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Unkindest Cut: Lalu Yadav's Party Leader Says Tejashwi Should Have Resigned
Lalu Yadav, smarting at what he called Nitish Kumar's betrayal by getting back together with the BJP, told reporters today: "I am not selfish... if so, why would I have let him be Chief Minister?" A senior leader of his party disagrees, and has gone public with criticism of his boss's judgement.
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The Price of Light: India's Huge Need for Electricity is a Problem for the Planet
Of the world's 1.3 billion people who live without access to power, a quarter - about 300 million - live in rural India in states such as Bihar. Nighttime satellite images of the sprawling subcontinent show the story: Vast swaths of the country still lie in darkness.
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In Nitish's Bihar, a village's power cut has lasted 17 years
For three months in 1995, Afaur village in Bihar's Saran district had electricity. Villagers fondly talk about fans that worked light at night and watching television much like they would recount the fleeting visit of a celebrity. Fleeting it was. One day they woke up to no electricity and for 17 years they have lived without.
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In Nitish's Bihar, students have to study at a railway station
9 pm at the local railway station in one of Bihar's Sasaram district. Amid the rush of passengers who are here to catch a train, a group of children sit on the platform, focusing on getting their ticket out of here.
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Nitish Kumar's convoy hit with stones by protestors in Bihar
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's convoy was attacked with stones on Wednesday morning by protestors. They were reportedly upset about frequent power cuts and a shortage of water
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Unkindest Cut: Lalu Yadav's Party Leader Says Tejashwi Should Have Resigned
Lalu Yadav, smarting at what he called Nitish Kumar's betrayal by getting back together with the BJP, told reporters today: "I am not selfish... if so, why would I have let him be Chief Minister?" A senior leader of his party disagrees, and has gone public with criticism of his boss's judgement.
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The Price of Light: India's Huge Need for Electricity is a Problem for the Planet
Of the world's 1.3 billion people who live without access to power, a quarter - about 300 million - live in rural India in states such as Bihar. Nighttime satellite images of the sprawling subcontinent show the story: Vast swaths of the country still lie in darkness.
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In Nitish's Bihar, a village's power cut has lasted 17 years
For three months in 1995, Afaur village in Bihar's Saran district had electricity. Villagers fondly talk about fans that worked light at night and watching television much like they would recount the fleeting visit of a celebrity. Fleeting it was. One day they woke up to no electricity and for 17 years they have lived without.
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In Nitish's Bihar, students have to study at a railway station
9 pm at the local railway station in one of Bihar's Sasaram district. Amid the rush of passengers who are here to catch a train, a group of children sit on the platform, focusing on getting their ticket out of here.
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Nitish Kumar's convoy hit with stones by protestors in Bihar
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar's convoy was attacked with stones on Wednesday morning by protestors. They were reportedly upset about frequent power cuts and a shortage of water
