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Maoists kill eight in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Raniganj (Bihar), Aug 22 (ANI): At least eight people, including five policemen, were killed in a gunbattle with Maoist rebels in Bihar on Thursday.  A rebel and a civilian were also among those killed when the guerrillas riding

Floods wreak havoc in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Kusheshwar (Bihar), July 28 (ANI): Rise in water levels in Kosi, Bhagmati and Kamla rivers following heavy rains has devastated several villages in Bihar. Villages in Kusheshwar in Darbhanga region have been submerged in water

24 drown in boat mishap in Bihar - 22 Oct 2008
Khagaria (Bihar), Oct 22 (ANI): At least twenty-four women were drowned when an overcrowded boat capsized in Bihar's Khagaria district today.  According to police, the boat carrying the women to the other side of the river for cutting

Maoists blow up a school in Bihar - 05 Apr 2009
Patluka (Bihar), Apr 5 (ANI): Maoists blew up a school in Patluka village of Gaya District in Bihar on Saturday. According to police officials, a group of around 20-25 armed Maoists blew up the school and stuck a poster on the spot

Mass migration in flood-hit Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Bhagalpur (Bihar), Sep 3 (ANI): Hundreds of thousands of people in flood-hit areas of Bihar have started migrating with their belongings. "Our houses... their homes and at least 90 killed by floods after the Bihar's 'river of sorrow

Maoists blast tracks in Bihar - 21 Mar 2009
Gaya (Bihar), Mar 21 (ANI): The Communist Party of India-Maoist rebels bombed railway tracks in Bihar's Gaya District disrupting train services on the Gaya-Mughalsarai section of East Central Railway (ECR) on Saturday. 

Maoists kill three in Bihar - 17 Mar 2009
Khaira (Bihar), Mar 17 (ANI): Armed Maoists attacked Khaira village in Bihar's Lakhisarai District and killed three persons on Monday night to avenge the murder of one of their men last week. "They targeted three houses

Journalist shot dead in Bihar - 25 Nov 2008
Patna, Nov 25 (IANS) A journalist was shot dead by unidentified criminals Tuesday evening in a Bihar town, the police said. Vikash Ranjan, a reporter with Hindi daily Dainik Hindustan, was shot dead in Rosera town in Samastipur

Army continues to evacuate flood victims in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Supaul (Bihar), Sep 6 (ANI): Army units continued their relief and rescue operations in Supaul district of Bihar. Water levels receded slightly this week...," said P.S. Rathi, commandant Bihar Regimental Centre and who is coordinating

Recession takes shine off Bihar's silk industry - 23 Feb 2009
Bhagalpur (Bihar), Feb 23 (ANI): The silk industry in Bihar is losing its luster and shine due to a global economic meltdown.  The consequences of drying... of livelihood. Many factories in Bihar's Bhagalpur district have now been shut down

Flood victims migrate to safety in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), Aug 30 (ANI): Even as the Indian army is speeding up its rescue operations in the flood-hit areas of Bihar, residents in Madhepura district... that smashed mud embankments downstream in Bihar. The waters of Kosi, known

Review of National Rural Health Mission in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Bihar, July 10 (ANI): Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will review the progress of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Bihar tomorrow.  Dr. Ramadoss

Buddhist monument in a dilapidated condition in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Kesaria (Bihar), July 9 (ANI): Residents and pilgrims lamented the dilapidated condition of a Buddhist monument in Bihar, despite it being under control of the country's archaeological department. The Buddhist stupa, a mould-like

Floods and exodus continue in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Purnia/Patna, August 30 (ANI): Fury of floods continues in Bihar forcing..., native of flood affected Madhepura. The flooding in many districts of Bihar... embankments downstream in Bihar. The waters of Kosi, known as Bihar's 'river

