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40 lakh illiterate women made literate in Bihar
Patna, Sep 05(PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said 40 lakh illiterate women were made literate under the ‘Mukhyamantri Akshar Anchal Yojana’ by two lakh teachers across the state. While addressing a government function here on the occasion of Teachers’ Day, Kumar said these two lakh teachers would be given Rs. 1000 and [...]
3 cops are alive: Naxals to Bihar govt
Patna, Sep 04: Day after Maoists killed one of the four Bihar policemen who were hostaged in Lakhisarai, 150 kilometres away from Patna since the encounter, naxals claimed that remaining three cops are safe in their hands. When Naxals left the body of Hawaldar Lukas Tete in the jungles of Lakhisari district, they left a [...]
Hostage crisis: Bihar CM calls emergency meeting
Patna, Sep 4(OneIndia NEWS): After the seven days that the four police officials were abducted by the Naxals in Bihar, Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar called for an emergency all party meeting on Saturday, Sep 4. Many people have raised questions that why the state governmnet had taken so much time to take a solution of [...]
Students campaign against cutting of trees in Patna zoo
Aug 28(IANS): Hundreds of students associated with Taru Mitra (Friends of Trees) in Bihar Saturday began a campaign against the government’s plan to cut nearly 4,000 trees in the Patna zoo for airport safety. Taru Mitra, a student movement to protect and promote a healthy environment on earth, has also planned a march Saturday to [...]
Bihar will make centre pay back dues, says Nitish
Aug 22 (IANS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said the central government will have to repay Rs.1,000 crore that his government spent to repair and maintain national highways in the state. ‘I will see, the people of Bihar will see, how the centre does not pay back the money. We will not let them [...]
Bahubalis: Bihar’s kingmakers?
Patna, Aug 21 (NDTV): Anand Mohan maybe a convicted criminal, serving a life term for the murder of an IAS officer in 1994, but in election season, he’s in big demand. The biggest surprise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar personally visiting Mohan’s village in Saharsa a few days ago, ostensibly for a marriage in the family. [...]
Nitish Kumar takes tonga ride in Rajgir
Rajgir, Aug 19 (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday went by a tonga (horse-drawn carriage) to reach the venue of JD(U) workers’ camp for drawing up electoral strategy that concluded in Bihar. A tastefully-decorated tonga was called at the Circuit House here this morning for Kumar, who spent overnight after participating in the [...]
Fodder scam: CBI court summons Lalu
Patna, Aug 18(PTI): A special court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and others to appear before it on September six in connection with the multi-crore rupees fodder scam case. Designated CBI Judge Vimal Kumar Jain asked Prasad and others to ensure their personal appearance in connection with the [...]
JD-U to chalk out Bihar poll strategy
Aug 18 (IANS): Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday began a two-day meet in Nalanda district to chalk out the strategy for the upcoming assembly election. The session in Rajgir was jointly inaugurated by party president Sharad Yadav and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Sharad Yadav said the party will discuss the strategy to take on [...]
Entire Bihar is drought hit, says Nitish Kumar
Patna, Aug 15 (PTI): Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday declared entire Bihar as drought-hit and said his government was taking various measure to provide relief to the affected farmers. “Bihar is facing natural calamity for the fourth year in succession … While the state faced devastating floods in 2007 and 2008, drought has hit [...]
Bihar to seek Rs 15,000-crore Central package for drought
Patna, Aug 05(PTI): The Bihar government will seek a special financial package of Rs 15,000 crore from the Centre to tackle drought in 28 of the state’s 38 districts. Sources in the state’s disaster management department said a report, which was being given final touches, seeking assistance of Rs 15,000 crore would be placed before [...]
Bihar declares 28 of 38 districts drought-hit
Aug 03, (PTI): The Bihar government today declared 28 out of 38 districts in the state as drought-hit following deficient rainfall. The cabinet presided over by Chief minister Nitish Kumar took a decision to this effect after making an intensive review of the situation in the state on reports received from district magistrates and other [...]
Lalu slams Nitish Kumar over price rise
Aug 01 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to tackle the hoarding and black marketing, causing price rise. Addressing a Party function here on Saturday, Yadav said the price rise was a result of wrong policies of both the Bihar Government and the [...]
Bihar stares at drought again
Patna, July 30 (IANS) : Bihar plans to declare more than two dozen districts drought hit soon, with the state already recording a 20 percent rainfall deficit, officials said Friday. An official in Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s office said the decision was likely to be taken in the next cabinet meeting in a day or two. [...]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Governor Devanand Konwar
Patna, July 29 (PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday had an hour-long discussion with state Governor Devanand Konwar at the Rajbhavan here. Officials at the chief minister’s office and Rajbhavan described it as “a courtesy call” by Kumar. The meeting came barely a week after a delegation of Opposition parties submitted a memorandum [...]
