Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar presenting a bouquet to Speaker Udai Narain Chowdhary during joint session of the House in Patna on February 24, 2009.
A speaker delivering lecture during a seminar on energy conservation , organised by Petroleum Conservation Research Association and The Institurion of Engineers (India) in Patna on February 24, 2009.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing a seminar on Bihar: Past, Present and Future in Patna on February 21, 2009. Nobel laureate and Bharat Ratna Amartya Sen were among others partcipated in the seminar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar felicitating Urdu Litterateur Sultan Akhtar with Sant Sarfuddin Yahiya Maneri Award in Patna on February 21, 2009. Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar felicitating Urdu Litterateur Shamshur Rehman Farooqui of Allahabad with Maulana Majrool Haqe Award in Patna on February 21, 2009.
Bihar Governor RL Bhatia and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during the inauguration of Kalim Aziz All-India Mushayra at Bhartiya Nritya Kala Mandir in Patna on February 21, 2009.
Patna University vice-chancellor Pofessor Shyam Lal addressing a seminar on Crime Against Girl Child at Magadh Mahila College in Patna on February 21, 2009.
Former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Shanawaz Hussain and Bihar Minister Ashwani Chaubey inaugurating the cardiologists meet "Cardicon 2009" in Bhagalpur on February 21, 2009.
Members of Patna University contingent which will participate in the Eklavya meet (All Bihar Universities sports meet) at Bhagalpur University pose for a group photograph in Patna on February 18, 2009.
Newly elected office-bearers of Patna University Teachers Association (PUTA) Dr Dharma Prakash (president) and Randhir Kumar Singh (secretary) showing victory signs after their victories in Patna on February 18, 2009.
Psychology department students of the Patna College presenting red rose to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar portrait on Valentine's Day, February 14, 2009 for their better future.
Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) chief and Union Chemicals, Fertilisers and Steel Minister Ram Vilas Paswan addressing a public meeting in Muzaffarpur on February 13, 2009.
Miss Patna Women's College Pooja Choudhary (Department of Sales) flanked by the first runner-up Tripti Pathak (Mass Communication) and second runner-up Harshita (Political Science) during the oath-taking ceremony of new cabinet in Patna on February 12, 2009.
Students performing during a farewell function organised at the Patna Women's College for BA, BSc, BCom and other streams in Patna on February 12, 2009.