Several feared dead as boat capsizes in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Sheikhpura (Bihar) Sept.11 (ANI): Several people are feared drowned when a boat carrying them capsized in the Harohar river in Bihar's Sheikhpura district today.  According to sources, the mishap occurred near Bavghat under

Girls in Bihar madrassas to get bicycles - 25 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 25 (IANS) Girls studying in madrassas in Bihar will be provided free bicycles by the government, official sources said Sunday. About 4,000... schools were gifted bicycles.  Some madrassas in Bihar have begun

Five killed in road mishap in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Munger (Bihar), Aug 18 (ANI): Five pilgrims were killed and nine others injured when the jeep in which they were travelling collided head-on with a bus in Bihar's Munger district today.  The mishap occurred near Bochahi village when

Flood plays havoc with people in Bihar - 02 Aug 2007
the danger mark has disturbed the life of Bihar especially north Bihar where water... havoc with the people of North Bihar as it displaced over seven million people... monsoon coming to north the main rivers of north Bihar the Gandak, the Burhi

Vocational training for flood victims in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Saharsa (Bihar), Sept 13 (ANI): Authorities in Saharsa district of Bihar are running relief camps where flood survivors engage themselves in activities like..., a flood victim. Bihar has witnessed the worst floods in living memory. Over

Diarrhoea spreads in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Patna, Sept 14 (ANI): Bihar's Health Secretary Deepak Kumar said on Sunday that over 5,000 diarrhoea cases have been reported from flood hit Madhepura, Araria... 11 persons have been died of diarrhea.  Bihar has witnessed the worst floods

It is official: no rat farming in Bihar - 07 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 7 (IANS) The Bihar government has shelved its controversial plan..., it is unfortunate that the Bihar government is planning to start rat farming... live across Bihar in conditions of abject poverty. Less than five percent of them

Monks offer prayers for world peace in Bihar - 26 Oct 2008
Rajgir (Bihar), Oct 26 (ANI): Hundreds of Buddhist monks from India and abroad gathered in Rajgir in Bihar to pray for world peace. The prayers were held... shown to Tibetans taking refuge in this sacred ground. To the government of Bihar

Conjoined twins born in Bihar - 02 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) A woman has given birth to conjoined twins in a Bihar town. The delivery was normal, a hospital source said Friday. Mehnaz Khatoon, in her 20s, a resident of Bar village in Gaya district, about 125 km from here

Five killed in bus accident in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Samastipur (Bihar), Aug 20 (ANI): At least five pilgrims, including two women, were killed and 40 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling overturned on National Highway 2 in Bihar's Samastipur District today. 

Bihar protests against Raj Thackeray - 23 Oct 2008
Patna, Oct 23 (ANI): Protests erupted in Bihar's Nalanda District on Thursday... from Bihar in Mumbai," said Pappu Khan, a protester. About 50 people have been injured in clashes with the police in Bihar so far, and a 10-year old boy

Flood in Bihar hits business severely - 01 Jan 2008
Gaya (Bihar), Sept 22 (ANI): Business has been severely hit in Gaya in Bihar... in Bihar, less number of people has turned up this year. This has severely hit... of thousands of people used to come for this Bihar fair. This time less than

Flood victims continue to languish along roadside in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Saharsa (Bihar), Sept 12 (ANI) Unaware of the numerous relief camps run... in Bihar. Languishing under the sun and lacking food and other bare... embankment in neighbouring Nepal.People in Bihar have witnessed the worst floods

Three people lynched in Bihar - 02 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 2 (IANS) Bihar began the New Year on a violent note with three people being lynched in two separate incidents - two on charges of being thieves and one over a petty dispute. Two suspected thieves in their 30s were beaten

Naxals attack two railway stations in Bihar - 01 Mar 2009
Keul, Katnapur (Bihar), Mar 1 (ANI): Naxals attacked the Bhalui railway station between Keul and Jamui on the Danapur-Howrah main line in Bihar early... of violence in the state, following the 24- hour Bihar-Jharkhand-Orissa-West

