Bihar Minister says people join army to die Patna (BiharTimes) Bihar rural works Minister Bhim Singh stirred a controversy today when he said that 'people join police and armed forces to become martyrs'. When he was asked by the reporters why didn’t he visit Patna airport to receive the bodies of martyrs, visibly upset Singh questioned the reporter whether “his parents went there or not”.
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RJD, BJP flay absence of CM, Bihar ministers at airport
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party have come down strongly on the absence of Bihar ministers and JD(U) leaders from the airport where the bodies of four solders martyred in Poonch sector were brought. |
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Bodies of four soldiers killed in Kashmir reach Patna
Patna, Aug 7 (IANS) The bodies of four soldiers of the Bihar Regiment who were killed in Jammu and Kashmir arrived here Wednesday night. Their funerals will take place at their respective villages Thursday, police said. |
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Soldier's wife refuses compensation
Patna, Aug 7 (IANS) The wife of one of the five soldiers killed in Kashmir Wednesday refused a compensation of Rs.10 lakh announced by the Bihar government and demanded "tough" action against Pakistan. |
Bihar mourns soldiers killed in Kashmir
Ara/Danapur (Bihar), Aug 7 (IANS) Shambu Saran Rai, one of the five soldiers killed in Kashmir, was to come home on a holiday in Bihar's Ara town this week. Now, his grief-stricken family awaits his body. |
And in Bihar CDPO suspended on charge of misbehaving with minister
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Nitish government on Tuesday suspended a Child Development Project Officer (CDPO) posted at Biddupur block in Vaishali district, Kavita Kumari, three weeks after she had a verbal duel with the visiting Social Welfare Minister, Parween Amanullah, on July 18. |
Five Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir, India-Pakistan ties hit
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Two months after Nawaz Sharif took charge in Islamabad, India-Pakistan relations took a new hit Tuesday after "heavily armed terrorists" ambushed an Indian army patrol in Jammu and Kashmir, killing five soldiers and triggering angry reactions in New Delhi. |
| SC reserves order on Lalu's plea New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea by Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad seeking transfer of trial of a fodder scam against him to another trial court. |
22 mid-day meal survivors discharged
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) Twenty-two of the 24 children who survived after consuming contaminated mid-day meal in their school in Bihar's Saran district last month, were discharged from hospital here Tuesday. |
Nine Hindu pilgrims killed in two accidents
Patna, Aug 6 (IANS) Nine Hindu pilgrims (Kanwariyas) were killed and nearly a dozen injured in two separate road accidents Tuesday in Bihar's Jamui and Saran districts, police said. |
CID to probe Bihar school water poisoning
Patna, Aug 5 (IANS) The Bihar government has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe instances of water poisoning in schools in the state, the police said Monday. |
Bihar CM avoids comment on Durga Shakti Nagpal’s suspension Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday refused to comment on suspension and chargesheeting of the Greater Noida SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal by the Uttar Pradesh government. The action was taken after she had ordered the demolition of wall of a make-shift mosque early on July 27 last. |
| Manish Jha bows out of 'Mountain Man' race Mumbai, Aug 5 (IANS) Showing rare grace and sincerity, filmmaker Manish Jha has decided to abandon plans for making a biopic on Dashrath Manjhi, the man who dug a roadway out of a mountain that separated his village in Bihar from the nearest hospital. |
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Drought situation more serious in Bihar: Nitish Kumar
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said the drought situation was more serious than the flood threat in the state and announced all help from his government to farmers to go ahead with the paddy cultivation.
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355 SAP jawans surrender arms in protest
Patna,(BiharTimes): In all 355 Special Auxiliary Police personnel posted in East Champaran surrendered their arms at the district headquarters in Motihari on Saturday by protesting alleged menial chores they were compelled to do despite being raised as a force to counter Maoists. |
JD-U invites Shatrughan Sinha to join party Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Sunday invited BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha to join the party, a day after his BJP asked him to show restraint while praising Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as it was "harming the party's interest". |
CAG exposes widespread irregularities in water resources dept
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has highlighted serious irregularities in the water resources department, including injudicious use of funds by its officials for purchase of big and spacious vehicles for holding meetings on their tour. |
Maoists damage new police station building
Patna, Aug 4 (IANS) Maoists badly damaged a newly built building which was to become a police station in Bihar's Aurangabad district early Sunday to protest the killing of two of their leaders by a rival outfit.
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Bihar plans memorial for 23 dead students
Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) Bihar plans a memorial for the 23 children who died last month after eating a mid-day meal at a government school in Saran district, an official said Saturday. |
| BJP asks Shatrughan Sinha to show restraint New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha has been asked to show restraint while making comments in favour of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and those less than laudatory for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as these were harming the party's interest, party sources said. |
| Advani is the best PM candidate: Shatrughan Sinha New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Outspoken BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha has caused more embarrassment to his party, saying during a TV interview that senior leader L.K. Advani was best suited to be the party's prime ministerial candidate. |
Nitish government will fall under its own weight: Sushil Kumar Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after chief minister Nitish Kumar dismissed the speculation of cabinet expansion the former deputy chief minister and BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday alleged that the JD(U) government is under threat of its own MLAs who are getting impatient. |
School-girl allegedly abducted from Patna Patna,(BiharTimes): A Class-VIII student of a private school, Sneha Bhattacharya, was on Friday allegedly kidnapped from Kunnu Lal Road, Mithapur, under Jakkanpur Police Station of Patna. |
Maoists blast railway track to enforce Bihar shutdown Patna, Aug 3 (IANS) Maoists blew up a railway track in Bihar's Gaya district to enforce a day-long strike called by them to protest the killing of two of their top-ranking leaders by a rival Maoist outfit, a railway official said Saturday. |
| CAG detects flaws in BIADA plot allotment Patna,(BiharTimes): The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has once again detected serious flaws in allotment of plots by Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA). |
| CAG report vindicates our stand: Siddiqui Patna,(BiharTimes): The leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal, Abdul Bari Siddiqui said on Friday that CAG report has vindicated his party’s stand on a number of scams in the state. |
Ninety per cent anganwadi centres in Bihar are without building: Report Patna,(BiharTimes): A report of the women and child development committee of Bihar Assembly has found that 90 per cent of the anganwadi centres have no building, toilet for children and arrangement for safe drinking water. Besides, most of the centres were running without anganwadi sevikas. |
Patna HC seeks explanation from officials on liquor shops in residential areas Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Vikash Jain of the Patna high court on Thursday directed the assistant excise commissioner, district magistrate and senior SP, Patna, to appear before the court to explain how the liquor shops were being allowed to run in residential areas of Patna. |
CAG blasts Nitish govt for investing girls scheme funds in UTI
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has come down heavily on the Nitish government for what it calls ‘imprudent’ decision to invest Rs 268.71 crore of a scheme in a mutual fund (UTI) without setting up any monitoring mechanism thus exposing the scheme to market risks. |
CISF to guard Bodh Gaya shrine, says Shinde
New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel will be deployed at the Maha Bodhi shrine in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said Thursday. |
Day later, JNU student still critical
New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) A day after being attacked savagely with an axe by a besotted classmate who then committed suicide, JNU student Roshni remained in critical condition Thursday. |
JNU student still critical
New Delhi, August 1 (IANS) A day after being brutally attacked with an axe by a besotted classmate who later committed suicide at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) here, Roshni, 22, remains critical, a police officer said Thursday. |
110 children taken ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
Patna, July 31 (IANS) At least 110 children were taken ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar's Arwal and Jamui districts Wednesday in the second tragedy related to free school food in the state this month, officials said. |
Singapore Foreign Minister calls on Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The visiting Singapore Foreign Minister K Shanmugam on Wednesday called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday and discussed issues related to building of Nalanda University and ways to promote tourism. |
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| Bodh Gaya temple dome to be inlaid with gold Patna, August 1 (IANS) The dome of Bodh Gaya's 1,500-year old Mahabodhi temple, Buddhism's holiest shrine that was rocked by a string of bombings in July, will be inlaid with gold thanks to an offer made by a pilgrim, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday. |
65 children ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar
Patna, July 31 (IANS)Sixty-five children were taken ill after eating mid-day meal in Bihar's Arwal district Wednesday in the second tragedy related to free school food in the state this month, officials said. |
BJP to take action against Shatrughan Sinha
Patna, July 31 (IANS) The BJP said Wednesday that it will take action against actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha for saying that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is “prime minister material”. |
Bihar BJP spokesperson resigns, may join JD-U
Patna, July 31 (IANS) A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) removed Ram Kishore Singh as its Bihar spokesperson, he resigned from the party Wednesday and hinted at joining its former ally, the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U). |
Now non-Hindu can be ex-officio chief of Bodh Gaya temple panel
Patna,(BiharTimes):
Notwithstanding the opposition by the BJP the state Assembly on Tuesday passed the Bodh Gaya Temple (Amendment) Bill 2013, which struck off the provision of the state government nominating a Hindu as chairperson of the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) in case the district magistrate of Gaya is a non-Hindu. The RJD, Congress and CPI supported the Bill. |
Trinidad to be first host of World Ramleela Council
Port-of-Spain, July 31 (IANS) Ramleela, the enduring saga of Hindu god Rama, his trials and tribulations and his final triumph that provides the climax for the annual Dussehra festival, is set for a major revival among the Indian diaspora with Trinidad & Tobago being selected as the first chair of the newly-created World Ramleela Council. |
| Nitish vows to show BJP its original place Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after the RJD leader in the State Assembly, Abdul Bari Siddiqui called Janata Dal (United) as Advani-led BJP Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday vowed that he would work tirelessly to push the BJP back to its original strength. |
Shatrughan ‘Yakinan’ lands BJP in trouble after Nitish is PM material remarks
Patna,(BiharTimes): First on Feb 14 last he called for Narendra Modi to be projected as the prime ministerial candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Than he repeatedly called the BJP patriarch, Lal Krishna Advani, as the tallest leader who should be respected and not ifnored. The last time he said so was only a few days back in Patna. A day after that he went to meet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. |
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It is chor machaye shor situation in Bihar: Nitish Patna,(BiharTimes): Blaming the opposition parties for the recent political developments and tragedies in the state Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday equated their protest to “chor machaye shor” (It is the thief, who is making noise). |
Bihar BJP removes spokesperson for opposing Modi
Patna, July 30 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party has removed Ram Kishore Singh as its Bihar spokesperson Tuesday, a day after he questioned Narendra Modi's popularity and his development model. |
Bihar assembly adjourned over mid-day meal deaths
Patna, July 29 (IANS) Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi said in the state assembly Monday that the husband of the arrested principal of the school where 23 children died after eating a mid-day meal bought the insecticide that was found in the food. |
Bihar teachers withdraw boycott of mid-day meals
Patna, July 29 (IANS) School teachers in Bihar Monday withdrew their boycott of the mid-day meal scheme. They will cooperate with the operation of the scheme from Tuesday, Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi said |
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'Lack of monitoring, corruption plague mid-day meal scheme' New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The mid-day meal tragedy in Bihar, which killed 23 children who ate contaminated cooked food, has turned the national spotlight on problems affecting the flagship government scheme which provides lunch to nearly 120 million children in India every day |
| Contractor killed, engineer injured inside office in DumraonPatna,(BiharTimes): A contractor was shot dead and an executive engineer of rural works department Chandra Kishore Saha was seriously injured by unidentified criminals at Dumraon in Buxar district on Friday afternoon. The incident took place in the official chamber of the executive engineer. The name of the contractor could not be known. |
Ruckus in Bihar assembly over school kids' death
Patna, July 26 (IANS) A week-long monsoon session of the Bihar assembly began Friday with opposition members creating a ruckus over the death of 23 children not finding mention in the obituary reference by Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary. |
| Bihar school principal to face polygraph test Patna, July 25 (IANS) A Bihar court Thursday sent Meena Devi, the principal of a government primary school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food last week, to judicial custody till Aug 5, and allowed subjecting her to a polygraph test, police said. |
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| Will return Bharat Ratna if Vajpayee asks: Amartya Sen New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen Thursday said he is ready to return his Bharat Ratna as sought by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Chandan Mitra but only if former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee asks for it. |
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| Lallan factor in removal of Shivanand Tiwari?Patna,(BiharTimes): Unlike the general perception it is not Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav, but Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, who is instrumental in getting party’s Rajya Sabha MP, Shivanand Tiwari, removed from the post of party’s national spokesman. |
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 Shatru meets Nitish, causes flutter in friends’ camp Patna,(BiharTimes): When all the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders have trained their big guns on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar cinestar-cum-Patna Saheb MP, Shatrughan Sinha, called on him to inquire about his health.
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Bihar cabinet nod on diesel subsidy
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday decided to provide subsidy on diesel to the tune of Rs 769.06 crore as the state is in the grip of drought-like situation. |
NHRC issues notice to Bihar over mid-day meal tragedy
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Wednesday sought a report from the Bihar government over the July 16 death of 23 students after they ate their mid-day meal in a school in Saran district of the state. |
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Sharad disagrees with conspiracy theory of Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) appears to be seriously divided over the conspiracy theory of chief minister Nitish Kumar, his education minister, P K Shahi, state party chief, Vashisth Naayan Singh and party MP R C P Singh. |
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Nitish opens mouth on Saran, but only to
blame opposition
Patna,(BiharTimes): Almost six days
after the incident Bihar chief minister
Nitish Kumar is reported to have opened
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Dalai Lama's security again reviewed after NIA's alert
Dharamsala, July 23 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Police Tuesday reviewed the security of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama and his official palace, besides establishments of the Tibetan government-in-exile, headquartered here, following a fresh alert. |
Poor monsoon hits paddy sowing in Bihar
Patna, July 23 (IANS) Poor monsoon in 19 of Bihar's 37 districts, as of the third week of July, has affected paddy sowing and triggered fears of another drought among millions of the state's farmers, agriculture scientists and officials. |
Bihar grows faster than national economy
Patna, July 23 (IANS) Bihar's economy grew by almost 14.5 percent in 2012-13 when the national economy recorded around 5 percent growth rate, the ruling Janata Dal-United's leaders and state officials said here Tuesday. |
Rs 1,700 crore meant for mid-day meals, health-care not spent in Bihar: Report
Patna,(BiharTimes): Another New Delhi-datelined report by the Times of India published on Tuesday revealed how rotten the mid-day meal, health-care and other centrally-funded schemes are in Bihar. Only on Saturday the daily had in a New Delhi-datelined report highlighted as to how Rs 462.78 crore meant for the mid-day meal was returned unused by the Nitish Kumar government to the Centre early in 2012 after it was kept in fixed deposit in bank for about five years. Curiosuly, the state government tried to earn interest from the amount. |
Survey reveals chink in Nitish’s armour
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Hindu-CNN-
IBN-Centre for the Study of Developing
Societies (CSDS) survey done after the
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SIT probing Bihar mid-day meal deaths
Patna, July 23 (IANS) A Special Investigating Team (SIT) formed by the Bihar government Tuesday began its probe into the deaths of 23 children after they ate a mid-day meal in a school. |
I don't want to see Modi as PM, says Amartya Sen
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Nobel laureate Amartya Sen says he does not approve of the Narendra Modi model of governance in Gujarat and he does not want to see Modi as the prime minister of the country. |
SC gives a week to CBI in fodder scam
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Supreme Court Tuesday gave CBI a week's time to spell out its stand on RJD leader Lalu Prasad's plea seeking transfer of trial in the fodder scam case to another trial court. |
Hussain not to host Iftar party
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain, whose Iftar is attended by leaders across the political spectrum, has decided not to host a party this year in view of the loss of life in Uttarakhand and the death of school children in Bihar. |
Who is running Bihar and where is Nitish Kumar, asks BJP Patna,(BiharTimes): Bharatiya Janata Party spokesman, Syed Shahnawaz Husain, said that his party wants to know as to who is running the state. He said that he was asking this because the Chief Minister had not yet visited the children even at the hospital in Patna merely a few kilometers from his residence.
