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Nitish Kumar vows to electrify all Bihar villages by 2015
Aug. 16 | Patna: In a piece of good news for the millions of power-starved in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday announced that he will not ask for votes in the 2015 assembly elections if his government fails to provide electricity to the villages. “I...
Three Bihar school boys detained for gangrape
Jul. 27 | Patna/Shimla: Three Bihar school students, named as accused in the alleged gangrape of a teenaged Class 11 colleague, have been detained, police said Thursday. The accused, sons of rich and influential people, allegedly videographed the incident June...
Divya Khosla’s film to go on the floors in September
Jul. 13 | Mumbai: Model-turned-actress Divya Khosla Kumar is all set to turn director with tentaively titled “Class of 2013″ and says the shooting is likely to start in September. “My film will go on floors by September,” Divya told IANS...
Bihar bans gutka and paan masala
May. 30 | Patna,: The Bihar government Wednesday imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and storage of gutka and paan masala in the state. Officials in the chief minister’s office said the health department had issued a notification to this effect. Bihar...
School principal beaten to death over land in Bihar
May. 22 | Patna:The principal of a government-run school was beaten to death by some villagers Tuesday over a land dispute in Bihar’s Samastipur district, police officials said. Pramod Kumar Jha, principal of a middle school under Ujiyarpur police station...
Food poisoning kills nine in Jehanabad
May. 15 | Patna: At least nine labourers died Monday after consuming poisonous ‘sattu’, a variety of gram flour, in Bihar’s Jehanabad district, police said. An inquiry has been ordered into the incident. Angry over the death of nine labourers,...
Businessman shot dead in Patna
Mar. 3 | Patna: A businessman was shot dead Saturday morning by some unidentified criminals in the Bihar capital, police said. Ajay Kumar, a businessman dealing with edible oil, was shot dead near his residence in Patrakarnagar police station here. According to...
Child’s cold water bath on tableau creates heat in MP
Jan. 28 | Bhopal: A civic agency’s tableau that showed a child bathing under a cold water tap despite in the winter chill during the Republic Day parade in Madhya Pradesh’ Dewas district has created much heat. With ctivists fuming, the Dewas mayor has...
Don’t link Bihar with 13/7 terrorists: Nitish
Jan. 25 | Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Tuesday reacted strongly to the Maharashtra Police linking Bihar with the terrorists involved in the 13/7 Mumbai serial blasts, saying it was “highly objectionable” to link any state or place with criminals. “It...
