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday held the Congress not only responsible for the 1984 riots in Delhi, but also for the 1989 Bhagalpur riots. In the same vein he directly blamed the former partner the Bharatiya Janata Party for the 2002 bloodbath in Gujarat. |
Lalu trying to re-invent himself through Parivartan Rally
Nitish, Congress trade charges over AMU invitation
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday strongly criticized the Centre for not inviting anyone from the state government for the inauguration of the off campus branch of the Aligarh Muslim University in Kishanganj on January 30. |
Invitation already sent to Bihar CM: AMU VC
Patna,(BiharTimes): After the Bihar Congress it is the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University who on Tuesday rejected Bihar government’s claim that chief minister Nitish Kumar was not invited to the foundation stone laying ceremony of its centre in Kishanganj on January 30 and said the institution held him in high respect for his support. |
BJP's super rich in Rajya Sabha polls in Bihar
Patna, Jan 28 (IANS) R.K. Sinha, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee for the elections to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar, has declared his and his wife's assets worth around Rs.800 crore. |
Cabinet nod for dental college in Nalanda district
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Monday sanctioned Rs 400.14 crore for the establishment of a government dental college and hospital at Paidna in Rahui block of Nalanda district. A sum of Rs four crore has been approved for expenditure on the project in the current financial year. A 100-bed hospital would be set up at the college, which would have 100 students. |
Rabri hopeful of alliance as Lalu meets Rahul
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav met Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Monday to discuss finalization of alliance in Bihar for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi said in Patna that the picture regarding tie up with the Congress and LJP would be clear soon. |
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Bihar govt upset over non-invitation to CM for AMU inaugural function
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though Congress president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of the Aligarh Muslim University’s off campus branch at Kishanganj in Bihar on January 30 yet the Union Human Resources Ministry has not invited chief minister Nitish Kumar or any other Bihar government official for the ceremony. |
Land acquisition invalid if compensation not paid to owner, says SC
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court has held that if compensation for land acquired under the 1894 act has not been paid to the land owner or deposited with a competent court and retained in the treasury, then the acquisition would be deemed to have lapsed and would be covered under the 2013 law entitling the landowners to higher compensation. |
Lalu meets Rahul
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Monday met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to discuss electoral alliance in Bihar, Congress sources said. |
Raids on public relations dept official’s premises raise questions
Patna,(BiharTimes): When the Economic Offence Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police conducted raids at various places belonging to Kanhaiya Kumar, the Assistant Director of Advertisement wing of Information and Public Relation Department (IPRD) and seized movable and immovable properties worth more than Rs 1.76 crore, Rs16.61 lakh cash and jewellery worth Rs six lakh the news did not get due media coverage. |
Bihar celebrates 65th Republic Day
Patna, Jan 26 (IANS) The Republic Day was celebrated across Bihar Sunday, with Governor D.Y. Patil hoisting the tricolour here under a clear sky. |
Darbhanga doctor Mohan Mishra gets Padma Shri
Patna,(BiharTimes): An eminent physician and former Professor and Head of Department, Medicine, Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital (DMCH), Dr Mohan Mishra, has been selected for Padma Shri award this year. His name has been selected by the central government and not sent by the state. |
Why N K Singh has been dumped?
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has the political knack to dump those who had promoted or helped him. The most important leader whom he left in lurch after parting ways with old friend Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1994 was none else but George Fernandes. |
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Pappu Yadav to contest against Sharad Yadav
Patna, Jan 25 (IANS) Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, the controversial former MP who was last year acquitted in the murder of a CPI-M leader, Saturday said he will contest the Lok Sabha election as an independent candidate against JD-U chief Sharad Yadav. |
JD(U) expecting to expand its support base on weak shoulders?
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the Janata Dal (United) leaders are claiming that by sending Ramnath Thakur, Kahkashan Parween and Harivansh the party is trying to further expand and consolidate its support base political observers are questioning its very wisdom. |
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BJP nominates C P Thakur, R K Sinha for RS from Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday announced the names of two Rajya Sabha candidates from Bihar. They are the sitting MP and party’s national vice president, Dr C P Thakur, and a new face, R K Sinha. |
George Fernandes’ fate awaits Sharad Yadav?