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| Cracks in Bihar BJP, legislator wants Nitish as PM Patna, July 22 (IANS) A BJP legislator Monday said he wanted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to become India's prime minister, exposing the cracks in the party's state unit and prompting a BJP leader to admit that his party was facing internal problems. |
Arrest warrant issued against Bihar school principal
Patna, July 22 (IANS) A Bihar court Monday issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the absconding principal of the government primary school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food last week, an official said. |
BJP accuses Nitish of luring its MLAs to distract attention from Saran tragedy
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as Bihar BJP on Sunday suspended one of its MLAs Amarnath Gami, the saffron party strongly denounced chief minister Nitish Kumar for what they alleged playing politics and trying to lure its legislators when the state has not yet overcome the tragic death of 23 school-children in Saran on July 16. |
Ruling JD(U) in better position to win over MLAs
Patna,(BiharTimes): As the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar drew the first blood by claiming that about a dozen BJP MLAs may cross over to its side political observers are of the view that as JD(U) is the ruling party it is in a better position to lure legislators. There are already 11 seats vacant in the Legislative Council and all the BJP MLAs, who loses membership of the Assembly after defection to JD(U) may be accommodated in the Upper House. Besides, some of them may even get ticket for Lok Sabha election as JD(U) may, most likely, go it alone in all the 40 seats. |
Rebel BJP Bihar legislator hints at joining JD-U
Patna, July 21 (IANS) BJP legislator Amarnath Gami Sunday came out in open rebellion against the state party leadership and hinted that he may soon join Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U). |
 Study says massive funds leak in anganwadi meal scheme in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage. It also revealed that 38% of the Take Home Ration (THR) fund too gets lost in leakage. |
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Bihar suspends mid-day meal supervisor
Patna, July 21 (IANS) The Bihar government Sunday suspended from service an education department official responsible for monitoring the mid-day meal of a school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food July 16, officials said. |
Ruling JD(U) in better position to lure MLAs
Patna,(BiharTimes): As the ruling Janata Dal (United) in Bihar drew the first blood by claiming that about a dozen BJP MLAs may cross over to its side political observers are of the view that as JD(U) is the ruling party it is in the better position to lure legislators. There are already 11 seats vacant in the Legislative Council and all the BJP MLAs, who loses membership of the Assembly after defection to JD(U) may be accommodated in the Upper House. Besides, some of them may even get ticket for Lok Sabha election as JD(U) may, most likely, go it alone in all the 40 seats. |
| Insecticide in oil made Bihar's mid day meal toxic: Report Patna, July 20 (IANS) Cooking oil with strains of toxic insecticide compound organophosphorus was used for making food at a Bihar primary school where 23 children died after a free meal, police said Saturday, citing a forensic report. |
Blasts, kids’ death covered prominently by global media Patna,(BiharTimes): Two back-to-back incidents in Bihar got widespread international coverage in the recent days. Not only that the global media is closely following the developments and waiting for the government’s response on both. |
Bihar town tense following clash
Patna, July 20 (IANS) Bihar's Khagaria town was tense Saturday after two communities clashed Friday over performing the last rites of a dead man on a disputed piece of land, police said. |
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Nitish govt returned Rs 463 crore midday meal funds to Centre
Patna,(BiharTimes): After the Saran tragedy in which 23 school-kids died reports of criminal negligence and callousness on the part of the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar are coming out in the media. Nothing can be more shocking than the news that the government, early in 2012, returned Rs 462.78 crore to the Centre meant to build midday meal kitchens and buy utensils to serve cooked meals to children. |
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Mid day meal tragedy: Principal's property to be attached
Patna, July 20 (IANS) The Bihar government will attach the property of Meena Devi, absconding principal of the government primary school in Saran district where 23 children died after eating contaminated food, an official said.
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Patna, July 20 : The pathetic state of a primary health centre in Bihar and delays in rushing them to better hospitals killed most students after they consumed mid-day meals in their school, the distraught parents say.
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Mid-day meal: All eyes on FSL report
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Three days after 23 children died due to contaminated mid-day meal in Bihar's Saran district, the Forensic Science Laboratory's report, likely to come out late Friday, was keenly awaited as it would reveal whether there was poison in the food. |
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Children reluctant to have mid day meal in Bihar
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Students in at least one district of Bihar are now reluctant to eat the mid-day meal served in their school following the death of 23 students after they had contaminated food in the state's Saran district. |
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School campus now turns into graveyard
Patna,(BiharTimes): The school campus of Dharmasati-Gandaman village under Masrakh block of Saran district has now literally been converted into graveyard. |
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Panic grips Bihar hospital after gas leak
Patna, July 19 (IANS) Panic gripped the Patna Medical College and Hospital here Friday when a leakage was detected in an oxygen gas cylinder in the children's ward, police said. The hospital has under treatment 25 school children who suffered food poisoning after eating mid-day meal in Saran district. |
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BJP announces team for 2014 polls; Sushma, Jaitley in pane
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The BJP Friday announced its election campaign team for the 2014 polls under Narendra Modi's stewardship. Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, three party chief ministers and three former party presidents are part of the team. |
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 Saran tragedy could have been avoided: UNICEF
Patna,(BiharTimes): United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said the lives of 22 school children in Saran district of Bihar could have been saved with strict adherence to rules for preparing the meal. |
New committee to ensure mid-day meals' quality
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The union government has decided to form a new committee to look into the quality of food being provided under the mid-day meal scheme, Human Resource Development Minister M.M. Pallam Raju said Thursday. |
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1997 Bihar caste massacre accused held
Patna, July 18 (IANS) Dharma Singh, a member of outlawed outfit Ranvir Sena and prime accused in the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed in 1997, was arrested here Thursday, police said. |
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Poison in food served to students: Bihar official
Patna, July 18 (IANS) A Bihar official Tuesday admitted that there was poison in the food served to students of a primary school in Saran district that left at least 22 children dead and dozens sick. |
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BJP questions JD(U)’s stand on Food Security Ordinance
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after chief minister Nitish Kumar announced his party’s support for Food Security Ordinance BJP on Tuesday questioned his sudden change in stand and asked whether the Bihar government would implement it on the birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi (August 20) as proposed by the UPA. |
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Poor kids die as worst-governed Bihar lacks infrastructure for mid-day meal Nitish Kumar’s Bihar is arguably the worst governed state in the country, yet the media is under compulsion to project it is as the best governed (susashan) one. Herein lies the crux of the problem.
Eight months have passed since the death of officially 20 people––once again children and women––on Chhath day in Patna yet no action whatsoever has been taken against anyone in the state and no accountability has been fixed. |
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Hunt for Maoists who killed five in Bihar
Patna, July 18 (IANS) Security forces launched a massive combing operation against Maoists in Bihar's Aurangabad district Thursday, a day after five people, including three policemen, were killed when rebels attacked the camp of a construction firm, police officials said. |
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Conspiracy behind Bihar tragedy: minister
Patna, July 17 (IANS) Bihar Education Minister P.K. Shahi Wednesday said there could have been a conspiracy to poison the mid day meal in school that killed 22 children in Saran district. |
NHRC notice to Bihar over mid-day meal deaths
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Bihar government as well as the state police over the death of 22 school children who consumed contaminated mid-day meal, an official said Wednesday. |
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There's need to monitor mid-day meals, says rights panel
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) Wednesday called for closer monitoring of the mid-day meal scheme while expressing shock over the death of 22 children after consuming poisoned meal at a school in Bihar. |
Forensic report to throw light on Bihar food contamination
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The government is awaiting the forensic report to know the reason why "food was contaminated" causing 21 deathsi a school in Bihar's Saran district, said Minister for Human Resource Development M.M. Pallam Raju here. |
| Bihar CM insensitive, says BJP New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday called Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar "insensitive" as the toll of children who ate a mid-day meal at a state-run primary school in Bihar's Saran district rose to 21. |
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Bihar mid-day meal toll 21
Patna, July 17 (IANS) Death toll of children who fell ill after having mid-day meal at a state-run primary school in Bihar's Saran district, rose to 21 Wednesday. |
Woman ADM disappears from Bhagalpur
Patna,(BiharTimes): Additional district magistrate Jayashree Thakur, from whom property worth Rs 20 crore was recovered in raids on July 12, is reported to have disappeared from Bhagalpur, where she is presently posted. |
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11 kids die, over 60 ill after mid-day meal in Bihar
Patna, July 16 :At least 11 children died and over 60 children fell ill Tuesday after eating a mid-day meal at a state-run primary school in Bihar's Saran district, an official said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed shock and has ordered a probe. |
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| Bodh Gaya blasts: Sketches of three suspects released Patna, July 16 (IANS) The sketches of three suspects in the serial bomb explosions at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar have been released by the the National Investigation Agency (NIA), police said Tuesday. |
| Raj Bhawan returns ordinance on panel to appoint VCs Patna,(BiharTimes): The Raj Bhawan recently returned the ordinance pertaining to appointment of VCs and Pro-VCs through a search committee to the state government for necessary changes to make it in consonance with the regulation of University Grants Commission. This followed a commitment given to the Supreme Court in this regard. |
JD-U decision to leave NDA was right: Nitish Kumar
Patna, July 15 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday said that the JD-U's decision to leave the NDA was right as some BJP leaders are using the a language that "hurt the feeling of a community". |
Thousands of flood victims observe Ramadan fast
Patna, July 15 (IANS) Thousands of Muslims in Bihar are observing the Ramadan fast despite struggling to survive amid inadequate relief in the flood-hit districts of Kishanganj, Purnea, Araria and Katihar. |
Woman chased and killed on Patna road
Patna, July 14 (IANS) A middle-aged woman ran for her life on a public road but was chased and murdered in full public view here Sunday night, police said. |
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| Bodh Gaya shopkeepers continue protest for eighth dayPatna,(BiharTimes): All the 58 shops of Mahabodhi shopping complex in Bodh Gaya remained closed for the eighth consecutive day on Sunday in protest against the district administration’s move to shift them elsewhere. |
IFWJ flays BBC’s move to close bureaus in India
Patna,(BiharTimes): Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) has deplored and strongly condemned the reported move of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) to abruptly close down all its bureaus in India from August 23, 2013.
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But most top politicians of Bihar are products of caste rallies
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though many political leaders, social activists and academics have welcomed the recent Allahabad High Court decision to ban caste-based rallies in Uttar Pradesh the fact is that many of the leaders who are calling shots in various states are products of these very rallies and raillas. |
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Raids on woman ADM’s premises yield over Rs 20 cr assets
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Economic Offences Wing of Bihar police on Friday unearthed assets worth more than Rs 20 crore in bank deposits and jewellery during raids on five premises of woman additional district magistrate, Jayashree Thakur(54), posted in Bhagalpur district. |
Apex court move ruffles jailbirds' feathers in Bihar
Patna, July 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court judgment July 10 to keep politicians in lawful confinement out of the electoral fray, even if they are not convicted, has caused worry to deepen among many Bihar leaders. |
| CBI director’s daughter marries IAS officer Patna,(BiharTimes): CBI Director Ranjit Sinha’s daughter, Rudrani Sinha, an Assistant Central Intelligence Officer in IB, married an IAS officer of 2009 batch, Avnish Kumar Sharan, here on Saturday |
Two ex-BTMC secretaries, private firm under NIA scanner
Patna,(BiharTimes): After the July 7 blasts two former secretaries of the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee (BTMC) as well as Cobra Sentinel Private Limited, the private agency looking after it, and the Bihar Police personnel manning the outer periphery of the sanctum sanctorum, have reportedly come under the scanner of the National Investigation Agency (NIA). |
MCI allows IGIMS to take admission for 2013-14
Patna,(BiharTimes): Following a letter written by chief minister Nitish Kumar to the Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad the Medical Council of India has given green signal to the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences to admit students in the MBBS classes. The MCI had earlier denied the permission for admission in the academic year 2013-14. |
Monk on hunger strike, wants more security at Bodh Gaya
Patna, July 13 (IANS) A Buddhist monk is on hunger strike in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town to demand special security arrangements at the revered Mahabodhi temple following the July 7 serial bomb blasts that left two people injured. |
Pran: One of the most loved villains of Bollywood bids adieu
Mumbai, July 13 (IANS) He was truly what legends are made of - a natural talent and a thorough professional with a versatility. Actor Pran left for his heavenly abode late Friday evening. His death is deemed as a big loss for the Hindi film industry. He was 93. |
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| Bodh Gaya blasts: 18 samples sent for DNA test Patna, July 12 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sent eighteen samples to Hyderabad for DNA test in connection with the serial bomb explosions at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, a police official said Friday. |
| President's rule revoked in Jharkhand New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) President's rule in Jharkhand was revoked early Saturday. A press release from the Rashtrapati Bhavan said President Pranab Mukherjee had signed the proclamation under clause (2) of article 356 of the Constitution. |
Political parties nervous over SC verdicts, campaigners happy
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS) The seminal judgments of the Supreme Court barring legislators who have been convicted or those in jail from contesting elections have cheered those longing for decriminalization of politics while causing heartburn among political parties, though they are not openly expressing it.
