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Bihar Assembly passes Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015
Bihar Assembly has passed Bihar Public Grievance Redressal Bill, 2015. It was passed by a voice vote. The bill seeks to empower people of state and provide legal rights to them for redressal of their complaints within a time-frame. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2015
Union Cabinet gives nod to revised estimate for East-West freight corridor
Union Cabinet has given to 81,459 crore rupees revised estimate for Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) Project. Decision in this regard was taken in Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Cabinet also ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2015
BHEL commissions Bijlee Utpadan's 195-MW thermal unit in Bihar
State-owned electrical equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has commissioned a 195-MW thermal unit in Muzzafarpur district in Bihar. The commissioned thermal unit is the first of the two 195-MW units to be commissioned by BHEL at the thermal power ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
Former Union minister Baleshwar Ram passes away
Veteran Congress leader and Former Union minister Baleshwar Ram passed away on 3 May 2014 due to kidney-related ailments in Patna, Bihar. He was 87. Since 1952 he had served as MLA for five-term from various assembly constituencies in Bihar. ..
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2015
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates centenary celebration of Patna High Court
The centenary celebration of Patna High Court was inaugurated on 18 April 2015 by President Pranab Mukherjee. He also released a commemorative postage stamp on this occasion to mark HC’s glorious judicial history. Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
K.N. Tripathi sworn in as Governor of Mizoram
West Bengal and Bihar Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi took additional charge of Mizoram . He was sworn in as 16th Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 2015. Justice Michael Zothankhuma of the Gauhati High Court administered oath of office to ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2015
Former Bihar CM Ram Sundar Das passes away
Former Bihar Chief Minister (CM) Ram Sundar Das passed away on 6 March 2015 in Patna. He was 95. Das was a leader of the Janata Dal (United) political party and had led the JDU government as the Chief Minister of ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2015
Nitish Kumar sworn in as CM of Bihar for 4th time
Nitish Kumar has sworn in as the Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar for the 4th time. Governor of Bihar Keshri Nath Tripathi administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at the oath taking ceremony held at Raj Bhawan ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi resign
Chief Minister (CM) of Bihar Jitan Ram Manjhi has resigned. His resignation was accepted by Governor of Bihar Keshri Nath Tripathi. He had resigned from office, before the trust vote he was to face in Bihar Legislature after the Governor address ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Rashad Hussain appointed as US Special Envoy and Coordinator
Rashad Hussain, an Indian-American has been appointed United States (US) Special Envoy and Coordinator for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. He will hold both posts. Prior to this appointment, he was Special Envoy of the US to Organisation for Islamic Countries (OIC). ..