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Sunday, November 22, 2009 12:04 AM

Bihar (India)

Type: City
Name: Bihar (India)
Country: India
Latitude: 25.209999
Longitude: 85.519997
population: 244,256
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 4 Documents
Nitish Kumar - Click to view image in its original context
Nitish Kumar
Bihar made a strong pitch for Rs 14, 800 crore-special package
for the reconstruction of Kosi area, ravaged by floods last year, and rehabilitation of the affected people.Reacting to Centre’s decision to give Rs 7,266-crore package for Bundelkhand to fight drought situation there, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said ... [Hindustan Times - 5 hours ago]
First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Medicos call off strike in Bihar
Patna, Nov 21 (PTI) Over 1,000 junior doctors in Bihar, agitating for the past 11 days demanding increased stipend as promised by the state government, today called off their stir. The doctors at Patna Medical College Hospital and Darbhanga Medical College ... [Yahoo! India - 9 hours ago]
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 Documents
Rajnath Singh - Click to view image in its original context
Rajnath Singh
Nitish sells the Bihar dream to Jharkhand
Dhanbad/Jamshedpur, Nov. 21: After earning praise for development in his state, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today dished out the Bihar dream for Jharkhand residents. "Enough experiments have been carried out in the state ever since its creation ... [Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents (in Environment)
Rice husk lights up villages
New Delhi : A technology that converts rice husk into electricity is gaining ground in Bihar. Some 100,000 households in the state already use electricity produced from biomass and their number is steadily growing.IANSImage Credit: IANSAccording to an ... [Gulf News - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents
Snow storm kills 8 in Indian state of Himachal Pradesh
NEW DELHI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed Friday in northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh after being hit by a snow storm, Indian official broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) Saturday reported.These people fall prey to high-speed ... [Xinhua News Agency - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
Two held in currency racket
NEW DELHI: Two men allegedly involved in a fake currency racket have been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police. Over Rs.1 lakh in fake notes were purportedly seized from them.The Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch received a tip-off that ... [The Hindu - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
United Nations Population Fund - Click to view image in its original context
United Nations Population Fund
UNFPA releases state of the world population 2009 report
As a first initiative it is laudable. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), functioning in Bihar since the past one year, has helped better conditions of public health centers (PHCs) in eight blocks of Gaya district including Barachatti, Mohanpur, ... [Hindustan Times - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents
World Bank setting up Task Force on maize and poultry
In a significant development, World Bank’s lending arm International Finance Corporation has joined hands with the Agriculture Department to set up a task force on maize and poultry in the public-private partnership domain to develop them as marketable ... [Hindustan Times - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)
The woman who led from the top
; Statesman News ServiceASANSOL, 20 NOV: Sometimes the best man for the job is a woman, but what if the job involves kidnapping high-profile businessmen for ransom across three states of eastern India ~ it's even better, if one takes the case of Rukhsana ... [The Statesman - 23 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 Documents
Maoists blow up rail tracks; infant among two killed
In a shocking incident, Maoists blew up a portion of railway tracks near Posaita station, 120 km from Jamshedpur, under Chakradharpur railway division, throwing the movement of trains on the Howrah-Mumbai route out of gear.The blast led to the derailment ... [The Pioneer - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 Documents
IBM points to Ignou invite for Bihar deal
Ignou had invited IBM to the signing ceremony for a pact with Bihar potentially benefiting the IT major without picking the firm through government tendering, IBM has said. India's largest open university invited IBM to accompany its vice-chancellor to ... [Calcutta Telegraph - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents
MCI decides to increase seats in medical colleges
The latest decision of the Medical Council of India (MCI) pertaining to enhancement of upper limit of number of admissions in post and under graduate courses in medical colleges may prove a bonanza for Bihar.As per the decision taken by the MCI at its ... [Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago]

