Three get death for kidnap and murder of 4-year-old

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 25, 2012, Patna

A court in Bihar awarded death penalty to three men and life imprisonment to another for abducting and killing of a four-year-old boy. Additional District and Sessions Judge Arun Kumar Singh gave the ruling at the Muzaffarpur district court.

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Boy killed for plucking mangoes

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 25, 2012, Patna

A 10-year-old boy was severely beaten up for allegedly plucking mangoes from an orchard in Bihar's Samastipur district. The child died from injuries, police said in Patna on Friday.

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Woman killed in Bihar for allegedly practising witchcraft

Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 24, 2012, Patna

A 58-year-old Dalit woman was killed on Thursday by her neighbour in Bihar's Gaya district, around 100 km from state capital Patna, for allegedly practicing witchcraft, police said. According to police, Lashki Devi was brutally beaten before being strangled to death by her neighbour Kapil Bhuiyan in Jumladih hamlet of Chotki Kewla village in Dumaria area of Gaya.

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AIIMS branch in Bihar to be fully functional by 2013: Azad

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 24, 2012, Patna

Union Health and Family Welfare minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that he expected the Patna branch of All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) would be fully functional by next year.

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All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Patna to start this year, says Ghulam Nabi Azad

IANS | Thursday May 24, 2012, Patna

Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday announced that the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Patna would start this year itself.

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School principal beaten to death over land dispute in Bihar

Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 22, 2012, Patna

The principal of a government-run school was beaten to death by some villagers on Tuesday over a land dispute in Bihar's Samastipur district, police officials said.

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Bihar Youth Congress observes 21st death anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi

Press Trust of India | Monday May 21, 2012, Patna

The 21st death anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was killed in a suicide bomb attack on this day 21 years ago, was observed as 'sacrifice day' on Monday by the Bihar Pradesh Youth Congress.

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Patna's own Marine Drive project set to take-off

Indo-Asian News Service | Sunday May 20, 2012, Patna

Eight construction companies, including Gammon, Nagarjun and Reliance, have shown keenness to construct the proposed 40-km driveway along the banks of the Ganga river in Patna modelled on Mumbai's Marine Drive, officials said on Sunday.

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IIT-JEE 2012: 12-year-old Bihar boy cracks examination

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday May 19, 2012, Patna

IIT-JEE 2012: A 12-and-a-half-year-old boy from Bihar has cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination.

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IIT-JEE 2012: Bihar's Super 30 shines again

Indo-Asian News Service | Friday May 18, 2012, Patna

In another big score, 27 of the 30 students from Bihar's Super 30, a free coaching centre for underprivileged students, have cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) this year, its director said on Friday.

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