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Nine kids die as boat capsizes in Bihar
Patna, July 12 (IANS) At least 10 people, including nine children, were killed after an overcrowded boat capsized in a flooded tributary of the Kosi river in Bihar, police said. |
Hundreds of villages flooded in Bihar as rivers rise
Patna, July 11 (IANS) Flood waters entered over 100 villages in Bihar in the past 24 hours, forcing people to abandon their homes, as many rivers in the state rose and posed a threat to other villages too, officials said Thursday. |
CBI agrees to probe Mukhiyaji’s murder
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has agreed to probe the murder of Ranvir Sena chief, Brahmeshwar Singh alias Mukhiya. He was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Ara early on June 1, 2012 morning. |
Security sacrificed for the sake of publicity?
It is an irony of a sort. How can a state government, which had recently spent Rs 134 crore on the construction of Buddha Smriti Park in Patna not afford to provide proper security to the sanctum santorum of the Buddhists of the world, Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya? |
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30 percent Indian lawmakers have criminal cases against them New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) In a landmark verdict, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a convicted elected representative cannot continue in office. However, an analysis of affidavits declared by MPs and legislators shows that around 30 percent of 4,807 lawmakers have criminal cases against them, said a think-tank. |
Bihar official gifts wife 230 gold ear-rings
Patna, July 11 (IANS) A Bihar official, an accused in a disproportionate assets case, would gift his wife gold ornaments whenever he received a fat bribe. And as investigators searched, they came upon a staggering 230 gold ear-rings, 53 finger rings and 36 bangles. |
Nitish’s statement on BJP-RJD alliance surprises political observers
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar often gives his statement after coolly calculating its implications. But it seems that on Monday he, perhaps under pressure because of the Bodh Gaya blasts, committed a goof up when he said that BJP and RJD had ganged up against him in desperation and that talks are on between these two parties for electoral understanding. |
Answers to Bodh Gaya blasts after NIA probe: Shinde
Bodh Gaya/New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Home Minister Shushilkumar Shinde Wednesday said the NIA is probing the serial bombings at the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya and answers would be known after the investigation was over. |
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Properties worth over Rs five crore seized in raids
Patna,(BiharTimes): The sleuths of economic offence unit (EOU) of Bihar police on Tuesday carried out raids at seven premises of two state government officials and unearthed properties worth over Rs five crore disproportionate to their known sources of income. |
Nitish lays foundation of 530 crore new museum in Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of Rs 530-crore Bihar Museum on the southern flank of Jawaharlal Nehru Marg (Bailey Road). It is to come up over an area of 13.5 acres and is likely to be built in 20 months. |
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Bodh Gaya blasts being probed in detail: Shinde
Bodh Gaya, July 10 (IANS) A "detailed investigation" is being carried out into the string of bombings that rocked Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, said union Minister Sushilkumar Shinde and added that the probe has been handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). |
No breakthrough yet in Bodh Gaya blasts
Patna, July 10 (IANS) Investigators have not yet made any breakthrough in the serial bomb blasts that rocked Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple in Bihar, officials said Wednesday. |
Sonia, Shinde to visit Bodh Gaya Wednesday
Patna, July 9 (IANS) Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde will visit Bodh Gaya Wednesday morning to obtain first-hand information about the serial bomb explosions at the revered Mahabodhi temple, a police official said. |
Raj Thackeray case: Court issues warrant against policeman
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) A Delhi court has issued a warrant against a Delhi Police official for failing to update it on the status of investigation against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly making derogatory remarks against those hailing from Bihar. |
Organic veggies from Bihar bound for Europe
Patna, July 10 (IANS) Farmers of a village in Bihar's Nalanda district are planning to go global. Potatoes, pumpkins, garlics, chillis and ladyfingers, among other vegetables, produced in Sohdih village are all set to make their way to kitchens in Europe. |
| Bihar to set up ATS to combat terror Patna, July 9 (IANS) Two days after serial bomb blasts at Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple, the Bihar government Tuesday approved a proposal to set up an anti-terrorism squad (ATS) in the state, an official said. |
| Bodh Gaya terror bombing to 'settle scores'? New Delhi, July 9 The Bodh Gaya terror attack could have been aimed to "settle scores" for the targeting of Rohingya Muslims in Buddhist-majority Myanmar and the involvement of Lashkar-e-Taiba and other radical Islamist groups cannot be ruled out in "brainwashing" impressionable minds to carry out the bombing, say experts. |
| Don't want to politicise Bodh Gaya blasts, says BJP Bodh Gaya (Bihar), July 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday said it did not want to play any politics on the blasts at the Mahabodhi temple here, even as it accused the UPA government of failing to control terrorism in the country. |
| SC suspends trial in fodder scam case against Lalu New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday suspended proceedings in a Jharkhand court against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in a case related to the animal husbandry department scam, popularly known as fodder scam. |
| Normal life hit by Magadh division bandh Patna,(BiharTimes): Normal life was affected in Magadh division, particularly in Gaya district, on Monday following bandh (shutdown) calls given by BJP and RJD in protest against the utter failure of the state government in providing security to Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya. |
Life returns to normal in Bodh Gaya Bodh Gaya, July 9 (IANS) Life Tuesday returned to normal in and around the revered Mahabodhi temple two days after a string of 10 bomb explosions rocked this Bihar town where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment.
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The blasts that shattered Nitish’s image
Though the serial blasts in Bodh Gaya did not cause much casualties as the explosions were of low intensity yet it shattered the image of the Bihar `chief minister Nitish Kumar as Mahabodhi Temple is an internationally renowned shrine often visited by VVIPs and lakhs of pilgrims from all over South and East Asian countries––not to speak of some tourists from Europe, America, Australia and India itself, every year. |
Digvijaya's remarks on terror anger BJP
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Congress leader Digvijaya Singh's tweets Monday about possible links between Narendra Modi's teleconference with party workers in Bihar and blasts in the Mahabodhi temple triggered angry response from the BJP which said that his remarks were "nonsensical" and "bizarre". |
Jagannath Mishra suffers brain stroke, improving
Patna,(BiharTimes): The condition of former Bihar chief minister and now a Janata Dal (United) leader, Jagannath Mishra, who suffered brain stroke four days ago, is improving in a hospital here. |
BJP, RJD have ganged up for power, says Nitish
Patna,(BiharTimes): Reacting to the strong criticism from BJP and RJD and the bandh calls given by them in protest against the Bodh Gaya blasts chief minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday that the two parties have joined hands in desperation just for the sake of power. |
One held on suspicion of hand in Bodh Gaya blasts
Bodh Gaya, July 8 (IANS) Police said Monday a man was detained and interrogated following the serial bombings at the Mahabodhi temple complex here in Bihar after his identity card was found at the shrine. |
Deploy CISF at Bodh Gaya temple, says Nitish Kumar
Patna, July 8 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday reiterated that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) should be deployed at the 1,500-year-old Mahabodhi temple at Bodh Gaya town that was rocked by a string of bombings Sunday. |
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Bodh Gaya temple to open Monday evening
Bodh Gaya, July 8 (IANS) The revered Mahabodhi temple here in Bihar will reopen to devotees Monday evening, 36 hours after a string of bombings hit the complex a day earlier. Police were questioning one suspect. |
10 blasts rocked Bodh Gaya, says Shinde
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) A total of 10 blasts rocked the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bihar's Bodh Gaya town and 13 bombs were planted at the holy site the day before, Home Minister SushilKumar Shinde said Monday. |
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Builder liable to rectify faults in apartment: Consumer court
New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) In a significant judgement that should help apartment buyers, the top consumer court has directed a Ghaziabad-based builder and an official of an apartment block in Uttarakhand to "atone for their deficiencies" by rectifying defects in an apartment bought by two consumers or pay them over Rs.16 lakh in compensation cost for repairs and promised discount. |
Mukhiya Pati ruling by proxy in rural Bihar: Jairam Ramesh
Patna,(BiharTimes): Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday reiterated that Mukhiya Pati (husband of women village head) and not the women Mukhiyas themselves are actually calling shots in panchayats of Bihar and Jharkhand. |
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Modi slams JD-U for dumping BJP
Patna, July 6 Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday targeted the ruling Janata Dal-United in Bihar, saying that people of the state will reply in next general elections to the party's decision to severe ties with the BJP. |
HC stops construction of Ganga riverfront apartments in Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Patna High Court on Friday stopped the construction of all the Ganga riverfront apartments in the state capital. It directed the builders to file a reply in affidavit whether there is any violation or deviation from the building by-laws in the constructions done by them as also the details of the plan of the structures passed by the Patna Municipal Corporation. It has to be filed before July 11, which is the next date of hearing. |
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| Friends in Jharkhand are foes in Bihar Patna,(BiharTimes): In Jharkhand JMM, Congress and RJD alliance is understandable as they have a history of joining hands. But what is happening there is that two Janata Dal (United) MLAs are also likely to throw their weight behind the alliance to make it pass the magic figure of 41 in the House of 81. |
| RJD at 17 puts up a brave front ahead of fodder scam ruling Patma.(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal tried to put up a brave front on the 17th anniversary of the party even as the fear of fodder scam ruling by Ranchi CBI court looms large on the face of leaders and workers, especially its supremo, Lalu Prasad. |
Former BJP minister joins JD-U
Patna, July 6 (IANS) Former BJP minister Ramji Das Rishideo Saturday joined Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in the presence of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, party leaders said. |
SJVNL gets coal block for Bihar thermal power plant
Shimla, July 5 (IANS) Public sector hydropower major Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL) has been allocated a coal block in West Bengal for its maiden thermal power plant set to come up in Bihar, a company official said here Friday. |
JMM to form government with Congress, RJD support
Ranchi, July 5 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) is all set to form a government in Jharkhand under the leadership of Hemant Soren, with the support of the Congress and RJD, it was announced Friday. |
JD(U) warns BJP leaders holding posts in panels will be thrown out
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though three weeks have passed since chief minister Nitish Kumar sacked all the 11 BJP ministers and snapped ties with it yet the Chairman of the Bihar Legislative Council Awadesh Narayan Singh and Chairpersons of different boards and corporations belonging to the saffron party have not given up their posts. |
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Patna soon to have inter-state bus terminal
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday approved the development of the inter-state bus terminal (ISBT). It will be spread in 26-acre on Patna-Gaya Road. |
| Ambulance doubling as liquor van caught by ABVP activists Patna,(BiharTimes): An ambulance meant to carry patients was caught red-handed with two crates and one suit-case of liquor not by police but by the activists of BJP’s students’ wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad in Gaya on Thursday afternoon. |
JD(U) revokes suspension of three MPs
Patna,(BiharTimes): Seriously weakened by the police the Janata Dal (United) has revoked the suspension of its three MPs against whom disqualification petition had been filed with the Lok Sabha Speaker. |
Now JD(U) using Ishrat Jahan to corner Narendra Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): That Ishrat Jahan was born in Patna and had deep roots in the state is no big news as it was already highlighted after she was killed on June 15, 2004. But suddenly the media in Bihar has been reminded of it. They have played the story in a way as if it is revealing something really new. |
Bihar gangster's property confiscated
Patna, July 4 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind move in Bihar, the Enforcement Directorate Thursday confiscated 10 properties here of jailed gangster Ritlal Yadav, a police official said. |
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File detailed survey report on under-construction buildings, HC tells PMC
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a significant order the division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Vikash Jain of Patna High Court on Tuesday directed the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), the Patna district magistrate and the registrar of Co-operative Society, Patna, to file a detailed survey report on under-construction buildings along roads less than 20ft wide and non-residential constructions on residential plots. |
After Bathani Tola HC acquits nine in Miapur massacre case
Patna,(BiharTimes): More than a year after the Bathani Tola massacre case ruling a division bench of Justice V N Sinha and Justice A K Lal of the Patna High Court on Wednesday overturned the order of life imprisonment to nine alleged members of Ranvir Sena in Miapur (Aurangabad) massacre case of June 16, 2000. |
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RJD MLA protests at Sibal’s function after being ignored
Patna,(BiharTimes): Ignored by the state government at a function which was attended among others by Union Information and Technology minister Kapil Sibal and chief minister Nitish Kumar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA of Maner, Bhai Birendra, made a strong protest forcing them to allow him to speak. |
SC seeks response from Bihar, Centre on corruption in Indira Awas
Patna,(BiharTimes): A bench headed by Justice T S Thakur of the Supreme Court on Tuesday sought responses from the Centre as well as the Nitish government into the widespread allegations of gross misuse and loot of public funds in implementation of Indira Awas Yojna in Bihar. |
Justice Rajendra Prasad to probe Bagaha police firing
Patna,(BiharTimes): Nine days after the police firing in Bagaha sub-division of West Champaran district in which at least eight tribals were killed and many others injured, the state government on Tuesday set up a judicial commission headed by a retired judge of Patna High Court, Rajendra Prasad. |
Irregularities in Mid-Day Meal in Bihar: Study
Patna,(BiharTimes): A study done by Accountability Initiative-- Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions Studies in Accountability (PAISA) survey––in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh has revealed that there is widespread irregularities in the implementation of the Mid-Day Meal scheme. |
Robbers kill bank official, loot cash van in Bihar
Patna, July 2 (IANS) Armed robbers Tuesday shot dead a bank official, injured two security guards and looted over Rs.25 lakh from a cash van of a nationalised bank in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said. |
'Jharkhand may soon have JMM-led government'
Patna,(BiharTimes): On the birth anniversary of late freedom figher and former minister, Abdul Qayoom Ansari, the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz gave a call to defeat communal forces led by BJP leader Narendra Modi. At the same time it was reminded of the secular importance of chief minister Nitish Kumar in the fight against divisive forces, who are out to destabilize the country. |
| Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz reminded of threat from Modi Patna,(BiharTimes): On the birth anniversary of late freedom figher and former minister, Abdul Qayoom Ansari, the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz gave a call to defeat communal forces led by BJP leader Narendra Modi. At the same time it was reminded of the secular importance of chief minister Nitish Kumar in the fight against divisive forces, who are out to destabilize the country. |
BJP, JD-U exchange barbs over Modi's 'rescue' act
Patna/New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday took a dig at Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Uttarakhand "rescue mission", saying he could not do a similar act as he was not "Rambo". |
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Nasty caste war at the top of police echelon in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Something bizarre is happening at the top level in Bihar police. First in a rather unusual move DIG, Alok Kumar, who was earlier suspended on the charge of extorting money from a liquor baron, on Sunday evening filed an FIR against Director General of Police Abhayanand, Inspector General of Police (IG) (Operation) Amit Kumar, IG, (Economic Offences Unit) Praveen Vashist and Tunaji Pandey, representative of a liquor company, in Chapra. |
Nitish questions rescue of 15,000 Gujaratis from Uttarakhand
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after Janata Dal (United) national spokesman, Shivanand Tiwari, it is the turn of the Bihar chief minister
Nitish Kumar to question the tall claim that 15,000 Gujaratis were rescued in just over a day time by the Gujarat government from disaster-hit Uttarakhand. |
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| Nitish govt’s response to Uttarakhand tragedy criminal: BJPPatna,(BiharTimes): Former deputy chief minister and Leader of Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Council Sushil Kumar Modi termed as the criminal negligence the Nitish Kumar government’s delayed and token response to relief and rescue operations in disaster-hit Uttarakhand. |
Compensate wife of train victim, NHRC tells railway
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday asked the Indian Railway to pay a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the wife of man who died after allegedly being thrown out of a moving train by a Train Ticket Examiner (TTE). |
From Forbesganj to Bagaha: BJP’s role as ruling partner and opposition
Patna,(BiharTimes): On June 3, 2011 four Pasmanda Muslims were killed in Forbesganj sub-division of Araria district when they protested against the encroachment of road by a starch factory reportedly owned by the son of BJP MLC Ashok Agrawal. Those killed included a pregnant woman and an infant. Another youth was trampled to death and the photos showing a policeman jumping on the body of the injured youth––till he finally breathed his last––was uploaded on the internet for the world to see. Several others sustained injuries. |
BJP continues to lash law and order whip on Nitish govt
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to launch its verbal tirade against the Nitish Kumar government with party spokesman, Shahnawaz Hussain, directly blaming it for the total collapse in the law and order situation in the state. |
Bagaha SDPO among 67 DSPs shifted
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a first major administrative overhaul after the sacking of 11 BJP ministers the Nitish Kumar government on Saturday transferred 67 DSP rank officers. |
Pollution board cancels NOC to asbestos plant following CM’s intervention
Patna,(BiharTimes): Proving Sushil Kumar Modi’s defence of anti-environment hazardous asbestos plants (in his role as the then Bihar Environment Minister) as an indefensible and wrong act, the Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has cancelled the “No Objection Certificate” given to a company. This has been done in response to Bihar Chief Minister’s promise of “puncturing” hazardous asbestos factories in the fertile State. |
Cash, properties worth Rs 5.72 cr seized in raids
Patna,(BiharTimes): Slueths of the Economic Offence wing of Bihar Police on Friday carried out raids on premises of two engineers and seized cash and properties worth over Rs 5.72 crore from them.
