Patna: Stating that Bihar has treasure trove of all religions, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said there is tremendous scope to develop religious tourism in the state and exhorted industrialists to invest in the sector, particularly in hotel and transport sectors. "Bihar has many religious and historic tradition which people from across the world wish to see," Kumar said addressing a convention of industrialists at Rajgir.
He mentioned Buddhist place of Bodh Gaya, Jain stupa in Vaishali, mausoleum of Hazrat Makhdum Sarfuddin Yahiya Maneri, birth place of Guru Govind Singh and goddess Sita's direct links with Bihar to highlight that the state has a treasure trove of all religions. Addressing the industrialists associated with tourism, the chief minister said that improved law and order situation was congenial for growth of tourism in the state. He stressed that hotel and transport sectors held great potential in the state and asked industrialists to invest in them.
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01:46 AM, Apr 30, 2013
Patna: Bihar police on Sunday raided offices of over a dozen chitfund companies on the outskirts of state capital and arrested 11 persons from whom Rs 8 lakh was seized. On a tip off about activities of chitfund companies in Bakhtiyarpur, Barh and Mokama areas of rural Patna, a special team was formed which conducted raids in their offices, a release from the office of Senior Superintendent of Police said....
12:57 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has urged the Centre to reconsider amendment in Income Tax Act to disallow levies imposed by state governments on PSUs for imposition and computation of income tax. "The working of the proposed amendment is such that it would give wide discretionary powers in this regard," Modi, who is also state's Finance minister, said in his letter to Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram....
12:40 AM, Apr 28, 2013
Patna: There is a need to make buildings earthquake-proof and these constructions should comply to green norms, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Friday. "Large parts of Bihar comes in earthquake zone four-five hence there is a need to make building earthquake-proof and follow green norms," the CM said addressing Indian Building Congress function in Patna. The CM said the devastating earthquake in Bhuj in Gujarat was an eye-opener...
01:54 AM, Apr 27, 2013
Mumbai: In a fresh salvo apparently aimed at alliance partner JD (U), Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday said BJP would not take it lying down if any of its allies tries to impose its views on the party even as he expressed confidence that NDA will remain intact. "I would like to tell our alliance partners that nobody has the right to wield veto on us",...
01:27 AM, Apr 21, 2013
New Delhi: The Janata Dal United has now openly challenged its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party following the wrangling over the prime ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. JDU General Secretary Shivanand Tiwari in a strongly worded comment said that his party was not bending before the BJP for support. Tiwari said that that the BJP has always known the party's views on the PM candidate and it...
12:24 PM, Apr 17, 2013
New Delhi: The war of words between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal United has escalated as Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi hit out at Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "JD(U)'s statement in Delhi's national executive against our leaders was completely unwanted," Modi said. "We will discuss our future course of action on April 18 in our national executive meet," Modi added. Nitish Kumar on Sunday did...
03:26 PM, Apr 16, 2013
Patna: In another first in the country, tax collection in Bihar in the 2012-13 fiscal jumped to 29 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Saturday. "The achievement becomes all the more impressive considering that the world was witnessing an economic slowdown," Modi, also the Finance minister, told a review meeting of the commercial tax department in Patna. Other states registered a growth rate of 16-17 per...
12:30 AM, Apr 14, 2013
Patna: Educational programmes in Bihar have resulted in pushing literacy growth rate in the state to 16.82 per cent, much ahead of national average of 9.28 per cent, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Saturday. Social indices like decline in death rate, universalisation of immunisation scheme and rise in per capita income in Bihar reflects that the state was achieving inclusive growth, he said addressing a function here....
11:19 AM, Apr 13, 2013
Indicative of its impressive growth, Bihar's per capita income has almost doubled since 2004. But it is still well below the national average, a state minister says. Planning and Development Minister Narendra Narayan Yadav said that Bihar's per capita income in 2011-12 was Rs 15,268, which was still far behind the national average of Rs 35,993. ...
07:37 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is poorer than his cabinet colleagues as far as cash assets are concerned. According to details of movable and immovable assets declared by the chief minister and his cabinet ministers for 2012, Nitish Kumar has Rs 14,475 in cash. This was less than the Rs 46,974 he had in 2011. ...
04:56 PM, Jan 02, 2013
BJP leaders in Bihar on Thursday celebrated party victory in Gujarat under leadership of Narendra Modi, but said the nominee for the Prime Minister post in 2014 would be chosen at an 'appropriate' time. ...
08:22 PM, Dec 20, 2012
Patna: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP leaders will arrive in Patna on Sunday to pay condolence to veteran BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra, who died on Saturday after prolonged illness, party sources said in Patna. "Narendra Modi telephoned me to say that he will be coming to Patna tomorrow to pay condolence to Mishra," Bihar BJP President C P Thakur said. Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi confirmed...
07:00 PM, Nov 03, 2012
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to be keeping its top minority faces out of the Gujarat election campaign. Both Shahnawaz Hussain and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi do not figure in the list of 39 star campaigners for the polls. State minority morcha president Sant Mehboob Ali Baba is BJP's lone minority face who is confirmed for the campaign. Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, who has been critical...
12:17 PM, Oct 17, 2012
Patna: To invite Narendra Modi or not? That seems to be the Hamletian dilemma for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), part of the ruling alliance in Bihar, with one leader saying yes and the other a firm no. BJP leader and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Wednesday quite firmly that the Gujarat chief minister should not be invited for the April 15 'hunkar' rally of the...
04:39 PM, Oct 10, 2012
The MNS chief had threatened to brand people from Bihar as "infiltrators" and force them out of the state, if authorities in Bihar take legal action against Mumbai police in the Azad Maidan case. ...
08:37 AM, Sep 02, 2012
Patna: Rubbishing the Opposition's charge of scam and irregularity in Bihar in respect of non-reconciliation of contingency bills, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said reconciliation of funds was yet to be done. Out of Rs 24,243 crore of the amount withdrawn from treasuries in Bihar between 2002-2011 through Abstract Contingent (A/C) bills, the reconciliation of funds of Rs 7,388 crore was yet to be done through submission...
07:25 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Patna: Bihar government has decided against depositing funds in 21 public and private sector banks for their failure to provide loans to borrowers on the four-point criteria, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Tuesday. These 21 banks, including Axis Bank and ICICI Bank, have scored qualification marks of 25 points out of 100 fixed by the state government, he said. The points are meant to assess their performance...
05:21 PM, Aug 21, 2012
Patna: Bihar government has made arrangements to ensure security in Northeast-bound trains passing through the state, Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said on Friday. This was done as part of special vigilance to check any untoward incident following rumours of impending attacks on the trains, he said. There has been no exodus of people of Northeast origin residing in Bihar nor any attack on Northeastern people residing in the...
02:38 AM, Aug 18, 2012
Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Tuesday said it would be "a political mistake" if Gandhian Anna Hazare floated a political party. Talking to reporters in Patna, Modi said in a democratic set-up, everybody has the right to float political party, but giving a political alternative is a different matter. "It is also another matter to set up a political party, to run it and ensure victory...
04:48 PM, Aug 14, 2012
