Tag: Bihar government

Honour killing: 5 deaths reported since January in Bihar

In the latest incident, two young lovers were killed, their bodies were chopped into pieces and burnt on the same funeral pyre in Gaya

February 13, 2019

Political somersaulter Nitish Kumar keeps his allies guessing in Bihar

The Janata Dal United (JD-U) headed by Nitish Kumar in Bihar has decided to oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 and send a team to Guwahati to back the agitation against it, much to the embarrassment of the BJP

January 23, 2019

Coordinated cover-up

Almost a year after the crime was exposed, the Bihar government is on the mat again, indeed disgraced by the Supreme Court. The Central Bureau of Investigation has been authorised by the apex judiciary to take over the probe into cases of abuse and sexual attacks on inmates of no fewer than 17 shelter homes …

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November 30, 2018

Bihar signs deal with NTPC for performance improvement of power sector

According to the MoU, the Barauni Thermal Power Station and the Bihar State Power Generation Company will transfer their equity in Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Limited and Nabinagar Power Generating Company (Pvt.) Limited to the NTPC

May 15, 2018

Bihar govt reduces examination fees for women candidates

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday, Cabinet Secretariat Department's principal secretary Arun Kumar Singh told reporters.

April 7, 2018

300 cartons of liquor seized in dry Bihar

At least 300 cartons of liquor, worth about Rs 40 lakh, have been seized in the district and one person has been arrested in this connection, an excise department official said on Wednesday. The liquor, manufactured in Haryana, was being brought in a container truck, bearing a fake Punjab number. The vehicle was seized at …

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January 10, 2018

Crassness must be culled

We were recently served up the utterly crass and crude rant by Tej Pratap Yadav, till recently a Cabinet Minister of the Bihar Government and, more notably, a scion of the eponymous Lalu Prasad Yadav clan, that he would have the Prime Minister of the country skinned. The apparent trigger for this most despicable unquotable …

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November 30, 2017

Bihar teachers asked to ‘monitor’ open defecation, up in arms

A Bihar government directive to school teachers to “monitor” open defecation in their areas has raised a stink, with affected staff up in arms over the order which they dubbed as “against teachers’ dignity”. The Education Department is said to have issued orders to teachers of government high schools to check open defecation in the …

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November 22, 2017

Bihar to challenge HC order on equal pay for contract teachers

The Bihar governnment on Thursday decided to move the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court order on equal pay for equal work to thousands of schoolteachers hired on contract in the state. Education Department Principal Secretary R.K. Mahajan gave information to the media here in this regard. Education Minister Krishnandan Verma held a meeting …

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November 3, 2017

Patna HC orders equal pay for contractual teachers in Bihar

The Patna High Court in a historical verdict on Tuesday said the demand of thousands of school teachers on contract in Bihar of equal pay for equal work is right and has to be made applicable. After hearing the petition of contractual teachers, a division bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice Anil Kumar …

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October 31, 2017

Bihar launches programme to spread Mahatma Gandhi’s message

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday launched two programmes under which students will be taught about Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas and what made him unique. The programmes — “Gandhi Katha Vachan” (story telling) and “Bapu Apke Dwar” — were launched in the presence of 720 students at the newly-built Gayan Bhawan here. “Our goal is …

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October 11, 2017

Fissures emerge in JD-U-BJP ties in Bihar

Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and its friend-turned-foe-turned-ally Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have hit some political roadblocks. The JD-U is upset after the BJP’s senior leader and former Union minister C.P. Thakur publicly questioned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s much-hyped launch of a campaign against child marriage and dowry. And senior BJP legislator Nawal Kishore Yadav …

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October 5, 2017

Clash between two communities in Bihar, five held

A clash broke out between two communities after a group of people returning from a religious procession was attacked by members of another community in the district, the police said on Tuesday. Five persons were arrested in connection with the clash that erupted at Akbarpur Bazar locality late last night in which one person was …

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October 3, 2017

Rift wide open: JD-U asks Lalu to declare assets, source of income

The rift between the warring alliance partners in Bihar government widened further on Friday with the chief minister Nitish Kumar’s JD-U asking the RJD president Lalu Prasad Yadav to declare his assets and reveal the source of income. The statement is a clear indication that the ruling grand alliance is inching towards a split. “Ye …

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July 14, 2017

Bihar govt transfers 9 IAS officers

Bihar government on Sunday transferred nine IAS officers, including Excise and Prohibition Department’s Principal Secretary K K Pathak, who has gone on long leave reportedly in protest against the arrest of an official of his department who acted against a block-level JD-U leader. Home Department’s Principal Secretary Amir Subhani has been given additional charge of …

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September 11, 2016

Sensex gains 109 pts, Nifty ends at 8,786

Extending Tuesday&’s sharp jumps, domestic equity markets closed Wednesday&’s trading session on a higher note. The Sensex at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) ended 109 points higher at 28,452 and the Nifty at the National Stock Exchange (NSE) closed 42 points up at 8,786. After opening at 28,452, the Sensex touched 28,532 mark on the …

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August 31, 2016