• At a high-level meeting attended by the DGPs of Maoist-affected states and chaired by Union home minister P Chidambaram in New Delhi on Wednesday, the Centre viewed the anti-extremist operation in Bihar as quite satisfactory.

  • Chief minister Nitish Kumar is showing bioscope to people with illusory pictures of state’s development, said the leader of opposition in Bihar assembly, Abdul Bari Siddiqui, during his speech.

  • City commuters would now have to wait to get rid of levy of exorbitant fares by auto drivers as the transport department has put on the back burner the move for making installation of electronic meters mandatory in autorickshaws.

  • The crisis being faced by the Kingfisher Airlines (KA) and higher demand in the run up to Holi have fuelled an over 35% to 45% increase in air fare on various sectors from the state capital, according to travel agents here.

  • Magadh University has taken several steps to restore financial discipline in the university. Reckless expenditure and inflated bills have been completely curbed.

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