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Bihar assembly elections to have far reaching effect
BJP General Secretary Anant Kumar today said the results of the assembly elections in Bihar scheduled for 2010 end would have far reaching political significance in changing national level politics.
12-yr-old Patna boy tells stories with numbers

Ask Saswat which day of the week July 28, 2347, will be, and you will get the correct answer in an instant. Show him a 500-digit number and he can reproduce it from memory.

Money garland for MP snatched
A Bihar MP was on Wednesday honoured in a manner similar to Mayawati, but the gesture did not quite turn out as planned.
Rabri Devi's SSG cover withdrawn
Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi's Special Security Guards (SSG) cover has been withdrawn, a senior police official said today.
Over half a million students start Bihar board exams
Over half a million students across Bihar started their Class 12 exams on Tuesday, an official said.
Bihar plans statewide celebrations to mark its economic revival
Bihar government has declared March 22 a public holiday to enable everyone celebrate Bihar Diwas.
Women Reservation Bill will be adopted despite Lalu: Nitish
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar claimed that the Women's Reservation Bill being supported by him and other like minded parties would be adopted by the Lok Sabha in its present form despite the opposition of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav.
Lalu greatest usurper of backward and Muslim rights: Tiwari
Senior JD (U) leader and national spokesman Shivanand Tiwari on Sunday criticised RJD chief Lalu Prasad for opposing the Women's Reservation Bill and accused him of being the "greatest usurper" of the rights of the backward class and the Muslims.
Bihar bails out beleaguered Buta Singh

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s regime has delved into the Bihar Contingency Fund to bail former governor Buta Singh out of a financial mess he has landed in as a private citizen.

Maoists set machines on fire in Bihar
Suspected Maoist guerrillas torched machines of a road construction company in Bihar's Buxar district early on Saturday, police said.
Brave Bihar girl's national award stolen
Bihar's young teenage icon Farzana Begum, who was given the National Bravery Award for saving five people from drowning, alleges her medal has been stolen from her house.
Maoists set machines on fire in Bihar
Suspected Maoist guerrillas torched machines of a road construction company in Bihar's Buxar district early Saturday, police said.
Grammys try to gobble sattu in Bihar
Bihar’s popular health food sattu has taken the Grammys by storm. A Patna-based company marketing it as a beverage under the brand name Grammy Instant Sattu Drink could be in a soup.
Cong withdraws Sadhu Yadav's suspension
The Bihar Congress on Thursday formally withdrew the suspension of Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav, against whom the action was taken for reportedly criticising the Women's Reservation Bill, following intervention by party leader Jagdish Tytler.
‘There’s no question of quitting NDA’
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said he was “surprised” by a media report suggesting that his support for the women’s reservation bill indicated his growing proximity to the Congress and that the Janata Dal (United) was on the verge of a split.
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(R-L) Air India's Capt Rashmi Miranda, Capt Sunita Nulla, Flight Officer Swati Raval and Neha Kulkarni talk to the media before flying the Mumbai-New York flight as Air India celebrates International Women's Day.
Union Home Minister P Chidambaram speaks in the Lok Sabha during tabling of Women's Reservation Bill in Parliament, New Delhi.
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