Report on sex workers’ condition ready in Bihar
July 28 (IANS): The first detailed report on the socio-economic condition of sex workers in Bihar is ready to be handed over to the state government. The survey was conducted jointly by the Women Development Corporation and Parcham, a Muzaffarpur-based NGO headed by a sex worker’s daughter. An official said the survey was conducted in [...]
It’s Janata Dal ‘disunited’ in Bihar
July 27 (IANS): Assembly elections may be barely months away, but Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) seems anything but united with clashes and violence marring several meetings of party workers in the last few days. On Tuesday, JD-U workers kept up the trend with clashes in Bhagalpur and Siwan districts. Similar trouble had broken out [...]
Bihar governor working like opposition worker: JD-U
Patna, July 23 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has alleged that Governor Devanand Konwar was working like a “worker of the opposition” over demands for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s resignation for his alleged involvement in a Rs.11,412 crore scam. Angry over the opposition demanding the resignation of Nitish Kumar, JD-U state president Vijay Kumar [...]
Bihar: Appropriation bill related to supplementary budget adopted
Patna, July 23 (PTI): Bihar assembly on Friday adopted the appropriation bill (III), 2010 related to first supplementary budget making a provision of Rs 5498.66 crore. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who also holds the Finance portfolio, told the house that out of Rs 5498.66 crore, a sum of Rs 2273.01 crore had been made available [...]
Nitish Kumar must go: Bihar Oppn
Patna, July 22 (IANS): The Opposition in Bihar on Thursday stuck to its demand for the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 11,412 crore scam, a day after a slipper was flung at the assembly speaker amid unruly scenes. And, upping the ante, 11 legislators of the Lok [...]
HC to hear plea against CBI probe in Bihar irregularities
Patna, July 22(IANS): The Patna High Court is set to hear the Bihar government’s plea to review the court’s decision for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore in the state on Thursday. In a suit filed on Monday, the state government said the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) [...]
LJP demands for Prez rule in Bihar
July 21 (Samay Live): Lok Janshakti Party on Wednesday in view of the Constitutional breakdown in Bihar, demanded imposition of President’s rule in the state. ”There is a complete Constitutional breakdown in Bihar. People are coming out on the streets against corruption. I demand that President’s rule be imposed there. LJP and RJD will also [...]
Gates of Bihar assembly shut after lawmakers clash
July 20 (IANS): Gates of the Bihar assembly complex were shut and security tightened Tuesday evening after clashes between the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and opposition members in the assembly over alleged financial irregularities in the state. Entry to the assembly premises was prohibited, mediapersons were made to leave and even former chief minister Lalu [...]
Rabri out of fight for CM’s post in Bihar polls
July 20 (IANS) : She has been chief minister for eight years, but Rabri Devi may be out of the reckoning this time with the view that only her husband and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad or partner LJP’s Ram Vilas Paswan can counter Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in the Bihar assembly polls. In fact, Lalu Prasad [...]
Nitish tries to feed judges
July 19 (DC Correspondent): The Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar’s attempt to break bread with the judiciary after being named as one of the accused in the over Rs 11,500-crore treasury scam, failed on Sunday. Top judges, including Supreme Court judge V.S. Sirpurkar, Patna High Court Chief Justice Rekha Manharlal Doshit and other judges stayed away [...]
Bihar opposition parties demand Nitish Kumar’s resignation
Patna, July 16 (IANS) The opposition parties in Bihar called for the resignation of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday, a day after Patna High Court ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him into alleged financial irregularities of Rs.11,412 crore. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), the Congress and [...]
Kumar’s ‘soft approach’ insult to martyrs of Naxalism: Congress
July 16 (PTI): Bihar Congress on Friday accused Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of adopting a “soft approach” on the Maoist problem, saying his stand on the issue was an insult to the sacrifices made by security personnel in the fight against Naxalism. “The Bihar Chief Minister has called for a ‘soft’ approach against the Maoists [...]
Pilot attacks NDA govt for misappropriation of central funds
July 16 (IANS): Union Minister of State for Communications and Technology Sachin Pilot on Friday charged the NDA government in Bihar with gross misuse and loot of central funds worth Rs 11,412 crore under MNREGA and other flagship programmes for the poor people. As much of as Rs 11,412 of the over Rs 95,000 crore [...]
CBI probe: Bihar will comment on HC order soon, says Sushil Modi
July 16 (PTI): Bihar government will clear its position on the alleged irregularities in execution of welfare and development schemes after studying the High Court order for CBI probe, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said in Patna. “The State government will make its position on the issue of the alleged irregularities soon”, [...]
