Patna, Feb 16, In a bid to keep the Bihar capital clean and garbage free, the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to impose a Rs.100 fine for spitting, urinating and littering and a Rs.200 fine for throwing garbage in public places.
Chicago, Feb 12, Bihar-born Sanjay Jha, currently the co-CEO of Motorola, will be the new chief executive officer of its handset and home businesses as the mobile phone maker Thursday announced it will split itself into two independent, publicly traded companies from early next year.
Patna, Feb 10, Hundreds of students continued to protest against alleged fleecing by coaching institutes in the Bihar capital Wednesday, police said.
Kolkata, Feb 9, The central government Tuesday reiterated its offer for talks if Maoists halted violence, but warned the Leftwing guerrillas that “slow and steady” operations against them would continue if they did not pay heed to the appeal.
Dharamsala, Feb 8, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Monday met the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama in this Himachal Pradesh hill station and invited him to inaugurate the Buddha Memorial Park in Patna in May, a Tibetan official said.
Patna, Feb 8, Impressed by e-governance in Bihar, the Rajasthan government has sought help from the state to launch an SMS-based monitoring system. Now a team of officials in Bihar will teach Rajasthan officials about this method.
Patna, Feb 8, Angry unemployed residents of a village in Bihar’s Vaishali district burnt their job cards provided under the central government’s flagship employment programme to protest the failure of authorities to give them work.
Patna, Feb 5, US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer, who is on a two-day visit to Bihar, presented a gift hamper to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, official sources said here Friday.
Feb 3, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): On Tuesday Katrina Kaif won herself more fans. The minute she stepped on to the stage with Bihar’s chief minister Nitish Kumar at Patna’s Shri Krishna Memorial Auditorium the crowds roared.
Patna, Feb 1, Congress MP and party general secretary Rahul Gandhi began a two-day visit to Bihar Monday aimed at galvanising the state unit for the assembly elections later this year.