Bhagalpur

Type: City
Name: Bhagalpur
Country: India
Latitude: 25.26
Longitude: 86.980003
population: 361,587
First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

The man who weathered coup, Agusta, Tatra controversies

Newly appointed Comptroller and Auditor General is is approachable and friendly, not forbidding, say his former colleagues.W would not have become the Comptroller and Auditor General, had it not been for Antony. Sharma was defence secretary through halcyon ... [Published rediff.com - 2 hours ago]
First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Inter Science Results Out; Girls Best Boys Again

Ankita Singh of College of Commerce tops Inter Commerce exam held earlier by BSEB.Patna: After making their marks in the Inter Science exams, girls in Bihar once again topped their male counterparts in the Inter Commerce exams the results of which were ... [Published PatnaDaily.Com - 3 hours ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Vigilance pitches for special court

The vigilance department of the state government has proposed setting up of an exclusive court on the pattern of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to dispose of cases of corruption against public servants on a priority basis. The court would deal ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

State seal on dog squads

Patna, May 23: Trained dogs would soon help cops in cracking crimes. The state government has approved the police headquarters proposal to set up 50 special dog squads for scientific investigation. As part of the upgradation and expansion plan, the police ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Save-dolphin plea from UN

Unesco could include the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in Bhagalpur in its list of natural heritage sites if the state or the central government sends a formal proposal. Ram Boojh, programme specialist, Natural Sciences, Unesco, New Delhi, delivered ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 23 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

College student gang raped in Bihar 2 held

Two persons were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the alleged gang rape a 22-year-old college student on Mandar hill in Banka district of south-eastern Bihar, about 45 kilometres from Bhagalpur, late Tuesday. ... [Published Hindustan Times - May 22 2013]
First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Home truths, from abroad

British journalist Ian Jack's reporting on India contained in this diversely absorbing collection of articles spans 1977 and 2011, mostly the eighties and the nineties. Does this fact make the book dated? Hardly, because, though India may have changed ... [Published Smart Investor - May 22 2013]
First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Man gets 7-year imprisonment in rape case

Bhagalpur (Bihar), May 20 (PTI) A local court today convicted a man to seven years of imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2,000 on him for raping a minor girl.The Ad Hoc court's Additional District Judge Srinivas Singh found Pintu Paswan guilty of raping ... [Published Press Trust of India - May 20 2013]
First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

Nitish is symbol of anti-Congressism,says Shahnawaz

BJP's Bhagalpur MP and national spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday described Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as a "symbol of anti-Congressism". ... [Published Times of India - May 19 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Model Food Bill on Chhattisgarh Legislation: BJP to UPA

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.   "The UPA government ... [Published Outlook India - May 18 2013]
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

ASjmer Sharif urs : Sufi spiritual leaders pass resolution against terror menace

Ajmer, May 16 : Spiritual heads of leading Sufi Shrines of Indian sub continent today passed a resolution against menace of terrorism.The resolution was passed at a meeting of the spiritual leaders held at Khankah-the Sufi seat of prayer in Ajmer dargah ... [Published NewKerala.com - May 17 2013]
Entities: Sufism, Dargah, Ajmer, Terrorism
First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Handicraft expo returns to city

Artist Borivili Barik (right) holding a Pato Chithro | N P JayanThe Gujarat Emporium Handicrafts exhibition is back in the city, this time with an unparalleled array of exquisite handicrafts and clothing. The exhibition is filled with the essence and ... [Published New Indian Express - May 17 2013]

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...When it comes to building relationships with subordinates, he is known to emulate Antony recently, he told a junior: "Yaar, tell me what to write and I will do it" . Junior officers in the defence ministry say he is approachable and friendly, not forbidding
When Defence Minister A K Antony was chief minister of Kerala, his instruction to his staff was simple: "I don't want files to come to me. You clear the files and tell me where to sign and I will. But you are an extension of me - when you do something, it is as if I were doing it. So, please remember this when you prepare a file noting."
Like the person he will replace, Sharma is described as a keen sportsperson. "He is a good badminton player and still plays the game" said the batchmate quoted earlier
...bombardment by heavy cultural artillery: salvos of grand opera on the gramophone, followed by readings from Ronsard and Pascal," writes Mr Jack. "It can be a numbing as well as a stimulating experience." He weaves an intimate portrait of G D Birla, who had an arithmetical approach to people, subtracting what he didn't like in them and adding in what he...

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The man who weathered coup, Agusta, Tatra contr... [Published rediff.com - 2 hours ago]
Inter Science Results Out; Girls Best Boys Again [Published PatnaDaily.Com - 3 hours ago]
Vigilance pitches for special court [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
State seal on dog squads [Published Calcutta Telegraph - 7 hours ago]
Newsmaker: Shashi Kant Sharma [Published Sify - 12 hours ago]
Shri Shashi Kant Sharma Takes Over as CAG of India [Published Press Information Bureau - 20 hours ago]
Save-dolphin plea from UN [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 23 2013]
College student gang raped in Bihar 2 held [Published Hindustan Times - May 22 2013]
New CAG Shashi Kant Sharma seen as a conservati... [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]
New CAG Shashi Kant Sharma seen as a conservati... [Published Individual.com - May 22 2013]
Enviornment Ministry Celebrates International D... [Published Press Information Bureau - May 22 2013]
Home truths, from abroad [Published Smart Investor - May 22 2013]
Jittery son in Modi durbar [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 22 2013]
Nitish (not Kumar) courts durbar [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 21 2013]
Delhi BJP prabhari toss-up between Hussain, Pra... [Published New Delhi Pioneer - May 21 2013]
Man gets 7-year imprisonment in rape case [Published Press Trust of India - May 20 2013]
Nitish is symbol of anti-Congressism,says Shahn... [Published Times of India - May 19 2013]
Model Food Bill on Chhattisgarh Legislation: BJ... [Published Outlook India - May 18 2013]
The Sheriff Is Secular? [Published Outlook India - May 18 2013]
Kolkata Inc. eyes cement units in Bihar [Published India Blooms - May 17 2013]
Heads of Sufi shrines raise voice against terro... [Published Oneindia - May 17 2013]
Handicraft expo returns to city [Published New Indian Express - May 17 2013]
ASjmer Sharif urs : Sufi spiritual leaders pass... [Published NewKerala.com - May 17 2013]
Dargah dewan urges followers to fight against t... [Published IBNLive India News - May 16 2013]
Flights to connect Varanasi with Patna, Gaya, B... [Published Times of India - May 16 2013]
Flights to connect Varanasi with Patna, Gaya, B... [Published Business Standard India - May 16 2013]
Patients suffer for drug scarcity [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 16 2013]
After hiring trains, Lalu organises dancers to ... [Published Daily Bhaskar - May 15 2013]
Hard times:Lalu Prasad Yadav hires ONLY thirtee... [Published Daily Bhaskar - May 14 2013]
Lalu Prasad's RJD hires 13 trains for rally, to... [Published Economic Times - May 13 2013]
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India: 26 die of cold wave in Bihar [Published H5N1 - Jan 08 2013]
Here I am, listening to pounding rain on my roof in North Vancouver (typical for January on the BC coast), while reports come in about scorching heat in Australia and, from The Bihar Times, 26 die of cold wave in Bihar.Even as Bihar witnessed the lowest ...
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