Bihar flood

Tens of thousands of people displaced by flooding in Bihar
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
The flooding was caused by a week of incessant rain. On August 18, the Kosi river, which enters India in north Bihar, changed its course and shifted over ...
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Calming the Kosi
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
Already, news of floods in other places has taken precedence over Bihar. Where will people find replacement for their lost crop and cattle? ...
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Doctor Helps Bring Relief to Flood Victims ; A Retired Doctor From ...
RedOrbit - Dallas,TX,USA
Dr Lalitha Raman (59), from Cliff Gardens, Scunthorpe, travelled to the flood-hit north Indian state of Bihar last month - and is still offering her support ...
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Supaul DM’s rejoinder to Bihar times story on flood relief
Bihar Times - Patna,Bihar,India
Last week, dozens of angry flood victims, including women and children, looted relief material in Saharsa, Madhepura and Supaul. In the district Supaul, ...
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Relief Work : A Brief Report As ON 1 OCTOber 2008
By webmaster
Bihar Flood Relief Work 2008. Appeal. All donations paid in cash or by cheque / demand draft drawn in favour of “RAMAKRISHNA MISSION” payable at Kolkata are exempt from Income Tax under section 80-G of the IT Act. ...
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Different Shades of India
By Hyd-Masti Team(Hyd-Masti Team)
A man is airlifted onto an Indian Air Force helicopter at a flood-affected village in the eastern Indian state of Bihar September 3, 2008. The floods have forced more than three million people from their homes, destroyed 250000 acres of ...
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Bay Area organizing Bihar Flood Relief Day
By NRI-Online
FREMONT: Bay Area organizations have come together to raise funds for the relief of Bihar flood hit. Led by the American Organization for Development 6 Vote(s)
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Bihar flood

Aid for Bihar flood survivors
South Asian Focus - Brampton,Ontario,Canada
Acting Indian Consul-General Surender Arora received donations for the Bihar flood victims from Sunil Rao, editor, South Asian Focus, at the consulate's ...
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Bay Area organizing Bihar Flood Relief Day
IndiaPost.com - Union City,CA,USA
FREMONT: Bay Area organizations have come together to raise funds for the relief of Bihar flood hit. Led by the American Organization for Development of ...
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India Today

Bihar flood takes a toll on education
India Today - New Delhi,India
While the class 10th board students had filled up their forms before the flood catastrophe struck Bihar, the Plus Two students are groping in the dark. ...
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Paxcel Technologies Pvt. Ltd, donates to Bihar Relief
By MADAD(Dharmendar)
Paxcel Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Gurgaon donated Rs. 25000/- for relief work at Bihar.
Welcome to Bihar flood relief 2008 - http://biharflood2008.blogspot.com/

Flood Relief Work today
By bihar-flood-relief(bihar-flood-relief)
Continuing with the relief operations in Bihar, team of doctors from Doctors for You is currently working in the camps organized jointly by Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Delhi School of Social Sciences. ...
Bihar Flood Relief - http://floodreliefbihar.blogspot.com/

IIT Kharagpur contributes to Bihar flood victims
By unknown volunteer(unknown volunteer)
(Bihar Flood 2008); Seva Bharati joins hands with Seva International. (Bihar Flood 2008); The Godavari and Sabari Flood Disaster. (Andhra Pradesh Flood 2006); Seva Bharati mustered a large no. of its volunteers who went in the remotest ...
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Airtel, MIT plan flood prediction system in Bihar
By Dr.V.N.Sharma(MUKHIYA JEE)
Ranchi: Massive destruction to lives and property in Bihar due to sudden floods will be a thing of past. Soon people of the flood-prone district in the eastern Indian state will have an information system which would predict the likely ...
Bihar Today - http://www.bihartodayonline.com/

Your Gateway to Delhi
By Mayank Austen Soofi(Mayank Austen Soofi)
Bihar Diary-II: Misery in the Water World The Delhi Walla volunteers in the flood hit Bihar; by Mayank Austen Soofi Bihar Diary-I: First Impressions The Delhi Walla goes to volunteer in the flood hit region; by Mayank Austen Soofi ...
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Bihar flood

