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  Common Wealth Games medallist Shreyashi hurt by cold shoulder from Bihar govt

  Other Sports | August 18, 2014 21:57 IST

  Patna:  Commonwealth Games silver medallist Shreyasi Singh today expressed pain over Bihar government's "dry approach" towards her achievement by not honouring her.     "It really hurts when the state government of my native place did not

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  Bihar govt approves loan at 4 per cent interest to SHGs

  India | December 18, 2013 10:00 IST

  Patna:  In a decision aimed at empowering women, the state government yesterday approved a proposal providing loans at four per cent rate of interest to Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in Bihar, an official said. The decision

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  Bihar to recruit retired teachers on contract in schools

  India | November 27, 2013 8:06 IST

  Patna: Bihar government yesterday decided to recruit retired teachers in schools on contract basis for different subjects.A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet presided over by Chief Minister

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  Patna serial blasts: Bihar govt was alerted, says Shinde

  Politics | October 29, 2013 13:57 IST

  New Delhi:  Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar shinde has made it clear that the central government had already alerted Bihar government about the possibility of Narendra Modi's  ‘Hunkar rally' being targeted by terrorists.Shinde said the

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  Bihar govt shunts Aurangabad SP over Maoist attack

  India | October 18, 2013 16:50 IST

  Patna:  The Bihar government today removed the Aurangabad district police superintendent after the Maoist attack in Pathara which claimed seven lives, even as BJP assailed the Nitish Kumar-government for its “soft” attitude towards the ultras.Aurangabad

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  Bihar Mid-day meal tragedy: Bihar court issues arrest warrant against absconding principal

  India | July 22, 2013 16:32 IST

  Chhapra/Patna, Jul 22 :  An arrest warrant was issued today by a court against the absconding principal of a government school in Bihar's Saran district, six days after 23 children from her school died after

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  Bihar midday meal tragedy: Blame game continues

  India | July 19, 2013 23:04 IST

  New Delhi, Jul 19: The mid-day meal tragedy has sparked a blame game with the Bihar government today refuting Centre's contention of having sent alerts to 12 districts including Saran, where 23 children died after

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  Bihar midday meal: Headmistress absconding, 28 kids still struggling for life

  India | July 20, 2013 6:49 IST

  Patna/Chhapra, July 20: The Rai family, to which headmistress Meena Devi belongs, not only owned the grocery store, but an entire commercial complex in Masrakh near Chhapra, where they had more than a dozen shops,

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  Bihar midday meal: Poison in food served to students, says Bihar official

  India | July 18, 2013 18:12 IST

  Patna, July 18: 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."It

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  Bihar mid-day meal tragedy in pictures

  India | July 17, 2013 20:18 IST

  Patna: With the death of two more children, the toll due to consumption of contaminated midday meal at a government primary school in Bihar's Saran district rose to 22 on Wednesday.While 16 children, aged below

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  Bihar govt to form data base of non-banking financial company

  India | April 26, 2013 11:20 IST

  Patna, Apr 26: Alarmed by the chit fund scam in West Bengal, the Bihar government in a bid to tighten control over non-banking financial institutions has decided to monitor them and form a data base.Deputy

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  Bihar govt engineer arrested for sexual misconduct

  India | April 24, 2013 9:32 IST

  Gaya, Apr 24: A senior Bihar government engineer was yesterday arrested and sent to jail for sexually harassing his junior female colleague.Sub-Divisional Officer of Bihar State Electricity Board, Avinash Anand was arrested from his office

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  Can Nitish Kumar afford to break the alliance with BJP?

  Politics | May 20, 2013 11:02 IST

  New Delhi, Apr 14: JD (U) seems to be in two minds over breaking alliance with BJP since the time the saffron outfit decided, in principle, to project Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its

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  Bihar govt to recruit over 3000 lecturers

  India | March 20, 2013 11:18 IST

  Patna, Mar 20: Bihar government decided to fill over 3000 vacant posts of lecturers in various colleges of Bihar, according to guideline of UGC. A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of

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  Chhath stampede due to rumours, says Bihar govt

  India | December 05, 2012 16:55 IST

  Patna, Dec 5: Ruling out administrative lapse behind the stampede during Chhath which claimed 18 lives, Bihar government today said it was triggered by rumours and hinted at a conspiracy.Minister in-charge of Home Department Vijay

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  Team Anna Flays Bihar Govt's Draft Lokayukta Bill

  India | November 09, 2011 20:40 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 9: Team Anna was today disappointed over Bihar government's draft bill on Lokayukta, describing it as a “copy of the much-criticised” Centre's Lokpal bill which prompted Anna Hazare to go on hunger

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  Bihar Govt Seizes Tainted Officer's House, To Convert It Into School

  India | September 05, 2011 16:57 IST

  Patna, Sept 5 :   The Bihar Police on Sunday confiscated the Patna house of suspended IAS officer S S Verma, making him the first officer to face such action under the Bihar Special Courts Act,

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  Bihar Govt To Give Rs 1 Lakh To Collapse Victims' Families

  India | November 17, 2010 17:50 IST

  New Delhi, Nov 18: Bihar government has decided to give Rs one lakh compensation to families of each of the migrant labourers from the state who were killed in building collapse on Monday night."Bihar government