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Bihar cabinet approves modernisation of 149 ITIs in collaboration with Tata

The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved a project worth over Rs 4,606 crore for modernisation and urgradation of 149 state-owned Industrial Training Institutes to centres of excellence. The project will be executed in collaboration with Tata Technologies, Cabinet Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary Sanjay Kumar said. "The state government will soon sign a Memorandum of Association (MoA) with Tata Technologies in this regard. The company will spend 88 per cent of the cost and the rest 12 per cent will be borne by the state government to modernise the ITIs to impart advanced training to youths," the official said. Tata Technologies has "agreed to upgrade all 149 government-owned ITIs across the state", he said. Sixty of them have their buildings and other necessary infrastructure and these will be modernised in the first phase by March 2022. Kumar said the exercise for the remaining 89 facilities will be completed by March 2023. The cabinet also decided not to give further extensi

Students among 16 Corona positive suspects in Bihar's Sheikhpura district

A total of 16 persons, majority of them students, are suspected to be Corona positive in a village in Bihar's Seikhpura district, an official said on Tuesday.

Nitish says don't come to Bihar if you want to drink, CJI questions ban

Nitish Kumar made his statement made during the third programme of his Social Reforms Campaign in Sasaram

Muzaffarpur boiler blast incident due to misoperation, says Bihar Minister

Bihar Minister Jivesh Mishra has termed the Muzaffarpur boiler blast an "incident due to misoperation"

PM Modi expresses grief over deaths in Muzaffarpur boiler explosion

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed grief at the loss of lives in a boiler explosion at Muzaffarpur in Bihar and expressed condolences to the families of victims.

Bihar: 5 dead, 6 injured in boiler blast at noodle factory in Muzaffarpur

At least five people were killed and six others were injured in a boiler blast in a noodle factory in Bihar's Muzaffarpur on Sunday, informed District Magistrate Pranav Kumar

Covid: No need of night curfew in Bihar, says CM Nitish Kumar

The situation in Bihar is better than many states right now, says Bihar CM

Prohibition won't be relaxed for those coming to Bihar from outside: Nitish

He also rubbished suggestions that an exception be made on medical grounds for certified alcoholics, asserting that people spoiled their health by drinking and not by being prevented from doing so

Bihar govt to allow exploration of mineral reserves worth Rs 14,594 cr

The Mines and Geology Department has decided to allow exploration of mineral deposit of around 48.40 million tonne of magnetite

Foundational literacy index: Bengal tops, Bihar last among large states

In the 'small states' category, Kerala grabbed the top spot and Jharkhand was adjudged the worst performer on the index

A third of women married in India in 2018 were 18-20 years old, shows data

West Bengal, Rajasthan and Bihar were worst in terms of women marrying at an early age

Fresh special status demand for Bihar sets off war of words in NDA

Bihar has been demanding the special status for more than a decade

Former Bihar Cong chief Sadanand Singh's son joins JD(U) with supporters

Mukesh was inducted into the JD(U) by national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan at a glittering ceremony

Officials, doctors hail Bihar town's unique community of blood donors

Grief caused by the death of his sister transformed a young businessman of this north Bihar town into a Samaritan, who is now joined by like-minded persons from far and wide

Now UP CM, Hemant Soren, Rabri Devi's names in Bihar Covid vaccination list

Yogi Adityanath, Hemant Soren, Rabri Devi, Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey were named as recipients of the first dose in Bihar's Gaya district.

Modi, Shah, Sonia among those tested, jabbed for Covid-19 in Bihar!

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Chopra and Akshay Kumar these are the names of residents of a non-descript rural area of an impoverished south Bihar district. If the state health department is to be believed, they are all villagers who have been "tested and vaccinated" for COVID-19 in Karpi panchayat of Arwal district. "This embarrassing matter came to our notice about 20 days ago when the civil surgeon was inspecting the records. The two data operators concerned have been sacked and FIRs lodged against them," said Arwal's District Magistrate J Priyadarshini. "Instructions have been issued to closely examine records of other parts of the district. If more such anomalies come to the fore, more action shall follow since lapses of this kind reduce the drive against the pandemic to a farce," she added. Notorious for maintaining irreconcilable records, one of the most famous example of which was cattle having been shown transported on scooters during the fodder scam of

Bihar orders probe after names of Modi, Amit Shah appear in vaccinated list

The names Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and others have appeared on the list of vaccinated and RT-PCR Covid test lists at Bihar's Karpi

RJD demands release of politicians who have spent 14 years in jail

The issue was raised in the state assembly by MLA Chetan Anand, whose father Anand Mohan Singh had been awarded death penalty which was later commuted to imprisonment for life

Bihar minister forgives Patna SSP and DM for his car being stopped

Mishra earlier on Thursday claimed that he was deliberately humiliated by the Bihar police which allowed passage to Patna SSP Upendra Sharma and DM Chandrasekhar Singh by stopping his vehicle

Bihar minister boycotts assembly after his car stopped at gate

Jivesh Kumar, Minister of Labour in the Nitish Kumar government, walked out from the Vidhan Sabha after sharing his ordeal with Speaker Vijay Sinha