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Bihar: Samrat urges Nitish to withdraw decision observing his mother's anniversary as state function

19 Mar 2025 | 12:41 AM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday requested the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to withdraw the decision observing his mother's anniversary as a state function.

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No stone be left unturned for overhauling education system in Arunachal: Dy CM

19 Mar 2025 | 12:32 AM

Itanagar, Mar 18 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein has affirmed that the government will do everything possible to make headway in the state’s education system.

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BJP misusing central agencies for electoral gains in Bihar assembly elections: RJD

19 Mar 2025 | 12:24 AM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) RJD on Tuesday alleged that BJP had started misusing central agencies for electoral gains in next Bihar assembly elections and it would increase further as the poll fever picks up in the state.

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Rajesh Kumar appointed president of Bihar Congress

19 Mar 2025 | 12:17 AM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Congress high command on Tuesday appointed party MLA Rajesh Kumar as new president of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) before state Assembly elections to be held in October November this year.

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Bihar: Prashant opposes Waqf Board Amendment Bill

19 Mar 2025 | 12:13 AM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Founder of "Jan Suraaj " Prashant Kishor on Tuesday strongly opposed Waqf Board Amendment Bill brought in Parliament and also urged Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to extend support of his party in opposing the bill.

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Bihar: Agriculture Machineries Banks to be established in 1000 PACS in 2025-26

18 Mar 2025 | 11:09 PM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Bihar Cooperative Minister Prem Kumar on Tuesday said that agriculture machineries banks would be established in 1000 Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) during the financial year 2025-26.

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Four-year-old baby dies in massive fire in Meghalaya

18 Mar 2025 | 10:32 PM

Shillong, Mar 18 (UNI) In a gruesome incident, a four-year-old girl was charred to death, while her sister survived, in a massive fire that gutted their house at Sahsniang-B village in Meghalaya’s West Jaiñtia Hills district on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.

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Meghalaya CM orders industrial audit to combat Byrnihat pollution crisis

Meghalaya CM orders industrial audit to combat Byrnihat pollution crisis

18 Mar 2025 | 10:15 PM

Shillong, Mar 18 (UNI) The Meghalaya government has launched an urgent audit of industrial units in Byrnihat following reports identifying it as the most polluted town globally in IQAir’s World Air Quality Report 2024,
Commissioner and Secretary Forest and Environment Department, Pravin Bakshi said the audit of industrial units in Byrnihat was initiated following Chief Minister Conrad Sangma took stock of the environment situation with officials of Forest and Environment Department and Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB).

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Lalu worried to make his son Chief Minister of Bihar: Prashant

18 Mar 2025 | 9:44 PM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Taking a dig at Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Jansuraaj's pioneer Prashant Kishor popular as PK said that Yadav's son has not even passed 9th standard but he is worried about his son becoming the king of Bihar.

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Odisha approves a new Tiger Conservation Plan for ten years for Similipal Tiger Reserve – Minister

18 Mar 2025 | 9:23 PM

Bhubaneswar, Mar 18 (UNI) A new Tiger Conservation Plan has been approved for the next ten years, from 2023-24 to 2032-33, to strengthen wildlife conservation in Similipal Tiger Reserve, Odisha's Minister of Forest, Environment, and Climate Change, Ganesh Ram Singhkhuntia, said.

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Manjhi dubs Tejaswi and his family as "cancer products"

18 Mar 2025 | 9:11 PM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Terming RJD leader Tejaswi Prasad Yadav and his family members as "cancer products", Union Minister and patron of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) said that these "cancer products" should retire from politics.

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Life imprisonment to four in a murder case

18 Mar 2025 | 8:44 PM

Sasaram, Mar 18 (UNI) Additional Session judge (12) Mukesh Kumar Mishra awarded life imprisonment to 4 convicts in connection with a 25-year-old murder case.

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Odisha Govt. sets target of 1.5 Lakh jobs in government Sector in five years

18 Mar 2025 | 8:38 PM

Bhubaneswar, Mar 18 (UNI) The Odisha government has set a target of creating 1.5 lakh jobs in the government sector over the next five years, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi announced on Tuesday.

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Arunachal: ITBP launches high-altitude cycling expedition 'Veerta' from Bumla

18 Mar 2025 | 8:23 PM

Itanagar, Mar 18 (UNI) The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has launched its high-altitude frontier level cycling expedition, "Veerta," from Arunachal Pradesh’s Bumla, situated at an elevation of 15,080 feet.

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Bihar: Rs one crore looted from land purchaser in Patna

18 Mar 2025 | 8:13 PM

Patna, Mar 18 (UNI) Armed criminals looted Rs one crore from a land purchaser in Ashok Nagar locality under Kankarbagh police station area here on Tuesday.

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