Finally, a 4000-MW power project for Bihar: a centre-Bihar give and take!   Give & Take: power! Patna/New Delhi: according to a number of recent reports, Bihar will now manage to get out of its dark tunnel. Soon after granting two central universities to Bihar and a 20 per cent hike in Plan allocation, the Manmohan Singh-led Government has now doled out one more largesse to the JD (U) strongman. This is being seen as a positive fallout of Nitish’s support of Pranab Mukherjee as the presidential candidate. The centre, in a friendly gesture of give and take has decided to supply coal on... 

United Bihar’s one line demand from centre: ‘give us power’! New Delhi/Patna: in a rare gesture indicating agreement among all the political parties from Bihar, an all-party delegation from Bihar, led by chief minister Nitish Kumar, met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought increased allocation of power to the state from the Barh and Kahalgaon units of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). The delegation, also sought coal linkage to the Barauni extension power project in the state. Apprising Singh about the difficult power situation in the state, Nitish said Bihar was a “victim... 

Indonesia offers to supply coal to Bihar: can it contribute to solving Bihar’s power crisis? Patna: the latest press reports emanating from Patna inform that Indonesia recently offered to supply coal to Bihar for thermal power plants. This offer was made by Indonesian Ambassador to India Lt Gen (Retd) Andi M Ghalib when he met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday afternoon. After the meeting, the CM said the Indonesian envoy made the offer “and we will explore the possibilities and take up the matter with the Centre as to whether the coal from that country be made available to...