-NDTV.com Several parts of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have witnessed protests over the new military recruitment policy. The protest had spread to BJP-ruled Haryana and Madhya Pradesh too. New Delhi: At least one person has died and several others injured as angry mob set trains on fire and clashed with police in several states over the new military recruitment policy, Agnipath. The government has defended the scheme, calling it "transformative". * A person...
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Bihar: 5 more die in dry state, plan to ease penal provisions -Dev Raj
-The Telegraph The government had on Tuesday assured the apex court that it would amend an Act, which the Opposition and critics have often assailed as disproportionately harsh Patna: At least five persons lost their lives after allegedly consuming hooch in Siwan and West Champaran districts of Bihar over the past 24 hours, at a time the state government is gearing up to ease prohibition penal provisions after being chided by the...
More »Bihar: More Than 17 Lakh People Affected by Floods, Hundreds of Huts Washed Away -Mohd. Imran Khan
-Newsclick.in The swollen river Ganga is posing a serious threat of floods in state capital Patna as well, as water has entered low lying areas in past 48 hours. Patna: More than 17 lakh people have been affected by the floods in Bihar. The floods have claimed the lives of half a dozen people, washed away hundreds of thatched huts, severely damaged houses, roads, bridges and standing crops worth crores, officials said...
More »Early floods in Bihar after heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak in Nepal -Mohd Imran Khan
-Down to Earth Bihar usually gets heavy rains in July and August; floods in June are an unusual occurrence, experts said Several villages have been flooded after 3-4 days of early monsoon rains in the catchment areas of the Gandak and Burhi Gandak rivers in Nepal and north Bihar. Affected districts include West Champaran, East Champaran, Gopalganj and Muzaffarpur. Other rivers including the Bagmati, Koshi, Kamla Balan, Bhuthi Balan and Ghaghara are also...
More »1,200 faculty in rural engineering colleges will lose jobs by month-end -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu “What is government talking about NEP when it cannot sustain gains of an existing project?” A World Bank funded project to take graduates from elite institutions to rural and remote engineering colleges in poorer States is coming to an end in March, leaving more than 1,200 assistant professors out of a job and some rural colleges bereft of half their faculty. The Centre is preparing its own MERITE project with...
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