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Innovative videos to initiate change
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Poor communities from backward districts in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will narrate stories of deprivation and discrimination through a network of video volunteers. |
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Post-split Nitish is the most ‘burdened’ CM of country
Patna,(BiharTimes): With no plan to expand cabinet in the near future, Nitish Kumar, has become the chief minister with highest number of portfolios with him. He has been looking after all the 11 important portfolios, such as finance, health, tourism, cooperative, animal husbandry and fisheries, art and culture, road construction etc, which were held by the BJP ministers till June 16 last. |
| Jharkhand HC reserves ruling on Lalu’s petition Patna,(BiharTimes): The Jharkhand High Court on Friday reserved judgment on a petition filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad seeking transfer of the fodder scam case out of the Ranchi CBI court of Pravas Kumar Singh. |
Cabinet allows Nalanda varsity to draw talent from abroad
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved a pact between the ministry of external affairs and Nalanda University to allow it to source talent from across the world, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said Friday. |
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Congress torn apart between RJD-LJP and JD(U)
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu Prasad is keeping a low profile these days as a special CBI court in Ranchi is scheduled to pronounce its judgement in a crucial fodder scam case related to the withdrawal of Rs 37.70 crore from Chaibasa (now in Jharkhand) treasury on July 15. |
LJP won't joins hands with JD-U
Patna, June 26 (IANS) Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ramvilas Paswan Wednesday said his party will not ally with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United (JD-U) though it has dumped the BJP. |
BJP’s Bagaha bandh evokes mixed response
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bharatiya Janata Party-sponsored Bagaha bandh in protest against Monday’s police firing on tribals that claimed eight lives evoked mixed response on Wednesday. |
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Uttarakhand rescue mission hit by rain, IAF chopper crash kills 20
Dehradun, June 26 (IANS) Heavy rains Tuesday hit operations to evacuate thousands of people still stranded in the hills of Uttarakhand as most helicopters could not operate, while 20 people were killed as an IAF Mi-17 crashed while returning from a rescue mission, officials said. |
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Why are senior Union ministers making a beeline to Bihar?
Patna,(BiharTimes): There is sudden rise in the number of visits to Bihar by senior Union ministers belonging to the Congress party. While External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid and Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, visited Nalanda University to see its construction work, Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde, on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of an SSB recruitment training centre and flagged off work on a 552-km long India-Nepal border road. |
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Outgoing BJP ministers face eviction order
Patna,(BiharTimes): Authorities have started issuing eviction order to all the 11 BJP ministers who were sacked by the chief minister Nitish Kumar on June 16 last after the split in the ruling NDA. |
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Shinde praises Nitish's stand on secularism
Patna, June 25 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Tuesday described Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as "a very nice human being" and said his stand on secularism was laudable. |
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| Shaibal a bargaining chip in Nitish’s special status demand? Patna,(BiharTimes): As a part of his move to further bargain his position with the Congress, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday urged member-secretary of ADRI, Shaibal Gupta, who is one of the six members of Raghuram Rajan committee set up by the Centre to look into backwardness of states, to put forth the case of Bihar in a forceful and convincing manner or quit. |
Nitish warns BJP leaders
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday that if he opens his mouth, many BJP leaders, who are busy targeting him, would be in trouble. |
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Lalu seeks transfer of fodder case
Ranchi, June 24 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad has moved the Jharkhand High Court seeking transfer of a fodder scam case whose verdict has been fixed for July 15. |
Five-star hotels to serve mushrooms from Bihar prison
Patna, June 24 (IANS) The next time you visit a five-star hotel in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata or Bangalore and order a mushroom dish, chances are you may be savouring something grown in a prison in Bihar. Officials said Monday that prison-grown mushrooms from the state would soon to sold to big hotels across the country. |
| More than 800 people from Bihar still stranded in Uttarakhand Patna, June 23 (IANS) More than 800 people from Bihar, mostly pilgrims, are still stranded or reported missing in flood-hit Uttarakhand a week after heavy rain, cloudburst and landslides ravaged the hill state, an official manning the emergency control room here said Sunday. |
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Nitish dreaming of becoming PM: Gadkari
Ranchi, June 22 (IANS) Former BJP president Nitin Gadkari Saturday said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar seems to be dreaming of becoming the prime minister and indulging in vote bank politics. |
| BJP should have made Sushma as its PM candidate: JD(U)MP Patna,(BiharTimes): The Janata Dal (United) said on Saturday that the senior BJP leader, Sushma Swaraj, should have been considered for the post of Prime Minister as she is a woman as well as the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha. |
| 30,000 still stranded in Uttarakhand New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Around 30,000 people were estimated to be stranded in rain-ravaged Uttarakhand, officials said. Rescuers scrambled Saturday to evacuate those who are still trapped as met office predicted rains from June 24. |
| Nitish on media over-drive after split Patna,(BiharTimes): Finding himself at the receiving end of the media––for the first time in seven and a half years of rule––Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is on media overdrive. |
| 13-year-old from Bihar cracks IIT entrance exam Patna, June 22 (IANS) Satyam Kumar, a Bihar farmer's son who is just 13-years old, has cleared the fiercely competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) for which 150,000 candidates had appeared this year. |
| Nitish: A lone ranger on centre stage The ease with which Nitish Kumar won the trust vote in the assembly after the break-up of the alliance between his party, the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), and the Bharatiya Janata Dal (BJP), hides the complexities inherent in the evolving political scene. |
| Advani stresses BJP's need to gain friends New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) Days after the JD-U snapped its ties with BJP, senior BJP leader L. K. Advani Friday cited Jansangh founder Shyama Prasad Mookerjee's vision about gaining allies as he stressed his party's needs to gain friends in its fight against the Congress-led government. |
| Congress may use JD(U), RJD like SP, BSP Patna,(BiharTimes): Though Rashtriya Janata Dal is quite hopeful of exploiting the split in BJP and JD(U) the fact is that the party has lost the status of principal opposition party both in the state Assembly and Legislative Council. |
| Lalu arrested Advani only after V P Singh asked him to do so Patna,(BiharTimes): Janata Dal (United) MP Ranjan Prasad Yadav, once a close confidant of Lalu Prasad Yadav, said that RJD chief’s claim that he had got BJP patriarch Lal Krishna Advani arrested on October 23, 1990, at Samastipur is wrong. |
Nature's fury, human greed and sleeping on the dead...
Dehradun, June 21 (IANS) Those who survived the cloudburst and flood that ravaged Uttarakhand are limping back home with harrowing tales of spending four days without food and water, being forced to pay Rs.200 for a Rs.5 biscuit packet, and of a former Bihar minister who slept on a "layer of dead bodies". |
| Nitish meets Governor, but no cabinet expansion soon Patna,(BiharTimes): Though chief minister Nitish Kumar had a dinner with Governor D Y Patil at Raj Bhawan on Thursday night reports quoting sources said that there is no immediate possibility of cabinet expansion. |
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Bihar to give Rs.5 crore aid to Uttarakhand, trace 300 missing
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The Bihar government Thursday announced Rs.5 crore aid to Uttarakhand for relief and decided to send a team of officials to trace at least 300 people from the state still missing in the calamity-hit hill state, an official said. |
| Nitish jealous of Modi: BJP Patna, June 20 (IANS) BJP general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy Thursday said Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was jealous of the rise of his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi and suffering from 'namo-nia'. |
| Fodder scam ruling involving Lalu, Jagannath on July 15 Patna,(BiharTimes): A special CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday fixed July 15 as the date to pronounce its ruling on one of the multi-crore fodder scam cases involving two former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra. |
300 from Bihar missing in Uttarakhand Patna, June 20 (IANS) Former Bihar minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey's two relatives were killed while he survived nature's fury at Kedarnath in Uttarakhand, a state where 300 people from Bihar are missing. |
Has the split made Nitish weak, Sharad irrelevant?
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the Nitish government managed to win the trust vote on Wednesday, thanks to the support from four MLAs of the Congress party, the truth is that suddenly the chief minister is finding himself on a very weak wicket. |
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Uterus Scam: NHRC sends notice to Bihar govt
Patna,(BiharTimes): National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday issued notices to Bihar and Rajasthan governments over alleged uterus removal scam conducted under the centrally-sponsored Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY). |
Nitish wins trust vote, says BJP can't win in 2014Patna, June 19 (IANS) Three days after he dumped the BJP, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday proved his majority in the legislature and said his former ally won't win the next Lok Sabha battle. |
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| JD-U has joined Congress's conspiracy: BJP New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) As the Nitish Kumar-led JD-U government in Bihar sailed smoothly through a trust vote Wednesday, the BJP accused its just-parted ex-ally of becoming part of a Congress conspiracy. |
Supported Nitish to keep communal BJP at bay: Congress
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) The Congress Wednesday said it supported the Janata Dal-United government in Bihar to "keep communal BJP at bay", and endorsed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was a secular person. |
BJP walks out of assembly, to sit in opposition Patna, June 19 (IANS) Ahead of the trust vote Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has sught in the assembly Wednesday, friend-turned-foe BJP has said it is prepared to sit in the opposition. |
| `Unwell' Advani not to meet RSS chief New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) A meeting between Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani was called off Wednesday after the party leader reported "unwell", said party sources. |
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Modi meets Advani to get backing for new role
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday met L.K. Advani to get the BJP patriarch's backing for his new role as head of the BJP's campaign committee, an elevation that has split the NDA. |
BJP foresees political re-alignment after elections
Hyderabad, June 18 (IANS) Denying that the NDA has weakened with the Janata Dal-United pulling out, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has predicted a re-alignment of political forces before and after the next Lok Sabha election. |
Does protocol demand central minister to praise CM, wonders Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): Taking advantage of the tape provided by the BJP to the media the president of RJD Lalu Prasad on Tuesday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for showering fulsome praise on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in December 2003. |
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‘Secular’ Nitish reciprocates, thanks Manmohan
Patna,(BiharTimes): A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh described Nitish Kumar as secular, the Bihar Chief Minister on Tuesday thanked the former for using such an expression for him. |
Unique, green air-cooling system for Nalanda University Patna, June 18 (IANS) Architects building the Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar have decided to use the desiccant enhanced evaporative (Devap) air-cooling system. This is the first time such a system will be used in India. |
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What about protocol when Narendra Modi was humiliated in Bihar: Ravi Shankar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Former Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on Tuesday asked Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as to what protocol he had maintained when the Gujarat chief minister, Narendra Modi, visited Patna on the occasion of National Executive of BJP on June 12-13, 2010. |
Modi meets Advani
New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi met senior BJP leader L.K. Advani here Tuesday, a week after the party patriarch quit following the former's elevation as the party's campaign committee chief. |
BJP to expose Nitish Kumar's 'doublespeak' ,
Patna, June 17 (IANS) A day after its 17-year-old alliance with the JD-U ended, an angry BJP Monday decided to expose the "doublespeak" of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over Narendra Modi by distributing CDs of an old video in which he praised the Gujarat Chief Minister. |
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Nitish harming Advani by championing his cause
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is these days busy championing the cause of former deputy prime minister and BJP patriarch Lal Krishan Advani to further his own agenda.
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Difficult to work with BJP's new era leaders: Nitish Kumar
Patna, June 17 (IANS) It is difficult to work with Bharatiya Janata Party's new era leaders, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Monday, a day after his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ended a 17-year-old alliance with the saffron party. |
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BJP,JD(U) workers celebrate collapse of marriage of convenience
Patna,(BiharTimes): Divorce is often followed by remorse, regret and recollection of painful past.But here in Patna the workers of BJP and JD(U) on Sunday celebrated the break of 17 years old alliance. JD(U)––which was the first party other than the religion-based Akali Dal and Shiv Sena to give secular legitimacy to BJP––left the NDA on June 16 alleging that it is a communal party. |
NDA splits as JD-U goes, BJP hits back at Nitish
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) ended its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP Sunday after days of simmering tensions, marking a major split in the country's main opposition grouping. |
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Alliances work on faith, says Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Snubbing the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) shortly after it snapped ties with the BJP, party president Rajnath Singh said Sunday alliances work on the basis of faith. |
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Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Sunday that he had told Governor D.Y. Patil that he wanted all 11 BJP ministers out of his ministry as they had stopped attending office. |
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Patna, June 16 : Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav announced Sunday that his party had ended its 17-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). |
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Patna, June 16 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Sunday that a special session of the assembly will be called Wednesday so that he can prove his majority. |
 JD-U's relations with BJP over: Tyagi
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) general secretary K.C. Tyagi announced Sunday that his party's long alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had ended. |
Nitish Kumar to meet governor
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will meet Governor D.Y. Patil Sunday afternoon amid indications that the Janata Dal-United and the BJP are set to end their alliance.
