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July 2011 Blog Posts (9)

Real Heroes: Man brings light to Bihar villages

West Champaran: An electrical engineer Gyanesh Pandey left behind his American dream to bring light to villages in Bihar. Gyanesh Pandey is the founder of Husk Power system, the technology which is illuminating thousands of homes across 250 villages in Bihar.

An electrical engineer from Benaras Hindu University, a cushy job took him to Los Angeles. But Gyanesh could never get over the darkness he saw as a child in his village in Bihar's West Champaran district.

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Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 26, 2011 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Kaargil vijay diwas

Jazba kurbani ko yad rakhna.Unki kahaniyo ko yad rakhna. Kaargil Vijay Divas hai aaj. Shahadat aur Bahaduri ke is din ko yad rakhna.

Added by Ratnakar pathak on July 26, 2011 at 11:15am — No Comments

Bhojpuri singer Kalpana asked to remove the footages of the national bird of India - The Peacock.

Maa-e-Ri - a lyrical conversation with Mother Nature.

To know more about Maa-e-Ri log on to

http://maa-e-ri.blogspot.com/

Bhojpuri singer Kalpana is embroiled in a brand new PROBLEM. The video of…

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Added by Kalpana on July 24, 2011 at 12:27am — No Comments

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in the dock over land allotment

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is under fire for allotting prime real estate in Bihar to relatives of government officials and ministers. IBN7 first exposed the scam unfolding in the Bihar Industrial Development Authority (BIDA).

According to the IBN7 report, Urvashi Sahi, daughter of Bihar's Education Minister PK Sahi has been allotted 87,120 sq ft of land belonging to Bihar Industrial Development Authority.

Rehmat Fatima, daughter of high profile IAS officer… Continue

Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 19, 2011 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Bihar to set up local area body for implementing CM''s scheme

Patna, July 12 (PTI) The Bihar government today decided to set up a Local Area Engineering Organisation (LAEO) for implementation of the Chief Minister's development scheme launched in Bihar earlier this year after abolition of the MLA/MLC local area development fund, a senior official said.It was decided at a cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to set up LAEO to implement the CM's local area development scheme in all districts of the state, the Principal Secretary… Continue

Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 13, 2011 at 3:25pm — No Comments

Bihar IAS officers prefer Delhi over state

Babus from Bihar are ready to give up on their state for a posting in New Delhi [ Images ]. Bihar today is facing a shortage of Indian Administrative Service officers, which is affecting ongoing development work and has badly hit Chief Minster Nitish Kumar's claims of susashan (good governance).

According to sources in the state government, as news spread that 10 Bihar-based IAS officers will be asked to return home from New Delhi, at least three have shown reluctance and extended… Continue

Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 13, 2011 at 3:21pm — No Comments

Bihar backs out on energy promises’

Taking account of developmental activities done by Nitish-led government, it is equally important to metion here that the budget presentation of the government in the State Assembly has not even allocated a reasonable outlay plan for energy sector.

This issue raised by Greenpeace India, an environment protection organisation which pulled up the state government for going back on its promises, especially on renewable energy.

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Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 9, 2011 at 3:13pm — No Comments

Major part of population suffers from malnutrition in Bihar

The report of a panel appointed by the Supreme Court has revealed that 55 percent population in Bihar is suffering from malnutrition and due to the lack of proper balanced diet at least 70 percent females and children are suffering from anemia or lack of blood.

On the basis of a survey conducted in 33 villages under seven districts, the panel has come to a conclusion that 45 crore people in Bihar are under BPL. It was revealed that in spite of a growth rate of 8 to 10 percent, BPL… Continue

Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 9, 2011 at 3:01pm — No Comments

Student drop-out rate in UP, Bihar alarming: NUEPA

New Delhi: The claims by Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand governments of providing quality education to children find no solid footing. A report by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) highlighted the wide gap in the government's education structure between Northern and Southern states. The published report presented a shocking figure of the student drop-out ratio between the northern and southern states.

In its latest report, the NUEPA… Continue

Added by Ranjan kumar jha on July 9, 2011 at 2:59pm — No Comments