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 Private Ambulances Stay off Road in PatnaPatna: May 16, 2008
Private ambulance drivers, on the third day of their strike in Patna on Friday, demonstrated in front of the Red Cross building to press for their demands that include stop on police harassment, scrapping of road permit, toll tax and parking fee, and inclusion of private ambulances in the emergency services. >
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 University Employees Shut Down Patna University
Functioning at all colleges in Patna came to a grinding halt on Friday after the university employees under the banner of Bihar State University Employees Association went on a 3-day strike to press for their demands including a 50% raise in their Dearness Allowance (DA). >>
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 International Meet on HIV/AIDS in Patna
Former Union Health Minister Dr. C. P. Thakur, at the inaugural of the 3-day HIV/AIDS Training Camp on Friday, said that the number of Kala Azar patients also inflicted with HIV/AIDS virus was increasing dramatically and that was a cause of alarm for the entire medical community. >> |
 CM Lays Foundation Stone of Chanakya Law University
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Thursday laid the foundation stone of the much-publicized Chanakya National Law University and announced his decision to give 25 acres of land in Mithapur for the building of the campus. >>
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 BJP Holds Statewide Dharna in Bihar over Rising Prices
An array of BJP wings in Patna on Thursday stepped up heat on the UPA government at the Center for failing to control prices of essential commodities from skyrocketing by holding dharnas at more than 262 places throughout the state. >> |
 Communist Leader Blasts NDA on Power, Road Issue
CPI-ML general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya, at a press conference in Patna on Thursday, said the Nitish government had utterly failed to resolve the power, water, and road crisis in Bihar and the party was gearing up to launch a statewide agitation to publicize the administration's failure on these fronts. >>
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 Magadh University Students Shut Down Office
Agitators under the banner of the All India Students Federation in Patna on Thursday shut down offices and colleges under Magadh University to protest against rise in tuition fee and holding of exams without completion of the course and threatened to intensify their agitation if their demands were not fulfilled immediately. >> |
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"I am not a sycophant, I am just loyal to the Gandhi family."
Central Human Resources Minister Arjun Singh after projecting Rahul Gandhi as the next Prime Minister of India |
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