Bihar legislator arrested for hate speech - 31 Mar 2009
Patna, March 31 (IANS) An independent legislator in Bihar was arrested Tuesday on charges of making an inflammatory speech at an election meeting, police said. Pradeep Joshi, leader of the Rashtriya Hindu Seva Dal, is an assembly

Oxfam ups the response to Bihar floods - 04 Sep 2008
of State for Water Resources Jaiprakash Narayan Yadav accused the Bihar government... alleged that Bihar State Water Resources Department, till August 17, kept... in Nepal occurred on August 18, Yadav said, the Bihar Government came up

Floods leave a trail of destruction in Bihar villages - 01 Jan 2008
Tulsyahi (Bihar), July 21 (ANI): The overflowing river Kosi, following heavy rains, has devastated several villages along its banks in Bihar. In inundated villages like Tulsyahi in Supaul district, the marooned people are struggling

Water problem leads to marital woes in Bihar village - 09 Apr 2009
Salempur (Bihar), Apr 9 (ANI): Grooms in Salempur village of Bihar are facing a strange problem. They cannot marry because of an acute water shortage. Young men in Salempur are a worried lot. There are no takers for them

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, it is yatra time in Bihar - 25 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 25 (IANS) Politicians in Bihar have begun to march for votes. With general elections a few months away, it is once again 'yatra' time in Bihar. ... from Bihar R.K. Shukla in 1917.  The RJD's padyatra would culminate

Three people killed by Maoists in Bihar - 17 Mar 2009
Patna, March 17 (IANS) Three people have been killed by suspected Maoist rebels in a Bihar village, police said Tuesday. The incident took place when armed Maoist guerrillas attacked Khaira village of Lakhisarai district late Monday

Rahul sounds poll bugle in Bihar - 01 Apr 2009
sounded the bugle for the Lok Sabha election campaign in Bihar on Wednesday, a day... chief and son of former Bihar chief minister S N Sinha. The general secretary... ground for the party in Bihar. Out of the 40 seats in Bihar, the RJD

Maoist call for shutdown affects life in Bihar and Jharkhand - 01 Jan 2008
Gaya (Bihar), July 02 (ANI): Maoist call for shutdown in Bihar and Jharkhand has affected life as transport facilities were suspended and markets remained... the states of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and West

Centre praises Bihar's initiative to repatriate child labourers - 16 May 2008
Bihar is the migration capital of India from where every year thousands... that Centre has praised Bihar government's initiative to repatriate migrant and child... Commissioners praised the efforts taken by Delhi and Bihar to rehabilitate the migrant

Several feared dead as rescue boat capsizes in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), August 29 (ANI): Several people are fear dead as a boat carrying flood victims capsized in the swollen Kosi in Bihar's Madhepura district during a rescue mission on Friday.  Reportedly, 100 people were traveling

Bihar intensifies flood rescue operations - 01 Jan 2008
department of Bihar has ordered production of 1000 life saving jackets for its... Paswan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Bihar Police. At the Central Stores of Bihar police located in the camp of Bihar Military Police in Patna, around

Bihar blacklists 75 B.Ed institutions - 16 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 16 (IANS) The Bihar government has blacklisted 75 B.Ed institutions.... Bihar Human Resource Development Minister Hari Narayan Singh said....  Singh said some of the blacklisted institutions belong to Bihar

Mayawati launches BSP campaign in Bihar - 29 Mar 2009
Chief Minister Mayawati kicked off her party's election campaign in Bihar Sunday... that poor people from Bihar were forced to migrate to big cities in search of livelihood... Bihar.    BSP is contesting alone in Bihar on all 40 seats in the state

Five of family burnt to death in Bihar - 29 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) Five people, including four children, were burnt to death in a Bihar village, a police officer said here Monday. A Dalit woman and her four children died late Sunday night after a fire broke out in their hut