Patna,(BiharTimes): On Friday Janata Dal (United) president Sharad Yadav had to perform a very difficult duty. Till a few hours back rumours were doing the rounds in the political circle in Patna and Delhi that Sharad Yadav wants himself to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha as he is not interested in contesting election from Madhepura, the seat he is at present representing in the Lok Sabha. |
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After Shivanand, now Baliyavi sore with Nitish Kumar
Patna,(BiharTimes): With dropped Rajya Sabha MP Shivanand Tiwary virtually in a political hiding––not talking to any mediaperson––another Janata Dal (United) leader, Ghulam Rasool Balyavi, has almost raised a banner of revolt after being ignored for the Upper House of Parliament. |
Three new JD-U faces for Rajya Sabha polls
Patna, Jan 24 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United Friday announced the nomination of three new faces in the elections to five Rajya Sabha seats from the state, party president Sharad Yadav said. |
Fodder scam: 12, including former JD-U MP, sentenced
Ranchi, Jan 24 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Jharkhand Friday awarded four years' imprisonment to each of the 12 people convicted in a fodder scam case and slapped fine up to Rs.4 lakh. |
Bihar to dismiss 70 corrupt officers
Patna, Jan 24 (IANS) The Bihar government has decided to dismiss 70 corrupt officers, and more will be sacked in the coming weeks, an official said Friday. |
Nitish offers Sharad Nalanda parliamentary seat
Patna,(BiharTimes): In another political development Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has reportedly offered the party president Sharad Yadav the Nalanda parliamentary constituency to contest the coming Lok Sabha election. |
Over 60 Bihar students fall ill after getting deworming dose
Patna, Jan 23 (IANS) More than 60 school students across Bihar fell ill and were hospitalised Thursday after being administered deworming dose in government schools, an official said. All children were safe and were discharged after preliminary treatment.
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16 IPS officers transferred in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state government on Wednesday transferred 16 IPS officers.Patna at last got a full-fledged SP (Traffic) after several months. Lakhisarai SP Rajiv Mishra, a 2010-batch IPS officer, has been appointed Patna SP (Traffic) while Economic Offences Unit SP Ashok Kumar of 2006 batch, has been sent to Lakhisarai as SP. |
UDHD not interested in upgrading PMC: HC
Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Vikash Jain of the Patna high court had observed that the state urban development and housing department (UDHD) is not interested in upgrading the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), as the department once again failed to produce the staff rationalization report of the expert committee. |
Centre gives green signal for 4,000 MW ultra mega-power plant in Banka
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Union government has given its green signal to the construction of first-ever 4,000MW ultra mega-power plant (UMPP) at Kakwara in Banka district of Bihar. This was communicated by Union power minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, in a letter to his Bihar counterpart, Bijendra Prasad Yadav. |
Narendra Modi hired a beautician, claims Bihar minister Bhim Singh
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar’s rural works minister Bhim Singh has come out with another controversial remarks. On Wednesday he claimed that the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, had hired a professional beautician for himself and that he charges huge amount on daily basis. |
Fodder scam: 19, including former JD-U MP, convicted
Ranchi, Jan 22 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Wednesday convicted 19 people, including former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) MP Jagdish Sharma, in a multi-million-rupee fodder scam case. |
Any LJP-JD(U) tie-up would not alter the poll result in Bihar: BJP
Patna,(BiharTimes): BJP leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that any opportunistic tie-up between Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party and chief minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) would not yield any result in their favour as the support base of both have shifted to the Bharatiya Janata Party. |
After split BJP to be a big gainer, JD(U) loser in Bihar: Survey
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to win 16 to 24 seats in the coming Lok Sabha election in Bihar. Its former alliance partner, the Janata Dal (United) may end up winning just seven to 13 seats while RJD something between six and 10 seats. The Congress may get between 0 and four seats. |
Some people around Ram Vilas not allowing him to take decision: Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Tuesday called Congress as an “umbrella” organisation of secular forces, which the country needs. At the same time he called the LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan a “gentleman.” Interestingly, only on Monday Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar called Paswan a gentleman. |
Bihar approves job for Bengal gangrape victim's father
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet Tuesday formally approved a proposal for a government job for the father of a 16-year-old girl who was gang-raped and set ablaze in West Bengal, as also rehabilitation of her family in the state, officials said.
