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CM Nitish directs officials to meet people every Monday, Friday

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- To make the bureaucracy more answerable and interact frequently with people, chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday directed government officials across the state to be present in t... Read More


Hijab controversy doc Nusrat Parveen joins Bihar health service

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Dr Nusrat Parveen, a young Unani doctor who came into the spotlight after Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar tugged at her hijab during an appointment-letter distribution ceremony in P... Read More


Patna IG to join NIA, 2nd officer from Bihar to be in top agency

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Senior Bihar IPS officer Vinay Kumar is set to join the National Investigation Agency (NIA), only the second officer from the state to be selected for the apex probe agency. The state... Read More


6 of bike-lifters' gang held

PURNEA, Jan. 8 -- An inter-district bike-lifting gang was busted with the arrest of six members on Wednesday in Purnea, police said. Purnea SP Sweety Sahrawat said a sudden surge in bike-lifting incid... Read More


Border villagers are nation's eyes, ears: CM

Dehradun, Jan. 8 -- Chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami On Wednesday said that people living in border villages play a key role in national security, and emphasised that better coordination among the a... Read More


'govt welcomes ideas for better assistive devices'

Jaipur, Jan. 8 -- State social justice and empowerment minister Avinash Gehlot on Wednesday emphasised the need to develop assistive devices and artificial limbs that are lighter, more affordable and ... Read More


BAP legislator appears before ethics committee

Jaipur, Jan. 8 -- The Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) legislative assembly member, Jaikrishn Patel appeared before the ethics committee of the assembly on Wednesday along with the investigating officer (IO... Read More


8 BJP MPs gave fund outside state: Cong

Jaipur, Jan. 8 -- A day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused three Congress MPs of allegedly diverting their respective local area development (LAD) fund to a Haryana-based constituency, the... Read More


Mahapanchayat held to oppose ethanol factory

Jaipur, Jan. 8 -- A farmers' mahapanchayat was held on Wednesday at Sangaria's Dhan Mandi in Hanumangarh district against the proposed Dune Ethanol Private Limited factory at Rathikheda in Tibbi tehsi... Read More


RSHRC flags risk of contaminated drinking water, issues directions

Jaipur, Jan. 8 -- The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission (RSHRC), Jaipur, on Wednesday expressed serious concern over the risk posed by contaminated drinking water and issued detailed directions ... Read More