Mathura: A fight over the usage of water kept in front of a religious place turned into a full-blown fight between two groups in the Kosi Kalan town near Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. The resulting violence led to the death of four people and left 16 others injured. Over 100 houses were gutted in the arson that followed. The incident took place at around 1:30 pm and resulting violence continued...
09:30 PM, Jun 02, 2012
Patna: Differences continued to dog the political parties in Bihar over naming of the newly-constructed Kosi bridge giving new lifeline to Mithilanchal region. State Youth Congress president Lalan Kumar and former MP Ranjit Ranjan on Saturday said they would petition Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Surface Transport Minister C P Joshi soon to name it after veteran socialist leader B P Mandal. While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vinodanand...
02:25 PM, Feb 11, 2012
Bhagalpur: Floods have not only rendered thousands homeless in Bihar but has also damaged crops and snapped road communication at several places. Sunita Devi, a resident of Bhagalpur which is reported to be one of the worst affected areas, has been through the worst trauma a woman can undergo. Stranded in a make-shift flood relief camp, she had to give birth to her daughter six days back, without any medical...
07:30 AM, Sep 01, 2011
Patna: The World Bank on Wednesday granted a loan of $220 million for the rehabilitation of those hit by the 2008 Kosi floods in Bihar. The money will be used for building 1 lakh houses, 90 bridges and 290 kilometers of road apart from setting up disaster management cells. Over three million people were affected by the Kosi floods which hit Bihar in 2008. The World Bank is giving Bihar...
04:33 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Patna: World Bank chairman Robert B Zoellick would be on a two-day visit to Bihar from Wednesday on the occasion of signing of an agreement with Bihar government for a Rs 1000 crore soft loan for rebuilding areas affected by the 2008 Kosi floods. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that Zoellick would be present during the signing of the agreement on Wednesday. The loan would facilitate reconstruction of about 1...
06:06 PM, Jan 11, 2011
BJP dares Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to end alliance in the state. ...
09:09 AM, Jun 21, 2010
Nitish snubbed Modi in public but failed to draw support as other parties feel he took the matter a little too far. ...
08:25 PM, Jun 19, 2010
The Bihar government on Saturday returned Rs 5 crore that was given by Gujarat for Kosi flood relief. ...
11:12 AM, Jun 19, 2010
Nitish Kumar launched a frontal attack on the Gujarat CM saying Bihar will return the aid given by Gujarat. ...
11:10 PM, Jun 12, 2010
Bihar CM was upset with an advertisement published by the BJP which claimed that Modi helped Bihar during floods. ...
04:15 PM, Jun 12, 2010
Nitish Kumar denies allegations of mismanagement during Kosi floods. ...
10:21 AM, Jan 27, 2010
Indian wagon-maker Jessop and Company Ltd will undertake the project. ...
07:50 PM, Jul 08, 2009
The water discharge has risen to 95,000 cusecs per day. ...
07:03 PM, May 29, 2009
The Congress is still aggressively wooing Bihar CM Nitish Kumar. ...
05:49 PM, May 12, 2009
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