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The SRI (System of Rice Intensification) organic method of paddy cultivation that has been successfully employed in Bihar has aroused interest in other states as well, officials here said Monday. The SRI method saves water, uses lesser seeds and gives higher yield. Locally known as Srividhi, the SRI method was introduced in the state three [...]
Visiting Mumbai after settling of a controversy stoked by MNS leader Raj Thackeray, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today invited India Inc to invest in his state, touting the industrial policy announced by his government last year. “The Chief Minister urged the industry captains to come and invest in Bihar as it offers a industry-friendly [...]
Asia’s first dolphin research centre will come up in Bihar with an aim to strengthen conservation efforts to save the endangered mammal.Currently only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago. An official in the chief minister’s office said the Gangetic dolphin research centre would [...]
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Sunday said that he would like to see Maharashtra Day celebrated in Bihar in the same way as Bihar Day is being celebrated in Mumbai. While addressing a crowd here late Sunday, Nitish Kumar thanked the Maharashtra government for a well-organised cultural celebration of Bihar Day in Mumbai. “The people [...]
In a charm offensive after the controversy stoked by MNS leader Raj Thackeray over his visit, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said that being a Bihari did not mean taking an “anti-Maharashtra” stand and people from his home state were not a burden on anyone. Beginning his speech in Marathi at a function organised [...]
Bihar would energize 820 inaccessible remote villages in – Gopalganj, Saharsa, Supaul and Kaimur – districts under Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification programme (RGREP) in Bihar, state hydel power corporation chairman-cum-managing director A K Pandey said. Talking to PTI Pandey said around 40 villages of Baikunthpur and other blocks of Gopalganj district have been identified to [...]
Shiv Sena patriarch today lauded Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for the developments in Bihar. ”Due to the fabulous leadership Bihar has got in the form of Nitish Kumar, the state, a backward region engulfed in casteism, is on the road to development.”, Bal Thackeray said in the party news letter Saamna. He also took a dig [...]
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