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Nitish brings Bihar into NDA fold
PATNA: Less than a day after resigning as Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar is set to take the oath at 10am on Thursday as the head of a new Bihar government that will include BJP and its allies. After meeting governor Keshari Nath Tripathi late on Wednesday, Kumar, accompanied by senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi […]
Nitish’s ‘Voice of Conscience’ prompts Nitish linking with BJP
PATNA: Bihar’s capital was all agog with the news that hit television screens late evening about the resignation of Bihar’s prohibitionist chief minister. Bihar appears likely to have a Nitish-BJP government, with the BJP offering unconditional suppport. Nitish Kumar on Wednesday resigned as Bihar chief minister, hours after ally Lalu Prasad ruled out resignation of […]
Bihar \ health \ immunization \ unicef \ World Health Organisation (WHO)
Bihar’s new weapon in Battle for Kids’ lives
Bihar rolled out its latest weapon in the battle to save infants’ lives. A new vaccine has been added to the routine immunization programme, one that prevents pneumonia. Bihar which is a pneumonia endemic region, is one of three focus states in the National campaign against pneumonia. The PCV vaccine has been proved to be […]
Bihar \ Bihar flood \ Chief Minister Nitish Kumar \ disaster management
Bihar CM: videocon on impending disaster
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today held a meeting with officials here (June 30) and told them to be ready with relief and rehabilitation plans. The chief minister held the review meeting on the probability of flood and drought in different parts of the state, interacting with senior officials at division and district level […]
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Why does Bihar Board have such poor results?
Sir I would like to share my class 11th and 12th experience in Patna. After completing 10th from I.C.S.E board, I changed to C.B.S.E board and chose such a school where bunking was allowed. Though it is against the C.B.S.E terms yet a majority of schools in Bihar overcharge students to let them bunk. They […]
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Special disaster relief camps for TG communities in Bihar
Bihar grows more sensitive to the needs of Transgenders . At a recent meeting on disaster management, about a dozen transwomen were invited to air their views. Sharing their problems, the transgenders asserted that the discrimina tion they face even more becomes pronounced in the event of natural disasters like floods, because just like the […]
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Bihar shaken up over exams!
Chief minister Nitish Kumar called on Governor Ram Nath Kovind and summoned education minister Ashok Choudhary to the CM’s residence, fuelling speculation about the government’s response to the Intermediate exam result shock. Choudhary and Nitish were closeted at 1 Aney Marg for almost 45 minutes, and sources said they discussed remedial measures after more than […]
Why is Bihar Cricket Association knocking on Supreme Court Doors?
What’s the Bihar cricket association doing around the Supreme Court? Kicking up a storm? Well, here’s what a PTI report says: New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) today moved the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against BCCI’s acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and others for allegedly violating the apex court’s […]
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Pastor loses hearing after brutal attack in Bihar
Patna: Attacks on pastors and people who profess belief in Christ have been increasing in Bihar over the past year, and observers feel that the powers that be are turning a blind eye to violent incidents that victimize Christians in villages. A pastor in eastern India’s Bihar state has lost his hearing after Hindu extremists […]
Tottering Gandhi Setu, what next?
The Mahatma Gandhi overbridge connecting Patna with North Bihar has been in serious trouble for some time now, but efforts to reduce pressure on the bridge and start serious repairs are proving too much for the Bihar administration. The government planned to construct two pontoon bridges to reduce the load on the main bridge which […]
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Mithila University must compensate for withdrawing MBA course
New Delhi : The apex consumer commission has held the LN Mithila university in Bihar guilty of making an applicant suffer by “unauthorisedly” initiating an MBA course and then cancelling it.(Apr 6) The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC), however, reduced the amount of Rs 4.5 lakh awarded to the man as compensation for loss […]
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IAS officer denied bail in Bihar Staff Selection case
Patna: A special court denied bail to former Bihar Staff Selection Commission Chairman Sudhir Kumar, arrested in a case involving the leakage of question papers of a clerical grade examination held by the Commission. (April 4) While turning down the bail plea of senior IAS officer Kumar, Vigilance Court judge Madhukar Kumar also denied bail […]
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