Patna: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad on Sunday opposed the Bihar government's proposal to take legal action against those holding demonstrations against the state and said the ruling JD(U) was moving towards dictatorship. "The Nitish Kumar government is moving towards dictatorship and it will soon collapse," he said. Accusing the chief minister of trying to gag people's voice, Prasad said, "Kumar is trying to enact a black law to prevent people...
01:20 AM, May 28, 2012
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's 'Seva Yatra' was attacked in Buxar. A few locals threw stones at one of the cars in the Chief Minister's cavalcade. Reports say the locals were angry over frequent power cuts and water shortage. The windshield of the car was smashed. Nitish Kumar escaped unhurt from the attack. No arrests have been made in connection with the attack yet. ...
10:35 AM, May 23, 2012
Rampur: The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually, too much for Indian teenager Nahid Farzana, who decided she was going to drop out. Then, the state government gave her a bicycle. Two years later, she is about to graduate from high school and wants to be a teacher. Bihar has been so successful at keeping teenage girls in school, the bike giveaways have spread to neighboring...
06:16 PM, May 21, 2012
New Delhi: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday vented his anger on way Karnataka police arrested a suspect terrorist from Darbhanga in Bihar, without formally informing the state police. Bangalore Crime Branch officials arrested Kafil Akhtar from Darbhanga for his alleged involvement in the M Chinnaswamy cricket stadium blasts. "I have got information from police officials in Bihar that Karnataka police have arrested a person in Darbhanga. We have...
02:30 PM, May 08, 2012
New Delhi: A solution to the contentious issue of setting up a Central University in Bihar seems likely as Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday held a luncheon meeting with Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal at his residence here to resolve it. Sources said the two discussed the issue during their meeting and a solution to resolve the issue of setting up the varsity can be expected soon....
02:40 AM, May 07, 2012
Patna: Bihar's opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal on Saturday hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, questioning his secular credentials after he warmly greeted his Gujarat counterpart, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Narendra Modi, at a meeting in New Delhi. Leader of Opposition Abdul Bari Siddiqui said that Nitish Kumar's handshake with Modi is nothing but his real face. "Nitish Kumar's outburst against Modi was a political hypocrisy. He has been trying...
04:21 AM, May 06, 2012
New Delhi: The crucial meeting of chief ministers, called by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), began in New Delhi on Saturday with sharp differences on the issue clearly visible. Several states raised their objections to the NCTC. However, the Centre defended the anti-terror body, saying terrorists dont recognise state boundaries. While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi raked up the Batla House...
01:35 PM, May 05, 2012
New Delhi: Ahead of the meeting on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), to be held on Saturday, Chief Ministers from across the states will be arriving in the Capital on Friday. However, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has raised reservations about the act, is already in the Capital. Whereas, both Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his Tamil Nadu counterpart Jayalalithaa, who had slammed the Centre for its...
11:12 AM, May 04, 2012
New Delhi: Taking note of the opposition of the Bihar government to the establishment of the proposed central university in Gaya, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday said he is "willing" to sit down with chief minister Nitish Kumar and discuss the issue. "I have rung up Nitish Kumarji, I have requested him for an appointment, I am willing to sit with him and decide as to what...
01:35 AM, May 01, 2012
Patna: Hafeez Contractor, one of India's best known architects, plans to develop a world city alongside the river Ganges in Patna - on the lines of Dubai - that will boast of eco-friendly buildings and water sports facilities, officials say. "Contractor submitted his proposed plans to the state government during his visit on Tuesday," an official said referring to the proposed New Patna World City. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is...
03:47 PM, Apr 26, 2012
New Delhi: Chief Ministers from across India will be meeting in the capital on Monday to discuss internal security, but causing a flutter is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yet again, who's decided to give it a miss. sources said that Mamata will raise the issue of NCTC during the meeting, saying NCTC upsets federal structure. Her speech will be read out by Amit Mitra, West Bengal Finance Minister....
09:03 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said that he would like to see Maharashtra Day celebrated in Bihar in the same way as Bihar Day is being celebrated in Mumbai. While addressing a crowd here late on Sunday, Nitish Kumar thanked the Maharashtra government for a well-organised cultural celebration of Bihar Day in Mumbai. "The people of Bihar have always been treated with respect in Maharashtra. This festival...
12:34 AM, Apr 16, 2012
Mumbai: Visiting Mumbai after settling of a controversy stoked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader Raj Thackeray, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday invited India Inc to invest in his state, touting the industrial policy announced by his government last year. "The state offers tremendous business opportunities in sectors such as solar energy, education, healthcare etc," Nitish Kumar told the industrialists. "The Chief Minister urged the industry captains to...
09:11 PM, Apr 15, 2012
Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrived in Mumbai on Saturday evening to attend centenary celebrations of his state, a day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray withdrew his threat to disrupt the event slated for Sunday. Kumar will be the chief guest at the 'Bihar Shatabdi Samaroh Utsav' being organised at 'Somaiya Ground' in a city suburb on Sunday evening. Kumar landed at the airport here from Patna amid tight...
08:24 PM, Apr 14, 2012
Patna: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar is going green, quite literally. After lighting up his official residence - 1 Anne Marg - with solar energy, costing Rs 4.5 crore, his native village Kalyanbigha in Nalanda district has now got low-cost solar pumpsets installed. The demo models, as they are supposed to be, have started functioning from his native village and will be replicated elsewhere in Bihar later on. The new solar-powered...
04:53 PM, Apr 14, 2012
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