New Delhi, Aug 13 (ET Bureau): The controversial Barh, phase-I power project of NTPC in Bihar is set to take off after years of delays. Russian equipment maker Technoprom Exports has finally agreed to complete work on the 1,980 mw power plant within 36 months. The Russian firm has already started basic engineering and civil [...]
Read More...Vaishali, Aug 13(Headline Today Bureau): An eight-year-old girl was allegedly thrashed by her teacher for not paying up for the Independence Day function in her school in Vaishali district of Bihar. Komal — a class II student of Utkramit School, Jandaha — was allegedly beaten up black and blue by her teacher for failing [...]
Read More...Muzaffarpur, Aug 13 (Express India): A Bihar court on Friday asked RJD Chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and LJP chief Ramvilas Paswan to appear before it on August 25 for allowing their petition seeking exemption from further appearance in a case in which they are accused of damaging public property. Chief Judicial Magistrate [...]
Read More...New Delhi, Aug 13(PTI): Despite inadequate rains in some eastern states, Food and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is optimistic that there will be no impact on overall kharif food grains output. “There will be no impact. Overall production would be more than last year. As I said, problem will be on storage”, Pawar told reporters [...]
Read More... Patna, : Over 100 civil society organizations, working for the promotion of people’s Right To Information, have decided to make what they call the anti-poor Bihar RTI Rules, 2009, a public issue during the forthcoming assembly elections.
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Patna, : The Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar, on Monday laid the foundation stone of the new campus of the Chandragupta Institute of Management, Patna to be developed on 10 acres of land at Mithapur Institutional area.
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Patna, : Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday passed on the buck to the Centre so far implementation of the Common School System is concerned.
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Patna, : The Chief Election Commissioner, Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi, said on Tuesday that all the political parties are united on the issue of misuse of money power and 95 per cent of the media houses are also against the practice of paid news.
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Patna, : A division bench of Patna High Court comprising Chief Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit and Justice Jyoti Saran on Tuesday admitted a PIL challenging the appointment of Ashok Kumar Chaudhary as the state’s Chief Information Commissioner and issued a notice to him.
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