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70 grenades recovered in Bihar
Patna, Jan 21 (IANS) Security forces have recovered 70 hand grenades during search operations in a Bihar district, police said Tuesday |
Patna has highest GDDP in Bihar, Seohar lowest
Patna,(BiharTimes): Patna district has registered the highest per capita gross district domestic product (GDDP) of Rs 57,843 in 2010-11 over 2004-05 constant prices, while Sheohar registered the lowest per capita GDDP of Rs 6,209. The per capita GDDP of Munger is Rs 21,019, second only to Patna. |
Sushil Modi flays delay in paddy procurement in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the state cabinet approved a bonus of Rs 250 per quintal for the farmers the former deputy chief minister, Sushil Kumar Modi, questioned its implementation because of low paddy procurement by the state this year.
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Nitish attacks Modi, rules out tie-up with Congress
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday directly attacked BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi by saying that neither can the 2002 Gujarat riots be forgotten nor people behind it be forgiven. He also ruled out his JD-U's alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls.
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Putul, O P Yadav latest to jump to BJP
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Patna,(BiharTimes): Independent MPs Putul Kumari Singh and Om Prakash Yadav on Monday became the latest prominent figures from Bihar to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. They represent Banka and Siwan parliamentary constituencies respectively. |
Big B's AB Corp to bid for kabaddi players
Patna, Jan 20 (IANS) Kabaddi may not be popular like cricket, but it has attracted Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan's AB Corp. The company will bid for players when the auction for the 4th edition of the Kabaddi Premier League (KPL) gets underway here next week, officials said. |
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Patna,(BiharTimes): The verbal duel between Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal president, Lalu Prasad Yadav, at the inaugural function of the Patna edition of “Dainik Bhaskar” on Saturday made it amply clear as to how various rulers of the state used media or even arm-twisted it for their own end. |
JD(U) not to field any legislator for Lok Sabha poll
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) has decided not to field any sitting MLA of the party to contest 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Bihar. This would be a significant departure from the 2009 election, when several legislators were fielded. Jagdish Sharma, Monazir Hasan etc were prominent among them. |
Seven killed, nine injured in Bodo militant attacks
Guwahati, Jan 18 (IANS) Suspected Bodo militants continued with their violence in Assam, killing seven civilians and injuring nine others in three incidents in less than a day, officials said.The victims were all Hindi-speaking people from Bihar and West Bengal, |
‘Love guru’ wants to join AAP, but facing resistance
Patna,(BiharTimes): ‘Love guru’ Prof Matuknath Choudhary, is trying his level best to join the Aam Admi Party. It is other thing that the party has not yet decided to open its door for him. In fact there are many who does not want him to be in the party, though fully knowing that whatever he did was his private matter.
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19 IAS officers transferred
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a major pre-election overhaul the state government late on Thursday evening transferred 19 senior IAS officials of principal secretary, secretary and commissioner rank. More shake up in administrative and police departments is likely to come in days to come. |
Paddy procurement low in drought-hit Bihar
Patna, Jan 17 (IANS) Government agencies in drought-hit Bihar have procured less than two percent of paddy in the last two months against the target of 24 lakh tonnes this kharif season, officials said Friday. |
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Painting the town green in Bihar
Bhabua (Bihar), Jan 16 (IANS) A Bihar town is painting itself green to send out an environment friendly message, an official said. |
Legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen is dead
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Reclusive Bengali screen goddess Suchitra Sen, who had bewitched generations of filmbuffs with her grace and beauty, died at a Kolkata nursing home Friday following a massive cardiac arrest, attending doctor Subir Mondal said. |
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Suchitra Sen: The quintessential enigma despite 59 films
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) Bengali celluloid queen Suchitra Sen captivated generations with her beauty, elegance and portrayal of myriad characters, yet remained an enigma despite over three decades of self-imposed reclusion that prompted constant parallels with Hollywood icon Greta Garbo. |
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Lalu to pen a book
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad plans to write a book to expose his rivals. |
Rahul better PM candidate than Modi: Lalu
Patna, Jan 16 (IANS) Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is a more capable prime ministerial candidate than the "communal" Narendra Modi, RJD leader Lalu Prasad said Thursday. |
Former Rajya Sabha MP of RJD joins JD(U)
Patna,(BiharTimes): Just ahead of 2014 Lok Sabha election former Rajya Sabha MP of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Anil Kumar, on Wednesday joined Janata Dal (United) in the presence of chief minister Nitish Kumar and the state party president Bashistha Narain Singh at the Makar Sankranti feast hosted by the latter. |
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| Bihar's Bodhisatva statue seized in US, returned New York, Jan 15 (IANS) India and the US turned to the gods to ease tensions after their month long diplomatic spat when the US returned three recovered, 'most wanted' stolen antiquities valued at over $1.5 million to India. |
CPI (ML) open for tie-up with Aam Admi Party
Patna,(BiharTimes): Disillusioned with the stand of the Left allies, the CPI and CPI(M), the CPI (ML) on Wednesday said it is open for tie up with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the 2014 Lok Sabha election. |
Rajya Sabha election to take place on Feb 7
Patna,(BiharTimes): The biennial election to the five Rajya Sabha seats would be held on February 7.
