2 June : Dr Raja Sinha, native of Patna and Medical Graduate from PMCH received the Southwark civic award for outstanding service to the patients for last 28 years. This civic award was recommended by the Southwark Civic Award Committee who decided on the nominations by the patients and local community for commendation for dedication to  care and needs beyond the call of duty during the tenure of his long period as a General practitioner n UK.

31 May : Three-time Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren resigned on Sunday night after failing to get the support of Congress and its ally Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P) ahead of Monday’s trust vote in the assembly that may pave the way for a spell of President’s rule in the state.

The beleaguered chief minister, who has only 25 MLAs behind him in the 82 member house, submitted the letter to Governor M. O. H. Farooq shortly after 10 pm at Raj Bhavan.
Soren needs to muster strength of 42 to sail through the …

27 May : Mr Sandeep Sinha, Director, Business  Development , Motorola, USA  on behalf of American Organization for the Development of Bihar (AODB) visited Dr Leela Prasad Literacy Center at Village Bir being run by Public Awareness for Healthful Approach for Living (PAHAL). This center is run by PAHAL for the underprivileged group, especially women and children of the village who don’t have access to formal education. He was happy to see the girls writing hindi albhabets. Mr Sandeep Sinha on behalf of AODB assured all the necessary help for …

12 Apr : Bihar requires Rs 27,000 crore, much beyond the state’s internal resources, to implement the Right to Education Act in the first year itself, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Monday.
“The state will require Rs 27,000 crore to implement the Act in Bihar, which is far beyond its capacity,” he told a press conference in Patna.
“Look at the figure, the budgetary outlay for Bihar for 2010-11 is Rs 53,000 crore… Can it be possible to spare Rs 27,000 crore from it,” he said.
Kumar said the Centre owed the …

5 Apr : Castigating the Central government for its stand on the disproportionate assets case against Lalu Prasad, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said the Centre owed an explanation as to why it did not grant sanction to CBI to challenge the RJD chief’s acquittal.
“The CBI Director has informed that there have been sufficient evidences in the case to challenge the RJD leader’s acquittal, but the Centre didn’t allow the agency to do so,” Kumar told reporters in Patna.
“It is now for the Centre to explain as to …