Bihar flood victims loot relief material
Hindustan Times - India
Desperate for food and drinking water over a month after the Kosi river swamped hundreds of villages in Bihar, angry flood victims have now taken to ...
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Desperate and angry, Bihar flood victims loot relief material
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Patna, Oct 7 (IANS) Desperate for food and drinking water over a month after the Kosi river swamped hundreds of villages in Bihar, angry flood victims have ...
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Muslim organizations celebrate Eid in Bihar flood relief camps
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
By Tarique Anwar, TwoCircles.net, Patna: Lest the people devastated by the Kosi River flood in August in northeastern Bihar feel desolated and sad on the ...
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Indian envoy in Oman urges NRIs to donate for flood-ravaged Bihar ...
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Meanwhile, the Indian Social Club (ISC), under the aegis of the Indian Embassy, has begun a charity drive to raise funds for the flood victims in Bihar and ...
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Relief camps in Bihar turn into cinemas
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
PATNA, Oct 6: The Bihar government is using the golden era of cinema to motivate flood victims, more than a month after the Kosi River unleashed destruction ...
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India, Nepal to meet to discuss various issues
Hindu - Chennai,India
New Delhi (PTI): The recent floods in Kosi river and several irrigation and hydel power projects pending at various stages would be discussed between India ...
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Desperate and angry, Bihar flood victims loot relief material
By admin
Patna, Oct 7 (IANS) Desperate for food and drinking water over a month after the Kosi river swamped hundreds of villages in Bihar, angry flood victims have now taken to blocking highways, attacking officials and even looting relief ...
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Bihar flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
Himalayan Times Salman's noble gesture for flood victims Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal The charity show is for the Bihar flood victims. Since he could not celebrate Eid with his family this year because of his tight schedule, ...
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Bihar flood victims loot relief material
Desperate for food and drinking water over a month after the Kosi river swamped hundreds of villages in Bihar, angry flood victims have now taken to blocking highways.
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Bihar Flood Relief
Just came across an innovative site to help Bihar Flood victims. Shows how one can contribute without actually spending anything or being physically present by spending 60 seconds of one's time. Just have to answer simple questions, ...
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Indian envoy in Oman urges NRIs to donate for flood-ravaged Bihar ...
Muscat, Oct 7 (ANI): The members of the Indian community in Oman have been urged upon by the Indian envoy here Anil Wadhwa to donate a day's sal...
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Koshi Flood

NC Prez commits to make party disciplined
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
The octogenarian leader accused the Maoist-led government of not being serious in the construction of highway and the rehabilitation of the Koshi flood ...
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Govt not serious over Koshi displaced people: Koirala
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
... accused the government of not being serious over the rehabilitation of the displaced people by the Koshi flood and re-construction of the highways. ...
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NAC sends money to Koshi victims
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
This amount will be immediately sent to the Prime Minister’s flood relief fund in Nepal. This amount has been contributed by many generous organizations and ...
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Koshi Flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
Nepal: Koshi Flood - OCHA Saptari Situation Report, 02 Oct 2008 ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland More than a month after the breach of Koshi River eastern embankment on 18 August the East West highway still remains closed. ...
Help Koshi Flood Victims - http://koshiflood.blogspot.com/

ReliefWeb » Document » Nepal: Koshi Flood - OCHA Sunsari Situation ...
Oct 2, 2008 ... Nepal: Koshi Flood - OCHA Sunsari Situation Report, 02 Oct 2008. This District Level Sitrep is compiled by UN OCHA with sector specific ...

 

