Bihar posts decline in decadal growth rate

Saturday , April 02 2011 Inbox Edition

• Bihar posts decline in decadal growth rate
  Uttar Pradesh and Bihar -- Hindi heartland states that account for 25 % of India's 121-crore population -- have posted a decline in their decadal growth rate of population, as India witnesses its steepest decline in decadal growth rate since independence. Significantly, the decadal rates of population growth in the two states had increased in [...] View More
• Railways keen in launching phone booking
  PATNA: Railway ticket booking through cellphones is picking up fast these days, particularly in the metros. On an average about 800 to 1,000 tickets are being booked through cellphones daily in the metros. Cellphone savvy people, particularly from metropolitan cities, have been using this new system without any hassle. The new system has almost ended [...] View More
• Indians are World Champion again
  MUMBAI: An inspired India on Saturday night regained the coveted World Cup after 28 years as they suppressed Sri Lanka with a six-wicket victory in a nerve-wrecking final to script a glorious new chapter in their cricketing history. Chasing 275 for a historic win, the Indians held their nerves as they rode on Gautam Gambhir’s [...] View More
• Bihar provides 11 percent of Army personnels
  PATNA: Army personnel have reasons to feel proud of their Bihari roots as Bihar accounts for about 11 percent of the total Army personnel strength. Talking to TOI, Bihar Ex-Servicemen League president Col (retd) V K Singh said that Bihar had lost a large size of cantonment after its bifurcation from West Bengal and later [...] View More
• The Mahavir Mandir Trust to open Sant Kabir Heart Hospital at Muzaffarpur
  PATNA: The Mahavir Mandir Trust will open Sant Kabir Heart Hospital at Muzaffarpur at a cost of Rs 5 crore and install six life-size statues depicting the birth of Sita opposite Sitamarhi railway station at a cost of Rs 15 lakh. These and other decisions were made in the trust s annual budget of over Rs 55.14 [...] View More