According to the Election Commission the notification for the election will be issued on January 21 and nominations can be filed till January 28. The polling will be held on February 7. |
Chilly winter can affect the eyes too
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Blurred vision, scratching and burning sensation and irritation in the eye - these are not minor irritants in your daily routine but might be the pointers to a condition called the dry-eye syndrome which plagues many people during an extreme winter. |
Three killed in Bihar fair stampede, probe ordered
Patna, Jan 15 (IANS) At least three people were killed and over a dozen injured in a stampede at a fair in Bihar's Banka district, police said Wednesday. A local police official has been suspended and a probe ordered into the incident. |
Over 90 touts arrested in Bihar
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) Over 90 touts were arrested in the last three days near government offices in Bihar's twelve districts during special drive to check corrupt practices, police said Tuesday. |
Bihar-Jharkhand region once again excels in Income Tax collection
Patna,(BiharTimes): Thanks to increase in the number of searches against tax evaders in the current financial year Bihar-Jharkhand region of Income Tax department has once again registered highest growth in tax collection, compared to other regions in the country. |
Jagdish Sharma released from Ranchi jail
Patna,(BiharTimes): After obtaining bail from the Supreme Court the Janata Dal (United) MP from Jehanabad (now disqualified), Jagdish Sharma, was released from the Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi on Monday afternoon. |
Rehab, job in Bihar for Bengal gang rape victim's family
Patna, Jan 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday assured the parents of the 16-year-old girl who was gang-raped and set ablaze in West Bengal that they will be rehabilitated and a government job provided to her father in Bihar. |
Eco-Makar Sankranti Celebrated
Patna. 13 Jan: Celebrated in various names, Chura-dahi parv in Bihar, Khichari in UP, Lohri in Punjab, Bihu in Assam, Pedda padunka in AP, Pongal in Tamilnadu, Makara vilakku in Kerala, the festival of the Sun, Makar Sankranti is the only one popular Indian feast based on the Solar Calendar. |
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In Fiji, monks of Ramakrishna Mission provide succour
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Orange-robed monks of the Ramakrishna Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, in Fiji provide healthcare, education and spiritual guidance not just to those of Indian origin but anybody in need in the South Pacific archipelago nation. |
| Hazare supporter's family seeks Kejriwal's help Patna, Jan 13 (IANS) Minor children of Dinesh Yadav, who set himself ablaze and died in 2011 in Delhi to support activist Anna Hazare-led anti-graft campaign, Monday appealed to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to help them through their life of misery. |
| JD(U) welcomes Shotgun, BJP hits back Patna,(BiharTimes): Following the exclusion of Patna Saheb MP, Shatrughan Sinha, from the 31-member parliamentary election committee, the Janata Dal (United) on Sunday offered him place in the party. |
Muslims in Bihar better off than Dalits, finds survey
Patna, Jan 12 (IANS) The socio-economic condition of Muslims in the state of Bihar is better than that of the state's Dalit Hindus, but worse than upper caste Hindus and Other Backward Castes (OBCs), a survey has found. |
BJP wants NHRC to probe Bengal gang rape
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit Sunday approached the National Human Rights Commission seeking a probe into the alleged gang rape and murder of a minor in West Bengal's Madhyamgram town in North 24-Parganas district. |
Cabinet nod for building 131 godowns in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Nitish cabinet on Wednesday gave its approval to a proposal to construct 131 godowns all over the state to increase foodgrains storage capacity by 5.50 lakh metric tonnes. |
BJP flays Abhayanand’s letter on Bihari CRPF officers
Patna,(BiharTimes): A letter from director general of police Abhayanand to his Central Reserve Police Force counterpart requesting him that “CRPF officers belonging to Bihar should not be posted in the state for anti-Naxal operations” has come under strong criticism from the BJP, which termed it as an insult to the Bihari pride. |
Nine killed in Mumbai-Dehradun Express blaze
