Bihar Government
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Bihar govt presents Rs 1.60L cr budget in Assembly, education gets big boost in allocations
Feb 27, 2017, 06:52 PM ISTBihar government today presented a Rs 1.60 lakh crore budget for 2017-18 with no proposals of any fresh tax.
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Bihar government officials prohibited from consuming liquor even outside the state, country
India | Feb 16, 2017, 02:08 PM ISTTaking one more step in effectively implementing the liquor ban, the Bihar government on Wednesday prohibited all government and judicial officials from consuming intoxicating drinks even when they are outside the state or the country.
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Bihar Government approves 50 per cent quota in judicial services
India | Dec 28, 2016, 08:50 AM ISTThe Bihar government on Tuesday has green-signalled implementation of 50 per cent reservation in both subordinate and superior judicial services in the state. This means that 50 per cent quota would be implemented in appointment
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Gaya road rage: SC to hear Bihar govt’s plea challenging bail to Rocky Yadav
India | Oct 24, 2016, 07:46 PM ISTThe Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea by the Bihar government challenging a Patna High Court order granting bail to Rakesh Ranjan alias Rocky Yadav, son of a suspended JD(U) MLC.
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Rebuked by Supreme Court, Bihar govt admits its ‘failure’ in opposing Shahabuddin’s bail
India | Sep 29, 2016, 07:31 AM ISTthe Nitish Kumar government on Wednesday admitted a “shortfall” in dealing with the bail pleas of the RJD strongman as that it was “handicapped”.
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Bihar govt makes U-turn on Gopalganj tragedy, says hooch consumption behind deaths; suspended 25 cops
India | Aug 19, 2016, 09:13 AM ISTThe Bihar government has made a U-turn with Gopalganj DM Rahul Kumar accepting it was illicit liquor that killed 16 people here on Tuesday night.
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‘Anti-liquor law not right, should be reconsidered’: RJD, Nitish at loggerheads over Bihar’s liquor ban
National | Aug 11, 2016, 01:11 PM ISTRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), a major alliance partner in the Nitish Kumar led Bihar government, has questioned the Bihar Chief Minister’s decision to impose a complete ban on the sale and consumption of liquor in the state.
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Bihar govt, Board form committees to probe irregularities in results
India | Jun 05, 2016, 11:50 PM ISTPatna: Bihar government and Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) today constituted two separate committees to probe the alleged irregularities in evaluation of marks in this year's 10+2 examination. The education department has formed a three-member
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Bihar govt employees get 6% Dearness Allowance hike
India | Apr 29, 2016, 01:29 PM ISTBihar government today hiked the Dearness Allowance (DA) of its employees and pensioners by 6 per cent to 125 per cent with retrospective effect from January 1, 2016.
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Bihar government takes George Fernandes off VVIP security list
National | Apr 26, 2016, 06:13 PM ISTThe Z-category security coverage of veteran socialist leader George Fernandes has been withdrawn by the Bihar government in the latest exercise to review security of VVIPs.
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Bihar govt to provide piped drinking water to all households in five years
India | Apr 01, 2016, 05:35 PM ISTPatna: Bihar government will provide piped drinking water to all households in the state in the next five years under the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's ambitious 'Saat Nischay' (Seven Resolves), a minister said today. Replying
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Nitish government announces job reservations for third gender in Bihar
National | Mar 30, 2016, 03:21 PM ISTIn what will count as a big push for providing equal rights to eunuchs and transgenders and bring them into the mainstream, the Bihar government on Wednesday announced extending reservation in jobs to the third gender and also set up a welfare board
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Bihar ministers in soup over 'courtesy meet' with Shahabuddin in jail
National | Mar 08, 2016, 10:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Nitish Kumar government on Tuesday came under fire from the opposition BJP when its ministers were caught on camera dining with former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Mohammed Shahabuddin in a Siwan
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Indira Gandhi's rule was worse than British, says Bihar govt website
National | Jan 11, 2016, 07:57 PM ISTPatna: An article about former prime minister Indira Gandhi's rule, published on the official website of Bihar government, has left the Congress red-faced after it described her reign worst than British in India.The write-up, while
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'Nitish should act against crime': RJD, JDU spar over law and order
National | Dec 31, 2015, 07:34 PM ISTPatna: Close on the heels of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's apparent snub to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, senior party leader Raghubansh Prasad Singh today
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Bihar govt names college, science city after APJ Abdul Kalam
India | Jul 30, 2015, 02:46 PM ISTPatna: Paying rich tributes to 'People's President' APJ Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his last rites, the Bihar government today named Agriculture College at Kishanganj and proposed the science city after him. The decision was taken by the state
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Manjhi is story of landless labour who 'really' moved mountain
Bollywood | Jul 15, 2015, 11:44 PM ISTIn general terms, moving a mountain is often used as a hyperbole but the story of this man would belittle every exaggeration that exists in the textbooks.'Manjhi-The Mountain Man' is the story of Dashrath Manjhi,
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Bihar places five districts on alert after Nepal landslide
India | May 24, 2015, 10:55 PM ISTPatna: The Bihar government today sounded flood alert in five districts after a massive landslide, triggered by recent earthquakes, blocked the Kali Gandaki river at Benibazar in Myagdi district of Nepal, leading to accumulation of
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Sushil Modi dares Bihar govt to lodge case against him
National | May 14, 2015, 07:00 PM ISTPatna: A day after Bihar government rubbished his charge of irregularities in transformers' purchase and threatened to take lawful action against him, former Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today reiterated his demand for a
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BJP criticizes Bihar govt over shortage of medicines in hospitals
National | Mar 18, 2015, 02:56 PM ISTPatna: Opposition BJP today criticised the Bihar government over “non-availability” of basic medicines in government hospitals and medical colleges due to which the number of patients visiting these hospitals has come down. Leader of Opposition