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SC issues notice to Bihar govt, Shahabuddin on plea seeking to shift him to Tihar jail
National | Oct 24, 2016, 03:36 PM ISTThe Supreme Court today issued notice to former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, the Bihar government and the Centre seeking their reply to shift the gangster-turned-politician to Tihar Jail in Delhi from Bihar.
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Lalu acting as 'super CM', Bihar govt will fall in 6 months: Ram Vilas Paswan
National | Jan 11, 2016, 11:46 AM ISTNew Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has predicted that 'Mahagathbandhan' government of the RJD, JD(U) and Congress led by CM Nitish Kumar in Bihar will fall in six months owing to the differences between
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Bihar: Manjhi blames Cabinet department for appointment controversy
National | Nov 06, 2014, 03:54 PM ISTPatna: In the eye of the storm over the controversial appointment of his son-in-law as his Personal Assistant (PA), Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today said he was not aware of the rules and
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Common Wealth Games medallist Shreyashi hurt by cold shoulder from Bihar govt
Other Sports | Aug 18, 2014, 09:57 PM ISTPatna: 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 | Dec 18, 2013, 10:00 AM ISTPatna: 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 | Nov 27, 2013, 08:06 AM ISTPatna: 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
National | Oct 29, 2013, 01:57 PM ISTNew 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 | Oct 18, 2013, 04:50 PM ISTPatna: 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 | Jul 22, 2013, 04:32 PM ISTChhapra/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 | Jul 19, 2013, 11:04 PM ISTNew 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 | Jul 20, 2013, 06:49 AM ISTPatna/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 | Jul 18, 2013, 06:12 PM ISTPatna, 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 | Jul 17, 2013, 08:18 PM ISTPatna: 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 | Apr 26, 2013, 11:20 AM ISTPatna, 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 | Apr 24, 2013, 09:32 AM ISTGaya, 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?
National | May 20, 2013, 11:02 AM ISTNew 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 | Mar 20, 2013, 11:18 AM ISTPatna, 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 | Dec 05, 2012, 04:55 PM ISTPatna, 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 | Nov 09, 2011, 08:40 PM ISTNew 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 | Sep 05, 2011, 04:57 PM ISTPatna, 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,