Thane, Jan 8 (IANS) The toll from a fire that engulfed three coaches of the Mumbai-Dehradun express near Dahanu, near Maharashtra-Gujarat border, early Wednesday has risen to nine, officials said. |
Jathedar, three others injured in clash on Guru Govind Singh birth anniversary
Patna,(BiharTimes): Gyani Iqbal Singh, the jathedar (chief) of Patna Saheb gurdwara, and his son, Guru Prakash Singh and two other persons were injured after a clash broke out over the appointment of his deputy in Patna on Tuesday during the 347th birth anniversary celebrations of the 10th Sikh guru, Govind Singh. |
Hang those guilty of gang rape: Bengal girl's family
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The family of a 16-year-old girl who was gang raped and later allegedly set ablaze in Madhyamgram in West Bengal Tuesday met President Pranab Mukherjee and demanded death for the guilty. |
Graft in India a worrying factor for diaspora too, says NRI
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) India's biggest problem is corruption, which is a factor worrying its diaspora too, says Udeshwar Kumar Singh from Britain. He runs website bihariconnect.com to connect with Biharis worldwide, including those transported to Trinidad and Tobago as indentured labour in the 19th century. |
Consumers paying power bill in advance may get interest
Patna,(BiharTimes): The electricity distribution companies of Bihar are thinking in terms of giving the consumers interest at par with applicable saving bank rate in nationalized bank if they pay their power bill in advance. |
| RJD leader Pitambar Paswan passes away Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Bihar minister and senior RJD leader, Pitambar Paswan, died at a private nursing home in Patna on Monday. He was 63. He leaves behind wife, two sons and two daughters. |
We are not interfering in West Bengal’s affairs: Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday denied that his government is interfering in the affairs of West Bengal by lending help to the family of the gangraped victims, who was set ablaze, in Kolkata by the accused. |
Missing schoolgirl: Bihar again asks for CBI probe
Patna, Jan 6 (IANS) The Bihar government Monday again asked for a CBI probe into the abduction of a schoolgirl, four days after her mother sat on a fast-unto-death demanding the recovery of her daughter. |
Two Maoists killed by Bihar Police
Patna, Jan 5 (IANS) At least two Maoist guerrillas were killed and three seriously injured Sunday in a fierce encounter with security forces in a forest area in Bihar's Jamui district, police said. |
Why is UPSC partial to English, asks Nitish Kumar
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday questioned the importance given to English in examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), as opposed to Indian languages. |
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Bihar BJP members meet family of Bengal gang rape victim
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) A six-member BJP delegation from Bihar Saturday met the family of the Madhyamgram gang-rape victim, who died earlier this week after she was allegedly set ablaze. The delegation assured the family of legal and financial help. |
It was like PM's farewell presser: Nitish
Patna, Jan 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's media interaction a day earlier appeared a farewell press conference. |
Manmohan: Making way for Rahul, with a sting in the tail
The only occasion when the prime minister perked up during his otherwise somewhat insipid press conference was when he castigated Narendra Modi in uncharacteristically abrasive terms, thereby giving the latter a taste of his own bitter medicine. |
AAP to contest 'maximum' Lok Sabha seats, Kejriwal not to fight
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Giving shape to its national ambitions, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Saturday announced it will contest the "maximum number of seats" in the April-May Lok Sabha polls and most of its candidates were expected to be declared by February-end. |
Police raid Bihar official houses yield Rs. 9.6 crore
Patna, (BiharTimes) The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the Bihar Police on Friday conducted simultaneous raids on mineral development officer Jhakari Ram posted at Sheikhpura and mining inspector Birendra Prasad Yadav posted at Gopalganj on Friday, and recovered unaccounted wealth of around Rs. 9.6 crore. |
Protestors in Bihar demand death for Bengal rape accused
Patna, Jan 3 (IANS) Hundreds of people took to streets in Bihar Friday demanding death sentence to the attackers of a 16-year-old girl who was raped and set ablaze in West Bengal, while an ex-gratia payment of Rs.1 lakh was given from the Bihar Chief Minister's Fund to her family. |
