Новости за 05.12.2015

he chilly Saturday evening warmed up with songs, dance and drama performances put up by students of St Michael’s High School (SMHS) to mark their annual day function, Festival of Excellence – Celebrating international year of light.

The state government has decided to set up Bihar Centre for Urban Governance (BCUG) at Patna to ensure capacity building in urban areas. A decision to this effect was taken at a high level meeting of the urban development and housing department (UDHD) on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by principal secretary, UDHD, Amrit Lal Meena.

The first audience question after Arnab Goswami wrapped up his talk at the Times Litfest on Saturday came from an unexpected source. It was a boy no more than ten years old. “There are trees being cut neat Hanging Gardens. Can you please do something on this?” he asked earnestly. “That is a very important issue. I will ensure we take it up,” said Goswami, smiling.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s co-chair and trustee Bill Gates called on Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar at the latter’s camp office at 7 Circular Road here to discuss ways to build on the state’s achievements in health and nutrition, and to reinforce the Foundation’s commitment to its development priorities

Following chief minister Nitish Kumar’s directive for speedy disposal of cases, 223 police personnel posted in Patna district are likely to face music for delaying the process

The All India Students' Association is organising a national convention on higher education on December 8 and 9.

With the Maoists down but not out and criminals, particularly burglars giving Gaya police a run for their money, it is a challenging job for the new Gaya SSP, Garima Malik.

At least 17 people – mostly young women – were killed while 16 others were seriously wounded when the pick-up jeep they were travelling in rammed into a truck stationed on the roadside in Dholapani area of Pratapgarh district on Saturday evening. The victims were labourers from different villages in Dholapani area.

A new chapter was added to the Harihar Kshetra Sonepur Fair on Saturday when Union skill development minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy inaugurated a camp to train youths in different trades under the Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojana so that they could get self-employment. Some of the skilled youths trained at different centres shared their experiences on the occasion

At the time when hefty salary packages earned by some of the IIT-Kanpur students is doing rounds, more than 15-20% of the students of 800 students in the final year of BTech course are not participating in the ongoing placement drive at this premier institute.

The main islands of the Seychelles voted Saturday in a presidential election , with incumbent James Michel facing his first serious challenge after two terms in office.

The main islands of the Seychelles voted Saturday in a presidential election , with incumbent James Michel facing his first serious challenge after two terms in office.

National carrier Air India put out a tweet about Chennai airport closure which led to confusion among flyers as the airline contradicted the Chennai airport authority.

Turkey has detained eight members of the Islamic State group including three children while trying to cross from neighbouring Syria illegally, the military said on Saturday.

Turkey has detained eight members of the Islamic State group including three children while trying to cross from neighbouring Syria illegally, the military said on Saturday.

A team of Bhojpur police led by ASP (operations) Md Sazid and DSP (probation) Reshu Krishna raided a restaurant in Karman Tola locality of the town and arrested 16 boys and 15 girls in the age group of 14-22 years after they were found in objectionable condition

The Vatican on Saturday announced that accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers will carry out its first external audit, as Pope Francis seeks to make the Holy See's finances more transparent. PwC will work "in close cooperation" with the Vatican's Secretariat for the Economy, headed by Australian cardinal George Pell, a statement said.

With the high-level meeting convened by Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli between the ruling parties and the opposition, including parties of Madhesis, ending inconclusively on Saturday, the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) leaders have decided to visit New Delhi on Sunday to apprise Indian leaders of their concern. This will be their first visit to Delhi since launching an agitation against the discriminatory provision against Madhesis in the Nepalese constitution, over three months ago

Over 40% of the total 1,600 students who registered for campus placements at IIT-Bombay have already got jobs in the first five days.

Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi accused the centre of “lackadaisical attitude” on state’s flood relief fund while it is quick in announcing special packages for Tamil Nadu and Jammu and Kashmir.

Bhagalpur Municipal Corporation (BMC) will install electronic traffic control signaling system (ETCSS) at busy roundabouts in the city soon to regulate traffic movement. The step is being is seen as an effort of the civic body to make Bhagalpur a ‘smart city’ as envisaged by the central government.

Odisha government is working on formulating a startup policy to promote and facilitate entrepreneurs in the state. The policy that would provide a host of incentives to lure new businesses will be ready by March 2016, official sources said.

In a day of high-voltage political tension and courtroom drama, the four corporators under the scanner in the Suraj Parmar suicide case surrendered but only two of them were sent to police custody

Assam government’s inquiry has found that death of farmer Dibakar Kalita of Tihu in Nalbari district was not due to crop failure, but because of schizophrenia.

The mangrove cover in Maharashtra has increased by around 20% since 2013.