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Bird flu scare grips Bihar
Patna, Jan 9 (IANS) Scare of bird flu (avian influenza) has gripped Bihar after a large number of chicken and crow were found dead in in Muzaffarpur and Bettiah, respectively, on Saturday. Chickens are found at Madhaul village under Saraiya...
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30 cities of Bihar to get tap water in next 3 months
Patna, Dec 21 (IANS) The Urban and Housing Development Ministry of Bihar has claimed that it will provide tap water to every household in 30 cities in the next three months. Providing tap water to every household is an ambitious...
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Nitish Kumar sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister
Patna, Nov 16 (IANS) Nitish Kumar was on Monday sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar for his fourth successive term. Governor Phagu Chauhan administered the oath to Kumar at the ceremony at Raj Bhavan. The National Democratic Alliance secured a...
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BJP’s Tarkishore Prasad tipped to be Bihar Deputy CM now
Patna, Nov 15 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has emerged as the largest party in the NDA in Bihar, is yet to decide its nominee for the Deputy Chief Minister's post, long held by its veteran leader...
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16-17 Ministers likely to be sworn in with Nitish
Patna, Nov 15 (IANS) Around 16 to 17 ministers are expected to be sworn-in along with Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar in the oath-taking ceremony on Monday, but it was not clear yet if Sushil Kumar Modi will return as Deputy Chief...
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Nitish Kumar elected NDA Legislature Party leader
Patna, Nov 15 (IANS) Nitish Kumar was on Sunday chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance, which has won 125 seats in the 243-member Bihar Assembly. Nitish Kumar later went to the Governor's House in Patna to present...
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81% winning candidates in Bihar polls are crorepatis: ADR
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) A detailed analysis of affidavits of 241 winning candidates in Bihar Assembly elections shows that 194 (81 per cent) of them have assets in crores. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is among the major political...
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‘NDA triumph in Bihar a result of Prime Minister Modi’s hard work’
New Delhi/Patna (ANI): Union Ministers including Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ashwini Kumar Choubey credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the electoral victory that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) pulled off in a closely fought Bihar elections. "Today is a historic...
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Yogi emerges as ‘man with the Midas touch’ in Bihar
Lucknow, Nov 11 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has, once again, emerged as the man with a Midas touch after his campaign skills worked in favour of the BJP in Bihar. According to the party sources, the BJP...
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NDA retains power in Bihar by slimmest of margins
New Delhi, Nov 11 (IANS) The NDA has returned to power in Bihar, though by the slimmest of margins, as results on the Election Commission site indicated that it crossed the majority mark of 122 seats in the 243-member...
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Amid profit booking, valuation concerns, market end deep in red
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The Indian stock market, which has off late been on a bull run, plunged...