Bengal hits out at Bihar for compensation to rape victim
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) The West Bengal government Friday accused its counterpart in Bihar of going "beyond its jurisdiction" in giving compensation to the family of the 16-year-old girl who was gang-raped twice and set ablaze. |
Manmohan announces retirement, says Modi will be disastrous as PM
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday declared he will not seek a third term after the national elections in May and launched one of his sharpest attacks on the BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, questioning his credentials for the top job. |
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Navruna’s mother fast unto death enters second day on Friday
Patna,(BiharTimes): When politicians and women’s rights activists are busy condemning the setting ablaze of a 16-year old “Bihar ki beti” (after she was repeatedly gangraped) in Kolkata, the mother of a Bengali girl abducted from her home in Muzaffarpur about 16 months back sat on fast-unto-death on the premises of the Town police station on Thursday to demand the recovery of her 12-year old daughter and CBI probe into the matter. |
| School-boy pours boiling water on girl’s facePatna,(BiharTimes): A Class X student of Muzaffarpur, Yudhisthir Yadav, poured boiling water on the face of a Class VIII girl just because she had ‘unfriended’ him on the popular social networking website, Facebook. |
14th Finance Commission urged to provide higher tax revenue
Patna,(BiharTimes): All mainstream political parties as well as academic and professional organisations have in a joint memorandum urged the 14th Finance Commission to provide higher tax revenue to the state to tide over socio-economic backwardness on long-term basis. |
| Rs 220.51 crore nod for ISBT in PatnaPatna,(BiharTimes): The state cabinet on Thursday sanctioned Rs 220.51 crore to be given to Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (Buidco) for construction of an inter-state bus terminal (ISBT) at Mauza-Pahari (near Patna-Gaya road), on the south-eastern outskirt of Patna, The amount has been taken as loan from HUDCO. |
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NHRC issues notices to Bihar over wages
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Friday issued notices to the ministry of rural development and chief secretaries of seven states over reports of non-payment of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). |
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Bihar not to slash power rate: Energy minister
Patna,(BiharTimes): The energy minister of Bihar, Bijendra Yadav, on Thursday rejected the demand to slash the power tariff in the state after the new Aam Admi Party government did so soon after coming to power in Delhi. |
Opposition asks Nitish to take up Kolkata gangrape victim case with Mamata
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the opposition parties and women groups have decried the inaction of West Bengal police leading to the setting ablaze of a 16-year old gang-rape victim originally from Samastipur district of Bihar, xhief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday announced a compensation of Rs one lakh for her family. |
Under pressure from LJP leaders Ram Vilas inches towards JD(U)
Patna,(BiharTimes): Under pressure from the party’s upper caste leaders like Suraj Bhan Singh and Rama Singh and son, Chirag, the Lok Janshakti Party president, Ram Vilas Paswan, may finally join hands with the Janata Dal (United), even if the latter did not rope in the Congress into this combination. |
Bihar not to slash power rate: Energy minister
Patna,(BiharTimes): The energy minister of Bihar, Bijendra Yadav, on Thursday rejected the demand to slash the power tariff in the state after the new Aam Admi Party government did so soon after coming to power in Delhi. |
Two killed in Bihar firing
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) Two people, including a police officer, were killed in a firing incident at a Bihar village late Wednesday night, an officer said Thursday. |
Bengal gang rape victim cremated amid political row
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl, who died after she was twice raped by a gang and set ablaze, was Wednesday cremated amid a raging political row over what protestors called police attempt at her "forcible cremation". |
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