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Cong's 'Sangathan Srijan' drive gets a boost, as RML vice president joins party

PATNA, Feb. 18 -- A day after the Congress party reviewed the progress of its Sangathan Srijan programme - an ambitious drive to revamp and strengthen the organisation from the booth to the state leve... Read More


Ruckus in assembly over RJD MLA's remark on Ram Vilas Paswan

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Ruckus broke out in the Bihar legislative assembly on Monday as the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), a junior partner in the ruling NDA, launched a vociferous attack on the Rashtriya... Read More


Land disputes claim 800-1000 lives annually in Bihar: Deputy CM Sinha

PATNA, Feb. 16 -- Asserting land issues as a major source of violence, deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who holds the revenue and land reforms portfolio, said that about 800 to 1,000 lives are... Read More


CM Nitish inspects Kurji, Anandpuri nalas in Patna, asks for speedy completion

PATNA, Feb. 16 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday inspected ongoing construction work on two major drainage projects in the city - the Kurji Nala (also known as Rajiv Nagar Nala) along Ashiana... Read More


Fresh drive against illegal hoardings in Patna

PATNA, Feb. 15 -- The Patna municipal corporation (PMC) has kicked off yet another major drive to clear the city's skyline of unauthorised advertising billboards, with deputy chief minister Vijay Kuma... Read More


Bihar: Old sale deeds and registry papers available for direct download from June

PATNA, Feb. 14 -- In a major relief for lakhs of landowners across Bihar, the revenue and land reforms department will begin allowing direct downloads of old land deeds, registry papers, and related d... Read More


Bihar set to re-start 9 closed sugar mills, Sasamusa to lead revival drive

PATNA, Feb. 14 -- The Bihar government is accelerating plans to restart nine long-shuttered sugar mills, with the Sasamusa unit in Gopalganj district expected to resume crushing soon, officials said. ... Read More


Education dept to notify child care leave for women staff this month

PATNA, Feb. 13 -- After a decade of procedural wrangle, the education department is set to notify the provision for child care leave (CCL) for women staff, both teaching and non-teaching, of the insti... Read More


Bihar govt to engage reputed institutes, celebrities to sensitise youth against addiction

PATNA, Feb. 12 -- After two days of unprecedented chaos that saw opposition members marshalled out en masse and the Upper House reduced to shouting matches, the Bihar legislative council finally retur... Read More


Clash erupts in House over Nitish Kumar's 'ladki' remark for Rabri

PATNA, Feb. 10 -- What started as a demand for an apology quickly spiralled into pandemonium in the Bihar Legislative Council on Tuesday, with all opposition members being forcibly removed by marshals... Read More