Bihar flood

Oman Plans Fund Drive for Bihar Flood Victims
Khaleej Times - Dubai,United Arab Emirates
ISC has formed a Bihar Flood Relief Committee which will decide on how the fund collection effort should be conducted. “We have been given three months of ...
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Gujarat experts to prepare rehabilitation plan for flood-hit Bihar
SINDH TODAY - Sindh,Pakistan
In August, the prime minister had termed the Bihar flood a national calamity and sanctioned Rs.10 billion for relief efforts. He also announced the release ...
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Expat Indians in Gulf rally to help India’s flood hit
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
“The Bihar Flood Relief Committee is in the process of identifying organisations actively involved in relief and rehabilitation programmes,” reports quoted ...
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Bihar flood
By Vachak(Vachak)
Voice of America Flood Victims Cope in India's Bihar State Voice of America - USA Flood victims stand in a queue to receive food at a relief camp in Saharsa, in the northern Indian state of Bihar, 23 Sept. 2008 No one in 13-year-old ...
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Bihar flood relief: Supaul photos
By admin
4 Oct 2008, Supaul, Bihar Four more temporary shelters were constructed at Supaul for the flood affected in Bihar. Supaul is the worst flood affected area. Dr. Sarvan Kumar IAS, the district collector inaugurated the temporary shelters. ...
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Bihar Flood Relief Overview - 27 Relief Camps served numbers upto ...
By varora
Taking up the responsibility of providing for their daily sustenance of flood victims, the Sadhu Vaswani Mission continues to bring relief through the concept of a “Free Kitchen”. The first [...]
Sadhu Vaswani Mission News & Updates - http://www.sadhuvaswani.org/wordpress

Expat Indians in Gulf rally to help India’s flood hit
By News
Earlier, from Qatar, members of the Bihar Flood Relief Committee-Qatar (BFRC-Q) visited Bihar to distribute relief materials collected from Qatar to the flood-affected in that state. BFRC-Q was formed by representatives of Qatar’s ...
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Bihar flood

Bihar against ‘adoption’ of villages
Indian Express - New Delhi,India
Patna, October 5 The Bihar Government is against the idea of corporate houses, film stars, trusts and voluntary groups “adopting” flood-ravaged villages. ...
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Peninsula On-line

MES teacher recalls tearful scenes on visit to Bihar flood relief ...
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
DOHA • A team led by Shakil Ahmed Kakvi, a teacher of the MES Indian School and head of the Qatar committee for Bihar flood relief visited the flood-hit ...
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Coca-Cola to reconstruct flood-hit schools
Times of India - India
PATNA: Coca-Cola has joined hands with other organisations to take up rehabilitation projects in the flood-affected areas of Bihar. ...
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Gulf Times

Doha team visits Bihar flood victims
Gulf Times - Doha,Qatar
THE two-member mission of Indian community in Qatar, who went to Bihar to assess the flood situation there, visited the Willum School flood relief camp at ...
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BIHAR FLOOD REPORT - Doctors For You
By bihar-flood-relief(bihar-flood-relief)
Bihar Calamity 2008. A report by Doctorsforyou(D4U). (48 member doctors who went there). Based on onsite experience from 17th Sep 08 – 22nd Sep 08 in flood zone. Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path ...
bihar Flood Relief - http://floodreliefbihar.blogspot.com/

Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar's flood hit to Punjab
... that the farmers are camping at Ludhiana railway station, eager to hire labourers as soon ... as soon as they get off the train. Their problem has been compounded because the ...
Inbox Robot: Rail & Intermodal News - http://www.inboxrobot.com/news/rail-intermodal

The Floods in Bihar
By tushark224
Sujay Roy, Coordinator Bihar flood Relief Committee, in a message to PatnaDaily.Com on Tuesday, informed about the upcoming fund-raising event on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 at the India Community Center (ICC), 525 Los Coches St, Milpitas, ...
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Is the money going to victims in Bihar?
By 11journos
From the day when Chief Minister called Bihar flood as catastrophe and the Prime Minister declared it a natural calamity and announced Rs 1000 crore for Bihar flood, the donations and aid in terms of cash have been flowing to Bihar. ...
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Radio: A friend in need, a friend indeed
By Alokesh Gupta(Alokesh Gupta)
He is gazing at the faces, on the platforms of Bathnaha railway station, that has been turned into a mega relief camp for the flood affected people of Bihar. His eyes dried in search of his abba (father) and two aapas (elder sisters) ...
RADIOACTIVITY - http://alokeshgupta.blogspot.com/

 

