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Politics over varsity Arrests Protest march Celebration Postal week Flight delay Dharna

The Telegraph Online Published 04.10.11, 12:00 AM

Politics over varsity

Patna: JD(U) MP Monazir Hassan on Monday criticised the Centre and state’s principal Opposition party RJD for politicising the issue of setting up of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) at Kishanganj for which the state government has already decided to provide 243.76 acres of land at a token amount of Rs 10.assan added that the central government and the AMU must try to take the land documents of the said land by depositing the token amount. The Sachar Committee had recommended setting up of five branches of AMU in states of Bihar, Bengal, Kerala, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh but the Congress-led UPA government started the construction work of AMU branch in Kerala and Bengalwhich were poll-bound states.

Arrests

Patna: Two men, Imran and Munna, were arrested on Monday and 10 mobile handsets, which had been stolen from a courier company a month back, recovered from them.

Protest march

Patna: On the occasion of International Action Day, employees and workers of the unions and federations affiliated to World Federation of Trade Unions on Monday organised a protest march in support of their various demands on Monday.

Celebration

Patna: The Believers Church, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, which is also declared by United Nations as International Non-Violence Day, celebrated the occasion on Monday with the inmates of Beur Central Jail.

Postal week

Patna: The department of posts would celebrate National Postal Week from October 9 to 14, Anil Kumar, director of postal services said.

Flight delay

Patna: Kingfisher Airlines’ evening flight IT 3347, which flies on the Delhi- Patna- Ranchi- Delhi route was delayed by an hour and 15 minutes on Monday. The flight was reported to arrive at Patna airport at 9.15pm against its scheduled arrival at 8pm daily.

Dharna

Patna: CPI(M) would stage a dharna to protest against corruption, price-rise, flood and BJP leader L.K. Advani’s proposed rath yatra on October 11.
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