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Nitish returns Gujarat’s Kosi relief donation
Patna, June 19
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today returned the Rs 5-crore aid given by the Gujarat Government for the Kosi flood victims, drawing sharp criticism from the BJP and other parties like the Congress, the RJD and the the LJP. Kumar, who was angry after local papers last week carried advertisements about the help given by the Gujarat Government for the 2008 Kosi flood victims, returned the money, which was lying unspent in the CM’s Relief Fund, officials said.

BJP rules out break-up with Nitish: Nation page

Friends no More Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has fallen out with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over a controversial advertisement (below) that claimed Gujarat had donated  the highest amount (Rs 5 crore) for Kosi flood victims

Must strive for doubling agri growth: PM
Pantnagar, June 19
Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva confers an honorary degree of Doctor of Science on PM Manmohan Singh at the 26th convoca- tion of the Govind Ballabh PPrime Minister Manmohan Singh has called for doubling the agricultural growth rate of the nation. 
Uttarakhand Governor Margaret Alva confers an honorary degree of Doctor of Science on PM Manmohan Singh at the 26th convoca- tion of the Govind Ballabh Panth University 
of Agriculture at Pantnagar on Saturday. 

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