Pathak skips meeting called at HC directive, VCs attend, raise issues

PATNA, May 6 -- Additional chief secretary (education) K K Pathak on Monday skipped the meeting of top officials of his department and all the state universities called at the directive of the Patna H... Read More

HC puts on hold edu dept's order to freeze bank accounts of varsities

PATNA, May 3 -- The Patna High Court on Friday put in abeyance the controversial order of Bihar's education department order to freeze bank accounts of all the state universities, which had led to sto... Read More

Nitish makes emotional appeal to voters ahead of 2nd phase

PATNA, April 23 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday issued an emotional appeal in an "open letter" to the people of the state, reminding them of the state's "pitiable condition" before he ... Read More

Bihar LS polls: It's all in the family despite noise against dynastic politics

PATNA, April 22 -- Despite all the hype against it, dynastic politics has been found convenient in equal measure by both the alliances in Bihar in the Lok Sabha elections, as was the case in the past.... Read More

HC clears decks for appointment of assistant professors

PATNA, April 19 -- The Patna High Court has cleared the decks for recruitment of assistant professors in the seriously understaffed state universities, with clear directions for preparation of univers... Read More

Holiday relief for teachers on training as plot thickens over 'IPRD' letter

PATNA, April 9 -- Amid growing disquiet in various quarters, Bihar's education department on Tuesday issued a letter saying that the residential training for government school teachers would not take ... Read More

K K Pathak seeks Delhi deputation, nod likely

PATNA, Feb. 29 -- Controversial senior IAS officer K K Pathak, currently additional chief secretary (education) in Bihar, has applied for central deputation, said a senior official of the state govern... Read More

In a first for Bihar, CUSB in UGC's Category 1 list

PATNA, Feb. 23 -- The University Grants Commission (UGC) on Friday granted Category-1 status to the Central University of Bihar (CUSB), a first for a university in the state. For the CUSB, which was ... Read More

Bihar dusts off 2007 policy, no more +2 in colleges

PATNA, Feb. 21 -- The Bihar government on Wednesday decided to end intermediate education in all three streams - arts, science and commerce - in colleges under different state universities, officials ... Read More

Nitish govt wins trust vote

PATNA, Feb. 12 -- A fortnight after its formation, the new National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government in Bihar headed by Nitish Kumar won the trust vote in the assembly comfortably on Monday amid a... Read More

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