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PATNA - After years of neglect, the 391 schools that were set up in Bihar to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream that one day all Indian children will have access to basic education are set to get a new lease of life. State Human Resources Development Minister Hari Narain Singh told IANS here Thursday that the government [...]

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates assured Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar that his Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would assist Bihar in health-related issues and the programmes being run by the state government. “In a video conference, Mr Gates has volunteered to assist the state government in health issue, with focus on [...]

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, during their ongoing ‘appreciation march’ of the state on Friday, appealed to all members of the Janata Dal (U) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to shun petty differences and remain united for the administration to be able to do his job effectively. At a public [...]

Reiterating the committment of the party, RJD supremo and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad today said his party would strive for the cause of the common man despite facing debacle in the Lok Sabha elections. Addressing the RJD Legislature party meeting, Mr Prasad said here that the party had responsibilities and it would strive to redress [...]

After meeting his Waterloo in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president, at a election rally in Fatuha on Sunday, pledged to stay away from helicopters and remain in Patna for a year until his party regains its lost glory in the state. “No more Delhi or helicopter for me for a [...]

Patna, May 16:The Janata Dal-United’s (JD-U) near sweep of the Lok Sabha elections in Bihar is being widely attributed to the development work done by party leader and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. The JD-U [...]

Patna: He has built long-delayed bridges and re-laid roads that had ceased to exist, appointed over 100,000 school teachers, ensured that doctors work in primary health centres, and kept criminals in check. Now Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is seeking votes in the name of development - in a state that had forgotten what governance [...]

PATNA — With LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan making the poll promise that if voted to power, his party would allot three bighas of land each to families below the poverty line (BPL), the JD(U) today said there was not enough land in Bihar to fulfill such a promise. “According to a survey conducted by the Centre, 42% [...]

Patna, Jan 1 Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the state would see a slew of development programmes in 2008. “We are committed to implement all welfare schemes in Bihar this year,” Kumar told reporters here [...]

CAMARADARIE TIME: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar after he was sworn in, with Governor Buta Singh in Patna on Thursday. — PHOTO: PTI PATNA: Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Nitish Kumar took over as the Chief Minister of Bihar on Thursday in front of a huge cheering crowd. As he performed the ritual of administering [...]

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