http://www.samachaar.in Smachaar.in en-us 2010 Samachaar.In Sat, 19 May 2012 10:58:21 GMT Sat, 19 May 2012 10:58:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Arrest_warrants_issued_against_Nirmal_Baba_128321 Patna: A Bihar court Saturday issued arrest warrants against self-styled godman Nirmal Baba in connection with a case of cheating and fraud filed by one of his disciples, officials said.The warrants were issued by the chief judicial magistrate i... Sat, 19 May 2012 10:58:20 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/2730_Bihars_Super_30_shines_again_in_IITJEE_results_128263 Patna: In another big score, 27 of the 30 students from Bihar's Super 30, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students, have cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year, ... Fri, 18 May 2012 06:47:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/No_arrest_in_murder_of_teen_who_witnessed_mothers_rape_128178 Patna: All the nine accused roamed free Monday, a day after they shockingly burnt alive a teenager who was the main witness in his mother's rape in 2006, police in Bihar's Nawada district said.Chintu Kumar, 17, was set on fire Sunday afternoon ... Mon, 14 May 2012 12:14:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/__Summer_multiplies_woes_of_powerstarved_Bihar_128130 Muzaffarpur/Gaya (Bihar), May 11 (IANS) Meena Srivastav of Muzaffarpur and Shoib Akhtar of Gaya have a common woe: frequent power outages that have left them sleepless. "I have to spend sleepless nights due to acute power shortage," s... Fri, 11 May 2012 06:10:45 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/Bhojpuri_songs_to_spread_awareness_about_kala_azar_128033 Patna: Bhojpuri folk songs that have been entertaining people in Bihar for years will now be used to spread awareness about the  kala azar disease, a recurring epidemic that takes hundreds of lives in the state each year and afflicts thousands... Wed, 09 May 2012 05:16:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihars_hydel_project_gets_Central_Water_Commissions_nod_127724 Patna: Power-starved Bihar's 126 MW capacity Dagmara hydro power project in Supaul district has got clearance from the Central Water Commission (CWC), and the state government is likely to start work on it soon, officials said Thursday.Bihar ... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:53:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Nine_French_tourists_detained_in_Bihar_127551 Patna: Nine French tourists were detained in Bihar's Nawada district for violating visa conditions and later sent out of the state Sunday, police said.Bihar police chief Abhyanand told IANS over telephone that the French tourists were detained ... Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:00:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/151_Bihar_primary_teachers_fail_test_sacked_127481 Patna: The Bihar government has sacked 151 primary school teachers after they failed to clear two consecutive eligibility tests, officials Thursday said.The education department has ordered that they be sacked after they failed two consecutive ... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:46:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihar_to_move_apex_court_against_massacre_case_acquittal_127448 Patna: Bihar will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district, a minister said Wednesday.Bihar Schedu... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:43:37 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Muchawaited_work_begins_on_Durgawati_project_in_Bihar_127437 Patna: After more than three decades, much-awaited work on the Durgawati reservoir project on the Sone river began Wednesday in Bihar's Rohtas district, officials said."Finally, work on the project has begun," Bihar Water Resources Mini... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:21:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Protests_in_Bihar_against_acquittal_of_massacre_accused_127384 Patna: Hundreds of people in Bihar took to the streets Tuesday against a Patna High Court verdict acquitting 23 men convicted for the 1996 massacre of 21 people, mostly women and children, by the upper-caste Ranvir Sena in Bhojpur district.The ... Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:34:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Lalu_slams_Nitish_for_bowing_before_Raj_Thackeray_127336 Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Monday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for "bowing" before Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray to visit Mumbai for the Bihar Diwas celebrations and said he ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:03:40 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihars_Srividhi_campaign_arouses_interest_in_other_states_127332 Patna: The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic method of paddy cultivation that has been successfully employed in Bihar has aroused interest in other states as well, officials here said Monday.The SRI method saves water, uses lesser ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:57:38 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihar_court_acquits_23_in_caste_massacre_case_127313 Patna: Citing lack of evidence, a Bihar court Monday acquitted three men sentenced to death and 20 given life imprisonment for the 1996 massacre in Bathani Tola in which 21 people, mainly women and children, were killed by members of the upper ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:12:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Nitish_proposes_Maharashtra_Day_celebration_in_Bihar_127279 Mumbai: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said that he would like to see Maharashtra Day celebrated in Bihar in the same way as Bihar Day is being celebrated in Mumbai.While addressing a crowd here late Sunday, Nitish Kumar thanked the ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 03:47:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Nitish_Rabri_Devi_file_nominations_127107 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his deputy Sushil Kumar Modi and former chief minister Rabri Devi Wednesday filed nominations for legislative council elections, officials said.Kumar and Modi are seeking re-election as they are retiring... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:45:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/_Teacher_gets_life_term_for_murder_127025 Patna: A Bihar court Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to a school teacher on charges of stabbing BJP legislator Raj Kishore Keshri to death last year.  A Special Central Bureau of Investigation court here sentenced Pathak. Last month, th... Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:53:07 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Mild_quake_hits_Bengal_Bihar_126518 Siliguri: An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit West Bengal and other parts of eastern India early Wednesday, the meteorological department said. There have been no reports of loss of life or property so far.Parts of Bihar also ex... Wed, 28 Mar 2012 06:35:36 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Woman_gangraped_and_killed_family_looted_by_road_robbers_126450 Patna: A group of robbers waylaid a car on a Bihar road, gangraped a woman occupant before shooting her dead and looted valuables worth Rs.2 lakh from her family, police said Monday.Robbers took control of the vehicle in which she and her famil... Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:03:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Ten_children_die_of_measles_in_Bihar_126366 Patna: At least 10 children died in a village in Bihar's Madhubani district due to a disease commonly referred as 'khasra' or measles, an official said Saturday."Eight children have died over the past few days. In the last 24 hours, two ... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:44:33 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Opposition_wants_CBI_probe_into_money_seizure_126307 Patna: After the income tax department seized Rs.4 crore of money from a businessman-turned-Janata Dal-United treasurer Vinay Kumar Sinha Thursday, the opposition demanded a CBI probe.Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) lea... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:16:12 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Maoists_blast_bridge_torch_trucks_in_Bihar_126299 Patna: Maoists blew up a bridge and an office and set ablaze six trucks in Bihar's Jamui district during their two-day strike to protest the arrest of top Maoists leaders, police said Friday.Nearly 100 armed Maoists attacked Khaira block office... Fri, 23 Mar 2012 04:09:00 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/_ASI_to_excavates_ruins_near_Vikramshila_University_126258 Patna: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to take up conservation work of the ruins of Vikramshila University in Bihar  and excavate nearby areas in April.  ASI Patna circle's Superintending Archaeologist Sanjay K. Manjul... Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:38:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Patna_gets_the_blues_during_Bihar_centenary_celebrations_126108 Patna: The Bihar capital will turn blue, literally, during the three-day centenary celebrations of the founding of the state this week.In a half-page advertisement in local Hindi dailies, the state tourism department has asked people in the ... Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:49:09 GMT http://samachaar.in/Business_and_Economy/__Bihar_farmer_sets_world_record_in_potato_production_125814 Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of India's second green revolution taking off from Bihar seems to be coming closer to reality. A young farmer of Darveshpura village in his native Nalanda district has set what is claimed to be a world rec... Wed, 14 Mar 2012 07:27:17 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/CBI_court_frames_charges_against_Lalu_in_fodder_scam_125300 Patna: A Bihar court Thursday framed charges against former chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra along with 32 other accused in the case related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from the treasury to purchase fodder for public distribut... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:52:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/_Explosion_near_Patna_junction_train_driver_injured_125286 Patna: A train driver was injured Thursday when a crude bomb exploded near the Patna junction, police said.  According to police, a crude bomb exploded near the running room of the junction at Mithapur gumti, injuring the train driver.&nb... Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:34:48 GMT http://samachaar.in/Science/Bihar_to_monitor_road_construction_online_125040 Patna: Bihar has become the first state in the country to monitor road construction projects online.B. Rajendra, secretary in the Rural Works Department, told IANS: "We are the first to do online monitoring. It will prove helpful to build q... Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:51:23 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/No_press_freedom_in_Bihar_says_Katju_125010 Patna: Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju said Friday that there was no press freedom in Bihar while this was not the case when Lalu Prasad was the chief minister."I heard that there is improvement in law and order in Bi... Sat, 25 Feb 2012 04:58:14 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Indian_Mujahideen_member_arrested_from_Bihar_124905 New Delhi: A special team of Delhi Police has arrested a key member of the outlawed Indian Mujahideen (IM) from Darbhanga district in Bihar, police said here Wednesday. A court has sent him to 15 days in police custody.Kafeel Ahmed, 50, whom po... Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:35:54 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Shekhar_Suman_resigns_from_Congress_124793 Patna: Television star Shekhar Suman Saturday resigned from the Congress and hinted that he may join another political party in a few days.  He said he had informed Congress president Sonia Gandhi as well as the state Congress party presi... Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:45:21 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/____To_track_illgotten_assets_Bihar_ready_to_cross_borders_124687 Patna: Corrupt Bihar officials will no longer be able to retain ill-gotten wealth and properties in other states. The vigilance department is preparing to take its drive to confiscate illegal assets beyond the state's borders.   &quo... Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:15:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/_Lalu_Mishra_deny_charges_in_fodder_scam_case_124586 R0anchi: Two former Bihar chief ministers, Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra have denied charges made against them in a case related to the multi-million rupee fodder scam.  The two contested the charges when they appeared in a special CBI... Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:50:10 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/___Bihar_stupa_could_contain_Buddha_relics__124436 Patna: In what could be a remarkable and unique discovery, the Archaelogical Survey of India (ASI) has found a stupa in Bihar's Begusarai district, which experts feel could hold relics of Lord Buddha, an official said Saturday.  