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| BJP shifts Rajnath’s rally after denial of permission Patna,(BiharTimes): After the state education department, which is headed by education minister, Prashant Kumar Shahi, rejected the BJP’s demand to hold the rally of its national president, Rajnath Singh, on June 23 the party decided to hold it at Sanjay Gandhi Stadium in Gardanibagh, Patna. |
JD-U, BJP inching towards snapping ties
Patna/New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The rift in Bihar's ruling alliance sharpened Saturday with the BJP telling Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to quit and order fresh polls if he decided to break the partnership, while the JD-U continued to attack Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and said the split was a "mere formality". |
| JD-U set to break up: Lalu Prasad Patna, June 15 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Saturday said that Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) was on the verge of breaking up as over 50 of its legislators were set to join the BJP. |
| Quit if you want to dump us, BJP tells Nitish Patna, June 15 (IANS) Bihar's ruling coalition took another hit Saturday as the BJP told Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to resign and seek a fresh mandate if he decides to break the alliance. |
| Nitish Kumar poaching legislators: Lalu Prasad Patna, June 15 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Saturday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of poaching legislators from other parties amid indications of ties snapping between the JD-U and the BJP, the ruling coalition partners. |
BJP leaders refuse to meet Nitish Kumar
Patna, June 15 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi refused to meet Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday despite a request amid tensions in Bihar's ruling coalition, sources in both parties said. |
Bihar may have to pay price if NDA splits, says Arun Jaitley in Oxford
Patna,(BiharTimes): The leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader, Arun Jaitley, on Friday sent out a stark message to Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar over a possible JD(U) split with the NDA, saying the state might have to pay a price if the alliance ends. |
| Nitish calls situation 'difficult', BJP hits back at JD-U Patna, June 14 (IANS) In a clear indication towards a split in the BJP-JD-U combine, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said the situation in the alliance was now "difficult", while the BJP accused his party of trying to split it. |
| Deputy CM, other BJP ministers not attending offices Patna,(BiharTimes): Led by the deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi the BJP ministers in Bihar have stopped attending their offices. Not only that reports started appearing that officials in many offices have stopped listening to the order or directive from the BJP ministers. |
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| Special status panel meets in New Delhi Patna,(BiharTimes): The six-member committee on special status headed by Raghuram Rajan, chief economic adviser in the finance ministry, met in New Delhi on Thursday to discuss various aspects, which need to be taken into account while deciding the backwardness of a state in comparison to the national average. |
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| Sushil Modi calls BJP ministers meeting on Sat afternoon Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the BJP ministers skipped office for the second day on Friday Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi has called a meeting of all the party ministers at his Patna residence at 3 pm. Incidentally, Giriraj Singh and Ashwini Choubey are out of state. |
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| JD-U is trying to break us in Bihar: BJP Patna, June 14 (IANS) The BJP Friday accused Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) of trying to split it amid rising tensions between the two parties in the state. |
| Why Jamui train attack got more national media coverage? Patna,(BiharTimes): The way the national news channels and dailies in New Delhi and other news centres outside Bihar highlighted the Maoists attack near Jamui clearly suggests that media, in general, has changed its stand on the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar. |
Federal Front: TDP ready to join, Nitish says talks on
New Delhi/Patna/Hyderabad, June 13: The proposal for a Federal Front got some boost Thursday with the Telugu Desam expressing readiness to join it while Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said his JD-U was holding discussions with his West Bengal and Odisha counterparts, Mamata Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik, on the issue. |
Suspected Maoists attack train in Bihar, three killed
Patna (BiharTimes)June 13 In an audacious daylight attack, suspected Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar's Jamui district Thursday afternoon, killing a railway police personnel and two passengers, said police and the railway ministry. |
| Efforts on to air-link Gaya to metros Patna,(BiharTimes): As the Airport Authority of India (AAI) is losing about Rs 1.5 crore every month on its operational cost because of the under-utilization of Gaya international airport efforts are being made to link the town with important metros of the country. |
BJP reaches out to JD-U to prevent snap New Delhi/Patna, June 13 (IANS) Frantic efforts continued through Thursday to save the NDA from rupture as BJP leaders met with the leadership of the JD-U, the alliance's second largest component, to clear the latter's misgivings over Narendra Modi leading the 2014 Lok Sabha poll campaign. |
Maoists attack train in Bihar, railway cop killed
Patna, June 13 (IANS) Suspected armed Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar's Jamui district Thursday afternoon killing a railway police personnel and injuring half a dozen other people, police said. |
We discussed formation of Federal Front: Nitish Kumar
Patna, June 13 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday his Janata Dal-United (JD-U) was in discussions with his West Bengal and Odisha counterparts, Mamta Banerjee and Naveen Patnaik, on the formation of a Federal Front. |
Has June 12 something to do with Nitish Kumar?
Patna,(BiharTimes): June 12 has something to do with Nitish Kumar. Perhaps.
On June 12, 2010 the Bihar chief minister suddenly cancelled his dinner for the BJP bigwigs. The saffron party was holding its two-day National Executive meeting in Patna (June 12-13). Till then the relationship between the BJP and JD(U) was excellent and Nitish had no complaint whatsoever with his Gujarat counterpart. |
BJP asks JD-U not to run down Modi
Hyderabad, June 13 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leader M. Venkaiah Naidu Thursday asked Janata Dal-United leaders not to make derogatory remarks against his party colleague and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. |
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New Delhi/Kolkata/Patna, June 12 : The political drama around the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday threatened to impact Bihar, with the state's ruling JD-U expected to snap its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP and the impending development triggering talk of a third front ahead of next year's Lok Sabha polls. |
Mamata's federal front call a joke, says CPI-M
Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) The CPI-M Wednesday dubbed Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee's call for a federal front a "joke" and said her asking non-Congress and non-BJP regional parties to form a front for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls would be a damp squib. |
Bihar's people want alliance with JD-U, says BJP
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The BJP Wednesday said its alliance with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in Bihar was continuing in the interest of people of the state and any break in ties will ruin hopes of the electorate. |
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Advani's era is over, says JD-U
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) L.K. Advani's era is over and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) would soon take a decision on its alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party, JD-U leader Shivanand Tiwari said Wednesday. |
| Patna theatre opening postponed for 'Raanjhanaa' Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) In the cut-throat world of film exhibition, it is very rare for any theatre owner to move away for emotional reasons. But this is what happened when in Patna, the single theatre Mona was converted into twin-theatre multiplex this year. The opening of the new theatre was postponed from May 31 to June 21 just to accommodate "Raanjhanaa". |
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JD-U set to snap ties with BJP over Modi?
Patna/New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The elevation of Narendra Modi as chief of BJP's campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls has cast its shadow on the party's alliance government in Bihar with the JD-U appearing to make up its mind to walk out of the coalition. But the BJP maintained that the people of Bihar wanted the alliance to continue. |
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'JD-U to soon end alliance with BJP over Modi'
Patna, June 12 : Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) seems to have made up its mind to end its 17-year-old alliance with the BJP over the rise of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and a formal announcement is expected soon, party leaders indicated Wednesday. |
| MNREGA fails to check exodus of labours from Bihar Patna,(BiharTimes): Contrary to the general perception created by the state government machinery the centrally-sponsored Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme failed to check the exodus of labours from Bihar. |
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Advani relents after RSS intervenes; Modi hails decision
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) A day after he quit key leadership posts and hit out at his colleagues, veteran L.K. Advani Tuesday made a dramatic u-turn after the RSS intervened to end the BJP's worst ever crisis that could have harmed its political prospects ahead of the 2014 polls. |
| NDA needs oxygen from Advani: JD-U New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) remains on "ventilator" and needs "oxygen" from BJP leader L.K. Advani, who has quit all party posts, the Janata Dal-United said Tuesday. |
| Shatrughan Sinha supports L.K. Advani after boycotting Goa conclave Mumbai, June 11 (IANS) Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, one of the best known Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Bihar, has reportedly thrown his weight behind BJP patriarch L.K. Advani, who relinquished all party posts after Narendra Modi was named the lead campaigner for the 2014 general elections. |
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| Bihar nod to preparing DPR for Patna metro rail Patna, June 11 (IANS) Bihar moved a step closer to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of a Metro train service in Patna with the state cabinet Tuesday approving the proposal to prepare a detailed project report (DPR). |
 Advani quitting not good for NDA: JD-U
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) After senior BJP leader L.K. Advani quit all party posts Monday, the JD-U described the development as a sad one which would adversely impact the NDA and a leader indicated that there was an unease in the party over the issue. |
| BJP leaders huddled at Advani's residence New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Several BJP leaders Monday huddled at the residence of party veteran L.K. Advani to persuade him to withdraw his resignation from party posts even as BJP president Rajnath Singh refused to accept Advani's resignayion. |
Rajnath rejects Advani's resignation
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) BJP president Rajnath Singh Monday refused to accept party leader L.K. Advani's resignation from organisational posts. |
Miffed over Modi, Advani quits all posts in BJP
New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) A day after the BJP appointed Narendra Modi to lead it in the next Lok Sabha election, the veteran L.K. Advani Monday quit all major party posts after accusing most of its leaders of pursuing "personal agendas". |
Narendra Modi’s elevation catches Nitish off guard
Patna,(BiharTimes): After the elevation of Narendra Modi to the post of the chairman of the Campaign Committee of the BJP the party has in all practical purposes made it clear who is its prime ministerial candidate. Yet Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is silent. |
Lalu asks Nitish to clarify his stand on Narendra Modi
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad Yadav on Sunday asked chief minister Nitish Kumar to speak out on the appointment of Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as the chairman of the Campaign Committee of the BJP. |
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| Bihar tops in Crude Birth Rate in the country Patna,(BiharTimes): With a Crude Birth Rate (CBR) of 26.3 Bihar ranks at the top among the nine major states with regard to childbirths per 1,000. |
Army chief reviews passing out parade at OTA in Gaya Patna,(BiharTimes): The Chief of Army Staff, General Bikram Singh, on Saturday reviewed the passing-out parade of the third batch of trainees of Officers’ Training Academy (OTA) in Gaya. |
Speeding car kills five women in Patna
Patna, June 10 (IANS) A speeding car crushed five women to death and seriously injured one other person in Bihar's capital early Monday, police said. |
Will work for Congress free India: Modi
Panaji, June 9 After being named chairman of the BJP campaign committee for the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Gujaraj Chief Minister Narendra Modi Sunday vowed to work for a "Congress-free India". |
Modi elevation is a BJP affair: JD-U
Patna, June 9 (IANS) The BJP's decision to make Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi the Lok Sabha campaign chief is "an internal matter of the BJP", the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) said Sunday. |
 Sushil Modi invites Narendra Modi for Hunkar Rally
Patna,(BiharTimes): The deputy chief minister of Bihar, Sushil Kumar Modi, on Saturday presented a formal invitation to Gujarat chief minister NarendraModi, requesting him to participate in the
Hoonkar Rally of BJP scheduled to be held at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan on October 27. |
'JD-U not concerned if Modi becomes campaign chief'
Panaji, June 8 (IANS) The ties between BJP and ally JD-U appear to be fine for now as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Saturday that he was not concerned if Narendra Modi is made the chief of the BJP's campaign committee. |
The Bhumihar factor in RJD victory in Maharajganj
Patna,(BiharTimes): When education minister Prashant Kumar Shahi was selected by Janata Dal (United) to contest the Maharajganj by-poll it was presumed that he would give a tough fight––or may even win the seat. It was expected that Bhumihars, EBCs and Dalits would strongly vote for him. But the Assembly-wise analysis of the results suggest that he failed in his bid. |
 PM constitutes IMG on Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has constituted a six-member inter-ministerial group (IMG) to do the preparatory work for setting up the Amritsar-Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor that would promote industrial development in the densely populated states of North India. |
Mukhiyaji’s son justifies stand against Shahi
Patna,(BiharTimes): The president of the Akhil Bharatiya Rashtravadi Kisan Sangthan, an open outfit of Ranveer Sena, Indu Bhushan, justified his organization’s stand against the JD(U) candidate from Maharajganj seat, P K Shahi. |
We don't need Narendra Modi in Bihar, says JD-U
Patna, June 7 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday rejected BJP national general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy's offer to use Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for brightening the NDA's prospects in the 2014 general elections. |
BJP leaders blame Nitish for JD(U) defeat in Maharajganj Patna,(BiharTimes): Though most BJP leaders squarely blamed the Janata Dal (United) for the defeat of its candidate, Prashant Kumar Shahi, in the Maharajganj by-poll it is the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Minister, Giriraj Singh, who was more vocal in his criticism. |
JD-U needs Narendra Modi, says Rudy
Patna, June 6 (IANS) BJP national general secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy Thursday asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to use Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for brightening the NDA's poll prospects in the next general elections. |
| By-poll loss is not defeat of JD-U: Nitish Kumar Patna, June 6 (IANS) Losing the Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-election was not a JD-U defeat as the RJD had won the seat in 2009 and had now just retained it, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Thursday, a day after the results of Sunday's polling were announced. |
| Encephalitis kills seven more, toll 19 Patna, June 6 (IANS) Seven more children have succumbed to encephalitis in Bihar, taking the total deaths in the state since early May to 18, officials said Thursday. |
RJD retains Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat
Patna, June 5 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday suffered a huge jolt when RJD's Prabhunath Singh won the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in a by-election by a whopping 137,000 votes. |
| Inter Pass/Plus-2 pass to be recruited as constable now Patna,(BiharTimes): The state cabinet on Tuesday changed the eligibility criteria for police recruitment. Now, Intermediate or Plus-2 pass would be eligible to be appointed constables. Similar criteria has been fixed for the constables in Bihar Military Police (BMP). Earlier, the minimum qualification was Class X. |
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Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday doubled the monthly allowance of local body representatives. It would come into effect from April this year. |
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Modi ignores Nitish Kumar at CMs' meet New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi ignored his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar Wednesday at the Chief Ministers' Conference called here to deal with Maoist violence.