Two brothers abducted by Maoists in Bihar - 19 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 19 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas abducted two brothers from a village in Bihar Wednesday night, police said Friday. Rajesh and Sunil Yadav, both in their late 20s, were abducted at gun point by a group of armed Communist Party

The Pakistan that exists in Purnea district of Bihar - 03 Jan 2009
Lahore, Jan 3 (ANI): A village by the name of 'Pakistan' still exists in Purnea district of Bihar despite growing tensions between India and Pakistan... district in Bihar. In 1912, Bihar and Orissa were carved as separate provinces out

Relief work speeded up in flood-hit Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Saharsa (Bihar), Sep 4 (ANI): Authorities and self -help groups have stepped up... of Bihar. The district is among the worst affected areas in the state ravaged... of Bihar, who has been overseeing the setting relief camp in Saharsa district, said

Bihar villagers worship bats as God - 26 Jun 2008
Kalyanpur (Vaishali) (Bihar), June 26 (ANI): Though most of us may run away for life on the very first sight of any flying bat coming close to us, it is not so with residents of Kalyanpur Village in Bihar's Vaishali district who value bats

Bihar launches HUNUR scheme to train Muslim girls - 04 Jul 2008
independent has been launched in Bihar on Thursday in collaboration with the Central... of Bihar will be provided free skill training and education through the National... project to be run with the help of Bihar Government and the Centre and Maktabs

Bihar government to build homes for the poorest - 23 Dec 2008
Naubatpur (Bihar), Dec 23 (IANS) It has been a dream that has remained.... But now the poor, landless Dalits of Bihar, referred to as the Maha-Dalits...-Dalits in Bihar, who will be provided 120 sq metres of land on which their brick

Bihar introduces anti-corruption bill '09 - 04 Mar 2009
The Bihar Legislative Assembly Tuesday passed the anti-corruption bill – ‘Bihar Special Court Bill, 2009’ - to counter the deep-rooted... months time limit, said CM. Besides, anti-corruption bill, two more bills - Bihar

Women celebrate Chhath in Bihar - 02 Nov 2008
Patna, Nov 2 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of people, especially women, across Bihar took a dip in the holy waters of Ganga and Kosi rivers offering prayers...; Over the years, Chhath has become closely identified with Bihar

Madhupur in Bihar, a home for Peacock - 01 Jan 2008
Motihari (Bihar), Sept, 11 (ANI): Peacock, the national bird of India, with its splendid looks and majestic walk has been the source of inspiration for many... for the disastrous end of these feathered glories. Madhupur, a small village in Bihar

Homes dearer than life to Bihar's flood victims - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), Sept 7 (ANI): People in flood-ravaged Madhepura District of Bihar refused to vacate their homes saying its better to die than lose... in Bihar in 50 years. Millions of people are now living on embankments, roads

Bihar to improve governance with British help - 15 Nov 2008
Patna, Nov 15 (IANS) A five-year programme to reform governance in Bihar... for International Development, Douglas Alexander along with Bihar chief minister Nitish... signed an MoU with the Bihar government to invest up to 100 million pounds

Congress to contest 37 seats in Bihar - 21 Mar 2009
that it will contest 37 of the 40 seats in Bihar, leaving only three seats... to contest 37 seats in Bihar. We want to leave three seats, two on which Lalu... is the chairman of the screening committee in Bihar, informed that he would be sending

Poll panel transfers senior official in Andhra, Bihar - 18 Mar 2009
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) The Election Commission Wednesday transferred a senior police official in Andhra Pradesh and a district magistrate in Bihar. ... in Bihar,' a brief statement issued here said 

British siblings in Bihar in search of roots - 11 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 11 (IANS) A British brother and sister are in Bihar in search... generation descendants of Mathew Leslie, who served and died in Bihar... of tracing our roots in Bihar,' Emma added.  Leslie married three

