'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.

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'Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar' released

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil K Modi and Professor Abhijit Sen, member Planning Commission, jointly released a book on "Food Security Atlas of Rural Bihar" in Patna on May 20, 2010.
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Land Reforms Employees stage dharna

Bihar State Land Reforms Employees Union staged a day-long dharna in Patna on May 20, 2010 in support of their demands.
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Lalu, Rabri fill up census forms

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president and former Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad along with his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi scripted his details in the Census-2010 in Patna on May 20, 2010.

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