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Mann's family losing hope for CBI probe
Patna, June 4 (IANS) The family and friends of Satnam Singh Mann, who died under mysterious circumstances in Kerala in 2012, have lost hope for a CBI probe into his death. Mann was charged with attacking a spiritual leader in Kollam. |
| Aruna Roy opposes UID cards, questions Cash Transfer SchemePatna,(BiharTimes): Noted social activist and outgoing member of National Advisory Council (NAC) Aruna Roy on Sunday termed UID cards a tool that would infringe on people’s privacy and could even compromise his or her safety or security. |
47 percent polling in Bihar
Patna, June 2 (IANS) Voting in the by-election to the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar passed off peacefully Sunday with 47 percent polling, officials said. |
JD(U) MLA’s close kin among two criminals killed in Mokama
Patna,(BiharTimes): Two criminals, including a close relative of Janata Dal (United) MLA, Shyam Bihari Singh, were killed in police encounter on Mokama Bypass under Mokama police station in Patna district on Friday night. However, three of the gang managed to escape. Incidentally the vehicle used by the criminals had a VIP number. |
Congress hints at new alliance in Bihar
Patna, May 30 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla Thursday said the Congress will form a new alliance in Bihar ahead of the next general elections in 2014. |
BJP to decide PM candidate 'soon'
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) There is "no question mark" on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and the party will "soon" decide its prime ministerial candidate, BJP president Rajnath Singh has said. |
| Fall in flow of passengers at Patna airport Patna,(BiharTimes): For the first time in four years the flow of passengers at Patna’s Jaiprakash Narayan International Airport came down in the last financial year (2012-13). |
| Siwan court stays arrest of Prabhunath Singh till June 6 Patna,(BiharTimes): The district judge in-charge of Siwan, S K Pandey, on Thursday stayed the arrest of RJD candidate for Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-poll Prabhunath Singh till June 6. A case was lodged against him for alleged misbehaviour with a trainee IAS and a seniordistrict official on poll duty. The by-poll is scheduled for June 2. |
PMC to crack hi-tech whip on builders violating laws
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Patna Municipal Corporation has decided to crack its whip. Houses built in violation of the building by-laws or in deviation to the approved building plan in the state capital will come under its critical scanner. |
Mahavir Temple Trust to set up new sect
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Mahavir Temple Trust is to set up a new sect Ramavat Panth. A decision in this regard was taken at a meeting held recently. The new sect will come into existence on November 13 on Kartika Devotthan Ekadashi. A Sitaram Mahayagna (sacrifice) will be held in the state capital on the occasion. |
Rima Kumari tops IA exam in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Nineteen out of 20 top positions in the Intermediate of Arts exam of Bihar School Examination Board have been bagged by girls this year. The result was announced on Wednesday evening. |
Two more children die of encephalitis Patna, May 30 (IANS) Encephalitis has claimed the lives of eight children in Bihar in the last one month, with two of them succumbing to the disease Thursday, an official said. |
Case filed against Prabhunath Singh for threatening trainee IAS
Patna,(BiharTimes): A case has been registered against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate from Maharajganj, Prabhunath Singh, and his supporters for allegedly snatching a trainee IAS officer’s video camera after he stopped a vehicle in Lalu Prasad’s motorcade at Bhagwanpur Bazaar in Siwan district of the state on Monday. He also reportedly threatened to put acid in the eyes of the said official. |
| Bihar cabinet approves Rs 300 crore incentive to industries Patna,(BiharTimes): The state government on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 300 crore for giving subsidies, grants and tax exemptions to entrepreneurs who have made investments in accordance with the Industrial Incentive Policy of 2006 and 2011. |
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Mover and ‘Shaker’ Suman backs Gujarat CM for PM post, not jokingly
Patna,(BiharTimes): Entertainer Shekhar Suman on Tuesday revealed how far he has moved away from Congress––on whose ticket he contested 2009 Lok Sabha election from Patna Saheb––when he said he supports Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi’s candidature for the post of Prime Minister. |
Bihar's mangoes, litchis for president, PM
Patna, May 29 (IANS) Bihar's famous Shahi (royal) litchis and Zardalu mangoes are to be sent as gifts to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as well as to diplomats next week, said officials Wednesday. |
The battle is still royal in ‘Maharaj’-ganj
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though apparently the Maharajganj by-poll is of little significance as Lok Sabha poll is due in less than a year time, yet all the important candidates are leaving no stone unturned to win the seat. This is so simply because they consider the battle here as rehearsal for the 2014 by-poll. |
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Six-member panel on special status norms to meet on Tuesday
Patna,(BiharTimes): The first meeting of the advisory committee constituted by the Centre on May 15 to revisit the criteria to determine backwardness of states would be held on Tuesday in New Delhi. The six-member committee is headed by chief economic adviser of the Union ministry of finance, Raghuram G Rajan. It also includes the name of Shaibal Gupta, member-secretary of Patna-based Asian Development Research Institute. The other four members are Bharat Ramaswamy, Jamia Millia Islamia VC Najeeb Jung, Neerja G Jayal and Tuhin Pandey. |
Nitish for World Bank office in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday called for the opening of an office of World Bank in Bihar so that the projects being run with its help in the state get an impetus. |
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Girls outshine boys again in CBSE Class 12 exam
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Girls once again outperformed boys in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Class 12 exams this year, with the pass percentage for girls being 87.98, compared to 77.78 for boys. |
India seeks to revive ancient seat of learning - with help
Nalanda (Bihar), May 27 (IANS) Flocked by thousands of scholars and thinkers from far and wide, Nalanda, the ancient seat of learning, was famed the world over as a hub of knowledge. The dream to revive the centre of excellence is taking shape in Rajgir as the Nalanda University. |
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1845 ship of Indian labourers is big draw in Trinidad
Port-of-Spain, May 27 (IANS) As Trinidad and Tobago prepares for the 168th anniversary of the arrival of the first group of 231 Indians to the West Indies, the toast of the celebrations is the first ship of migrants -- the Fath-Al-Razak. |
Several IPS officers transferred
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a minor reshuffle the state government on Saturday transferred several IPS officers.
Patna traffic SP Chandrika Prasad has been made SP in Special Branch. City SP Jayant Kant has been given additional charge of Traffic SP. |
Maoists kill 16 in attack on Congress rally in Chhattisgarh Raipur/New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) An over 100-strong group of Maoists Saturday attacked a Congress party convoy, carrying out a landmine blast and then opening fire, resulting in the death of 16 people, including two senior Congress leaders and injuries to 25 others.
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Bihar to acquire barren, not agricultural plots, for land bank
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar government has issued orders to all District Magistrates (DM) asking them not to acquire agriculture land under its scheme to create a land bank in every district of the state. Instead they have been asked to acquire barren land for this purpose. |
25,000 non-existing SHGs in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): It is another example of work done on paper only. Over 25,000 self-help groups (SHGs) that different Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) claim to have formed in Bihar are missing, with no information available about the funds they deposited. |
35 arrested for burning man in Bihar
Patna, May 25 (IANS) Thirty-five people, including 20 women, were arrested from a Bihar village Saturday on charges of burning the husband of a village head over a land dispute, police said. |
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Steep fall in number of beneficiaries of govt schemes in schools
Patna,(BiharTimes): There is a steep fall in the number of beneficiaries of government schemes in schools due to 75 per cent attendance criteria fixed by the state government after ‘double enrollment’ was detected by an NGO, Pratham, and government itself in 2011. |
| Another minor gang-raped in Nawada village Patna,(BiharTimes): In yet another incident of crime against minor girl a six-year-old girl hailing from the Mahadalit community was gang-raped by her own cousin and his friend at village Bhelwa under Warisaliganj police station in Nawada district on Wednesday. |
| JD(U) leader roasted alive after land dispute with tribals Patna,(BiharTimes): A Janata Dal(United) leader and husband of a mukhiya, Jainendra Mandal, was allegedly roasted alive following a protracted dispute over a 17-acre plot of land at village Kishunpur-Balwa under Dhamdaha police station of Purnia district on Friday afternoon. |
| Like in ISc Patna girl tops ICom exam too Patna,(BiharTimes): As in ISc girls did better than boys in Intermediate Commerce (ICom) examination of Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB). Once again a Patna girl topped the list. |
Bihar to spend Rs.17 crore on 200 police dogs
Patna, May 23 Bihar has decided to buy 200 canines of various breeds at an estimated cost of Rs.17 crore in order to raise 50 more dog squad units to help police in their investigations, officials said Thursday. |
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Shashi Kant Sharma sworn-in as new CAG
New Delhi, May 23 Shashi Kant Sharma, a Bihar cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, was Thursday sworn-in as the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the government's official auditor. |
Mentally challenged man kills five of family
Patna, May 23 Three women and two children were killed in a Bihar village when they were attacked by an axe-wielding family member who is believed to be mentally challenged, police said Thursday. |
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Sushil Modi comes to the rescue of Nitish on Kirti Azad episode
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a bid to play down the Nitish Kumar-Kirti Azad episode deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday came to the rescue of the former by stating that “I know Nitishji for quite a long period of time. He is not the kind of person to stop a people’s representative from airing his opinion.” |
JMM rules out pact for 2014 polls
Ranchi, May 22 (IANS) The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) Wednesday ruled out any pre-poll tie-up in the state assembly and Lok Sabha polls in 2014. |
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Bihar rights panel seeks report on scribe's plight
Patna, May 22 (IANS) Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant rent here, Bihar's rights panel Wednesday sought a report from the city police chief on the issue. |
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Bihar lifts ban on contractual appointment
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday lifted the ban on contractual appointments in different boards, corporations and other departments. Now, they can appoint employees on contract basis by relaxing the age and other criterion. The ban was imposed on December 20, 2012. |
Shashi Kant Sharma to be new CAG
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Defence secretary Shashi Kant Sharma will be the new Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India, replacing Vinod Rai, who retires May 22, the government announced Tuesday. |
Pappu Yadav released from jail
Patna, May 21 (IANS) Four days after the court acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, he was formally released from jail here Tuesday, police officials said. |
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Patna, May 20 : Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh Monday filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him. |
Purnia DIG's son killed in Gangtok
Patna,(BiharTimes): Rakshit Meena, the son of Purnia range DIG Bachhu Singh Meena, died at a hospital in Gangtok after being beaten up by a group of youth and bouncers (security guards) at a nightclub in the wee hours of Sunday. |
BASA seeks probe into JD(U) MLA’s misbehaviour
Patna,(BiharTimes): The state executive committee meeting of Bihar Administrative Service Association (BASA) held on Sunday sought a probe into alleged unruly behaviour by Khagaria JD(U) MLA, Poonam Devi Yadav, and Zila Parishad chairperson Krishna Yadav, with Khagaria’s senior deputy collector Anand Prasad on May 13. |
Petrol price rises in Bihar
Patna,(BiharTimes): Petrol price in Bihar has gone up by Rs 1.76 per litre following revision in state specific charges. |
| JD(U) likely to throw its door wide open for Pappu Yadav Patna,(BiharTimes): The demand of former MP and Kosi strongman, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, has gone up in the political circle after his acquittal by the Patna High Court on the charge of murder of CPI (M) MLA, Ajit Sarkar. |
| MS student arrested for forgery in exam Patna,(BiharTimes): A Central Bureau of Investigation team from New Delhi on Saturday arrested a final-year student of Master of Surgery (MS) at Patna Medical College and Hospital on charges of impersonation, cheating and fraud in examination. |
| JD(U) leader shot dead in Khagaria district Patna,(BiharTimes): Senior Janata Dal (United) leader of Khagaria district, Ram Pratap Paswan, was shot dead by two motor-cycle borne criminals in the premises of Khagaria railway station on Saturday. Paswan was the district president of Mahadalit Cell of Janata Dal (United). |
BJP MP Kirti Azad interrupts Nitish at official meeting in Darbhanga
Patna,(BiharTimes): Tension between two NDA partners, BJP and JD(U), took an ugly turn at a high level meeting in Darbhanga on Saturday when the local saffron party MP, Kirti Azad, mustered enough courage to stand up and asked the chief minister, Nitish Kumar, that he be allowed to speak. |
Left urges CBI to appeal against Pappu Yadav's acquittal
Patna, May 18 (IANS) Left parties in Bihar Saturday urged the CBI to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in the murder of a CPI-M leader. |
Congress comes to Nitish’s ‘rescue’ in Maharajganj
Patna,(BiharTimes): The Congress party’s decision to give ticket to Jitendra Swamy, son of former RJD MP, Uma Shankar Singh, for Maharajganj by-election is being interpreted as the first step in the direction of JD(U)-Congress electoral understanding. |
Pappu Yadav acquitted in CPI-M leader's murder
Patna, May 17 (IANS) Citing lack of evidence, the Patna High Court Friday acquitted former RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on charges of killing CPI-M leader Ajit Sarkar, a government lawyer said. |
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Lalu’s Alsatian remark dogs JD(U) MLC
Patna,(BiharTimes): In a unique development Janata Dal (United) MLC, Sanjay Singh, gave a classic caste twist to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s remark about him and another party leader Sanjay Jha. |
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IT seeks expense details of Lalu's Parivartan rally
Patna, May 17 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department has served a notice to Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), seeking details of expenses incurred during the party's Parivartan rally held here May 15, an official said Friday. |
Juhi tops in ISc exam in Bihar
Patna,(Bihartimes): 93.25 per cent girls and 91.45 per cent boys passed the Intermediate Science (ISc) examinations conducted by Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB). The top three positions were held by the girls. The third position was in fact shared by a boy and a girl. There were seven girls in top 10. |
Nalanda University project takes major step forward
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) In a major step towards realising the ambitious Nalanda International University, coming up in Rajgir in Bihar, an international jury has selected the architectural design of an Ahmedabad-based firm for the varsity.
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Patna, May 15 (IANS) RJD chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday launched a scathing attack against Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for rampant corruption, bribery and rising incidents of rape in the state and said he would throw him out of power in the next elections.