HC orders CBI probe into scam involving Bihar CM
Patna, July 15 (DH News Service): The Patna High Court on Thursday asked the CBI to investigate the ‘fraudulent withdrawal’ of Rs 11,412 crore from the State exchequer, in which Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav and 44 others have been named accused. Taking serious [...]
Jaitley, Ananth Kumar meet Bihar CM over alliance, polls
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI): Senior BJP leaders Arun Jaitley and Ananth Kumar on Wednesday called on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to discuss issues related to their alliance and the forthcoming Assembly elections in the state. “Nitish Kumar is a successful Chief Minister of an NDA government in Bihar. Whenever he is in Delhi, [...]
New Delhi not supporting anti-Maoist operations: Nitish Kumar
July 14 (IANS): Stressing that Maoists were ‘part of our society’ and could not be defeated with ‘enforced action alone’, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday slammed the central government for what he said was the lack of support for the state’s anti-Maoist operations. ‘Naxal elements are a part of our society even though they have [...]
Graft complaint in court against Nitish Kumar
July 13(IANS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and 45 others have been accused of financial irregularities involving Rs.11,412 crore by a social activist, who filed a complaint in a court Tuesday. The complaint was filed by Arwal district-based social activist Mohan Kumar in the special vigilance court of Patna, [...]
Nitish ducks question on Narendra Modi
The Bihar NEWS, July 10: Almost a month ago Bihar chief minister went hammer and tongs against the BJP bigwigs. He lost his cool and cancelled dinner with them when newspapers carried advertisement showing Nitish Kumar hand-in-hand with his Gujarat conterpart Narendra Modi. Everyone, even his most trusted lieutenants were taken aback by his sudden [...]
Nitish ads like NDA’s India Shining campaign: Congress
New Delhi, July 9 : The Congress Friday took a dig at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for newspaper advertisements highlighting his achievements, saying that he was using government money to promote the ruling coalition in the state. “He is promoting his party and coalition using government money. This is an old habit of the [...]
UPA government tapped Nitish & others phones
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Congress-led UPA government was tapping the telephone conversations of important political leaders, including Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and CPI-M leader Prakash Karat, a prominent newsmagazine has claimed. In a report in its recent edition, the Outlook says that the phones [...]
Will fight polls on government’s performance: Nitish
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Asserting that Bihar had witnessed societal transformation in the last five years, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Saturday that he will fight the assembly elections later this year on his government’s performance. Talking to reporters at the Indian Women’s Press Corps here, he said that Janata Dal-United (JD-U) and Bharatiya [...]
No funds to implement Right to Education Act: Nitish
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Expressing his government’s inability to provide funds to implement the Right to Education Act, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday said the central government should fund the state to ensure education for every child aged 6-14. Speaking to reporters at Indian Women’s Press Corps here, Nitish said he expected expenditure [...]
Speak less please, Nitish tells Chidambaram
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday had some advise for Home Minister P. Chidambaram: don’t speak too much about the government’s strategy against Maoists. “I respect him (Chidambaram). But I have an advice that speaking too much is not necessary,” Nitish Kumar told the media at the Indian Women’s Press [...]
‘Honest differences with Sharad on women’s bill’
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar Saturday admitted that there was “an honest difference of opinion” between him and party president Sharad Yadav on the women’s reservation bill. Nitish Kumar added that members of the JD-U parliamentary party will take a decision on the legislation when [...]
Signature campaign to seek special status for Bihar
Patna, April 8 (IANS) Bihar’s ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) has decided to launch a campaign to collect 10 million signatures to pressurise the central government to accord special category status to the state. JD-U spokesperson Shivanand Tiwari said that the party will launch the signature drive soon. “After obtaining signatures of 10 million people, the [...]
Sixteen (16) men got death sentence in Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre
Patna, April 07: A court here Wednesday sentenced to death 16 men and awarded life imprisonment to eight others who were convicted in the Laxmanpur-Bathe massacre in which 58 Dalits were killed by upper caste Ranvir Sena men in Bihar in 1997. The sentence was pronounced by Additional District and Sessions Judge of the Patna [...]
Nitish not allowed to visit Nepal
Patna, April 1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was denied permission by the central government to visit Nepal to attend the post-death rites of former Nepal prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala, who died last month, official sources said Thursday. Nitish Kumar was upset due to the decision of the the central government, official sources in [...]
Son of Bihar CM staffer missing
Patna, March 27(IANS): The 14-year-old son of a staffer in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s residence has been missing since Tuesday, police said Saturday. Vivek Kumar, a Class 6 student of a private school, is the son of Sambhunath Jha, an official working in Nitish Kumar’s office. He left his home in Patliputra for some [...]
