Archive for March, 2010

Patna,(BiharTimes): It is the …

Patna,(BiharTimes): It is the case of sprucing up drawing room at the cost of rest of the house.

If this year’s figures given in th…

Patna gets almost half of state funds for development

Patna,(BiharTimes): It is the case of sprucing up drawing room at the cost of rest of the house.

If this year’s figures given in the Economic Survey of Bihar is to be believed Patna gets almost half––44 per cent to be precise––of the state’s funds meant for various development work. The rest 37 districts of the state had to content with 56 per cent. Incidentally Patna has less than six per cent of the state’s population.

The figures go to confirm the level of disparity in Bihar. While Patna prospered, the rest of Bihar continued to remain backward due to the acute shortage of fund. In some places the condition even deteriorated. Read the rest of this entry »

Patna: The underground water o…

Patna: The underground water of 1618 hamlets in 13 districts of Bihar have arsenic contents of more than permissible limits prompting the…

CM Nitish Kumar has wrought a …

CM Nitish Kumar has wrought a remarkable change in Bihar, but for the state to truly come into its own, he needs to go far beyond the qui…

Two persons were arrested for …

Two persons were arrested for smuggling arms at Bariyarpur railway station in Bihar’s Munger district, the police said today.

Acting o…