Expressing dissatisfaction over their demands not being met by the Nitish Kumar government, about 300 junior doctors from four medical colleges across the State on Sunday joined Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party, claiming “ it was the only party that could resolve their problems.”While announcing the constitution of a medical cell within the RJD, party chief Mr. Prasad promised that “if his party was voted back to power, it would ensure the termination of the contract system and regular recruitment of junior doctors.”President of the...
Monday, February 15, 2010
24 security men killed in West Bengal Maoist attack
A daring attack by Maoists on a police camp in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district Monday has left 24 security personnel dead, an official said.The incident took place at Shilda locality in the district when a group of Maoists opened fire at the camp of the joint security forces deployed to combat the Maoists.“According to latest information 24 security personnel were killed in the attack,” West Midnapore district magistrate N.S. Nigam told IANS. Many security personnel went missing after the attack.The attack comes just six days after Home Minister...
Navsari lawyers demand pension benefits on lines of UP, Bihar
The lawyers of Navsari district have placed a request before the state government to give them benefits of the pension scheme. The Navsari Bar Association submitted a memorandum in this regard to Deputy Collector Manoj Garjre early this week.Lawyers have cited the prevalence of such schemes in other states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar to demand the benefits. From 2010, the advocates of UP have received the benefits of pension, while the scheme has already been introduced in Bihar. Over 100 lawyers from Navsari led by Bar Association president Haresh...
Hindi poet turns down Padma award again
Eminent Hindi poet Acharya Janaki Ballabh Shastri, who had on Republic Day refused to accept the Padma Shri, has turned down the once again.Angry with the Union government for seeking his bio-data for the award, Mr. Shastri declined to accept the honour on Sunday evening, his family said on Monday.“[Mr.] Shastri feels slighted after receiving the request for his bio-data ... Does a poet of such a stature require to submit a bio-data?” a family member said.Mr. Shastri, after voicing his refusal on January 26, later agreed to accept the award following...
People living in the states of Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh were found to be among the poorest
THE report by economist Suresh Tendulkar used money spent by a person on specific household goods and services to define the poor.People living in the states of Orissa, Bihar and Chhattisgarh were found to be among the poorest, the report said.It also found that the number of poor in cities had decreased, while those in villages had gone up.The report has moved from the traditional method of enumerating the number of people living in poverty by measuring their calorie intake to one based on their spending on essential goods and services.Based on...
Four Maoists arrested in Bihar
Four suspected Maoists guerrillas were arrested from two villages in Bihar, police said Monday.While three rebels were arrested from Mahuar village under Haspura police station in Aurangabad district, about 125 km from state capital Patna, the fourth Maoist was arrested from a village under Bikram police station in Patna district.According to police officials, two of the three arrested in Aurangabad were self-styled area commander and the one arrested in Patna was the zonal commander of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist.Police also seized...
Three killed, 13 injured in road mishaps in Bihar
Three persons, including two homeguards, were killed and 13 others injured, five of them seriously, in two seperate road accidents in Madhubani district early today, police said.The two homeguards were killed when a speeding jeep hit them at Cinema chowk while they were on duty.In a separate mishap, one person was killed and 13 others injured, five of them seriously, when a truck dashed against a van at Sukhkhi village in the early hours today.The injured were admitted to nearby hospitals where condition of five was stated to be critical, the police...
Chowdhary is Bihar JD(U) chief
The ongoing rift in Bihar JD(U) ended on Sunday with party’s national president Sharad Yadav accepting Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan’sresignation and appointing Vijay Kumar Chowdhary the new state chief. ‘‘I spoke to all, notably CM Nitish Kumar and Lalan also,’’ Sharad said.Lalan, however, said, ‘‘Things like lack of democracy in the party have yet to be addressed.’’ Chowdhary served as party’s general secretary and spokesman but he is still considered a lightweight in Bihar politi...
Thursday, February 4, 2010
10 state governments say no to Bt brinjal
Ten state governments have decided not to wait for the end of the controversy over whether genetically modified brinjal, popularly termed Bt brinjal, should be approved or not.They have decided not to allow it in their states anyway.Their representatives joined hands on Wednesday at a conference called in Kerala [ Images ] by the state government and called their united stand the second war of Indian...
