BJP asks UPA to model Food Bill after Chhattisgarh
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-18 07:45:22 -0700 | political-news
BJP today asked the Centre to remove "inadequacies" in the ambitious Food bill by increasing its coverage area and fixing all foodgrains at a flat Rs 1 a kg and suggested that it should be modelled after Chhattisgarh food legislation....
Taxman asks Lalu for rally expenses info
Source: Indian Express
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-17 20:48:47 -0700 | sports-news
The Income-Tax department on Friday sought details of expenses incurred on Rashtriya Janata Dal's parivartan rally, which was held in Patna's Gandhi Maidan on May 15. The Income Tax department has asked the RJD of former chief minister Lalu Prasad...
Special status will boost pvt investment in Bihar: Nitish
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-16 10:47:21 -0700 | political-news
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar defended today his repeated demand for special status to the state saying it (the status) will boost private investment in a big way to accelerate its industrial development. "I am pushing for grant of special...
Lalu Prasad's 'parivartan' rally today, focus on sons Tej and Tejaswi
Source: Indian Express
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-15 09:19:57 -0700 | sports-news
Lalu Prasad, who has been lying low since the decimation of RJD in the general elections and 2010 Assembly polls in Bihar, is holding his 'parivartan' rally on Wednesday. The rally considered crucial to reassert the popularity of Lalu Prasad,...
Rs 1,000 cr scam: JVG group's V K Sharma arrested after dramatic car chase in Delhi
Source: Indian Express
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-14 09:26:04 -0700 | sports-news
V K Sharma, owner of JVG group who has been on the run for the past three years after allegedly duping lakhs of investors of around Rs 1,000 crore, has been arrested here today, he was also carrying a .32...
Nitish, BJP wrangle over Chidambaram's assurance
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-13 17:37:02 -0700 | political-news
The mistrust between Bihar's ruling coalition partners, JD (U) and BJP, intensified after Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram said Bihar's demand for a special category status was within the realm of possibility. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday hit out...
Powell underlines importance of Indo-US partnership
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-13 17:13:38 -0700 | green-news
US Ambassador to India Nancy J Powell on Monday emphasised the importance of the US-India partnership aimed at helping small farmers to reduce costs of inputs to boost agricultural yield in Bihar. Bihar , she said that the US-India partnership...
Lalu Prasad hires 13 trains for his Patna rally
Source: The Hindustan Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-13 08:49:08 -0700 | political-news
Indian Railways got a boost to its business, thanks to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, whose party Rashtriya Janata Dal, has hired 13 special trains to ferry workers and supporters to Patna for his Parivartan in Patna on May 15. Over the...
Nitish plans to take credit for Bihar's special status
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-12 16:50:33 -0700 | political-news
The JD (U) is readying to monopolise the credit for the Centre's likely decision to accord special category status to Bihar , a move that comes amid its growing fissures with its coalition partner, Bharatiya Janata Party , over the...
Demand for Cathay's special meals soars
Source: The Age
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-10 10:13:37 -0700 | sports-news
If you wake up in the middle of the night feeling peckish, you'll find galleys are well-stocked with snacks including cookies, noodles and apples, and in business class with a variety of soups and sandwiches, as well as ice-cream," he...
RJD chief Lalu Prasad's ‘S2 to T2' politics
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-09 18:32:34 -0700 | political-news
Amid the widely held perception that RJD chief Lalu Prasad is grooming his younger son Tejaswi, the May 15 parivartan rally is being touted as an event that will see his political anointment. RJD has put up posters, billboards and...
Indian who raped Pinay released after promising to marry victim
Source: GMA News
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-09 04:39:54 -0700 | political-news
The report on Gulf News said the Filipina also made an "emotional appeal" for the release of Gyan Prakash, who runs a gas pump business in East Champaran in Bihar, India. In her appeal, she said she wants to marry...
13-year-old Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE prelim
Source: NewKerala
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-08 05:29:40 -0700 | technology-news
Bihar boy cracks IIT-JEE prelim Patna, May 8 : A 13-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the preliminary examination of the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE)...Not satisfied with his low rank, Kumar appeared in the IIT-JEE...
Petrol, liquor, to become costlier in Bihar
Source: Indian Express
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-07 11:43:11 -0700 | sports-news
Liquor and tobacco products except biddi and petrol would become costlier in Bihar with the state government deciding to impose additional tax on these items. Decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of state cabinet presided over by...
Nitish-BJP unity faces acid test in Bihar bye-polls
Source: The Economic Times
Patna :: India | updated 2013-05-05 16:34:09 -0700 | political-news
The bye-election to the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar promises to be more than mere electoral contest. It will be a reality check on the unity of the NDA, given the declining trust levels between the JD(U) and BJP....
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