Following widespread condemnation the Bihar Police headquarters on Monday assured that an immediate charge-sheet would be filed against the three youths who had assaulted an engineering college girl in full public view near the Hartali More on Saturday mid-noon.The police response came after the trio were granted bail the same evening. According to the Director General of Police Abhayanand the youths had been booked under Sections that were bailable. The police work as per the law, which was followed in this case too. They were booked...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Google: Bihar seeks help for weather forecast
PATNA: Disaster-prone Bihar has sought the help of Google India to provide weather forecasts with the aim of benefiting millions of residents, officials said.Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, during his meeting with Google India managing director (R&D) Peeyush Ranjan, made the suggestion for providing weather forecasts, an official in his office said early this week."After the chief minister suggested that Google India officials think about providing weather forecasts, the state government is likely to submit a proposal in this connection soon,"...
Bihar: Once corrupt babu's bungalow, now a school
History was made on Thursday in Bihar when a school began functioning in the confiscated palatial building of tainted Indian Administrative Services officer Shiv Shankar Verma.It is a first not only in Bihar but across India [ Images ] that a school has been opened in the house of a corrupt government babu after it was confiscated.Bihar Human Resources and Development minister P K Shahi told rediff.com in Patna on Thursday that the school has started functioning in the confiscated house of Verma."Finally, the government has turned the confiscated...
Thursday, August 25, 2011
70,000 displaced in Katihar district
The flood situation in Katihar district has turned grim with over 70,000 people have been displaced in two worst-hit Manihari and Amdabad blocks.
Katihar district magistrate (DM) Ashwini Datta Ray Thackeray conceded that the overall flood situation, particularly in these two blocks, was grim as over 70,000 flood-hit people were relocated. "We are fully alive to the situation and rendering all possible relief to the displaced persons," she said on Wednesday.
Although the Ganga and Mahananda appear to be receding, the process has been agonizingly...
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Bihar House session likely to be stormy
A week-long monsoon session of the Bihar assembly, beginning from Friday, is likely to be stormy with main opposition RJD-LJP combine and the Congress planning to corner Nitish Kumar government on several issues, including the Forbesganj police firing.Leader of the opposition in the state assembly Abdul Bari Siddiqui said he would hold a meeting with the leaders of opposition, including LJP and Congress, for working out a strategy to grill the government.Alleging that the state government was a total failure on all fronts, Siddiqui said the opposition...
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