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Opposition stages walkout from Upper House in Bihar

Patna, Mar 12 (UNI) Dissatisfied with the reply of Bihar government on a special debate over slackness in utilising the Local Area Development Fund (LADF) of MLAs and MLCs, the Opposition today staged a noisy walkout from the legislative council during the pre-lunch session.

Replying on the debate, rural engineering organisation minister Narendra Yadav said the government had decided to give the rights to MLAs and MLCs for selection of agencies for the works.

Earlier, the district magistrates had the rights to select agencies for carrying out the development works from the LADF of MLAs and MLCs.

The government allocates Rs 318 crore every year for the LADF of MLAs and MLCs, Mr Yadav said. He said now steps would be taken to ensure that these funds do not lapse.

Dissatisfied with the replies, CPI's Kedar Pandey, CPI(M)'s Vasudev Singh, Congress and LJP members Mahachandra Prasad Singh and Sanjay Singh walked out of the house.

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BYOFF-2007 film festival kicks off in Puri

Bhubaneswar, Feb 20 (UNI) The stage had been set on the sylvan beaches of Puri to welcome the filmmakers and movie buffs to witness the fourth edition of Bring Your Own Film Festival-2007 (BYOFF). The five day mega event being organised in collaboration with INSCREEN, the premier film society of the state based at Bhubaneswar will be held from February 21 to 25 and screen over 120 films of different genres and durations. A BYOFF release issued here today said there.....

NIT to train technical students all over India:MHRD

Durgapur, Mar 12 (UNI) The Ministry of Human Resource Development has chosen National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur to train the students of 1600 government and private engineering colleges all over India. To get the jobs in government sector and MNC's, the ministry had taken the decision to start the eight-week-long course, known as finishing schools, where about 100 students would be trained for Rs 5000. Director of NIT, Durgapur and member of the experts committee of finishing school Swapa.....

Opposition demands implementation of "sarna code' in J'khand

Ranchi, Mar 12 (UNI) Opposition BJP MLAs today staged a noisy dharna in the Jharkhand Assembly demanding implementation of the 'Sarna code' for benefit of the tribal people of the state. Raising the issue during the question hour, Chandresh Oran (BJP) demanded to implement 'Sarna code' saying the 'Christian Adivasis' were getting dual benefits of minority as well of the scheduled tribes whereas the tribals following the Sarna religion were getting one benefit that is given to only scheduled tribes. Mr.....
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