The Congress on Tuesday claimed that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had “pulled a fast one” on NDA allies in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh given that most announcements in the Budget will not see light of day for a few years. The move, said Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, was “a post-dated cheque on a crashing bank”. In a post on X, he also shared a media report claiming that financial packages for Andhra Pradesh and Bihar are likely to cost the Centre Rs 20,000-30,000 crore. “The non-biological PM’s Kursi Bachao…
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UP orders survey of bridges; 80 ‘unfit’ or need ‘major repair’ | Lucknow News
In the wake of the reports of bridges collapsing in neighbouring Bihar, the Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a “thorough survey” of bridges in the state, especially the ones which are over 50 years old, so as to avoid any untoward incidents in case of heavy rainfall. The state Public Works Department (PWD), which has been assigned the task, has so far conducted a survey of over 700 old bridges of which nearly 80 have been found to be either “unfit or requiring a major repair”. The survey is still…
Bihar govt’s information and public relations officers trained in ‘communication and media’ at MICA | Ahmedabad News
MICA Ahmedabad held a five-day training programme on ‘Effective Communication and Media Management’ for newly inducted officials of the Government of Bihar’s information and public relations department. The programme, in collaboration between the Bihar Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (BIPARD) and MICA’s Centre for Development Management and Communication (CDMC), saw 27 newly inducted officials undergo on-campus training. Noopur Jha, who is assistant public relations director for the general administration department of the Bihar government, said, “Media is so dynamic that strategies need to evolve as we go. It…
RJD weans away four AIMIM MLAs in Bihar; becomes the largest party again
[ad_1] All but one of the five MLAs of the AIMIM in Bihar on Wednesday joined the RJD, making it the largest party in the 243-strong assembly, a development hailed by the leader of the opposition Tejashwi Yadav as “strengthening of secular forces” in the NDA-ruled state. Yadav, who is now the RJD‘s de facto leader, took the four MLAs to the assembly in a car he drove himself, in a gesture that was rich in optics as well as symbolism. Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha was handed over a communication…