Welcome 2009

Bankipore Club is all decked up for New Year celebrations in Patna on Tuesday.
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Leadership development workshop

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) general secretary, Tariq Anwar, addressing a leadership development workshop of his party workers in Patna on Tuesday.

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World Bank V-P in Patna

World Bank vice-president, Sanjay Pradhan addressing a meeting at Bihar Chamber of Commerce Hall in Patna on Tuesday. BCC felictated Pradhan on his homecoming.

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Ek Shaam Bachchan Ke Nam

Renowned Urdu poet Munnawar Rana reciting his shayree in the Airtel Ek Shaam Bachchan Ke Nam function in Patna on Tuesday. The function was organized to commemorate the birth centenary celebrations of noted Hindi littérateur Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
Bottom: Munnawar Rana inaugurating the function by lighting the traditional lamp.

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A big gift for minority community

Bottom: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laying foundation brick for Maulana Mazharul Haq Auditorium, Abdul Qauim Ansari and Gulam Sarvar memorial buildings near Haj Bhawan in Patna on Tuesday. These three buildings expected to be built at the cost of Rs 12.75 crore, may be termed as a New Year gift from Bihar government to minority community.

Second Top: Chief Minister is having a close look of the proposed building model.
Top: Model of the Abdul Qauim Ansari building is on display in Patna on Tuesday.

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CPM workers take out protest rally

CPI (M) activists take out protest rally in Patna on Monday. The party workers were protesting massive loot of relief materials in flood-affected Kosi region. CMP strongly criticised police lathi-charge on peaceful demonstration of farmers at Madhepura Collectorate.
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Growing impact of Nalanda Open University

Professor VN Rajshekharan Pillai, vice-chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University and other guests at the convocation ceremony of Nalanda Open University in Patna on Monday. Over 6000 students , who passed bachelor and master degrees in different courses were awarded degrees in the function.

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Welcome to my fold

Top: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing a meeting of JD (U) workers in Patna on Monday.
Bottom: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar welcomes Ram Sundar Das for joining hands with him. The Bihar unit of the Samajwadi Janata Party led by former Bihar Chief Minister Ram Sundar Das merged with Janata Dal United JD (U) in Bihar on Monday.

Child labour a social evil

Child activists taking part in a rally to support child labour eradication campaign in Patna on Sunday.

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Need to give Sanskrit its status

Chairperson of Bihar Laegislative Council professor Arun Kumar releasing a collection of essays complied by noted scholar Siddheshwar at the National symposium on Sanskrit in Patna on Sunday.

Bottom: A scholar adressing the symposium. Photo: Aftab Alam

Discovery School kids light up the moment

Students performing a dance sequence at the annual function of Discovery School of Learning in Patna on Sunday.
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Congress workers celebrate Foundation Day

Congress Party members led by Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Sharma taking the pledge on the 124th Foundation Day of the party in Patna on Sunday.
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Mehandi Laga ke Rakhna....

Girls displaying their lovely looking decorative hands in the Mehandi competition organized by women magazine Grih Sobha in Patna on Sunday.
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Bihar CM unveils Baba Sukkandas statue

Top two: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar unveiling the statue of Baba Shukkandas in Kaj (Sherghati, Gaya) on Sunday.
Bottom: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bihar Vidhan Sabha Speaker Uday Narayan Chaudhary and SC/ST Welfare Minister Jitanram Manjhi being garlanded at a function in Kaj (Sherghati, Gaya) on Sunday.
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Demand for free medical care for poor

Women stage dharna in Patna on Saturday demanding free medical care for poor in Patna on Saturday.

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Ek Sham Bachchan Ke Nam on Dec 30

Leading telecom service provider Airtel will organise Ek Sham Bachchan Ke Nam at Sri Kirshna Memorial Hall in Patna on December 30. The function is being organized to commemorate the birth centenary celebrations of noted Hindi poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan. Leading Hindi poets of the country are expected to participate in the function.
Airtel (Bihar & Jharkhand), COO, Shishir Kumar addressing a press conference in Patna on Saturday.
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Ayurvedic doctors seek justice

Ayurvedic doctors take out a protest rally in Patna on Saturday demanding arrest of the culprits involved in Dr Sushil Dubey's murder. Dr Dubey was found dead in mysterious circumstances in a city hotel recently.