Bihar flood

Bihar floods man made disaster: Union minister
Press Trust of India - New Delhi,India
The RJD MP claimed that while according to the Bihar government's 'flood news', the embankment was safe till the evening of August 17, it developed a breach ...
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CNN-IBN lends a helping hand for the Bihar flood victims Announces ...
Indiantelevision.com - Mumbai,Maharashtra,India
With its special programming initiative, CNN-IBN invites its viewers to come forward and help in aid for Bihar flood victims through a special helpline ...
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Flood victims cope in India's Bihar state
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
No one in 13-year-old Soni Kumari's village in Bihar's Supaul District had ever seen a flood. The village lies far away from the river. ...
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Reuters AlertNet

EFICOR's Bihar Flood relief update
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
The flood situation in River Kosi's new course areas is slightly getting better as the water is slowly receding. As per the government statistics there are ...
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Peninsula On-line

Indian team delivers aid to flood victims in Bihar
Peninsula On-line - Qatar
DOHA • Two members of Bihar Flood Relief Committee (BFRC), Qatar travelled to Bihar with aid and met with major relief workers in the region to assess ...
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Rs 80-cr govt aid for flood-hit students
Times of India - India
The banks in Bihar, on the other hand, would launch a special drive to disburse consumption loan among flood-hit people of Saharsa, Madhepura, Supaul, ...
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Life on embankments..
By Chandan(Ashok)
Darafga embankment is providing shelter to more than a thousand families who could not make it to the. larger government camps. Their temporary shelter is made of bamboo sticks supporting clothes or plastic sheets as canopy. Almost ...
Bihar Flood Relief - 2008 - http://biharfloodrelief2008.blogspot.com/

ISC launches charity campaign to raise funds for Bihar flood victims
By allvoices / news
Indian Social Club has undertaken a widespread charity drive to raise funds for the flood victims of Bihar, a state in eastern India, under the aegis of the Indian Embassy and as approved by the Ministry of Social Development (Ref. ...
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Success in the Trenches in Flood-Ravaged Bihar, India
By John Lindner
Ground water in Bihar, India is everywhere. You can be pretty certain that within one day of manual drilling you will reach water. It is finding suitable water for drinking that is difficult. In Kenya on the other hand, reaching the ...
Voices of CRS - http://crs-blog.org

Bihar deploys police as flood victims protest
Many thousands of peasants in the Indian state of Bihar refused to leave their homes when flooding hit the region at the end of August. At the time, the Indian government mounted a chaotic "aid effort." As a BBC correspondent put it, ...
GNN Headlines - http://www.gnn.tv

Flood Relief in Remote Areas of Bihar
By युग मानस yugmanas(युग मानस yugmanas)
by flood water still and administration is still not succeeded to make communication with them. We reached there with boat and made a list of about 300 most poor family. At first, we are providing food there. ...
युग मानस YUG MANAS - http://yugmanas.blogspot.com/

 

Koshi Flood

Nepal: Sad beginning!
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
Leaving the flood victims of the Koshi flood in the lurch, Nepal ’s revolutionary prime minister is on a meaningless tour abroad. ...
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Nepal: Whither Prachanda-Path?
Telegraphnepal.com - Kathmandu,Bagmati,Nepal
... hit hard by the breach in the Koshi embankment. Instead of healing the wounds of the flood ravaged population back home, he preferred to visit China . ...
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JCWR to inspect flood-hit areas today
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
Indian side will also forward the talks on construction of Koshi High Dam Project. India will also propose building Koshi embankment and hydroelectricity ...
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Rain stalls Koshi construction
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
A team of Indian technicians had begun constructing the 10- km-long canal since last week to bring the water from flood affected VDCs toward the Koshi ...
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WFP assisting flood victims in Nepal
ReliefWeb (press release) - Geneva,Switzerland
The flooding in the eastern Terai occurred when the River Koshi burst through an embankment on 18 August. Worst-affected are the two districts of Sunsari ...
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West Seti Project - a Nepali Perspective
By NepaliPerspectives(NepaliPerspectives)
The Union shall have the right to regulate all the balance of supplies in the Kosi river at the barrage site thus available from time to time and to generate power in the Eastern Canal” pursuant to Clause 4 (i) of Koshi Agreement[viii]. ...
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Saharsa Flood Relief Work : A sign of unity of India:
By Dr. Dhanakar Thakur(Dr. Dhanakar Thakur)
Saharsa Flood Relief Work : A sign of unity of India: Learn to live with floods than trying to control that by bandhs. -Dr. Dhanakar Thakur dhanakarthakur@rediffmail.com I wanted to go to serve Koshi flood victims and had applied for ...
drdhanakarthakur - http://drdhanakarthakur.blogspot.com/