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Governance and Development are not the same thing
Vikramshila Setu over river Ganga in Bhagalpur, a bridge over Gandak near Revelganj, World Cup cricket match for the first and only time in Patna in Feb 1996 (spread over two days because of rain), the first One Day International in the city in Nov 1993, beautification of the state capital on the eve of the NRI meet in 1995, construction of Indira Gandhi Planetarium etc are some of the works accomplished during the 15-year of Lalu-Rabri rule, which even the RJD supremo seldom boasts, though he could have done so as most of them were purely state government’s achievement without any central assistance. |
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RJD supporters paint Patna green for Lalu rally
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Ignoring the scorching mid-May heat, hundreds of thousands of people arrived in the Bihar capital Wednesday for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's Parivartan Rally -- the second after he was ousted from power in 2005. |
Does Lalu want to push Bihar back, asks Sushil
Patna,(BiharTimes): Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday asked the RJD chief Lalu Yadav whether he wants to push Bihar back to the days of under-development by seeking to return to power by mobilising public support for the Parivartan Rally in Patna. |
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Bihar clerks' paycuts to be probed
Patna, May 14 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission has ordered a probe into the non-payment of salaries of some revenue clerks for six months, an official said Tuesday. |
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US technologies to help Bihar base companies: Envoy Patna,(BiharTimes): The United States ambassador to India, Nancy J Powell, on Monday praised Bihar’s GDP and said that access to her country’s technologies and services could help Bihar based companies to make a significant leap in infrastructure and agriculture sector. |
Lalu hits out at Nitish for criticizing sons
Patna,(BiharTimes): After remaining silent for a few days RJD chief Lalu Prasad hit out at chief minister Nitish Kumar, who had earlier said that the Parivartan Rally was being organised for T2 (Lalu’s sons Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejaswi Yadav), who would replace S2, that is, brothers-in-law Sadhu Yadav and Subhash Yadav in the RJD. |
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Lalu trying to re-invent himself through Parivartan Rally Patna,(BiharTimes): Now a days, RJD chief Lalu Yadav is literally on road in sizzling summer of Bihar to mobilize masses particularly in rural areas to attract people to the forthcoming “Parivartan Rally” (Rally for Change) to be held on May 15 in Patna. There is just one motive: to see to it that the Nitish government is dethroned. |
Lalu Prasad hires 13 trains for his Patna rally
Patna, May 13 (IANS) Indian Railways got a boost to its business, thanks to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, whose party Rashtriya Janata Dal has hired 13 special trains to ferry workers and supporters to Patna for his Parivartan Rally here May 15. |
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School children celebrate World Biodiversity Day
Patna.(BiharTimes): Students from St Michael’s, Don Bosco, St Joseph’s, Hartmann, May Flower, Gyan Jyoti and Rashtriya Vikas on Saturday (May 11) jointly celebrated World Bio-diversity day at the Tarumitra Bio-reserve. |
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Nitish’s gesture surprises JD(U), Congress workers Patna,(BiharTimes): An extraordinary gesture shown by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar towards the Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram, on Saturday once again set off speculation about the proximity between the Congress Party and Janata Dal (United). |
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HC’s directive to check concrete jungle raj in Patna Patna,(BiharTimes): Just three days after the Nitish cabinet’s nod to the urban development departments to build 16-19 storied flats and commercial complexes in Patna, Gaya and Muzaffarpur came a strict Patna high court directive on high rise buildings. |
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Tips to protect eyes from heat New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) From viral conjunctivitis to corneal ulcer, the merciless summer can cause all sort of eye-related problems. Water, eye exercises and other remedies can help protect them. |
Railway, law ministers resign over corruption charges New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Within hours of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday evening, the UPA government asked two tainted cabinet members - Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar - to go, sending out a signal that no wrongdoing will be tolerated. |
Nitish digs deep into history in Gaya
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is on Sewa Yatra of Gaya, on Friday ordered a detailed study of Koteshwarnath temple by a team of scholars to discover the historical richness of the ancient temple and also called for all Buddhist sites between Bodh Gaya and Sarnath near Benaras be documented to promote tourism. |
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JD(U) asks BJP not to be stubborn on Modi as PM candidate Patna, May 10 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal (United) Friday urged its national ally Bharatiya Janata Party not to be stubborn over the projection of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate for the next general elections. |
SEBI establishes office in Patna
Patna,(BiharTimes): Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Thursday said it has established a local office in Patna, as part of its efforts to decentralise work to regional offices. |
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After JD(U) it is trouble from Shiv Sena for BJP
(BiharTimes): Just when different factions of BJP in Bihar were closing their ranks to throw their weight behind Narendra Modi came the big news of devastating defeat of the BJP in Karnataka. The Janata Dal (United) rank and file are elated––perhaps no less than that of Congress and RJD-LJP combine––and party general secretary, Shivanand Tiwary, went on record to tell that his party had already warned the saffron brigade on projecting the Gujarat chief minister as the prime ministerial candidate. |
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Bihar imposes 10 per cent surcharge on petrol Patna,(BiharTimes): The state cabinet on Tuesday decided to levy 10 per cent surcharge on petrol and 15 per cent on tobacco products, except bidi, which would be borne by the manufacturers. |
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Patna, May 9 (IANS) A six-month-old baby succumbed to a deadly mosquito-borne disease in Bihar Thursday, taking the toll from the disease to three in 2013, and 16 children have been admitted to hospitals in Muzaffarpur, officials said. |
Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah dies
Chandigarh, May 9 (IANS) Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay who was in a hospital here after being attacked in a Jammu jail last week died Thursday morning, doctors said.
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| JD-U happy as Modi fails in Karnataka Patna, May 8 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United leaders are happy that the BJP was routed in Karnataka despite campaigning by Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
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| 13-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE prelim Patna, May 8 (IANS) A 13-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the preliminary examination of the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE). He is the youngest to pass the exam. |
| Patna HC asks govt to submit plan for removing encroachments Patna,(BiharTimes): A division bench of Justice Navin Sinha and Justice Shivaji Pandey of the Patna high court on Tuesday directed the state government to submit before the court an action plan for removing the encroachments from government land and the premises of different government departments in the districts. |
| Lalu mistook Narendra Modi for Sushil Modi: Bihar Deputy CM Patna,(BiharTimes): Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi claimed on Tuesday that the RJD chief Lalu Prasad would not have received the telephone call of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had he known about the identity of the person on the other end in advance. |
| Maharajganj by-poll: A litmus test for BJP-JD(U) alliance Patna,(BiharTimes): The by-election to the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat scheduled to be held on June 2 will be an acid test for the NDA as the non-stop wrangling between BJP and Janata Dal (United) had created a lot of suspicion, mistrust and tension within the rank and file of both the parties. |
Bihar to buy 1,000 MW to provide power to all by 2015Patna, May 7 (IANS) Power-starved Bihar plans to buy 1,000 MW in the open market from 2015 to meet the shortfall in its power requirements and keep the chief minister's promise of power for all before 2015 assembly polls, officials here said Tuesday. |
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| Use belt while sitting on front seat, Nitish advises Lalu Patna,(BiharTimes): Instead of inquiring about RJD chief Lalu Yadav’s health condition after the latter suffered injuries in a car mishap near Raghopur in Vaishali district on Friday night chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday went on to advice him to fasten the seat belt as that would have saved him from the bruises. |
A Gujarat-based company will draft the masterplan and design the upcoming Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar, its vice chancellor said Tuesday.
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Bihar densiest state in the country
Patna,(BiharTimes): Bihar is the densiest state in the country to be followed by West Bengal. The Primary Census Abstract 2011 released recently said Bihar has a population density of 1,106 people per sq km, while West Bengal is in second place with 1,028. |
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Up to Bansal to decide on resignation, says Nitish Kumar
Patna, May 6 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday defended Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, saying it was his personal decision whether to resign or not following his nephew's arrest in a case of corruption in his ministry. |
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US firm to invest $240mn to light up Bihar's Buddhist sites
Washington, May 6 (IANS) A power venture formed by Indian and North American energy professionals plans to create a role model for the world by lighting up famed Buddhist sites in Bihar with a $240 million (Rs. 13 billion) solar energy project as part of a corporate social responsibility initiative. |
Sharad defends Pawan Bansal, Nitish maintains silence Patna,(BiharTimes): That Janata Dal (United) national president and NDA convenor, Sharad Yadav, so stoutly defended the Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, came as a surprise because, otherwise, he leaves no opportunity go to criticize the Congress party. But what is more shocking is that chief minister, Nitish Kumar, has not spoken a word on the issue though he is always among the first to flay any ‘wrong’ committed in the ministry he had held in the Vajpayee government. |
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| Metro in Bihar capital by 2016: Minister Patna, May 5 (IANS) The Bihar capital city's dream of a Metro train may come true by 2016 if the state urban development minister is to be believed. The project is set to cover a distance of 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs.8,000 crore, he said. |
Child of 7 raped in Bihar
Patna, May 5 (IANS) A seven-year-old child was raped in Bihar's Nawada district by a youth, who was later arrested, police said Sunday. |
| Hindutva leaders can guarantee Muslim security: Uma Bharti New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Only right-wing Hindutva leaders can guarantee the security of Muslims in India, BJP leader Uma Bharti said Sunday, as she defended Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, facing fire over handling of 2002 riots in his state. |
| Two minors raped in Bihar, one arrested Patna, May 4 (IANS) Two minors were allegedly raped in two different districts in Bihar. While the accused in one case has been arrested, the other is absconding, police Saturday said. |
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Patna, May 4 (IANS) The much awaited Master Plan for the Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar is in its final stage, the vice chancellor said Saturday.
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Narendra Modi rings up injured Lalu
Patna,(BiharTimes): RJD chief Lalu Prasad, who sustained head injury in a freak car accident on Friday night, got a somewhat strange phone call on Saturday. |
| CBI raids over appointment of Gramin Dak Sevaks in Bihar Patna,(BiharTimes): The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday registered two cases over appointment of Gramin Dak Sevaks by Postal Department in Bihar allegedly on the basis of fake marksheets in lieu of bribe of Rs three lakh for each post. |
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Jammu/New Delhi May 3 (IANS) A Pakistani prisoner was critically injured Friday when he was attacked by a fellow prisoner in the high security Kot Bhalwal jail here, police said here, a day after Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh died after being attacked in Lahore. |
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Patna, May 3 (IANS) Bihar police have arrested eight people, including two officials of the State Bank of India, for their alleged involvement in withdrawing cash running into crores of rupees from government accounts using forged cheques, officials said Friday. |
Elderly Dalit woman raped, killed in Bihar
The victim, a labourer, lived alone in her house in Nunnagar village in Saran district, about 50 km from here. She was raped and murdered late Wednesday night, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ravindra Kumar said. |
Nitish, Lalu blame Pakistan for Sarabjit's death
Patna, May 2 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad blamed Pakistan for the death of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh in a Lahore hospital early Thursday. |
Cabinet nod to two rail engine projects in Bihar
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Wednesday revived two railway locomotive projects in Bihar by starting new bidding process, official sources said. The estimated cost of the two projects is over Rs.3,346 crore. |
Infrastructure key to development: Young MPs
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Development of infrastructure is critical to ensure development, said young parliamentarians who have come together to write a book on their vision for India. |
Three tiger cubs born in Bihar reserve
Patna, May 1 (IANS) A tigress gave birth to three cubs in Bihar's only tiger reserve -- the second such development in the area in one-and-half years, an official said Wednesday. |
Bihar cabinet approves notification of Lokayukta Bill
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Nearly one and a half years after the assembly passed it, the Bihar cabinet Tuesday notified the legislation setting up a three-member Lokayukta with jurisdiction to probe corruption charges against public servants from the chief minister down to lowest rung of government employees. |
Bihar girl commits suicide after molestation bid
Patna, April 30 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl committed suicide in a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district after a teacher of a madrasa (Muslim seminary) tried to molest her, police said Tuesday. |
Fear of encephalitis outbreak haunts Bihar
Patna, April 30 (IANS) With this year's first death suspected to be caused by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) reported in Bihar, the fear of an outbreak of the deadly mosquito-borne disease has returned to haunt the state, an official said Tuesday. |
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Two killed in Bihar
Patna, April 30 (IANS) Grief and anger replaced gaiety when two people were killed in celebratory fire during a marriage ceremony in Bihar's Aurangabad district, police said Tuesday. |
Welcome high skill workers or lose them: US think tank
Washington, April 30 (IANS) Citing the significant contributions of immigrants from India, a leading US think tank has suggested that America must roll out the welcome mat to high skill workers to remain competitive and innovative. |
Obese men in 20s may die in middle age London, April 30 (IANS) Families of chubby youngsters, beware! Men who turn obese in their early 20s are significantly less likely to reach their middle age, a new study published in the British Medical Journal has suggested.