Police seize arms and ammunition from Maoists in Bihar - 21 Oct 2008
Gaya, Oct 21 (ANI): Police have recovered a huge cache of arms hidden by Maoists in Bihar's Gaya District.  Acting on a tip-off, the police seized...-two of Bihar's 38 districts are Naxal affected. (ANI) 

Seven killed in Bihar by suspected Maoists - 17 Nov 2008
Patna, Nov 17 (IANS) At least seven people have been killed by suspected Maoist guerrilas in two separate incidents in Bihar, police said Monday. A group of armed Maoists shot dead four members of a family late Sunday night

Cold wave kills 18 in Bihar - 18 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 18 (IANS) At least 18 people have died in Bihar as temperatures dipped drastically in the last few days, official sources said Thursday. Dense fog in many parts of the state early Thursday morning was followed by a cloudy

Body of abducted Bihar boy found - 26 Nov 2008
Patna, Nov 26 (IANS) The body of a 12-year-old boy, abducted on Nov 15, was found in Bihar's Begusarai district, police said Wednesday. Saurabh Kumar alias Puttu was kidnapped from near his house in Barauni town, about 100 km from

Bihar villagers remain desperate as flood threat spread - 01 Jan 2008
Patraghat (Bihar), Aug 30 (ANI): Thousands of people, some with all... and submerged roads in Bihar on Friday.  Many children rode on their cows... in many places. More than two million people in distant villages in Bihar

Flood victims loot relief material in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), Sep 2 (ANI): Flood victims in Bihar's rain-drenched Madhepura District are looting relief material as the deluge continues to affect life... that smashed mud embankments downstream in Bihar state. The waters of Kosi gushed

Trial of scam accused Bihar official to continue - 10 Dec 2008
in the Rs.170 million Bihar flood relief scam, will continue though his suspension was revoked by the Bihar government on health grounds, an official said Wednesday...-hit people of north Bihar in 2004. An inquiry into the matter by the vigilance

Relief and rescue operation continues in flood-affected Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Purnia (Bihar), Sep 1 (ANI): The army and navy stepped up its efforts on Monday... and facing severe shortages of food in Bihar's Purnia District. Indian Air Force... downstream in Bihar. The waters of the Kosi gushed into the state, inundating

Voters in Bihar hope pro-development MPs are elected - 26 Mar 2009
Bhagalpur (Bihar), Mar 26 (ANI): As the countdown begins for the general elections, voters in Bhagalpur region of Bihar have voiced their hopes.... Elections are staggered in four phases in Bihar. By Tripurari (ANI) 

Flooded Kosi affects one million people in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), Aug 26 (ANI): The swollen Kosi River breaking its... Ganges affecting over a million people in Bihar. Kosi River flows from Nepal to India and is known as the 'Sorrow of Bihar' for the havoc it wreaks in many

Meira Kumar to inspect relief work in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
will visit the flood-affected regions in Bihar today.  During her visit... of Special Task force on Bihar Dr. S C Jha said that flood affected districts... people of Bihar have been rendered homeless due to the worst ever floods caused

Congress unhappy with seat sharing pact in Bihar - 17 Mar 2009
Janshakti Party (LJP) announced their seat sharing arrangement for Bihar... formula for Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats, 25 will go to the RJD, 12 to the LJP and three to the Congress.    'Three seats in Bihar is unacceptable

12 'gun factories' unearthed in Bihar - 14 Mar 2009
Patna, March 14 (IANS) The authorities have uncovered 12 illegal 'factories' in Bihar producing guns for use by thugs during the Lok Sabha elections, police...;Elections in Bihar have witnessed widespread violence in the past. In the 1999 Lok

NCP to contest 14 seats in Bihar - 15 Mar 2009
Patna, Mar 15 (ANI): The Bihar unit of Nationalist Socialist Party (NCP) declared on Sunday that it would field its candidates in 14 out of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Speaking to the reporters in Patna, party