Bandh hits traffic in Bihar; Lalu, Rabri, Paswan arrested
Traffic was disrupted in several places in Bihar as workers of the Rashtriya Janata Dal blocked highways, rail track and bridges on Thursday, when their president Lalu Prasad called a dawn-to-dusk bandh to protest price rise.National Highways in Gopalganj, Mr. Prasad’s constituency Chapra, Sitamarhi and Begusarai bore the brunt of the shutdown as traffic was noticeably thin.The police said Mr. Prasad,...
Rahul’s rally cry for Bihar
Rahul Gandhi has a strong message for Bihari youngsters and his party’s state youth Congress: get your act together.“Biharis have none but themselves to blame for the snub they bring upon themselves, despite being builders and motivators elsewhere,” the Congress leader said, during a visit to Bhitiharwa Ashram in Bettiah in Bihar’s West Champaran district, some 200 km northwest of Patna.Ninety-three years after Mahatma Gandhi and his wife Kasturba rode atop an elephant to reach this place to transform the local farmers’ discontent into a mass...
Finnair charity money for drinking water of children of Bihar
Finnair, an air-carrier of Finland, has collected about 69,772 Euros (about Rs 45 lakh) as charity from its customers in an effort to provide clean drinking water to the children of Bihar.In partnership with the UNICEF the Finnair, as a part of “Change for Good” programme, aims at providing clean water and sanitation to the children in Bihar over the next three years.The programme is the part of the charity work of One World Alliance airlines (a group of 12 air service operators), which managed to raise a total of Rs 45 lakh between November 2009...
BPCC attacks Jaitley for criticising Rahul
The Bihar unit of Congress today hit out at leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley for allegedly making unsavoury remarks against the AICC General Secretary Rahul Gandhi.In a retort to Jaitley's comments against Rahul Gandhi that he (Gandhi) has emerged as a national leader only on the basis of his lineage, Pradesh Congress Committee chief Anil Kumar Sharma said that even the kin of BJP leaders such as Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Rajnath Singh and Jaswant Singh were contesting and winning elections.Responding to Jaitley's proclamations...
AMU VC meets Bihar CM today
A five-member team led by the Vice Chancellor, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Prof. P. K. Abdul Azis will be visiting Patna to meet the Chief Minister of Bihar, Mr. Nitish Kumar at his office today.The visiting team will be presenting a Power Point (PPT) presentation before the Chief Minister, ministers and other officials.The PPT presentation will include a brief history of AMU and the new vision for special centres of the AMU to be established in West Bengal, Kerala and Bihar.The visiting team would be expressing gratitude to the government...
Three siblings burnt to death in Bihar
Three siblings were burnt to death when their house caught fire in a village in Bihar's Vaishali district, police said on Thursday.The incident took place at Karhatiya Paharpur village under Mahua police station in Vaishali, about 50 km from Patna."The siblings - three brothers - were burnt to death after their house caught fire late on Wednesday night," Deputy Superintendent of Police Arvind Kumar Gupta said.The victims were identified as Sanjit Kumar, 12, Rahul Kumar, 10, and Roshan Kumar, 8. Their father, Arjun Rai, was too shocked to say anything...
Shiv Sena issues black flag diktat, but Rahul will go to Mumbai
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Thursday issued a diktat to his partymen to welcome Rahul Gandhi with black flags to protest his ‘Mumbai for all’ remark but undeterred by the verbal assault the Congress leader will go ahead with his visit to the city on Friday.“The Italian prince is on a visit to Mumbai tomorrow. Welcome him with black flags,” the ailing Sena patriarch commanded his partymen through a statement.In an apparent attempt to present itself in the aggressive mould that was once his hallmark, the Sena chief and his heir Uddhav Thackeray,...
US ambassador assures help for Bihar projects
US ambassador Timothy J Roemer today met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and assured him of the US government's support for development projects in the state, besides identifying possibilities for future engagements.Roemer held discussions with the chief minister for almost an hour, official sources said.Later, addressing a joint press conference, Roemer said Kumar had initiated a number of measures for infrastructure development including in the field of health, education, dairy development, e-governance and NREGA.The US ambassador also praised...
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