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Patna, April 29 After introducing road safety in the syllabus of middle schools, the Bihar government has decided to include the subject in the syllabus of high schools also from the 2014 academic session, a state minister said Monday. |
| Nitish launches BSTDC’s ultra luxury tourists’ van Patna,(BiharTimes):Chief Minister Nitish Kumar launched the ultra luxury van of Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation here on Sunday. After formally introducing this new service for tourists, Nitish along with tourism minister Sunil Kumar Pintu, water resources minister Vijay Choudhary and JDU state president Bashishth Narayan Singh moved for Rajgir in this new luxury vehicle. |
'SHO tried to bribe five-year-old rape victim's kin'
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A vigilance report has confirmed that an area police station chief had tried to bribe the family of a five-year-old rape victim with Rs.2,000 to hush up the incident, a police source said Sunday. |
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New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) A shortage of nearly a million teachers is affecting implementation of the Right to Education Act in India. Compounding this is the lack of government-run training institutes which forces aspirants to go to private insitutions, with the result that just a fraction manage to clear the eligibility test. |
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Varanasi, April 28 (IANS) As the sun rose across the sandy banks of the Ganga at the Rajendra Prasad ghat at Varanasi Sunday, life turned a new leaf for the 100-odd widows of Kashi -- NGO Sulabh international launched a pension and medical welfare scheme for them. |
Sri Lanka posing a challenge to Kerala ayurveda Guruvayoor (Kerala), April 28 (IANS) Its decades long ethnic conflict over, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala's ayurvedic system of medicine, a leading industry expert says. |
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Bihar by-polls: Nomination of BJP leader's son draws flak Patna, April 27 (IANS) The nomination of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader C.P. Thakur's son as the party's candidate for the May 9 by-polls to the Bihar legislative council has drawn criticism from others in the party, with one leader terming it "unacceptable". |
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Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Emphasising that states do not have laws to stop fraudulent companies from duping depositors, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi Friday said the centre has the responsibility to enact effective laws against such firms and sought the immediate intervention of the prime minister in the chit fund muddle. |
BJP seeks to woo Paswans
Patna,(BiharTimes): Even as the presence of chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and other leaders of both the NDA constituents at the time of filing of nomination papers of the three Bihar Legislative Council candidates on Friday is being interpreted as a sign of improvement in relationship the saffron party, it seems, has started expanding its support base in the state on its own. |
Universities get interim VCs after SC order
Patna,(BiharTimes): Following the Supreme Court order the new Governor-cum-Chancellor of Universities of Bihar D Y Patil on Friday issued notifications for the appointment of interim vice-chancellors and pro-vice-chancellors for all the 10 universities in the state. |
| ‘Patna drainage system has gone from bad to worse’ Patna,(BiharTimes): Over 500 building engineers, architects and realtors from across the country who are taking part in the three-day Indian Building Congress called for better buildings, road planning and drainage system in Patna and suggested measures to improve them. |
Mechanism should decide states losses due to GST: Modi Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) Sushil Kumar Modi, chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers on implementing the goods and services tax (GST), Saturday called for an "independent mechanism" to decide the compensation for losses that states would incur after the new indirect tax regime is enforced. |
| Mamata is honest: Sushil Modi Kolkata, April 27 (IANS) BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi Saturday described Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as an "honest" person and hoped she would tack action against West Bengal politicians involved with the chit fund mess and the tainted Saradha Group. |
Road blockade in protest against abduction of MLA’s PS Patna,(BiharTimes): A large number of people staged blockade on the Purnia-Rupauli road in Purnia district on Thursday in protest against the failure of the police to recover the personal secretary of Rupauli JD (U) MLA, Bima Bharati. |
Is BJP an asset or liability for Janata Dal (United)? Patna,(BiharTimes): By not inviting the BJP ministers and leaders in an agriculture department function where the chief minister Nitish Kumar was the main speaker the Bihar government has got itself embroiled into the Janata Dal (United)-BJP war of attrition. |
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Fifty-year-old held for rape of six-year-old girl Patna, April 25 (IANS) A 50-year-old man was arrested Thursday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl. The incident triggered angry protests in the area, a police official said. |
DMs, SPs asked to hold joint Janata Darbars with MPs, MLAs
Patna, ,(BiharTimes):April 24: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asked district magistrates and superintendents of police to hold joint Janata Darbars with MPs, MLAs and MLCs on first Thursday of every month in their respective district to hear the grievances of the common public and redress them. |
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| Mother and daughter gang-raped in Bihar Patna, April 24 (IANS) Three people have been arrested in Bihar for abducting and raping the mother and sister of a youth as a revenge for his eloping with the sister of one of the accused, police said Wednesday. |
| Nitish govt rejects CAG report on MNREGA Patna,(BiharTimes): In a rare development the Bihar government on Wednesday rejected CAG findings on the MNREGA and dubbed it as totally “untrue and deceptive” even as the chief minister Nitish Kumar wrote to the Centre that implementation of rural job scheme was suffering due to non-availability of funds. |
Nitish flays Rudy’s statement on regional parties Patna,(BiharTimes): Three years after firing the first salvo on Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and cancelling the dinner hosted in honour of the BJP bigwigs Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar said that the BJP-Janata Dal (United) rift is just the creation of media. |
| Child rape: Court issues fresh production warrant New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) A Delhi court Wednesday issued a fresh production warrant against Manoj Sah, the prime accused in a five-year-old Delhi girl's rape and torture case, to present him in court the day after. |
JD-U, BJP tell workers to prepare for split
Patna, April 23 Tension between Bihar's ruling parties is escalating by the day with both the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) preparing their workers for a split. |
| Rural job guarantee scheme draws CAG flak New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The UPA's flagship rural job guarantee scheme has drawn flak from the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on various counts, including diversion of funds, impermissible works undertaken to the tune of about Rs.2,252 crore, and projects worth Rs.4,070 crore left incomplete. |
| Bihar to produce 100 lakh tonnes paddy this year Patna, April 23 (IANS) After attaining record production in 2012-13, Bihar has set a target of 100 lakh tonnes of paddy this year by using the SRI (System of Root Intensification) method of cultivation, an official Tuesday said. |
| Probe ordered into Delhi Police lapses: Shinde New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said an inquiry has been ordered into Delhi Police lapses in investigating the disappearance of the five-year-old girl who was found brutally raped, and attempts to hush up the matter later. |
Second accused nabbed; parliament debates rising rapes, depravity
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Police slapped gang-rape charges on the two men, including a 19-year-old who was nabbed from Bihar Monday, in the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl as parliament hotly debated rising rapes and "depravity" in society, with many demanding death for child rapists. |
| Prayers go up in native village for child rape victim Patna, April 22 (IANS) Villagers in her native village in Bihar have been sending up prayers for the recovery of the five-year-old girl who was brutally raped in the national capital, after she was abducted April 15 and held captive over two days. |
| NIA combs Bihar districts for suspected terrorist Patna, April 21 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has searched four districts of Bihar for Tahseen Akhtar, allegedly a member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) involved in terrorist strikes in the country, police said Sunday. |
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Bihar's growth story concentrated in cities, says new book
New Delhi, April 21: As Bihar's growth story under the Nitish Kumar administration gets increasingly talked and written about, a book based on a study of the state over the past three decades contends that development has been highly concentrated in urban areas while manufacturing and agriculture have seen little growth. |
Lull after storm as BJP, JD(U) hold fire
Patna,(BiharTimes): It appears to be lull after the storm. After days of heavy verbal exchange of fire the BJP has asked its Bihar leaders not to open their mouths aginst the alliance partner, Janata Dal (United) any more. The party chief Rajnath Singh went on record to state that BJP does not want any NDA partner to leave the alliance. |
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Nitish Kumar readies for seminal role
After a lacklustre career in the 1990s and the first few years of the 21st century when he remained in the shadow of both friends and foes, Nitish Kumar has now emerged in the full glare of the political spotlight with his name being mentioned as a possible prime minister. |
| Rape victim stable, needs reconstructive surgery: Doctors New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The five-year-old girl undergoing treatment here after she was brutally raped for two days is in stable condition, doctors said Saturday, adding she will need reconstructive surgery as she suffered severe injuries in her private parts. |
| Capital anger against five-year-old's rape, accused nabbed in Bihar New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Four months after the Dec 16 gang-rape, Delhi was rocked by angry street protests again Saturday against the barbaric rape of a five-year-old girl who doctors said has suffered serious injuries to her private parts while the accused was nabbed from Bihar and brought back here. |
| Delhi rape accused held in Bihar, victim stable New Delhi/Patna, April 20 (IANS) The 25-year-old Delhi rape accused, who brutally tortured and raped a five-year-old girl, was arrested from Bihar, police said Saturday, adding a Bihar court had granted Delhi Police three-day transit remand of the accused. |
| Five-year-old rape victim battles for life, PM deeply disturbed New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) Shame and outrage returned to Delhi once again as gory details emerged of the rape of a five-year-old, who was kidnapped, starved and brutally tortured for two days. The victim was battling for life Friday even as police hunted for the 25-year-old accused. |
| Bihar divided over special grant to state Patna, April 19 (IANS) Bihar's political parties are divided over the central government's special grant of Rs.12,000 crore for the state, with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) saying it was not a political move. |
| Mamata accuses centre of discrimination over financial aid Kolkata, April 19 (IANS) Livid at the central government for approving a special package of Rs.12,000 crore for Bihar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday accused the Congress-led UPA of "political discrimination" and "depriving" her cash-strapped state. |
 Mathematician Vashishtha Narayan Singh joins B N Mandal University as Visiting Professor Patna,(BiharTimes): Renowned mathematician of Bihar, Vashishtha Narayan Singh, is back on the campus. On Wednesday he joined the Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (BNMU) in Madhepura as a Visiting Professor after its Academic Council approved his appointment following media reports, about how he was leading a very poor life in his village home at Basantpur in Bhojpur district of the state. |
| Cabinet approves Rs.12,000 crore grant for Bihar New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Amid speculation over the future of the BJP-JD-U ruling alliance in Bihar, the union cabinet Thursday substantially enhanced the special grant for the state to Rs.12,000 crore for the next four years. |
| BJP tells Bihar leaders not to react to JD-U's comments New Delhi, April 18 :With fissures appearing in its alliance with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday instructed its leaders from Bihar to restrain from reacting on the comments from the other side. |
| Vigilance raid on food inspector’s house in Patna Patna,(BiharTimes): Sleuths of State Vigilance Bureau raided the house of Surendra Kumar Yadav, a food inspector, on Road No 8 at Ashok Nagar in Kankarbagh Colony of the state capital on Wednesday and unearthed assets worth about Rs 25 crore disproportionate to his known source of income. |
| JD-U, BJP spat on Modi issue continues Patna, April 18 : The war of words between Bihar's ruling coalition partners - the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and the Bharatiya Janata Party - over Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's suitability as a prime ministerial candidate continued with both sides attacking each other on the issue. |
| Bihar Muslims accuse Nitish Kumar of doublespeak Patna, April 18 :Many Muslims in Bihar are not impressed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's latest move to target Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his allegedly communal politics. It is mere "doublespeak", they say, and has little to do with secularism. |
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Nitish Kumar deferred Godhra probe to save Modi: Lalu
Patna, April 17 (IANS) Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Wednesday alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the union railway minister in 2002 had deferred a probe into the setting on fire of Sabarmati Express at Godhra station to save Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. |
Bihar, Jharkhand badly ignored in selection of Rashtriya Adarsh Vidyalaya
Patna,(BiharTimes): Only four blocks of Bihar and 11 of Jharkhand have been included in the list of 3,203 educationally backward blocks selected for establishing Rashtriya Adarsh Vidyalaya by the Department of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. |
Don't want any ally to leave, says Rajnath Singh
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) does not want any ally to leave the NDA, party president Rajnath Singh said Wednesday as speculation mounts over the future of its ties with the Janata Dal-United (JD-U). |
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Bihar reserves 35 percent quota for women in police
Scheduled castes would be given 5.60 percent reservation, scheduled tribes 0.35 percent, extremely backward classes 6.3 percent and other backward classes 4.20 percent, while 17.50 percent would be reserved for the general category. |
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JD(U), BJP exposing each other’s tall claims on development, governance
Patna,(BiharTimes): The bitter war of words between BJP and Janata Dal (United) has, in a way, made rival parties like Congress, RJD and LJP a bit irrelevant as the two important constituents of the NDA are themselves busy cancelling out each other’s tall claims of development, good governance and high growth rate. |
Modi continues to strain BJP-JD-U ties Patna/Kolkata/New Delhi, April 16 :The Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Tuesday ruled out a threat to the Nitish Kumar-led coalition government in Bihar even if the BJP walked out, while the latter termed the attack on its leader Narendra Modi as "unfortunate and objectionable". |
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Patna, April 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday defended himself against allegations by the BJP, which blamed him for the 2002 Gujarat riots, by saying that a railway minister was responsible for the safety of trains, not for law and order. |
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Patna, April 16: As speculation continues on the future of Bihar's ruling alliance, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leaders said Tuesday there was no threat to the Nitish Kumar government even if the BJP walked away. A day after Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in the state said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, widely perceived to the party's prime ministerial candidate, could not be sacrificed for the sake of the alliance, JD-U leaders said they had the numbers to overcome any crisis. |
Unique Bihar Model, 20 hours of power cut in Patna’s posh Colony
Patna,(BiharTimes): This is a unique Bihar Model of development. While Gujarat is boasting of non-stop power supply, Nitish Kumar’s Bihar is groping in darkness. If Centre is really responsible for it, as the chief minister repeatedly alleges, than why is it that the Manmohan Singh government so generous towards arch-rival Narendra Modi, at least on this count. |
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Bihar BJP leaders meet Rajnath Singh, gear up for final battle with JD(U) Patna,(BiharTimes): A number of BJP leaders from Bihar, including senior ministers, met party’s national president, Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on Monday and apprised him of the prevailing situation in Bihar.
The BJP leaders made it amply clear that they are prepared to fight till finish with the Janata Dal (United) on the issue of prime ministerial candidate. |
Unease in BJP, JD-U ranks in Bihar
Patna, April 15: The equation between Bihar's ruling parties was uneasy Monday with JD-U leaders backing Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in pushing for a secular candidate for prime minister while the BJP brass maintained that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi could not be sacrificed for the sake of the alliance. |
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| JD-U a valuable partner, says BJP New Delhi, April 15 : A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar slammed Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and asked the BJP to name its prime ministerial candidate by the year-end, the BJP on Monday denied any rift in their alliance. |
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Family demands CBI probe into lady excise officer's death
Patna, April 15: The family of Renu Kumari, excise department superintendent of Jehanabad district in Bihar, who was found dead in mysterious circumstances, Monday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into her death. |
LJP seeks dismissal of Nitish govt
Patna,(BiharTimes): Though the proposed Raj Bhawan March of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Sunday was cancelled as the Governor, D Y Patil, could not return to Patna (he was out of station) the party sought immediate dismissal of the Nitish Kumar government. |
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Coconut water to keep zoo animals cool
Patna, April 15 : With the mercury crossing 40 degrees celsius, chimpanzees, bears, apes and other animals in Bihar's Sanjay Gandhi Botanical Garden are beating the summer heat with fresh daab (fresh coconut water), honey and fruits like watermelons, grapes and bananas with the mercury, officials said. |
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Nitish takes a dig at Modi
New Delhi, April 14: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday took a dig at his Gujarat counterpart Narendra Modi, who has been espousing his model of development as a possible answer to India's ills. |
Sharad Yadav says JD-U has weakened
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav Sunday said the party had been weakened since it merged with the Samata Party and there were many challenges facing it. |
Rajnath Singh says Modi most popular leader
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the BJP's most popular leader, party president Rajnath Singh said Sunday, but refrained from naming Modi as its prime ministerial candidate. |
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Activists hail Patna HC judgement declaring Bihar RTI Rule 6 (2) ultra vires
Patna,(BiharTimes): National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) and National Alliance of People’s Movement (NAPM) have welcomed the Patna High Court ruling of April 12, which had declared the Bihar Right to Information Rules, Section 6(2) ultra vires (Shiv Prakash Singh vs State of Bihar). |
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Licences of 194 stone crusher units cancelled in Bihar Patna, April 13 :Mining licences of 194 stone crusher units operating in Bihar's Rohtas district have been cancelled following the rrevokation of their no-objection certificates (NOCs) by the state pollution control board, an official said Saturday. |
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Dadasaheb Phalke award for Pran
New Delhi, April 12: The arch villain of Bollywood, Pran Krishan Sikand - or Pran as he is popularly known - was Friday named for the Dadasaheb Phalke award. |
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Patna, April 12 : Bihar Police Friday formally decided to reserve 35 percent posts for women and to set up women's desk at all police stations. |
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Poor attendance, quality of teaching in Bihar: ASER
Patna,(BiharTimes): Notwithstanding huge amount of investment on education Bihar is doing badly so far attendance of teachers and students in schools are concerned. Not only that even the knowledge of Math and English of these students is very poor. |
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Encephalitis claims 3 kids in Bihar