 

Koshi Flood

Koshi flood victims launch protest demanding fresh handouts for ...
Nepalnews.com - Kathmandu,Nepal
Hundreds of families displaced by the recent floods caused by a breach in Koshi River embankment in Sunsari district have launched protest, demanding fresh ...
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Flood victims obstruct Highway demanding immediate financial support
Kantipur Online - Kathmandu,Nepal
They said that they had been economically wiped by the Koshi flood as their house and property was destroyed. They further warned to intensify the protest ...
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Flood shortage in wake of Koshi flood fury
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
Children of Dalits, displaced by the Koshi flood fury, have been suffering from malnutrition, according to the report of a survey. The survey was conducted ...
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Nepal’s Precarious Food Security Tested After Months of Heavy Flooding
By admin
More than 60000 people were displaced in Sunsari District after the Koshi River, Nepal’s largest, burst its banks on 18 August. Barely one month later torrential rains resulted in heavy flooding in the west of the Himalayan nation, ...
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Bihar flood

Himalayan Times

Salman's noble gesture for flood victims
Himalayan Times - Kathmandu,Nepal
The charity show is for the Bihar flood victims. Since he could not celebrate Eid with his family this year because of his tight schedule, he will come over ...
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Ta’awan Trust extending help to flood-hit Bihar
Indian Muslims - San Diego,CA,USA
By Md. Ali, TwoCircles.net, Patna: The water though have receded from the flood affected areas in Bihar, the people affected by the Kosi River fury are ...
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Sallu turns Asin's mentor!
Hindustan Times - India
A skylark from UK dropped by to update us on the rapidly growing ‘good friendship’ between Salman Khan and southside actress Asin on the outdoor of Vipul ...
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Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar's flood hit to Punjab
Economic Times - Gurgaon,Haryana,India
Farm labourers in Bihar's flood- hit districts of Madhepura, Supaul, Saharsa, Araria and Purnea are starved of work, while farmers in Punjab have been ...
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Kala azar kills 7 children in flood-hit Bihar
MyNews.in - Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh,India
Patna : Seven children have been killed by deadly kala azar (black fever) in flood-hit Bihar ''s Purnia district and dozens are suffering from it. ...
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Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar’s flood hit to Punjab
Thaindian.com - Bangkok,Bangkok,Thailand
Farm labourers in Bihar’s flood- hit districts of Madhepura, Supaul, Saharsa, Araria and Purnea are starved of work, while farmers in Punjab have been ...
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Special Article
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
Similar intervention is evident in the nature of the floods caused by the Kosi river in Bihar. Engineers had built embankments to “tame” the Kosi, ...
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Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar's flood hit to Punjab
Supaul (Bihar), Oct 4 (IANS) In a bid to lure poor labourers from flood-hit Bihar to work on their fields, rich farmers of Pu...
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Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar's flood hit to Punjab
Supaul (Bihar), Oct 4 (IANS) In a bid to lure poor labourers from flood-hit Bihar to work on their fields, rich farmers of Punjab are offering free cell phones and other attractive incentives.
News Track India - http://www.newstrackindia.com

Free phones, high wages fail to lure Bihar's flood hit to Punjab
In a bid to lure poor labourers from flood-hit Bihar to work on their fields, rich farmers of Punjab are offering free cell phones and other attractive incentives. But the offer has few takers.
news.indiainfo.com - http://news.indiainfo.com/

Items received: 03-Oct-2008
By Ashok(Ashok)
Chandan has confirmed that he received cloths (Baby, men and women cloths) from. IDG media pvt ltd. 49, Geetha Building,. 3rd cross,Mission Road. Bangalore 27 Guneshwar Ji ordered 1 tent from Delhi which was received by Chandan on ...
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Not a sexy story to tell (C) NDTV
But one that's somehow being reported as `The Bihar Flood.' And therefore a localised problem. Like a bad annual rash you may get on your arm in the monsoon that some ointment will set right. Oh the annual floods again! ...
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