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Patna, May 18 (IANS) Left parties in Bihar Saturday urged the CBI to appeal in the Supreme Court against the acquittal of former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav in the murder of a CPI-M leader.
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Nearly 6,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district in the last five days following an outbreak of bird flu and officials asked to take all preventive measures to check the spread of the virus, an official said Thursday.
Patna, March 11 (IANS) More than 2,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district in the last 24 hours following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Monday.
Patna, March 9 (IANS) Hundreds of chicken were culled and large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district following an outbreak of avian flu, officials said Saturday.
Purnea (Bihar), Nov 24 (IANS) Days after the execution of Pakistani national Ajmal Amir Kasab for the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, the people of Pakistan are in a celebratory mode.
Patna, Nov. 6 (ANI): Former union minister Mohammad Taslimuddin quit the ruling Janata Dal (United) party in Bihar and rejoined the opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Tuesday, accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of failing to fulfill his promises to him.
Patna, July 21 (IANS) State-owned ONGC will start drilling from August at two locations in Bihar's Kishanganj district to look for oil and natural gas, officials said Saturday.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Poet Rabindranath Tagore, who was often derided as 'elitist' by a section of ultra-Left intellectuals during his time, is bridging the class divide in a new way - thanks to eight dancers of the Astad Deboo Dance Company who began their lives as street children in the capital's forgotten alleys.
Imphal, Jan 8(ANI): The husband of Rupam Pathak, the woman who stabbed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Bihar's Purnea district Raj Kishore Kesri to death on Tuesday, has backed her allegation that the politician had raped her on different occasions over the last three years.
Purnea (Bihar), Jan 6 (ANI): The murder case of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Raj Kishore Kesri took a new turn on Thursday with the police arresting Navlesh Pathak, the editor of a local English weekly 'Quisling', who had for the first time reported the sexual harassment complaint of Rupam Pathak.
Purnea, Jan 4 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Bihar's Purnea district, Raj Kishore Kesri was stabbed to death by a woman visitor at his residence this morning.
Patna, Oct 20 (ANI): Elaborate security arrangements have been made in Bihar for the first phase of Assembly polls beginning tomorrow with voters from 47 constituencies spread over eight districts of the State to vote in this phase.
Patna, July 7 (ANI): The work is in progress on the eroded embankment of the river Kosi in Madhubani district of Bihar.
Patna, April 20 (IANS) The wife of slain Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) legislator Ajit Sarkar, fighting elections from Purnia in Bihar, has urged the Election Commission to provide her adequate security against her husband's murderer and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Pappu Yadav.
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 in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror strikes that killed 170 people.
Patna, Dec 20 (IANS) A court in Bihar will Monday hear a case against state Water Resources Development Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav which holds him and some officials of his department responsible for a breach in an embankment of the Kosi which triggered devastating floods in the state this year.
Kolkata, Dec 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday cancelled his trip to West Bengal's Malda district due to heavy fog and poor visibility in adjacent Purnea from where his chopper was supposed to take off. He has left for New Delhi.
Santiniketan (West Bengal), Dec 6 (IANS) Expressing deep concern over 'an unacceptable rise in intolerance', Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday underlined the nation's democratic ideals of peaceful coexistence 'where we can disagree but still work together'.
Patna, Nov 12 (IANS) The Bihar government will seek the aid of the private sector and NGOs for the reconstruction and rehabilitation efforts in the Kosi region, hit by devastating floods this year displacing hundreds of thousands of people.
Patna, Nov 9 (IANS) A police complaint was lodged against Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) leader in Bihar's Purnea district for inciting a mob that targeted a senior woman official from Maharashtra, police said Sunday.
Patna, Nov 7 (IANS) More than two and a half months after the worst floods in 50 years swept through Bihar, affecting hundreds of thousands of people, the state government has sought about Rs.148 billion from the central government for reconstruction and rehabilitation.
Patna, Oct 17 (IANS) A team of experts from Gujarat, helping the Bihar government prepare a strategy for rehabilitating flood victims, has advised against allowing anyone including Bollywood stars and voluntary organisations from adopting flood-hit villages.
Patna, Oct 11 (IANS) After a hue and cry over the delay of work in sealing the breaches in the Kosi river, the Bihar government Saturday invited tenders for the work.
Patna, Oct 5 (IANS) Slow pace of work in sealing the breach in the Kosi river near Kusaha in neighbouring Nepal has the experts worried, who say that the delay could lead to further flooding in the state during the next monsoon.
Patna, Sep 30 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Muslim and Hindu flood victims in Bihar are supporting each other celebrate Eid and Durga Puja at relief camps.
Patna, Sep 30 (IANS) Hundreds of thousands of Muslim and Hindu flood victims in Bihar are supporting each other celebrate Eid and Durga Puja at relief camps.
Bihar flood this year has been devastating in which millions are rendered homeless. With floods came evacuation, temporary shelters followed by news of child trafficking.
New Delhi, Sept 12 (ANI): Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora oday flagged off relief material contributed by the oil companies for flood-hit Bihar.
Patna, Sep 5 (ANI): Relief and rescue work have been made available in every possible way by the Centre and other States for flood affected Bihar while the overall flood situation still remains grim even though it show signs of improvement.
New Delhi, Sept 3 (ANI): The three wings of defence services the Army, Navy and Air Force get together for relief and rescue operations in Bihar.
New Delhi, Sep 2 (ANI): The Armed Forces are confident that they will be able to rescue all people stranded in remote locations of flood hit areas of Bihar within two to three days or earlier.
Patna, Sep 2 (ANI): A high-level central team will visit flood-hit areas of Bihar today for an on-the-spot assessment of the devastation.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): The Army today intensified its ongoing rescue work in flood hit areas of Bihar, and rushed 16 additional columns of men to join relief efforts. Central Army Commander Lt General H S Panag, who is supervising the operations, said: "Another 16 columns of men have been sent to areas affected by the floods in River Kosi."
New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): Railway Minister and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav will brief Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today on Bihar floods and will also ask him to visit the flood-affected areas in his state.
