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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has emerged as the most potent challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is, however, not the first time that a state leader has taken on PM Narendra Modi.
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In a major move, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced that 33% seats in state s medical and engineering colleges will be reserved for female students. The decision was taken in a virtual meeting chaired by the chief minister.
Moving forward to improve the quality of education in the state, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said that his government is trying to get a bill to set up engineering and medical universities in order to better manage these institutes.
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Nitish Kumar said that at least one third of the seats in the enrollment in engineering and medical colleges of the state should be reserved for girls. The Chief Minister said this would increase the number of girl students. This would be a unique thing and motivate girls more towards higher and technical education, he said.
Bihar: Former Minister alleges scam in procurement of ambulances in Siwan ANI | Updated: Jun 01, 2021 15:17 IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 1 (ANI): As the country is battling the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, former Bihar Minister Vikram Kunwar on Tuesday alleged that an ambulance scam has been unearthed in Siwan district that reveals each ambulance was purchased at three times the market price.
Kunwar alleged that each ambulance worth Rs 7 lakh was purchased for a whopping price of around Rs 22 lakh in Bihar s Siwan district.
He requested Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to investigate the alleged scam.
In a letter written to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the former MLA alleged that about 10 ambulances have been purchased from funds provided by MLC Tunna Pandey and former MLAs Ramesh Singh Kushwaha and Vyasdev Prasad.