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Indian linguist to develop South Asian language course in US

By ians • Jan 29th, 2010

Washington, Jan 29, An Indian linguist, who is a native of Bihar, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by South Asian Language Resource Centre (SALRC) to develop a South Asian languages curriculum in the US.



Veer grosses Rs- 41 Crores in its opening weekend worldwide

By smedia • Jan 28th, 2010

Eros International, the Indian media and Entertainment Company today announced that Salman Khan starrer- Veer in its opening weekend, has had gross collections of Rs. 41 crores worldwide at the box office. Veer did a first weekend business of Rs. 32 crores (Rs. 19.50 crores net) in India with Rs. 9 crores coming in from overseas. Salman’s last hit Wanted netted Rs. 17.25 crores for the same period.



RJD-called shutdown paralyses life in Bihar

By ians • Jan 28th, 2010

Patna, Jan 28, Normal life ground to a halt in Bihar Thursday, with opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD) dawn-to-dusk state-wide shutdown to protest rising prices of essential items evoking a total response.



RJD’s Bihar shutdown begins

By ians • Jan 28th, 2010
Lalu Prasad

Patna, Jan 28, Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) began its state-wide shutdown in Bihar Thursday to protest rising prices of essential items.



Bihar dissident Congress leaders seek meeting with Sonia

By ians • Jan 14th, 2010
Sonia Gandhi

New Delhi, Jan 14, Demanding the removal of Bihar state Congress chief Anil Sharma and Jagdish Tytler, the All India Congress Committee (AICC) official in charge of the party’s affairs there, Congress leaders from the state are planning to meet party president Sonia Gandhi here Thursday, sources said.



Bihar police identify man who threatened to kill minister

By ians • Jan 13th, 2010

Patna, Jan 13, Police Wednesday claimed to have identified the man who allegedly threatened to kill Bihar Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) minister Ashwini Kumar Chaubey and his family.



Bihar extends closure of schools due to cold

By DPA • Jan 8th, 2010

Patna, Jan 8, The Bihar government Friday announced extending closure of all public and private schools till Jan 10 owing to intense cold wave conditions in the state that have claimed 25 lives so far.



Cold wave kills 21 in Bihar, schools shut

By ians • Jan 5th, 2010

Patna, Jan 5, All schools have been ordered shut in Bihar until Thursday following an intense cold wave that has killed 10 more people, taking the death toll in the state to 21.



Terrorists threaten to attack trains in Bihar

By ians • Jan 4th, 2010

Patna, Jan 4, Security has been tightened at main railway stations and in all trains passing through Bihar after an alert of possible attacks on railway installations by Taliban-trained suicide squads, an official said Monday.



Cold wave claims 11 lives in Bihar

By ians • Jan 4th, 2010

Patna, Jan 4, At least 11 people have died of the intense cold wave and icy winds sweeping across Bihar in the last couple of days. Weather officials Monday said the chill would continue for the next few days.