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Issue of irregular and excessive smart meter bills for the poor raised in Jharkhand Assembly

11 Dec 2025 | 11:03 PM

Ranchi, Dec 11 (UNI) Heated exchanges continued on the fifth and final day of the Jharkhand Assembly’s winter session, with both ruling and opposition benches locking horns over multiple issues, including alleged corruption, student scholarship delays, irrigation project lapses, and complaints of excessive billing through smart electricity meters.

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BJP will fall before 2029, claims Mamata in Nadia rally

11 Dec 2025 | 10:55 PM

Kolkata, Dec 11 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday predicted that the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre would not last its full term up to 2029, and without naming, she launched a scathing attack against union Home Minister Amit Shah, saying his eyes are very dangerous.

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Bihar Maternal Mortality Rate declining Due to PMSMA: Mangal

11 Dec 2025 | 10:53 PM

Patna, Dec 11 (UNI) Bihar Health Minister Mangal Pandey on Thursday said that the state government is giving special emphasis on effectively implementing the Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) to ensure quality antenatal care for every pregnant woman in the state.

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Tejashwi Yadav misled by aides, must return to field: RJD veteran

11 Dec 2025 | 10:44 PM

Patna, Dec 11(UNI) RJD senior leader Shivanand Tivary has questioned the disappearance of Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav from the political scene after the party’s crushing defeat in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. Tivary advised Tejashwi to return to the field without delay.
In an open letter addressed to Tejashwi, Tivary held Sanjay Yadav and former RJD Bihar president Jagadanand Singh, both considered close to the RJD’s de facto chief, responsible for keeping him in the dark.

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Nurseries to support agro forestry: Ram Kripal

11 Dec 2025 | 10:41 PM

Patna, Dec 11 (UNI) Bihar Agriculture Minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Thursday said that the state government is strengthening nursery-based plant production to support agro-forestry.

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Odisha Governor highlights AI’s role in climate monitoring, urban Planning, precision farming

11 Dec 2025 | 10:37 PM

Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (UNI) Emphasizing the growing significance of artificial intelligence, Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati on Thursday said that AI-powered analysis of satellite imagery will play a key role in enhancing climate monitoring, urban planning, water conservation, and precision farming.

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RSP introduces fully mechanized cleaning system at New Plate Mill

11 Dec 2025 | 10:35 PM

Bhubaneswar, Dec 11 (UNI) The New Plate Mill (NPM) of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) has successfully implemented a pioneering, fully mechanized cleaning system to clear a completely blocked scale channel during the recently concluded capital repair shutdown.

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Seven arrested for illegal sand mining

11 Dec 2025 | 10:33 PM

Patna, Dec 11 (UNI) Security personnel arrested seven people for indulging in illegal sand mining from Maner area, near Patna.

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Lalu's daughter Rohini Acharya demands justice from Nitish for women in Bihar

11 Dec 2025 | 10:29 PM

Patna, Dec 11(UNI) Rohini Acharya, estranged daughter of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad, on Thursday urged CM Nitish Kumar to take effective steps to ensure justice to women in the state, even in their parents' home after marriage, besides in social and political activities.

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Wife suspects kidnapping of husband in Bokaro

11 Dec 2025 | 10:14 PM

Bokaro, Dec 11 (UNI) A woman from Sector-8A under Harla police station in Bokaro has lodged a written complaint expressing suspicion that her husband, Jayant Kumar, has been kidnapped.

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Twenty five vending zones to be set up in Patna: Navin

11 Dec 2025 | 10:10 PM

Patna, Dec 11( UNI) Bihar Urban Development and Housing Minister Nitin Navin on Thursday instructed officials to quickly identify twenty five locations in Patna for creating vending zones.

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Government details river cleanup measures after Saryu Roy flags pollution in assembly

11 Dec 2025 | 10:04 PM

Ranchi, Dec 11 (UNI) The state government placed a detailed account of its river pollution control measures before the Assembly after Jamshedpur West MLA Saryu Roy raised concerns over untreated waste flowing into the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers.

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Governor Bose begins process to shift voter registration to Bengal, says he wants to be state’s “adopted son”

11 Dec 2025 | 9:59 PM

Kolkata, Dec 11 (UNI) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose has formally initiated the process to shift his voter registration from Kerala to West Bengal, declaring that he wishes to become the “adopted son” of the state.

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EC holds pre-poll coordination meeting with state, central agencies in Kolkata

11 Dec 2025 | 9:52 PM

Kolkata, Dec 11 (UNI) The Election Commission on Thursday convened a high-level coordination meeting here with representatives of both state and central agencies as part of its pre-poll preparations for the upcoming Assembly election.

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Land acquisition major hurdle for NEEPCO to develop power projects in Meghalaya

11 Dec 2025 | 9:48 PM

Umrangso, Dec 11 (UNI) Land acquisition has been a major hurdle for the state-run North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) to develop power projects in power-starved Meghalaya, an official said.

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