Celebrating Saraswati Puja in their own way

Tender Hearts International School students took the gate-up of Saraswati (Goddess of Learning) at their school on the eve of the Saraswati Puja celebrations in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Team Instinct captivates audience

Team Instinct artists performed in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Shweta Suman is Miss Patna Women's College

Shweta Suman of BCA was crowned Miss Patna Women's College at the farewell function for BA, BSc, BCom, BCA and other vocational courses students in Patna on February 14, 2013. Pankhuri of CEMS and Sneha Kumar of BBA were declared first and second runner-up respectively.
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RK Dwarika College elects MUSU representatives

Candidates who won the Magadh University Students Union (MUSU) eletion for college representatives showed their certificates at RK Dwarika College in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Ganga Devi College elects MUSU representatives

Candidates who won the Magadh University Students Union (MUSU) election for college representatives showed victory signs and the certificates at Ganga Devi College in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Shri Arvind Mahila College elects MUSU representatives

Candidates who won the Magadh University Students Union (MUSU) election for college representatives showed victory signs and the certificates at Shri Arvind Mahila College in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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MMC students take out march for blood donation

Magadh Mahila College (MMC) students took out a march to create awareness for blood donation in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Langertoli residents protest poor civic amenities

Langertoli residents blocked road and staged demonstration in protest against the overflowing drainage and sewage line in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Polytechnic students stage demonstration

Polytechnic students staged demonstration with bare body in support of their demands in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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MUSU election passes off peacefully

Police swung into action when some students tried to create trouble at the College of Commerce during Magadh University Students Union (MUSU) election in Patna on February 14, 2013. Students cast their votes to elect  college representatives for the MUSU. The polling percentage was relatively low but the election passes off peacefully.
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Shri Arvind Mahila College students cast votes in MUSU election

Shri Arvind Mahila College students exercised their franchise to elect their college members in the Magadh University Students Union (MUSU) election in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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Navodaya Vidyalaya employees stage demonstration

Akhil Bharatiya Navodaya Vidyalaya Staff Association staged dharna in support of their demands in Patna on February 14, 2013.
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SBI launches rural publicity van

State Bank of India (SBI)  launched its rural publicity van from its local head office in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Rupak Kumar of Ara Warriors gets the man of the match award

Rupak Kumar of Ara Warriors got the man of the match award in an encounter of the Mirchi Premier League in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Nalanda University to start academic activities in October 2014

Nalanda University Board meeting held in Patna on February 4, 2013. After the meeting chancellor of the university Dr Amartya Sen said the university would start its academic activities in September-October 2014 with two its six proposed schools. School of Historical Sciences and the School of Environment and Ecology  will be the first to take off.
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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi holds pre-budget meeting

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi held a pre-budget meeting with the members of trade, industry, transport and commercial tax bar associations in Patna on February 4, 2013. Bihar Industry Minister Renu Kumari Kushwaha was present in the meeting.
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Delhi women team wins RK Singh Memorial cricket title

A Delhi women team won the RK Singh Memorial SIS Cup T20 cricket title beating a Bihar team in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Farewell function held at Mahant Hanuman Sharan College

A farewell-cum-felicitation function was organised at Mahant Hanuman Sharan College in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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District planning meeting held

Bihar Government's Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Sinha addressed a district planning meeting in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Total prohibition in Bihar demanded

A protest rally was taken out in Patna on February 4, 2013 by the activists of Akhil Bharatiya Naukar-Daee Mahasangh (All India Servants-Maids Federation) demanding total prohibition on the sale and purchase of liquor in Bihar.
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Students clash with shopkeepers in Patna

Tension prevailed in the Bhikhna Pahari area when some inmates of Patel Hostel beat up local traders over a petty issue in Patna on February 4, 2013. Irate traders later blocked the roads demanding action against students.
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JD Women's College students gear up for MUSU polls

JD Women's College students geared up for Magadh University Students Union election in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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PUSU president Ashish Sinha launches ABVP campaign at AN College

Patna University Students Union (PUSU) president Ashish Sinha launched campaigning for Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) candidates in Magadh University Students Union election at AN College in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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World Cancer Day observed in Patna

A seminar was organised at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) to observe the World Cancer Day in Patna on February 4, 2013. Bihar Health Secretary Vyasji inaugurated the seminar.
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Bihar BJP president Mangal Pandey felicitated

Newly elected Bihar BJP president Mangal Pandey was felicitated in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Accredited Social Health Activists stage demonstration

Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) staged demonstration under the banner of Bihar Medical and Public Health Employees Association in support of their demands in Patna on February 4, 2013.
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Cancer awareness programme organised at Shri Arvind Mahila College

A cancer awareness programme was organised at Shri Arvind Mahila College in Patna on February 4, 2013 to observe the World Cancer Day. BJP MP Shatrughan Sinha inaugurated the function.
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Amartya Sen releases book on Papiya's memory in Patna

Nobel laureate Professor Amartya Sen released a book "Resurrection of the State: A Saga of Bihar" at the Asian Development Research Institute in Patna on February 4, 2013. The book edited by Sunita Lall is the compilation of essays in memory of Professor Papiya Ghosh, who was murdered on December 3, 2006.
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Bihar CM's Janata Darbar continues

Senior police and administrative officials listened patiently the plight of the people in Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's Janata Darbar in Patna on February 4, 2013. The Chief Minister could not attend the Darbar as he was sick.
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CIMP celebrates 5th foundation day

Chandragupt Institute of Management Patna (CIMP) celebrated its fifth foundation day in Patna on February 4, 2013. CIMP Director V Mukunda Das inaugurated the function.
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Youth activity-cum-cultural festival ends

State-level youth activity-cum-cultural festival organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra concluded at Youth Hostel in Patna on February 3, 2013.
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Ban on Vishwaroopam demanded

Activists of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) staged demonstration demanding ban on the screening of movie Vishwaroopam in Patna on February 3, 2013.
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Oil painting exhibition held in Patna

Rotary Club organised oil painting exhibition in Patna on February 3, 2013.
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BCE-NIT Patna alumni meet held

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated the annual alumni meet of the Bihar College of Engineering-National Institute of Technology-Patna on February 3, 2013. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Ratan Kumar Sinha was the guest of honour. Sinha is an alumnus of the 1963 batch of the Bihar College of Engineering, now it is known as NIT-Patna.
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Sabri Sena holds felicitation function

Sabri Sena held its felicitation function in Patna on February 3, 2013.
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AVN School holds annual function

Students came out with several attractive cultural programmes in the annual function of the AVN School at the Patliputra Community Centre hall in Patna on February 3, 2013.
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