Bihar Agriculture Minister Prem Kumar on Tuesday said the state government will develop an "organic corridor" that will pass through 13 districts and assist in keeping the Ganga clean.
Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder, praised Bihar for efforts to fight poverty, disease. Gates said "few places have made more progress in fighting poverty and disease than Bihar."
Without naming the chief minister, Singh said: "I am from the ruling party, don't know what to say."
Good news! Bihar government employees will get pre-Diwali and Chhath puja bonanza with five per cent additional dearness allowance along with the salary for the month of October. Bihar government has issued a direction to disburse the salary from October 25 onwards, ahead of Diwali and Chhath festivals.
It also directed the state government to assess the compensation liable to be paid to such victims under the scheme and submit a report to the court.
"Officials and employees must wear decent, comfortable, simple, sober and light-coloured attire. Choose your dress according to the weather and nature of work," the order read.
The National Green Tribunal has junked a plea to review its order imposing a fine of Rs 25 lakh on the Bihar government for inaction over continued damage to the river Ganga.
The court had also directed the Centre to initiate his inter-cadre transfer while expressing bewilderment over the state's reluctance to let of IAS officer Jitendra Gupta, "who in the discharge of his duty took on the transport mafia".
The violence was triggered by the death of Savita Pathak, a woman constable posted at the Police Lines.
The violence was triggered by the death of Savita Pathak, a woman constable posted at the Police Lines.
More than 300 police constables had gone on a rampage here on November 2, damaging properties and attacking police officers, after a woman colleague who had reportedly been refused leave died.
A "factual report" on the incident, including action taken against the guilty and measures taken to stop recurrence of such incidents, has been called from them within six weeks.
Sexual abuse varying in forms and degrees was prevalent in almost all Bihar shelter homes, the 100-page TISS report had stated.
All the officials have been suspended with immediate effect and attached to the offices of the divisional commissioners concerned.
The ban on sale and consumption of liquor was enforced in Bihar by the Nitish Kumar government in April, 2016.
According to reports, the Bihar government has written a letter to the Centre requesting it to notify khaini as a food product by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
In a letter to CM Nitish Kumar, Bihar Secondary School Teachers Association's general secretary Shatrughan Prasad Singh said it is ‘disrespectful and exploitative’.
Sushil Modi said that by the end of December, the state government will fix the parameters in order to prepare the "ranking and grading" of the banks.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was scheduled to inaugurate today the Rs 389.31-crore Bateshwarsthan Ganga Pump Canal Project, aimed at providing irrigation facilities in the state and neighbouring Jharkhand.
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