The Patna... Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:50:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Decks_cleared_for_Bihar_power_project_124151 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Saturday laid the foundation stone of the much awaited Nabinagar Super Thermal Power Project in Aurangabad district  marking the end of tussles over land acquisition and rehabilitation  officials sa... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:07:56 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihar_villagers_upbeat_ahead_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_PMs_visit_123977 Patna: Ahead of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's visit to her ancestral village in Bihar, preparations are in full swing at the village and there is a general mood of festivity in the air.Persad-Bissessar, whose ances... Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:41:19 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Bihar_villagers_upbeat_ahead_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago_PMs_visit_123971 Patna; Ahead of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's visit to her ancestral village in Bihar, preparations are in full swing at the village and there is a general mood of festivity in the air.Persad-Bissessar, whose ancestors ... Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:27:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/Global_health_award_for_Bihar_chief_minister_123786 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has been chosen for the first Gates Vaccine Innovation Award, instituted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, for the state's successful immunisation programme, an official said Tuesday."Niti... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 11:30:57 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Nitish_Bihar_ministers_declare_assets_123772 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his cabinet colleagues Monday made public details of their assets. Human Resources Development Minister Prashant Kumar Shahi is the richest of them all with assets worth Rs.4.5 crore.Nitish Kumar dec... Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:28:44 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Nitish_backs_Mayawati_plan_to_split_Uttar_Pradesh_123050 Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Wednesday came out in support of Mayawati’s plan to divide Uttar Pradesh into four states. “I am always a supporter of smaller states. I support (Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister) Mayawati's move,” Nitish... Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:15:35 GMT http://samachaar.in/Festivals/Back_home_in_Bihar_on_Chhath_122825 Patna: Satender Singh and Jagnarain Yadav are happy to be back home to celebrate Chhath, Bihar's most popular festival, with family and friends.In their mid-30s, both left the throbbing hosiery town of Tripur in Tamil Nadu, reached Patna and im... Tue, 01 Nov 2011 10:58:49 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Advanis_rath_damaged_on_bridge_122534 Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani's modified bus, being used as a rath for his cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra, was damaged Wednesday after it got stuck under the Koilwar bridge on way from Patna to Ara town, police said."A po... Wed, 12 Oct 2011 11:28:16 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Announce_names_of_people_with_black_money_Advani_122519 Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani, who is on the second day of his anti-corruption campaign, Wednesday demanded that the UPA government make public the names of people with black money and bring out a white paper on it in t... Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:48:32 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Advani_calls_for_brighter_India_launches_Jan_Chetna_campaign_122507 Sitab Diara (Bihar), Oct 11 (IANS) The 'Jan Chetna' road campaign was aimed at increasing awareness about corruption and instilling confidence in a "brighter India", Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said Tuesday, adding ... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:08:25 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Nitish_Kumar_flags_off_Advani_yatra_122505 Chapra (Bihar), Oct 11 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's cross-country Jan Chetna Yatra was Tuesday flagged off by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar from this Bihar town.The modified bus in which the veteran BJP leader wil... Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:01:02 GMT http://samachaar.in/Health/___Bihar_Suspected_brain_disease_kills_54_children_122390 Patna: Suspected encephalitis, a brain infection, has killed three more children in Bihar’s Gaya district, taking the death toll due to the disease to 54, an official said Monday.  The three children died in the last 48 hours at Anu... Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:43:30 GMT http://samachaar.in/Bihar/__Flood_situation_grim_in_Bihar_122289 Patna: The flood situation in Bihar remained grim Tuesday  with the Lakhandei river breaching its embankment at three places, affecting thousands, officials said.  Lakhandei, swelled by the flood waters of turbulent Bagmati, breached... Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:09:50 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/___Nitish_to_flag_off_Advanis_rath_yatra_122239 Patna: Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday said he will flag off Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani's anti-corruption 'rath yatra' from Sitabdiara village in Bihar Oct 11.  Nitish Kumar told reporters here: "I will flag o... Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:14:55 GMT http://samachaar.in/Patna/__Quake_death_toll_six_in_Bihar_officials_say_122144 Patna: At least six people, including a girl child, were killed and dozens injured in Bihar in the 6.8 magnitude earthquake that shook large parts of northern and eastern India, police said Monday.  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has p... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:52:42 GMT http://samachaar.in/Politics/Kalam_dissociates_himself_from_Nalanda_university_122040 Patna: Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has dissociated himself from the upcoming Nalanda International University in Bihar, says his aide.   The former president's personal secretary R.K. Prasad told IANS over telephone from Delh... Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:40:20 GMT