Purnea

Rediff.com » News » Purnea

News for Purnea

News
Business
Movies
Sports

LS poll: Lalu's 2 daughters among 22 RJD candidates

The Rashtriya Janata Dal has formally announced its candidates for all but one of the 23 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, where the party is contesting as a constituent of the opposition......

Will Congress let Pappu Yadav challenge ally RJD in Purnea?

Former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, who recently joined the Congress, on Wednesday seemed adamant about throwing his hat in the ring for Bihar's Purnea Lok Sabha seat, where ally Rashtriya......

RJD to contest 26 LS seats, Cong 9 as INDIA seals seat-sharing deal in Bihar

The Rashtriya Janata Dal-led Mahagathbandhan in Bihar on Friday announced its formula for seat-sharing, with Lalu Prasad's party laying claim on nearly two-thirds of the state's 40 parliamentary......

'Nitish-BJP Friendship Will Last Till 2024 Election'

'BJP's ultimate ambition is to control Bihar independently.' IMAGE: Nitish Kumar with Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar after taking the oath as Bihar's chief minister for the 9th time at Raj......

How exactly did Rahul Gandhi's car get damaged?

The rear windscreen of a car carrying Rahul Gandhi was damaged during the ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra', with West Bengal unit president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury alleging that the vehicle was......

Newbies dream to become oil barons in limbo

22 companies won bids for the 31 contracts on offer; 15 were new entrants to the oil and gas business. Three years on, none of them have started production. When the first round of auctions for......

ONGC walks away with all 7 oil, gas blocks on offer

These 7 blocks are adding exploration acreage of 18,510 square kilometres spread over three sedimentary basins of India and have a resource potential of approximately 33 billion barrels of oil and......

How India's farmers are becoming savvy traders

At least 30,000 growers are hedging for their produce through farmer producer organisations An increasing number of farmers in the country are using the commodity futures market, with help from......

A different migration: From small villages to big ones

Between 2001 and 2011, the number of rural habitations with population of less than 1,000 has declined sharply On the road from the headquarters of Purnea district in east Bihar, the villages......

Back-to-back drought adds to the woes of farmers

The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon. Farmers are faced......

Bhojpuri actress Anupama Pathak dies by suicide

Photograph: Kind courtesy Anupama Pathak/Facebook Bhojpuri actor Anupama Pathak allegedly died by suicide in Dahisar, a township on the rim of north west Mumbai. Pathak, 40, was found hanging at......

Satyamev Jayate 2 finale: No closure at this closing ceremony

If only Aamir Khan had resisted spoon-feeding his audience...By the looks of it, Aamir Khan doesn't want his fans to make informed decisions when it comes to their social responsibility as Indian......

Cricket Buzz: Former England skipper Collingwood calls time on career

IMAGE: Former England captain Paul Collingwood. Photograph: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Former England captain Paul Collingwood will retire from professional cricket at the end of the current......

Rediff News