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NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Railways will fill 70 per cent of vacancies in the sports quota through open advertisements, Railway Minister Nitish K...

NEW DELHI, Feb 25: Railways will fill 70 per cent of vacancies in the sports quota through open advertisements, Railway Minister Nitish Kumar said today. The Railways Sports Control Board has been renamed as Rail Sports Promotion Board to reflect the new orientation, the minister said presenting the Railway budget for 1999-2000 today.

Stating that five out of the seven gold medals won by India in the recently concluded Bangkok Asian Games were won by Railway athletes, Nitish Kumar said with the measures taken to promote sports in Railways, “our sportspersons would continue to give outstanding performance in the future also”.

outside the RJD party office in Patna on Friday. Partners of the alliance filed nomination papers for all 121 seats going to polls in the first phase – the total strength of the Bihar House is 243 – while talks continued to end the deadlock over seats.

Mahagathbandhan parties fail to seal Bihar pact, field own candidates for Phase 1

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Opposition Mahagathbandhan in Bihar failed to announce a seat-sharing pact as nominations closed for the first phase of Assembly elections. Talks are ongoing to end the deadlock over seats, with over a dozen constituencies still in dispute. The alliance has released lists of candidates, with RJD reportedly contesting 130-135 seats and Congress around 60.

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