Everything you need to know about Haldia Patna: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Haldia Patna: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar is going to face a trust vote in the state legislature today in Patna. JD(U), which is the ruling party in Bihar at present has 118 legislators in the 243-strong assembly where the winning figure is 122.
Patna, June 18 (IANS) Nearly half-a-dozen people were injured here in a clash, and several trains stopped, roads blocked and top BJP leaders taken into custody across Bihar during the party's state-wide shutdown Tuesday to protest what it called a betrayal by the JD-U.
Patna, June 18 (IANS) Architects building the Nalanda International University at the ancient seat of learning in Bihar have decided to use the desiccant enhanced evaporative (Devap) air-cooling system. This is the first time such a system will be used in India.
Four persons including Janta Dal (United) spokesperson Rajiv Ranjan were injured in a clash occurred in Bihar between JD (U) workers and Bhartiya Janta Party leaders and workers after later party has called a state-wide shutdown to protest what it called a betrayal by the JD-U..................
Patna, June 18 (IANS) Nearly half-a-dozen people were injured here in a clash, several trains were stopped and roads were blocked Tuesday when the BJP began a state-wide shutdown to protest what it called a betrayal by the JD-U.
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Sunday that he had told Governor D.Y. Patil that he wanted all 11 BJP ministers out of his ministry as they had stopped attending office.
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) president Sharad Yadav announced Sunday that his party had ended its 17-year-old alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Sunday that a special session of the assembly will be called Wednesday so that he can prove his majority.
Patna, June 16 (IANS) Janata Dal-United (JD-U) general secretary K.C. Tyagi announced Sunday that his party's long alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had ended.
New Delhi/Patna, June 15 (ANI): Janata Dal (United) chief Sharad Yadav on Saturday avoided commenting on BJP leaders move not to meet Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and said that his political outfit has not yet taken a final call on endings its alliance with the saffron outfit.
Patna, June 15 (ANI): In an endeavor to convince the Janata Dal (United) not to break its 18-year-old alliance with the saffron outfit, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Modi will be meeting Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar here on Saturday.
Agartala, June 14 (ANI): In a move that will strengthen bilateral ties between Bangladesh and India, the Bangladesh Government has granted permission to Tripura to transport foodgrains through its territory.
Patna, June 14 (IANS) With uncertainly threatening Bihar's ruling coalition, most BJP ministers including Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi skipped office for a second straight day Friday.
New Delhi/Patna, June 13 (IANS) In an audacious daylight attack, suspected Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar's Jamui district Thursday afternoon, killing a railway police personnel and two passengers, said police and the railway ministry.
New Delhi/Patna, June 13 (IANS) In an audacious daylight attack, suspected Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar's Jamui district Thursday afternoon, killing a railway police personnel and two passengers, police said. The Railways, however, said only two people had been injured in the incident.
New Delhi/Patna, June 13 (IANS) Suspected Maoists attacked a passenger train in Bihar's Jamui district Thursday afternoon killing a railway police personnel and injuring half a dozen other people, police said. The Railways, however, said only two people had been injured in the incident.
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): Minister of State for Home R.P.N. Singh on Thursday condemned the attack by the Naxals on the Dhanbad-Patna Intercity Express in Bihar, saying this reflects the frustration of the ultras.
New Delhi, June 12 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that it will try to continue its alliance with Janata Dal (United) in the interest of the people of Bihar.
Mumbai, June 12 (IANS) In the cut-throat world of film exhibition, it is very rare for any theatre owner to move away for emotional reasons. But this is what happened when in Patna, the single theatre Mona was converted into twin-theatre multiplex this year. The opening of the new theatre was postponed from May 31 to June 21 just to accommodate "Raanjhanaa".
Patna, June 11 (IANS) Bihar moved a step closer to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's dream of a Metro train service in Patna with the state cabinet Tuesday approving the proposal to prepare a detailed project report (DPR).
Patna, June 11 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet Tuesday approved a grant of Rs.5,000 per month to 17-year-old conjoined twins living in Patna, an official said.
Patna, June 10 (IANS) A speeding car crushed five women to death and seriously injured one other person in Bihar's capital early Monday, police said.
Agartala, June 9 (IANS) Transporting food grains for the mountainous northeastern states of India via Bangladesh has begun, and the first consignment is expected to reach Tripura within 10 to 15 days, officials said Sunday.
Agartala, June 9 (IANS) Transporting food grains for the mountainous northeastern states of India via Bangladesh began Sunday, and the first consignment is expected to reach Tripura within 10 to 15 days, officials said.
