Daily Updates

BIHAR Gaya, Japan Buddhist unit may have ‘sister state’ ties   Japan’s Nara prefecture and Bihar’s Bodh Gaya may soon ink a ‘sister state twinning agreement’.   Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, currently on a four-day visit to the island nation in the Pacific Ocean.   Nara has more Unesco World Heritage listings than any other 46 prefectures in Japan. … Read more

BIHAR New khadi board building in 18 months   The turnover of Bihar State Khadi Gramodyog Board (BSKGB) is expected to rise once the upcoming seven-storey building near Gandhi Maidan is ready by July next year.   In a bid to promote the khadi industry in Bihar, the state government in 2016 had sanctioned Rs24 crore for … Read more

BIHAR Patna to host AFMI meet in December   The 27th annual meeting of ‘The American Federation of Muslims of Indian Origin’ (AFMI) will be held in Patna in December to deliberate on newer ways and means to provide educational opportunities to Muslims in India and help them grow in political, social and vocational fields. … Read more

BIHAR 36% rise in crime against children in state: NCRB data   Crime against children in Bihar has increased 36% in the last five years (2012-2016), as per the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data released in November 2017. A total of 3,932 cases of crime against children were reported in 2016, compared to 1,917 in 2015, … Read more

BIHAR Nitish Kumar proposes ‘sister state’ agreement between Bihar, Japan prefecture   A “sister state” agreement between Bihar and Nara prefecture of Japan was today proposed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is currently on a tour of the far eastern country.   Kumar, who has been in Japan since Monday, mooted the proposal during a … Read more

BIHAR Over 1.15 lakh arrested for violating liquor law   In less than two years since prohibition was implemented in the state, the Bihar government has created a record of sorts by arresting more than 1.15 lakh people for violating the liquor ban. The Shah Commission, which probed into excesses during Emergency, puts the number of people arrested between 25 … Read more

BIHAR Bihar cabinet clears setting up education finance corporation to disburse education loans   The Bihar Cabinet  gave its nod for setting up of a ‘Bihar State Education Finance Corporation’ in order to disburse loans for Student’s Credit Card (SCC) scheme in view of banks’ reluctance in doing it. The meeting chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar gave green … Read more

BIHAR State corporation to give education loan under credit card scheme   Miffed with the indifference of bankers towards the Bihar government’s ambitious students’ credit card (SCC) scheme, the state cabinet on Saturday gave its nod to the formation of a Bihar State Education Finance Corporation (BSEFC) for providing loan to students up to Rs 4 … Read more

BIHAR Centre approves Rs142crore for IGIMS development   The central government has approved Rs142.21 crore for Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana(PMSSY) for developing it as the state-of-the-art medical centre in Bihar. It is for the first time that the Centre has allotted funds to IGIMS under the ambitious … Read more

BIHAR Governor appreciates Bihar govt for khadi policy   Curtain came down on Rashtriya Khadi Shilp Mahotsav at Gyan Bhawan. Addressing the closing ceremony, Bihar governor Satya Pal Malik emphasized on the importance of khadi and why the state needs to preserve this fabric.   The concluding ceremony of Khadi Mahotsav was attended by noted Gandhian Razi Ahmed, industry minister Jai Kumar … Read more