Bihar, India News

NEW DELHI:Calling them "pseudo-moderates," the Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Commission of Inquiry has indicted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee along with current Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani and former BJP president Murli Manohar Joshi, among others, for the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.

Patna, : Maize, which is both Kharif and Rabi crop in Bihar, has succeeded in attracting large investment for manufacture of poulty feed and starch.

Patna, Nov 22 A Gangetic dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by poachers on the banks of the river here, an official said Sunday.

Patna, Nov 21 Bihar's junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission's threat to file criminal cases against them.

Right to Information activists in Bihar have decided to challenge in court the changes made to it by the state government.

New Delhi News.Net Friday 20th November, 2009 Construction major Gammon Infrastructure has bagged a highway project worth Rs.850 crore from National Highways Authority of India , the company said Friday.

Police arrested a person supplying arms and ammunition to Maoist rebels and seized huge cache of arms and ammunitions from his possession here on Saturday.

Patna: The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that the Planning Commission had no role in giving special status to the state as it was accorded according to norms approved by the National Development Council.

Patna: Bihar State Electricity Board has suspended two senior officials after they were arrested by the state vigilance bureau for allegedly accepting bribe.

A school teacher who allegedly sodomised ten students in Bihar's Begusarai district was arrested and sent to jail along with the principal who helped him, police said Tuesday.

As the nation celebrated Childrens Day on Saturday, several kids of the retrenched employees of various State-run enterprises in Bihar took out a rally to draw attention of all to their plight.

A former Jharkhand bureaucrat has claimed that in 2007 then chief minister Madhu Koda had pressurised him to push files recommending iron ore mine contracts to close associate Vinod Sinha's company.

Japan Herald Monday 16th November, 2009 Gaya , Nov 16 : To keep her late son's memory alive, a Japanese woman has raised a memorial showcasing Japanese culture.

India's 'timid' response to the Pakistani military ingress in Kargil in 1999 has been blamed by a retired Army General for the series of terrorist strikes beginning with the attack on Parliament in 2001.

Patna: The authorities of Patna Medical College and Hospital would move the state Human Rights Commission giving details of the number of people who died on the first four days of the ongoing strike by junior doctors.

Patna, Nov 14 : Police in Bihar are worried following the seizure of huge consignments of explosive materials and fire arms over the past week, including a huge cache on Thursday, suspected to be meant for Maoists to launch violent attacks in the state and Jharkhand, an official said Saturday.

Patna, Nov 13 : Hundreds of patients continued to suffer as the strike by junior doctors in Bihar's premier government-run hospital entered its fourth day here Friday, officials said.

Patna, Nov 13 : Security was stepped up at Bihar's Jehanabad district Friday following intelligence reports that Maoist rebels may be planning a repeat of their audacious 2005 attack on the district jail, officials said.

Left with no other option, hundreds of poor patients in Patna prayed for an end to the doctors' strike that entered its third day on Thursday, officials said.

New Delhi News.Net Wednesday 11th November, 2009 A plant named after legendary lovers Laila and Majnu, who could only unite in death, is selling like hot cakes at a Bihar fair as a symbol of luck and prosperity for couples and newlyweds.