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In a first, 109 sent to jail for urinating in public -Arvind Chauhan

-The Times of India Agra: In an unprecedented cleanliness drive, and perhaps, for the first time in India, Government Railway Police of Agra division has sent 109 persons to jail for 24 hours after they were found urinating on the railway property, including platform, tracks parking lot. They were later released after paying a fine ranging from Rs 100 to Rs 500 depending on the gravity of the act of creating...

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Agro schools for farmers -Lalitesh Mishra

-The Telegraph Saharsa: Farmers in the Purnea and Kosi divisions will go to school from next month to learn about the latest agricultural techniques and how to reap maximum benefit from their produce. As many as 210 farmers' schools will come up in the state, including Purnea and Saharsa, for which the government has allocated Rs 1.8 crore. Twenty-nine of the schools will come up in Khagaria. Agriculture director Dharmendra Kumar said: "These...

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Kosi flood alert: Bihar evacuates 50,000 people -Abhay Singh

-The Times of India PATNA: The Centre and the state government are in a state of extraordinary preparedness to face any eventuality precipitated by the release of 28 lakh cusecs of water accumulated in a lake-like formation caused by massive landslide in river Bhatta Kosi on the Nepal side. Around 2.25 lakh people could be hit in the nine Bihar districts of Supaul, Saharsa, Madhepura, Khagaria, Purnia, Araria, Madhubani, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur....

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Managing water, an urgent need -RG Subramanyam

-Deccan Herald Water, the sustainer of all forms of life on this planet, is too precious to be dispensed with. Water is wealth; nay water is life itself. It is the one commodity, barring air, which cannot be dispensed with. It is the sustainer of all forms of life on this planet --plant, animal and human. The demands on this precious but limited natural resource are ever increasing. A person will appreciate...

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Cash flowers in oilseed field-Nalin Verma

-The Telegraph   Supaul: A college graduate hailing from a farmers' family, Anil Kumar Yadav (32) roamed around in Delhi and Mumbai in search of a job only to return empty-handed, about three years ago. The very idea of getting engaged in the family's traditional vocation was "nightmarish" to him. Anil, a resident of Samda Chowk village under Basantpur block of Supaul district, around 350km northeast of Patna, today owns a spanking motorcycle,...

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