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Workshop on English in Patna

A workshop on English language is in progress in Patna on Friday.

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Govt to open 10000 more high schools in Bihar

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing a meeting at Banjari after unveiling a statue of Iron Man of India Sardar Ballabh Bhai Patel on Friday.

Speaking in the meeting Nitish laid emphasis on education saying his government would open 9000 to 10000 high schools in the state. “We will ensure every part of the state should have at least a high school”, he remarked.

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Ram Vilas in Hajipur

Union Minister for Chemicals, Fertiliser and Steel Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a meeting after unveiling a 7 feet high bronze statue of the Father of the Nation, Mathatma Gadndhi, in Hajipur on Friday.

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Durga Dusta stages protest against terror

Members of Durga Dusta stage protest against terror at Income Tax roundabout in Patna on Friday.

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Bihar CM wishes early recovery of Phanishwarnath Renu's wife

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made a visit to Patna Medical College and Hospital on Thursday night to see the great Hindi littérateur Phanishwarnath Renu’s ailing wife Laika Renu. He wished quick recovery of Latika Renu.
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Faithfuls take part in Morning Mass

Faithfuls participating in Morning Mass on Christmas at a church in Patna on Thursday.

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Celebrating Christmas

Bal Bharati Montessori School children celebrating Christmas in Patna on Thursday.
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Santa plays football

Santa Claus playing football with slumdwellers in Patna on Thursday.
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Merry Christmas

Illuminated church marks the arrival of a great light on Christmas night in Patna.
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Bihar Youth Festival on Day Two

Top: A play is being enacted.
Bottom: Participants performing a folk dance sequence on the second day of Bihar Youth Festival in Patna on Wednesday.
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Let us dance together

Arvinda Mahila College girls celebrating annual day in Patna on Wednesday.

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Merry Christmas, Bihar Chief Minister

Father Peter Arukkaswami and Sister Doris D' Souza wishing Merry Christmas to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Wednesday.

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Bihar remembers Ramvriksha Benipuri

Bihar Government's Rajbhasha Department celebrating birth anniversary of noted noted Hindi litterateur Ramvriksha Benipuri in Patna on Tuesday.

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Bihar State Youth Festival begins

You will love it to be there: Bihar State Youth Festival began in Patna on Tuesday with participants drawn from different districts of the state taking out bicycle rally from the Moinul Haq stadium. Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi ianugurated the fest at Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir. Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Renu Devi presided over the function while Health Minister Nand Kishor Yadav graced the function as guest of honour. Folk songs, dance, drama and many a other cultural items enthralled the audience throughout the day.

Aftab Alam captures important moments in his camera.

LIC employees strike work

Life Insurance Corporation of India employees observing an one-day nation-wide token strike in Patna on Tuesday.

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Bihar Governor unveils Bahuda

Bihar Governor RL Bhatia releasing a book Bahuda-Post 9/11 world authored by Sikkim Governor Balmiki Prasad at AN Sinha Institute in Patna on Tuesday.

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Kohbar Me Dulha

Bihar Government's Art, Culture and Youth Affairs Minister Renu Devi (sitting second from right) during the Muhurt of Kohbar Me Dulha, a Bhojpuri film in Patna on Tuesday.

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Workshop on AIDS

Eminent citizens participating in an AIDS awareness workshop organised by the Bihar Industry Association in Patna on Monday.

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Patna pays tributes to Mazharul Haq

The 144th birth anniversary of Maulana Mazharul Haq, founder member of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee and a great freedom fighter was celebrated in Patna on Monday.

Photospeak: Patna University vice-chancellor Shyam Lal, Maulana Anisur Rahman Qasmi and other guests participating in a function at Maulana Mazharul Haq Arabic and Persian University in Patna on Monday.

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