Bihar legislator's brother shot dead - 03 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 3 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United legislator Anant Singh's elder brother and his driver were shot dead Wednesday evening by uindentified criminals here, a police official said. Fazo Singh and the driver died

100,000 fake certificates found in Bihar - 08 Jan 2009
universities have been found in a Bihar town, police said Thursday, even as the government... certificates recovered pertained to the Bihar Sanskrit Education Board, Patna; Hindi..., the Bihar government had rejected more than four million applications to check a fake

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Bihar on Wednesday - 30 Mar 2009
party's campaign for the upcoming general elections from Bihar's Buxar District... Yadav, strongly pitched for a secular form of government in Bihar while announcing..., while the LJP could only win four. The 2009 general elections in Bihar

Floods displace thousands in people in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
in Bihar districts bordering Nepal, over 20 lakh people are bearing the brunt of floods... their course. The Bihar government has constituted a technical committee, headed... embankment. So far, 42 people have died in the floods in Bihar, official

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Bihar today - 01 Apr 2009
party's campaign for the upcoming general elections from Bihar's Buxar District... pitched for a secular form of government in Bihar while announcing the seat... the LJP could only win four. The 2009 general elections in Bihar will take place

European Union gives money for Bihar flood victims - 17 Oct 2008
million for Bihar flood victims, EUAsia News reported Friday. The fund...; In August, the Kosi river in Bihar burst its embankment and flooded vast tracts of the eastern Indian state and neighbouring Nepal.   Bihar's

Centre releases Rs 1000 crore for flood-hit Bihar - 28 Aug 2008
Terming Bihar floods as national calamity, the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday after undertaking an aerial survey of the flood-hit Bihar announced Rs... and evacuate the stranded public in the flood affected areas of Bihar

Villagers in Bihar gear up to stop floodwaters - 01 Jan 2008
Bandhar (Bihar), July 14 (ANI): Villagers in Bihar's Bandhar District took an initiative to repair a river bund (embankment) that they consider is vital for their village from getting flooded. Located near the catchment area

Gaya's eunuchs raising funds for Bihar's flood victims - 01 Jan 2008
Gaya (Bihar), Sept.7 (ANI): With the breach in the Kosi river embankment in Kusaha, Nepal, leaving millions of people in north Bihar homeless and marooned, it is people's help that seems to be making the difference to their lives.  

Dalits in Bihar demand separate polling booths - 06 Apr 2009
Hasanpur (Bihar), Apr 6 (ANI): The Dalits, traditionally regarded as low castes, have asked for a separate polling booth in Hasanpur village in the Phulwari Sharif block in Bihar.  The Dalit villagers fear that the Dabhangs

Bihar scripts name in golden letters in IIT - 02 Jun 2008
The mines of brain-Bihar always be on top either for bad or good news... snatching first position in IIT, Bihar also earned the jubilance by one of its... educationists in Patna, capital of Bihar. The number of successful candidates

Bihar, UP, Assam flood situation continues to be grim - 01 Jan 2008
Patna/Lucknow/Guwahati, Aug 24 (ANI): The flood situation in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam continues to be grim. In Bihar, the Kosi river is wreaking...;Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has directed government officers to evacuate all

Rescue and relief operations intensified in flood ravaged Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
in flood ravaged Bihar as millions await evacuation from the region. More than... embankments downstream in Bihar. The waters of Kosi, known as Bihar's 'river... Singh announced an assistance of rupees ten billion to Bihar for rescue and relief

Bihar rolls back hike in court fees - 04 Dec 2008
Patna, Dec 4 (IANS) Bihar has rolled back the hike in fees for filing petitions in courts, an official said Thursday. This move was welcomed by about 80,000 lawyers, including those of the Patna High Court and district courts, who

New medical colleges in Bihar soon: Ramadoss - 12 Jul 2008
Opening of new medical colleges and hospitals in Bihar, ban on smoking inside...) colleges (in Bihar) as soon as possible,” Ramadoss said. With a population of over 83 million, Bihar has only six government and one private medical college

