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Bihar court acquits 11 Nepal Maoist leaders

Bihar court acquits 11 Nepal Maoist leaders

Rediff.com   3 Feb 2012

A Bihar court on Friday acquitted 11 Nepali Maoist leaders after hearing the state government's petition for the withdrawal of criminal cases against them. Two days after the state government filed a petition in the Patna civil court for the withdrawal of cases, Additional District Judge Bashishtha Narain Singh ordered the acquittal of the Nepal Maoist leaders after holding a hearing on the petition.

Bihar: Stray police bullet kills son; blind parents starve

Bihar: Stray police bullet kills son; blind parents starve

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2012

Blame game between Bihar police and Railway Protection Force over compensation for slain Mohd Mustafa, who fell victim of a stray police bullet a year ago in Bihar's Katihar district, has left his blind parents to starve.

Karnataka to replicate Bihar's model of RTPS soon

Karnataka to replicate Bihar's model of RTPS soon

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2012

The Karnataka government has approached Bihar to replicate the model of its Right to Public Service Act from April this year, officials have said.

Bihar pledges to enhance renewable energy

Bihar pledges to enhance renewable energy

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2012

Greenpeace India, the environment protection organisation has suggested the Bihar government to adopt a decentralised approach based on renewable sources of energy to solve the prevailing issue of limited access to reliable energy in rural areas.

Nitish Kumar to campaign in UP polls from Jan 29

Nitish Kumar to campaign in UP polls from Jan 29

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2012

Ending speculations, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will campaign for his party, Janata Dal (United), nominees in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls from January 29.

'Don't link Bihar with perpetrators of 13/7 blasts'

'Don't link Bihar with perpetrators of 13/7 blasts'

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2012

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has strongly objected to linking Bihar with the terrorists involved in 13/7 serial blasts in Mumbai.

Bihar village heads face Maoist wrath for contesting polls

Bihar village heads face Maoist wrath for contesting polls

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2012

Two village heads from Bihar's Gaya district had to bear the brunt for defying the diktat by Maoists not to contest the panchayat polls last year.

Now, common man to participate in pre-budget exercise

Now, common man to participate in pre-budget exercise

Rediff.com   17 Jan 2012

The state government has decided to seek suggestions and views of common men in formulating the 2012-13 state budget. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who is also the Finance Minister, said the government has decided to invite written and online suggestions from people, in order to ensure their participation in the budget making process.

FIR against five policemen in custodial death of youth

FIR against five policemen in custodial death of youth

Rediff.com   16 Jan 2012

An FIR has been lodged against five policemen on Monday in the alleged custodial death of a youth that triggered violent protest by angry people in Nawada district in Bihar, officials said.

Bihar: Govt-run schools have more than 3,000 fake students

Bihar: Govt-run schools have more than 3,000 fake students

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2012

More than 3,000 students in government-run schools have been found fake and their admission have been cancelled in Bihar's Kaimur district after it was revealed that they took admission in more than one school for getting benefit of government-sponsored schemes for school uniform, cycle, scholarship.

Trinidad PM visits her ancestral village in Bihar

Trinidad PM visits her ancestral village in Bihar

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2012

The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whose ancestors migrated from Bihar to the Caribbean islands in the 19th century, visited the state's Bhelupur village on Wednesday afternoon.

Villagers build road for Trinidad PM visiting ancestral home

Villagers build road for Trinidad PM visiting ancestral home

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2012

Two days ahead of the visit of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, residents of Bhelupur, her ancestral village in Bihar, completed nearly a 4,000 sq feet long road in 48 hours by offering voluntary labour.

Terror threat to railway stations in Bihar

Terror threat to railway stations in Bihar

Rediff.com   8 Jan 2012

Security has been tightened at Raxaul railway station in Bihar on Sunday night following an intelligence report that Indian Mujahideen, a terror group, has threatened to blast its premises and to target Delhi-bound trains, the police said.

Kalachakra Puja pushes up condom, abortion pill sales

Kalachakra Puja pushes up condom, abortion pill sales

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2012

Local medicine store owners at Bodh Gaya said that the sale of condoms had suddenly had increased three to four times during Kalachakra puja, thanks to arrival of devotees from across the world.

Corrupt Bihar official's house to be turned into school

Corrupt Bihar official's house to be turned into school

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2012

In a war against corruption, the Bihar government continues to keep its promise of confiscating ill-gotten property of corrupt officials and covert it into schools.

Jailed woman seeks court permission to donate kidney to husband

Jailed woman seeks court permission to donate kidney to husband

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2012

A jailed woman has sought permission of the court in Bihar to donate her kidney to her jailed ailing husband battling for life, officials on Thursday said.

45 years on, FIR lodged for theft of Rajendra Prasad's watch

45 years on, FIR lodged for theft of Rajendra Prasad's watch

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2012

More than 45 years after the country's first President Rajendra Prasad's 18K pink gold Rolex Oyster watch was stolen, a case has been lodged in Patliputra police station in Patna, police on Tuesday said.

Bihar's CM is poorer than his son!

Bihar's CM is poorer than his son!

Rediff.com   3 Jan 2012

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's son Nishant is richer than his father, according to details of assets made public by Kumar and his cabinet colleagues.

Infant mortality rate sees a sharp decline in Bihar

Infant mortality rate sees a sharp decline in Bihar

Rediff.com   2 Jan 2012

in Patna Another silent development is taking place in Bihar, the state has significantly reduced the infant mortality rate (IMR)from 61 to 48 and is only 1 point below the national average of 47,officials on Monday said.

ABVP activists burn effigy of Bihar CM, protest land transfer

ABVP activists burn effigy of Bihar CM, protest land transfer

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2011

Activists of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad burnt an effigy of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Friday evening to protest the transfer of 224.02 acres of land to Aligarh Muslim University by the state government for establishing the AMU Kishanganj Centre.