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...Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu-who were brought by the British in the mid-19th century to work in Assam's tea plantations. "Our people today have no links with their places of origin" says Ganesh Kurmi, a retired Commissioner of Tea Tribe Welfare, Assam, whose grandfather was among a group of labourers who came from Hazaribagh, now...
A new chapter [Indian Express - 17 mins ago]
...Having announced industry status for IT, Nitish is now pitching Bihar alongside Pune, Bangalore and even Hyderabad. "We have started late, but let me assure you that here in Bihar we can also do the work of a Bangalore and Hyderabad, but at a lower cost" he told an august gathering of tech company CEOs last week. The chief minister's open invitation to techies comes in the last leg of his tenure...
After poll jolt, Nitish cements BJP ties [Calcutta Telegraph - 1 hour ago]
...21: After earning praise for development in his state, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar today dished out the Bihar dream for Jharkhand residents. "Enough experiments have been carried out in the state ever since its creation and the situation has turned from bad to worse" Kumar told a gathering of 10,000 people in Dhanbad today
Nitish sells the Bihar dream to Jharkhand [Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours ago]

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A new chapter [Indian Express - 17 mins ago]
Bhagalpur victims get relief [Times of India - 1 hour ago]
After poll jolt, Nitish cements BJP ties [Calcutta Telegraph - 1 hour ago]
Mumbai Vs India [Deccan Chronicle - 1 hour ago]
Jharkhand drubs Bengal 4-1 [Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
Nitish sells the Bihar dream to Jharkhand [Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
Poll promise will be kept, says Rajnath [Calcutta Telegraph - 2 hours ago]
Unsafe coastline? [Deccan Chronicle - 2 hours ago]
Indian Government says it has a plan to deal wi... [Yahoo! India - 2 hours ago]
Singh’s War [MSNBC Newsweek - 3 hours ago]
War Against the Maoists: But Who Are They and W... [Bulatlat.com - 4 hours ago]
Rajnath hopeful of better performance [The Pioneer - 4 hours ago]
Indian Christian stage protest for rights. [Pakistan Christian Post - 5 hours ago]
Bihar made a strong pitch for Rs 14, 800 crore-... [Hindustan Times - 5 hours ago]
26/11: 2 Pak men arrested in Italy [NewKerala.com - 6 hours ago]
Railways constitute committee to promote PPP pr... [DNA India - 8 hours ago]
Hold simultaenous elections to cut cost: Advani [DNA India - 8 hours ago]
Medicos call off strike in Bihar [Yahoo! India - 9 hours ago]
Bihar's junior doctors call off strike [Topnews.in - 9 hours ago]
Bihar activists to file lawsuit against changes... [Yahoo! India - 11 hours ago]
1 dead, 3 injured on Kalyani Expressway [NewKerala.com - 13 hours ago]
Tata Power completes FCCB offering of US Dollar... [NewKerala.com - 14 hours ago]
Maoists blow up rail tracks; infant among two k... [The Pioneer - 15 hours ago]
'Railways unite India and it should be protecte... [Indian Express - 15 hours ago]
Bihar demands Rs 14800 crore for Kosi belt reha... [FreshNews.in - 16 hours ago]
Top political leaders hit campaign trail in Jha... [Sify - 16 hours ago]
Nitish renews demand for special package [Yahoo! India - 16 hours ago]
Sensex in India Above 17,000; Cox & Kings IPO [123Jump - 16 hours ago]
Snow storm kills 8 in Indian state of Himachal ... [Xinhua News Agency - 17 hours ago]
MCI decides to increase seats in medical colleges [Hindustan Times - 17 hours ago]
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Private equity continues to be the favourite fund-raising channel for micro finance lenders. Hyderabad-based microfinance institution Bhartiya Samruddhi Finance ...
Butea monosperma Roxb. ex Willd. or flame of th... [Scientific Blogging - Medicine - 11/14/2009]
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Accion International Invests In Bihar-based Sai... [VCCircle Feeds - 11/14/2009]
In one of the rare microfinance deals in Northern India, Accion International, a Boston-based nonprofit organisation investing in microfinance institutions globally, ...
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Stefan Gates made dung cakes, ate rats and encountered heartbreaking poverty in the world's second most populous country. Read all about it here.Day 1Oh, the heady, ...
Coping With Climate Change: Which Societies Wil... [CleanTechies Blog - CleanTechies.com - 11/03/2009]
As the world warms, how different societies fare in dealing with rising seas and changing weather patterns will have as much to do with political, social, and economic ...
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