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Music college on cards Model state Women power Cancer meet Assistance Revenue jump Seminar Dead voter

The Telegraph Online Published 11.04.11, 12:00 AM

Music college on cards

Patna: Art, culture and youth affairs minister Sukhda Pandey on Sunday said that the state government is planning to set up a music college in Patna.he added that the college would be affiliated to the Aryabhatt Knowledge University but no decision has been taken on the proposal yet.

Model state

Patna: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said he would write letters to chief ministers of all NDA-ruled states and advise them to follow the steps taken by the Bihar government to check corruption.

Women power

Patna: JD (U) MP Jainarayan Prasad Nishad on Sunday wrote letters to UPA chief Sonia Gandhi and social activist Anna Hazare, drawing their attention to the non-representation of women in the committee to draw up the Lokpal Bill.

Cancer meet

Patna: Lack of nano labs is adversely affecting cancer-related research work in the city, said Mahavir Cancer Sansthan director J.K. Singh at a symposium on Sunday.

Assistance

Patna: East Central Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation, Sonepur, handed over an air-conditioned ambulance to the divisional railway hospital on Sunday.

Revenue jump

Patna: East Central Railway achieved the best fiscal figures and loaded 88.14 million tonnes of revenue-earning freight traffic in 2010-11, said ECR public relations officer Dilip Kumar on Sunday.

Seminar

Patna: Padma Shri awardee Sudha Varghese on Sunday said dereliction of duty gives rise to violence, at a seminar on “Growing violence: search for causes and remedies.”

Dead voter

Chhapra: One Ganga Sharan was at his wits’ end when he went to cast his vote for the Legislative Council elections at a booth on the campus of the office of sub-divisional officer. He was denied his voting right as in the record he was declared dead. The JD (U) candidate of the constituency protested before commissioner-cum-returning-officer Indra Sen Singh.
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