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Bihar government shifts 8 SPs, 2 DIGs on EC directive
'You are talking as if Patna has been the only place which has suffered on account of heavy rain. What happened in Mumbai and America when these places were battered by similar downpour?'
What worries health experts is that Bihar's testing rate per million is less than one-third of the national average of 6,622 tests per million, reports M I Khan.
Terming his just-concluded state visit to Bhutan as very successful and his "most memorable", President Pranab Mukherjee hoped that bilateral relations between the two countries would continue to grow from strength to strength.
The extortionists -- who said they were legislators -- have asked the two doctors to cough up Rs 10 lakh.
Ravi Kant, a student of Class IX in DAV Public School in Biharsharif town in Nalanda district, was kidnapped when he was going to board the school bus on Monday.
The Super Grid of the Bihar State Electricity Board situated at Biharshariff in Nalanda district suddenly collapsed.
Armed men belonging to the dreaded Kapildev Singh gang gunned down the three people of Hisua village.
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The final countdown for India's historic Mars mission kicked off at 6.08 am today.
The launch of India's Mars Orbiter Mission has been delayed by almost a week and a decision on the new date would be taken on October 22, the Indian Space Research Organisation said on Saturday. The launch window for the MOM mission was earlier slated from October 28 to November 19 and a decision on the launch date was to be taken on Saturday.
Born in a family owning a small piece of land at Khaddi Lodhipur in Hilsa block of Bihar's Nalanda district, Ranjit is a hero in his village.
A day after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar demanded central assistance of Rs 12,000 crore to tide over the drought in 33 of the 38 districts in the state, opposition leaders appeared keener to politicise the issue by portaying themselves as champions of millions of drought-hit farmers.
The opposition has called for a Patna bandh on Wednesday to protest against the increase in abductions.
He was on his way to the Rajgir Circuit House after attending a function at Hilsa when his Tata Qualis hit a truck.
The book, according to Kumar, is likely to be completed by July-August 2016.
Raj Kumar Vaishya enrolled in NOU last year in September to achieve his dream of acquiring a master's degree
Trouble erupted in Godapur village under the Town police station area, where an idol was found vandalised, following which the members of two communities indulged in heavy stone-pelting, District Magistrate Kaushal Kumar said.
'Indian apathy towards our historical heritage is indeed amazing,' says military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
When most nonagenarians are content to pass their time in their neighbourhood's gardens, Raj Kumar Vaishya, 96, has enrolled himself in the Patna-based Nalanda Open University to pursue his lifelong dream of earning a masters in economics, reports MI Khan.
Emerging from the meeting at 10 Circular Road residence of former Chief Minister Rabri Devi where he met RJD president Lalu Prasad, Raj Ballabh Yadav told reporters it was a courtesy visit to extend greetings of Durga Puja.
A group of about 10 heavily-armed persons raided a brick kiln in the village and fired indiscriminately killing nine persons on the spot, Inspector General of Police Neelmani told PTI.
Given Nitish's track record as an accomplished trapeze artist who can dump the BJP overnight and embrace the RJD, he can leave the saffron party stranded should he fail to get the chief ministerial crown for the fourth time, notes Virendra Kapoor.
The CM is expected to call a press conference on Monday, say JD-U sources.
It was clear in Brunei at the 8th East Asia Summit that China doesn't want the South China Sea issue to even dominate the discussion, reports Sheela Bhatt, who is part of the prime minister's media contingent to the summit
One more person died in floods in Patna district, taking the toll due to inundation in Bihar to 10 even as major rivers on Tuesday showed receding trend.
Why are the protesters still on their own and why are political parties abstaining from joining this mass movement? Aakar Patel explains.
The internet services giant wanted to cover most of the Indian territory through the Google Street View.
'The Bharat Ratna should have been given a long time ago. Not just to irk the Chinese, but to recognise His Holiness for what he is and how we have benefited immensely from his presence in India.' 'I don't think there's been a better ambassador for India's philosophical and cultural past than the Dalai Lama.'
Janata Dal-United leader Nitish Kumar will take oath as chief minister of Bihar on February 22, ending weeks of political uncertainty in the state.
Half-way through the polls, the fight has become more personal.
Aslam Hunani/Rediff.com gives the lowdown on the 59 seats spread across seven states and one Union territory going to polls in the last and final phase of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on May 19, 2019.
Stressing that both the government and the opposition have 'important roles to play', the President said, "While giving expression to their political ideas both must move forward in tandem to ensure that development of the country and welfare of its people are promoted consistently."
About 200 children were taken to hospitals in Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana and Chhattisgarh as they complained of uneasiness after being administered deworming tablets.
Meeting the families of six persons killed in serial bomb blasts during his Sunday rally, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi on Saturday assured them all help from the party.
The flood situation on Sunday worsened in Bihar where two more people lost their lives taking the death toll to 36, while flood waters entered fresh areas, pushing up the number of affected districts to 17.
This was the third consecutive day that COVID-19 cases in the country have increased by more than 26,000.