Authorities step up relief work in flood hit Madhepura district of Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Madhepura (Bihar), Aug 30 (ANI): Authorities on Saturday stepped up relief work in Madhepura district of Bihar as people are facing acute shortage of essential... in the Bihar, what was seen in Madhepura today were long queues of people waiting

No change in Bihar alliance formula: Lalu - 21 Mar 2009
it alone in Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Saturday asserted... of LJP earlier in the week unilaterally decided the alliance formula for Bihar...) and we will not criticise the Congress during the campaigning in Bihar. I respect

Bihar on red alert following breach of Kosi barrage - 01 Jan 2008
alert has been sounded in Supaul, Madhepura and Araria districts of Bihar.  ... places. The barrage is maintained by the Bihar Government's Water Resources... of Central Government assistance, sources said.  Bihar's Irrigation Minister

BJP, JD-U agree on Bihar seat sharing - 14 Mar 2009
New Delhi, March 13 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Friday sealed an agreement on seat sharing in Bihar for the Lok Sabha elections, party sources said. JD-U leader and Bihar Chief Minister

Maoists punish thieves in public court in Bihar - 23 Mar 2009
Dumariya (Bihar), Mar 23 (ANI): Maoists conducted a public court here to punish four thieves caught in connection with automobile thefts in the state. ...;The court, which was held in the forest area of Dumariya region in Bihar, saw

Naveen Chawla to review Bihar poll preparedness today - 06 Apr 2009
Patna, Apr 6 (ANI): Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla will arrive here today to review poll preparedness in Bihar for the coming Lok Sabha polls. During...;The general elections in Bihar will take place in four phases. The first phase

JD-U leader killed in Bihar - 12 Mar 2009
Patna, March 12 (IANS) Maoist guerrillas have murdered a senior leader of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) in a Bihar village, suspecting him to be a police informer, an official said Thursday. Over 15 Maoist gunmen in police

Fewer abductions in Bihar, claim police - 15 Nov 2008
that of a schoolboy, a youth and a businessman, have been reported from across Bihar in the last... compiled by the Criminal Investigation Department of the Bihar police said... Kumar, soon after he came to power in Nov 2005, said that Bihar would be made crime

A Dalit leprosy-striken driven out of Bihar village - 09 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) A Dalit leprosy-striken man was cast out of the village in Bihar. Driven out of the village along with his two very young daughters, the man had to struggle for survival under the open sky in this chilling winter

Ramadoss, Nitish Kumar to review National Rural Health Mission in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
Ramadoss and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will review the progress of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Bihar today.  Dr. Ramadoss is visiting Bihar in connection with a function to celebrate World Population Day.  

Book on Islam triggers row in Bihar - 14 Jan 2009
Patna, Jan 14 (IANS) A bookseller in this Bihar capital was arrested and the publisher was detained after an Urdu book allegedly made objectionable references to Islam, officials said Wednesday. They had received a complaint last week

Rahul Gandhi kicks off Congress campaign in Bihar - 01 Apr 2009
off his party's election campaign in Bihar where the party is going it alone... Kumar, a former Delhi police chief and son of former Bihar chief minister S.N. Sinha... elections in Bihar by itself after being given a cold shoulder by fellow members

Rahul to launch Congress membership drive in Bihar - 20 Oct 2008
Patna, Oct 20 (IANS) Congress general secretary and Rahul Gandhi will launch a membership drive in Bihar next month to strengthen the party in the state ahead... message that the Congress was gearing up to face the challenge,' Bihar Congress

Free education project launched for Muslim girls in Bihar - 01 Jan 2008
in Bihar.  Inaugurating a project here last evening, Arjun Singh said... is for an important part of our society," he said.  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish... and the Government of Bihar. Under it, the National Institute of Open