Patna/Mumbai, June 6 (ANI): Expressing serious concern over the falling value of rupee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday said it might impact the credit ranking of the country.
New Delhi, Jun3 Jun 5 (IANS) The National Human Rights Commission Wednesday sought a report from human resource development ministry over 18 Dalit students' suicide in country's elite educational institutions and discrimination against them in Patna University.
Patna, June 5 (IANS) Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday suffered a huge jolt when RJD's Prabhunath Singh won the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in a by-election by a whopping 137,000 votes.
Patna, June 3 (IANS) At least eleven people, including women and children, were killed and 15 others injured Monday in two road accidents in Bihar, police said.
Patna, June 3 (IANS) Two people were killed Monday in a clash over the encroachment of government land in Bihar, police said.
Patna, June 1 (IANS) A school headmaster, the main accused in the alleged burning alive of a schoolteacher, surrendered in court Saturday, police said.
Patna, June 1 (IANS) A Bihar official used to cook his food in a silver pressure cooker, leaving a Bihar Police raiding team bewildered.
Patna, May 31 (IANS) The Special Task Force (STF) of Bihar Police Friday arrested two people and recovered fake stamp papers worth Rs.21 lakh from them, police officials said.
Patna, May 31 (ANI): Bihar's vigilance and economic offence's wing has raided the residences of four state government officials and recovered unaccounted for properties valued at over Rs.30 crores.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): The seventh Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will be held in Sydney, Australia, from November 10 to 12 this year.
Patna, May 30 (ANI): The report card presented by the United Progressive Alliance government this week highlighted the opening of 27,000 new Anganwadi centres under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) scheme.
Patna, May 23 (IANS) Bihar has decided to buy 200 canines of various breeds at an estimated cost of Rs.17 crore in order to raise 50 more dog squad units to help police in their investigations, officials said Thursday.
Patna, May 23 (IANS) Three women and two children were killed in a Bihar village when they were attacked by an axe-wielding family member who is believed to be mentally challenged, police said Thursday.
Mumbai/New Delhi/Patna, May 22 (ANI): A senior official of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday placed the onus of catching bookies and others involved in the recent spot-fixing scam on the police.
Patna, May 22 (IANS) Taking cognizance of prolonged harassment faced by a journalist and his family by their landlord for not paying an exorbitant rent here, Bihar's rights panel Wednesday sought a report from the city police chief on the issue.
Patna, May 21 (ANI): Controversial former lawmaker, Pappu Yadav exited from prison in Patna after being acquitted by a court in the 1998 murder case of a regional communist leader.
Patna, May 20 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) legislator Sanjay Singh filed a defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Monday for allegedly using unparliamentary language against him.
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) The West Bengal government has unveiled its draft industrial policy after a long wait to woo entrepreneurs by showcasing the state as an attractive investment destination.
Patna, May 18 (ANI): Controversial former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Member of Parliament Pappu Yadav was acquitted Friday by the Patna High Court in connection with the 1998 murder of Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Ajit Sarkar due to lack of evidence.
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) State-owned energy major ONGC Friday said it is at present "examining" whether to bid for cash-strapped Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) as the West Bengal government has recently invited expressions of interest for selling its stake in the beleaguered firm.
Patna, May 17 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) department has served a notice to Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), seeking details of expenses incurred during the party's Parivartan rally held here May 15, an official said Friday.
Patna, May 15 (ANI): A sea of green and white greeted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, members of his family and other RJD leaders, as his grand "Parivartan Rally (Rally for Change or Transformation) began in Bihar's state capital Patna on Wednesday afternoon.
Patna, May 15 (IANS) Ignoring the scorching mid-May heat, hundreds of thousands of people arrived in the Bihar capital Wednesday for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's Parivartan Rally -- the second after he was ousted from power in 2005.
Patna, May 15 (ANI): In a bid to reassert his popularity with the public, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav will on Wednesday kick-off his 'Parivartan Rally' from here.
Patna, May 14 (IANS) The Bihar Human Rights Commission has ordered a probe into the non-payment of salaries of some revenue clerks for six months, an official said Tuesday.
Patna, May 13 (ANI): United States Ambassador to India Nancy Powell inaugurated the American Business Corner (ABC) in Patna on Monday and called for more collaborative projects between native industries and those in her country.
Patna, May 13 (IANS) Indian Railways got a boost to its business, thanks to former railway minister Lalu Prasad, whose party Rashtriya Janata Dal has hired 13 special trains to ferry workers and supporters to Patna for his Parivartan Rally here May 15.
