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Has Change really come to Bihar?

What is Change really like in Bihar? Once denounced as a failed state, what turnaround has Bihar made in recent years? Archana Masih reports from India's other most talked about state. When our......

Bihar: Two arrested for gang rape of college girl

The police on Wednesday arrested two people for allegedly gang-raping a 22-year-old college girl in Bihar's Banka district.Banka Superintendent of Police, Pushkar Anand, informed about the arrests......

Nitish snubbed me twice in review meet: Kirti Azad

In an indication that all was not well between National Democratic Alliamnce partners in Bihar, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kirti Azad Sunday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of snubbing him at a......

Govt sets up 6-member panel to measure backwardness of states

Amid demands for special category status by Bihar, the Centre on Wednesday set up an expert committee to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states. "It has been decided to......

UPA govt unlikely to deliver spl status to Bihar: Modi

The deputy chief minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said the Central government was unlikely to deliver special status to Bihar before the general......

Bihar post offices top in sale of gold coins

Bihar post offices sold 41 kg gold coins in the last fiscal, topping the nation in sale of the yellow metal from post offices, Bihar Post Master General G Bhuyan said on Wednesday.Tamil Nadu,......

HUDCO to fund Bihar's Ganga Expressway

Much awaited construction work of Bihar's mega project the Ganga Expressway along the banks of the river here on the lines of Mumbai's Marine Drive, is all set to begin in November this year, Bihar......

Inward remittance: Bihar at 5th position

Bihar figures at fifth position in the country in terms of receiving foreign remittances, with a total of over Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) sent through post offices in the last fiscal.Tamil Nadu,......

Cabinet clears Rs 12,000-cr package for Bihar

In the backdrop of a demand from political parties in Bihar, led by the government, for special category status, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Friday approved allocation of enhanced......

For now, Bihar likely to get just a 'backward' boost

Bihar might have been making a very strong pitch to obtain the status of a special-category state, but it could end up getting only the funds it gets under the Backward Region Grant Fund (BRGF)......

Why are politicians OBSESSED with Hema Malini's cheeks?

It began with the irrepressible Laloo Prasad Yadav who famously promised to make the roads in Bihar 'as smooth as Hema Malini's cheeks.' A Madhya Pradesh mantri said likewise recently as did......

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Q. bjp failed in northern states like UP an bihar EXCEPT when they took help of mayawati and nitish ?
FekuSingh: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/bjp-failed-in-northern-states-like-up-an-bihar-except-when-t/25642245/answers/

Q. namo mantra le duba ab bjp ko ek mona chahiye ?
FekuSingh: A. Neither Congress nor BJP can come to power in these states without alliances with local parties (in UP, with SP or BSP) and in Bihar with Nitish Kumar or Lallo. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/namo-mantra-le-duba-ab-bjp-ko-ek-mona-chahiye-/25637350/answers/25642274

Q. Highest Litchis producer state in India?
Sushil Trivedi: A. look at bjp.. advani is waiting since longmahajan was getting famous and he got killeduma bharati was raising and she was sidelinedyeddyurappa was...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/highest-litchis-producer-state-in-india/25636720/answers/25637387

Q. How many shakti peeths are in India
Amarjit Kumar: A. bihar more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-many-shakti-peeths-are-in-india/25635147/answers/25636740

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Nitish should send message of NDA unity, says Rudy

BJP on Friday said that the by-election to the Maharajganj parliamentary constituency in the state has become significant, and, therefore, there... ...

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Disaster tips for students

Bihar State Disaster Management Authority (BSDMA) on Friday adopted 70,000 institutions under Mukhyamantri School Suraksha Yojana. The decision was... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130525/jsp/bihar/story_16934359.jsp

Shooting stirs not new to Bihar

The Centre has asked police of all states to videograph protests, but Bihar cops have been doing it for a year now. A fortnight ago, the Union home... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130525/jsp/bihar/story_16934588.jsp

Chancellor hears cases

Governor-cum-chancellor of Bihar universities D.Y. Patil on Friday heard four cases pending for more than four years. Shivdeep Wamanrao Lande, the... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130525/jsp/bihar/story_16934819.jsp

Probe hints at insider role

Investigations into the murder of Danapur-based businessman Hari Mohan Prasad have revealed that an open gate might have helped the criminals to... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130525/jsp/bihar/story_16934157.jsp

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