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Minister pleads for joint bid to curb air pollution - Times of India
PATNA: State health minister Mangal Pandey has pleaded for collaborated efforts by different government departments to take preventive and corrective measures to curb air pollution .
Power cuts irk Patnaites, but Pesu claims all’s well - Times of India
PATNA: With power outages becoming the norm, city residents have little option but to grin and bear the trouble. Areas like Boring Road , Sri Krishna Puri, Sri Krishna Nagar, Pataliputra Colony, Nehru Nagar, Nageshwar Colony and Machhua Toli, among others, have been grappling with power pangs for days now.Wednesday was no better with the erratic electricity supply getting on the nerves of Patnaites. “With the temperature hovering around 40-43°C, we are forced to stay indoors.
Ride responsibly, enjoy life’s journey: Biker - Times of India
PATNA: He dons a leather jacket, settles himself on his 410cc adventure bike and takes to the road every day. Meet sexagenarian Sharat Sharma , who set out on a 28,000-kilometre solo trip from Haryana on March 18 to raise awareness about rash driving and traffic rules.Riding on bumpy roads with a camera, a laptop and a diary, Sharma has already covered major states like Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.
Eves’ safety on PUSU netas’ radar
PATNA: With most of the wannabe student netas making women’s safety their poll plank, Patna University (PU) and its colleges seem set to have gender sensitisation committees after the students’ union polls slated for February 17.The promised sexual harassment watchdog of PU is likely to be formed along the lines of the GSCASH (Gender Sensitisation Committee against Sexual Harassment), one of the earliest such committees in educational institutions, which has of late been allegedly lying...
App, website soon to take your waste food to needy
PATNA: Remember how as kids we hated the kaddu ki sabzi and threw it away the moment parents left the dining room? A sense of guilt seeped in once we were caught and lectured about the plight of children starving in distant imaginary lands.Take this: Roughly 1.3 billion tonnes of edible food produced in the world is discarded every year.
Bokil: Notebandi execution could have been better
PATNA: The Centre provided the "wrong dose of the notebandi medicine" by withdrawing 86% of the currency in circulation in one go. So claims Anil Bokil , the man credited with having sold the idea of demonetisation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Addressing a seminar organised by Arcade Business College here on Wednesday, Bokil, a mechanical engineer and founder of Pune-based think tank ArthaKranti Pratishthan, urged the participants to play a proactive role in putting an end to corruption.
Your furry friend helps you live longer
PATNA: Tired of convincing your parents to let you keep a dog at home?
'Mental illness drove Buxar DM to death'
PATNA: Mental illness, not marital discord, drove Buxar DM Mukesh Kumar Pandey to commit suicide. Or, so believes his father-in-law Rakesh Prasad Singh.The wailing automobile dealer released the 30-year-old’s 11-page suicide note to buttress his claim at a press conference at his plush apartment in Patna on Thursday.The note reads: “I am young, I am an IAS officer, I am married in a good family and I am presently well posted as Buxar DM.
When ‘Bura naa mano...’, ‘Jogira sararara...’ rent the air
PATNA: From pichkari, gobar, bhang and dholak-jhaal-nagada to water guns of Chinese make, synthetic colours, thandai and smartphone-tab-laptop... Holi 's has been a colourful story, rue old-timers."Young Holi revellers, dressed in shabby clothes and drenched in mud, would zip through the city roads on scooters and bikes in tolis till noon and head back home to enjoy special delicacies ranging from kachaudi and pua to 'meat' and bhang.
Holi revellers take natural route, opt for organic colours this time
PATNA: Here, there, everywhere... colours are all over the market place. As Patnaites roll up their sleeves to celebrate Holi this Monday, many will refrain from using synthetic colours and take the natural route this time."While a 100gm pack of herbal colour costs Rs 70, the synthetic ones are available for Rs 40.
‘Net’ loss to offline traders of Holi songs
PATNA: On a sultry Monday afternoon, 28-year-old Sunny sat idle awaiting buyers of Holi CDs and DVDs at his Bakarganj store. He would once attend "a swarm of customers" in the run-up to the festival of colours. "Online streaming and downloads have written an obituary of sorts of the offline music trade," he complained.Four shops away, Rahul showed Holi discs lying unsold at his shop. "In this era of 4G when almost everything is available online, the sale of music albums has nosedived.
Save thy doggy as thou save self - from diseases
PATNA: "Unable to express what they are going through, dogs often suffer in silence.
Will create fear in minds of molesters: SSP
Molesters, beware! Policemen are at work to make you pay for the crime. And, no less importantly, girls are coming forward not only to seek policemen's help but also to thank them for the help. With a group of Patna girls presenting roses to MANU MAHARAAJ as a token of thanks for arresting three youths who tormented two sisters at Boring Road crossing last fortnight, TOI's ANUJA SHANKER caught up with the Patna SSP to know details of the case. Excerpts:Q.
Experts underline import of studies on foreign shores
Patna: Bihar education minister Ashok Choudhary on Wednesday urged young scholars of the state to avail the benefits of European Union (EU) student exchange programmes and take up research in the "not-so-popular" study areas like archaeology, linguistics and physical sciences.Addressing a workshop jointly organized by the EU and the state government, the minister admitted that Bihar's "under-performing" higher education sector had adverse effects on its fast-growing economy.
Cash crunch: Sellers slash prices to sell off veggies
Patna: With Raja, Sudhir, Lalu and Devanti sitting idle awaiting buyers of their veggies, city's Antaghat Market was on Thursday devoid of the usual rush or haggling for prices.Vendors blame it on the Centre's recent demonetisation exercise.
Seashores now beckon more Patnaites
Patna: Earth’s axial tilt and a drop in the temperature ring a bell? Days have started getting shorter and nights chillier, signalling the advent of winter and prompting quite a number of Patnaites to plan journeying to seashores, and elsewhere, for a winter break.“Compared to last year, the number of holidaymakers is up 30% this winter. While classic destinations like Goa and Kerala are as popular as ever, Pondicherry and Port Blair have become the new hot spots.
Nothing cannot be hacked: Fadia
Patna: What will you do if somebody hacks into your computer, laptop or cellphone? How will you react if someone targets your bank account and wipes out all your money? Who will come to your rescue if somebody spies on you and steals your identity? Ethical hacker Ankit Fadia has answers to all your queries.With live hacking demonstrations, the 31-year-old tech junkie on Saturday explained how cyber criminals all over were waiting in the wings to exploit growing technologies.
Fraser Road: Then & now
Patna: Sitting in a rocking chair and sipping the morning tea at his Boring Road residence, septuagenarian Diwakar Roy regrets, "Ab Patna mein pahile waala baat na rahal." The retired state government employee, who has bittersweet memories of the bygone days, laments how realtors have mercilessly pulled down old buildings that were unique specimens of Bihar's history.Indeed, some of the finest mansions, 'kothis' and houses on Patna's Fraser Road, also referred to by many as the Fleet Street...
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