New Delhi/Patna/Kanpur, May 11 (ANI): Communist Party of India (CPI) leader D. Raja on Saturday lashed out at the Congress-led UPA Government at the Centre over the diesel price hike, saying this move would merely added to the woes of the people.
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) After failing to get a private player to set up the proposed Haldia Dock II project at Salukkhali even after extending the stipulated date twice for proposals, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) Monday said it would keep extending the date till it gets suitable proposals.
Kolkata, May 6 (IANS) With talks on to phase out dredging subsidy to Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), its chairman R.P.S. Kahlon Monday feared that any such decision would lead to a further decrease in draft level of its riverine port facilities, causing the volume of cargo to decline drastically.
Patna, May 5 (IANS) The Bihar capital city's dream of a Metro train may come true by 2016 if the state urban development minister is to be believed. The project is set to cover a distance of 40-km stretch at a cost of Rs.8,000 crore, he said.
Patna, May 4 (ANI): BJP national spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain is recuperating in a hospital here, a day after he had complained of experiencing pains in his chest.
Patna, May 4 (ANI): Zoo officials are helping animals to beat the heat by making special arrangements to protect them from rising mercury levels in Patna.
Patna, May 4 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad was injured in a freak accident on Friday when the windshield of a car he was travelling in broke and glass pieces hit him on the head.
Patna, May 3 (IANS) Bihar police have arrested eight people, including two officials of the State Bank of India, for their alleged involvement in withdrawing cash running into crores of rupees from government accounts using forged cheques, officials said Friday.
Patna/New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The second accused in the five-year-old girl's rape case in Delhi has been arrested from Bihar's Lakhisarai district, police said Monday. A Bihar court has granted Pradeep's three-day transit remand to the Delhi Police.
Patna, April 20 (IANS) A Bihar court Saturday granted Delhi Police three-day transit remand of Manoj Kumar, 25, accused in the rape of the five-year-old in Delhi. Kumar was arrested from a village in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said Saturday.
Patna, April 17 (IANS) Bihar has approved 35 percent reservation for women in the direct recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors, an official said Wednesday.
Patna, April 17 (IANS) The Bihar cabinet has declared sparrow as the state animal, marigold as the state flower and peepal as the state tree, an official said Wednesday.
Kolkata, April 15 (IANS) Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Monday urged officials and employees of the railways to be sensitive towards common people who use trains, which serve as the "lifeline of India".
New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Spiritual leader Swami Pratibhanand, a suspect in the murder of BSP leader and realtor Deepak Bhardwaj in Delhi, is changing hideouts to avoid arrest, police Monday said, adding that plots to kill the politician were also made in January and March.
Bihar government on Friday has ordered a probe to locate registration documents pertaining to lands that were purchased with funds siphoned off during the fodder scam in the state in the mid-1990s.
Kolkata, March 25 (IANS) Bengal Inc is set to hear from Narendra Modi about the success story of his state when the flamboyant Gujarat chief minister addresses entrepreneurs here early April.
Patna, March 25 (IANS) Hundreds of school children and college students in the Bihar capital have launched a new mission -- to save trees -- and have appealed to people not to prune or cut down trees for lighting Holi bonfires.
Patna, March 24 (IANS) Justice has remained elusive for over 65 years for nearly 300 litigants over four generations contesting the ownership of a piece of land in Bihar's Bhojpur district.
Patna, March 22 (IANS) Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday inaugurated the three-day Bihar Divas celebrations at a ceremony attended by hundreds of people at the historical Gandhi Maidan here.
Patna, March 22 (IANS) The Patna High Court Friday stayed the arrest of suspended Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police Alok Kumar for allegedly demanding Rs.10 crore from a liquor mafia, a government lawyer said.
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) After failing to get any private player to set up the proposed Haldia Dock II project at Salukkhali, the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) Monday said it is hopeful of getting proposals from private parties by March 28 after it agreed to extend the stipulated date.
Patna, March 16 (IANS) All the trains and flights from here to Delhi Saturday were full of thousands of JD-U workers and leaders going to the national capital for the party's 'Adhikar rally' seeking special economic status for Bihar.
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Millions of impoverished farmers in Bihar are paying a heavy price for using chemical fertilizers, which are not only costly but are also contaminating the drinking water and affecting the soil, said a study by Greenpeace India released here Thursday.
Patna, March 14 (IANS) Nearly 6,000 chickens were culled and a large quantity of eggs destroyed in Bihar's Purnea district in the last five days following an outbreak of bird flu and officials asked to take all preventive measures to check the spread of the virus, an official said Thursday.
