Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi inaugurated Kisan Mela (Farmers Fair) in Patna on May 24, 2010. Bihar Agriculture Minister Renu Kumari was also present on the occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Modi said Bihar government had decided to charge 4 per cent interest instead of 7 per cent from farmers on agriculture loans. The scheme had come into effect from April 1, 2010.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
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Monday, May 31, 2010
Three get Shrawan Kumar Awards
Mahavir Sthan Trust Board felicitated three persons with Shrawan Kumar Awards at a function in Patna on May 24, 2010. Kiran Devi of Bhagalpur got the second prize of Rs 50,000 while Sunil Upadhyaya and Pankaj Kumar jointly received the third prizes of Rs 25, 000 each. No one was selected for the first prize of Rs 1 lakh. Six others got inspiration awards.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Sunday, May 30, 2010
IIHT launches new branch in Patna
Paras offfers 'Chader' at High Court Mazar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pays floral tributes to Rammurti
BN College students stage dharna
Bihar BJP gears up for June 12 meeting
Bihar Health Minister Nand Kishore Yadav holds Janata Darbar
Journalists and non-journalists stage dharna in Patna
Journalists and non-journalists staged a day-long dharna in Patna on May 24, 2010 demanding extension of the term of the existing wageboard and opposed any move to constitute a tribunal.
Bihar Working Journalist Union (BWJU) General Secretary Arun Kumar said the government should extend the term of Majithia wageboard to complete its pending works and any move to constitute a tribunal would be opposed tooth and nail.
Later, a four member delegation, led by Kumar, met Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar and submitted a memorandum requesting him to use his good office in ensuring that the wageboard got the extension.
The dharna was initiated by the Confederation of Newspapers and News Agencies Employees Organisations.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Bihar Working Journalist Union (BWJU) General Secretary Arun Kumar said the government should extend the term of Majithia wageboard to complete its pending works and any move to constitute a tribunal would be opposed tooth and nail.
Later, a four member delegation, led by Kumar, met Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar and submitted a memorandum requesting him to use his good office in ensuring that the wageboard got the extension.
The dharna was initiated by the Confederation of Newspapers and News Agencies Employees Organisations.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Peons and watchmen take out rally in Patna
AIPWA stages demonstration against power and water crisis in Patna
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar visits the Sanskriti Express
Monte Carlo showroom at Raja Bazar
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Villagers kill leopard
UCO Bank Employees Cooperative Credit and Thrift Society Limited holds AGM
Nitish Kumar, Sharad Yadav hold meeting
Samajik Chetana Mahkumbh organised in Patna
Bihar Pradesh Dalit Sena holds meeting
Workshop on PCOS
Bihar BSP holds working committee meeting
Kids mesmerises the audience
Workshop on 'Animal vaccination'
Friday, May 28, 2010
Shahi Litchis are on sale in Patna
RJD protests 'undeclared censorship on the media'
RJD leaders staged a day-long dharna in Patna on May 20, 2010 in protest against "undeclared censorship on the media".
Later, a RJD delegation urged Bihar governor Debanand Konwar to direct the state government to lift,what they described as, "undeclared censorship on the media".
A six-member delegation of RJD led by its state president Abdul Bari Siddiqui and deputy leader in the state assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan called on Konwar at Raj Bhavan.
Ttalking to reporters, Khan said it was unfortunate that the Nitish Kumar government had stopped giving advertisements to newspapers thrice during the past over four years.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Later, a RJD delegation urged Bihar governor Debanand Konwar to direct the state government to lift,what they described as, "undeclared censorship on the media".
A six-member delegation of RJD led by its state president Abdul Bari Siddiqui and deputy leader in the state assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan called on Konwar at Raj Bhavan.
Ttalking to reporters, Khan said it was unfortunate that the Nitish Kumar government had stopped giving advertisements to newspapers thrice during the past over four years.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui
Tariq Anwar at NCP meeting
Swaraj Sangosthi
Review meeting of commercial tax department
Bihar CM's Vishwas Yatra in Madhepura
Top 1: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and others released the Report Card of Madhepura district at a public meeting at B.N Mandal Stadium, Madhepura during his Vishwas Yatra on May 20, 2010.
Top 2 and 3: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar pushed the remote button to unveil the inaugural slabs of various development schemes worth Rs.190 crores at a public meeting at B.N Mandal Stadium, Madhepura during his Vishwas Yatra on May 20, 2010.
Top 4: Bihar Chief Minister Bihar Nitish Kumar distributed Paddy seed to farmer at B.N Mandal Stadium, Madhepura during his Vishwas Yatra on May 20, 2010.
Bottom: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressed a public meeting at B.N Mandal Stadium, Madhepura during his Vishwas Yatra on May 20, 2010.
Photos: I and PRD (Government of Bihar)
Photos: I and PRD (Government of Bihar)
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'Journalist made captive by principal'
Students blocked Ashok Rajpath and mobbed Patna University Office in protest against the alleged assult on a TV journalist, Irfan (top in pix) by BN College Principal Raj Kishore Prasad in Patna on May 20, 2010. It was alleged that the TV scribe was also made captive for hours by the Principal, who in turn alleged that journalists had assulted him. The journalist was at BN College to cover the ongoing students agitation demanding students union election in democratic manner.
Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui