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15,000 schools to be opened in Bihar

Patna, Mar 9 (UNI) Amidst walkout by opposition on the issue of appointment of Urdu teachers and Lok Sikshaks, the Bihar Assembly today passed the budget of Human Resource Development and Youth and Culture Departments through voice vote.

Replying to the debate on budgetary demands, state Human Resource Development Minister Brishen Patel said 2.36 lakhs teachers would be recruited while 1.36 teachers would be appointed during the current year.He said that 15000 new primary schools would be opened in the state.

Earlier, opposition alleged that a large chunk of fund received from the national and international agencies for AIDS control were being misutilised. On a short notice question of BJP member Bhola Prasad Singh, state Health Minister Chandramohan Rai said the state government was considering a proposal to spend the AIDS control fund through district health committee instead of state AIDS control committee as was currently in practice.

Mr Rai said that during 2001-06, the state government had provided Rs 4.23 crores to various voluntary organisations to carry out the AIDS control programmes and 28 district magistrates had described their performance as satisfactory.

Dissatisfied with the reply of the Health Minister, RJD member Ramchandra Purve, CPM member Ramdev Verma, LJP member Maheshwar Singh and Samajwadi Party MP Gopal Agarwal demanded for constitution of a house committee to inquire into the matter.

Amid noisy scenes created by the opposition over the issue, state Energy Minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav said the state government would hand over the matter to Legislative Forum on AIDS for thorough inquiry.

After that speaker Udai Narain Chaudhary ordered the state government to get the matter inquired from Legislative Forum on AIDS on all the points of suspicion.

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Box "N"depot receives ISO 9001-2000 certificate

Durgapur, Mar 9 (UNI) The Box "N" Depot of Eastern Railway at Andal, 15 kms from here, has been awarded with ISO 9001-2000 certificate for its performance related to Quality Management System (QMS). Eastern Railway's General Manager Narendra Kumar Goel received the certificate from the representative of British Standard Institute Pvt Ltd at a function here today. Mr Goel said Box "N" depot achieved "zero" neutral rejection during the last one and half years. He also informed that a total of.....

21 EC observers arrive in UP on Feb 28

Lucknow, Feb 23 (UNI) The election process in Uttar Pradesh is set rolling with as many as 21 Election Commission observers reaching to Uttar Pradesh on February 28 to oversee progress of voters list, voters identity cards and other related matters. These observers would hold various meetings with the officials to take stock of the electoral preparedness in UP in wake of seven-phase assembly poll starting April 7, Chief Electoral Officer Anuj Kumar Vishnoi said here this evening. He said in.....

Polling in Valtoha tomorrow

Chandigarh, Feb 23 (UNI) A keen contest is expected in the Valtoha Assembly constituency in Punjab where the polling is slated tomorrow. About 1,18,796 voters will decide the electoral fortune of five candidates who are contesting the election in the constituency where polling was postponed earlier to February 24 due to the death of CPI candidate. On February 13, polling was held in 115 of the 117 assembly segments in Punjab. Polling in Beas constituency was postponed to March 11.....
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