Patna, March 12 (IANS) Hundreds of students took to the streets here Tuesday attacking police, torching vehicles and ransacking public property to protest the killing of a student, police said.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central and state governments asking them about steps taken to bring about police reforms and questioned Punjab Police for beating a Dalit woman.
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the union home secretary, chief secretaries, home secretaries and directors general of police (DGPs) of all states and administrators and police commissioners of union territories, asking them about steps taken by them in pursuance of its directions to effect reforms in the functioning of the police in the country.
Patna, Mar.7 (ANI): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leaders and activists staged a protest outside the Bihar State Assembly on Thursday against the increasing police brutalities on contractual teachers.
Patna, Mar.7 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for praising Bihar as the fastest growing state with a growth rate of 10.9 per cent ahead of Gujarat.
Bhubaneswar, March 7 (IANS) At least 15 people, including five policemen, were injured in a clash between policemen and anti-Posco activists Thursday in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district, police said.
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Train and road services were hit in Bihar Thursday owing to a strike called by contractual teachers to protest against police action during earlier protests.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Taking note of media reports of the thrashing by police of a Dalit woman and her father in Punjab and a group of teachers in the Bihar capital Patna, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the chief secretaries of both the states.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Taking note of media reports of the thrashing by police of a Dalit woman and her father in Punjab and a group of teachers in the Bihar capital Patna, the Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the chief secretaries of both the states.
Patna, Mar. 5 (ANI): Bihar Police baton charged contracutal teachers outside the state assembly here on Tuesday over their demand for permanenet employment.
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The police have arrested a person who made a hoax call Feb 26 to Delhi airport authorities about a bomb on board a Patna-bound Indigo flight thereby delaying it, an official said Monday.
Bhubaneswar, March 4 (IANS) Odisha Monday continued land takeover for South Korean giant Posco's $12 billion steel project in Jagatsinghpur district despite tension, even as three people were killed in bomb blasts two days ago, an official said.
Patna/Chennai, Mar. 2 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday lashed out at the UPA Government over the recent hike in petrol prices, saying the other name of the ruling Congress Party at the Centre is inflation.
Just a day after the scare of finding bags regarding the hoax bomb in capital,now it was turns of another hoax bomb call at Indira Gandhi International Airport. Autohrity has received a call regarding the hoax call about a bomb on an airlines flight..................
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) A day after three suspicion-evoking bags created panic in the capital at separate places, security officials at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport were in a tizzy Tuesday after receiving a warning about a bomb on an Indigo airlines flight. The call turned out to be a hoax.
Patna, Feb 22 (IANS) Three police officials were killed and three others seriously injured Friday when Maoist guerrillas triggered a landmine blast in Bihar's Gaya district, police said.
Patna, Feb 20 (ANI): According to the recently released Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012 by Pratham, a non-government organisation, a large number of schools are yet to put in place the basic infrastructure prescribed under the Right to Education Act (RTE) even as the March 31 deadline set for them is fast approaching.
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) Bihar legislator Anant Singh of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) was named an accused in the kidnapping and murder of a farmer, police said Wednesday.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Actor Sushant Singh Rajput will host a private screening of his debut Bollywood film "Kai Po Che!" in his hometown Patna for his childhood friends.
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) Thousands of people were stranded across Bihar Wednesday as trains were stopped and key highways blocked by activists affiliated to various trade unions that have called for a nationwide two-day strike.
Hyderabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Declaring that he would mobilize six crore people over next one and a half years for his anti-graft campaign, Anna Hazare Sunday said Jan Lokpal alone cannot root out corruption and called for comprehensive electoral reforms and empowering of village-level bodies.
Kolkata, Feb 14 (IANS) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Thursday hinted that it would take a call on taking a controlling stake in the cash-strapped Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) following the West Bengal government's decision to appoint a consultancy firm company to advise on the proposed sale of its shares.
Patna, Feb 12 (IANS) The ruins of the ancient Nalanda University in Bihar should be in the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites, External Affairs Minister Salman Kuurshid said Tuesday.
Patna, Feb.10 (ANI): A local Rotary Club here organised a women's car rally on Sunday with a theme 'drive for literacy' to create awareness about the alarming rise in crimes against women.
Patna, Feb 7 (IANS) A 27-year-old woman is battling for her life, while her three minor children were killed after being set ablaze allegedly by her husband and in-laws on charge of stealing jewellery in a Bihar village, police said here Thursday.
