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Kosi Deluge: The Worst is Yet to Come (Bihar Times) Not only has Delhi got its flood action plan consistently wrong over the years, so has Patna. Consequently, it becomes convenient to transfer the entire blame on Kathmandu that was party to a mistake when it was first conceived in 1954.
Congress seeks water resources minister’s removal Patna, (Bihar Times): The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday sought the immediate removal of the water resources minister, Vijayendra Yadav and bureaucrats of the department as they may join hands to tamper evidence and jeopardize the conduct of the judicial investigation.
Priya Dutt takes 5,000 kitchen sets to flood-ravaged Bihar New Delhi, Sep 14: Congress MP Priya Dutt, who is camping in flood-hit Bihar's Purnea district to distribute 5,000 sets of kitchen utensils, says that her going to the state has "nothing to do with politics" and that it's the duty of every citizen to help those affected by a natural calamity.
Evolve pragmatic programme for Bihar flood victims' relief: PM New Delhi, Sep 13 : Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday called for evolving a "pragmatic, time-bound and well monitored programme" for providing relief to the victims of Bihar's devastating floods.
Patna High Court sets aside results of 184 BAS officials Patna, (Bihar Times): Mr Justice S K Katriar of the Patna High Court on Friday set aside the result of 184 candidates selected for appointment as the deputy collectors through the First Limited Examination 2003 conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC).
Quake, tsunami rehab lessons to help Bihar flood victims Patna, Sep 13: As the Bihar government faces the "Herculean task" of rehabilitating nearly 2.5 million flood victims, it plans to study the lessons learnt after the 2001 Gujarat earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Two shot dead by Maoists in Bihar village Patna, Sep 13 : Suspected Maoist rebels shot dead two people and seriously injured two others in a village in Vaishali district of Bihar, police said Saturday.
Experts warn of more floods in northern India New Delhi, Sep 13 : With over 2.7 million people affected by the floods caused by the change of course of the Kosi river in Bihar, researchers have now warned of more floods in northern India in coming years following changing stream flow patterns in the Himalayan rivers.
Nitish seeks Rs 8,923 crore from Centre, UPA ministers oppose demand Patna, (Bihar Times): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday evening called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and made a further demand of Rs 8,923 crore from the Centre for the rehabilitation of the flood-hit people of North Bihar. He also demanded food packets for the victims.
Maharashtra government employees to donate Rs.400 mn for flood victims Mumbai, Sep 12: Over two million government employees in Maharashtra will contribute a day's salary - aggregating to around Rs.400 million - for providing relief to the victims of the Bihar floods, an official said here Friday.
Congress sends relief trucks to Bihar New Delhi, Sep 12: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Friday flagged off nine trucks carrying relief material for the Bihar flood victims.
Janata Dal (United) MLA sent to jail for misbehaving with judge Patna, (Bihar Times): A division bench of Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad and Justice Ravi Ranjan of the Patna High Court on Wednesday awarded three months simple imprisonment to Janata Dal(United) MLA from Piro in Bhojpur district, Sunil Pandey, for appearing in a court in an inebriated condition and misbehaving with the judge.
AMU docs to provide free service to flood victims in Bihar Aligarh, Sep 12 :The Aligarh Muslim University will organise free medical camps in flood-devastated Bihar, a university official said Friday.
Ban on corn exports may be lifted New Delhi, Sep 12 :The ban on corn exports may be lifted next month if the crop in Bihar has not been badly affected by the floods there, the government said Friday.
IBM helping to track missing people in flood-hit Bihar Patna, Sep 12 : IT giant IBM is helping the government in flood-hit Bihar to trace hundreds of missing people, particularly children, by using software to create a database, an official said Friday.
Dams, embankments led calamity & migration Patna, (Bihar Times) Embankments have breached, it is breaching and it would breach again.
Politics, Not Dams, will Contain Floods Patna, (Bihar Times) Nearly 60 percent of the allocations meant for construction and repair of dams and embankment would be pocketed by the politician-contactors-engineers nexus...
Rahul commiserates with Bihar's trafficked women New Delhi, Sep 11 : Moved by the plight of the large number of women and girls trafficked in the wake of Bihar's devastating floods, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi took time off from his tour of the flood affected areas to commiserate with one such group that has been rescued and promised them all help in rebuilding their lives.
NTPC to set up thermal power project in Bihar New Delhi, Sep 11: The state-owned National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) Thursday said it has floated a joint venture with the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) for setting up a coal-based power project in that state.
Over three dozen feared dead as boat capsizes in Bihar Patna, Sep 11: Over three dozen people, mostly women and children, are feared drowned after an overloaded boat capsized in flood-hit Bihar Thursday, an official said.
JD-U seeks law change to help speedy relief to flood victims New Delhi, Sep 11 (IANS) Terming the central government's relief package for flood-hit Bihar as meagre, Janata Dal-United (JD-U) chief Sharad Yadav Thursday sought an amendment in the law to provide speedy compensation to the victims.
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