POWER JOLT: Chief minister Nitish Kumar in Patna on Monday. Picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh Patna: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday admitted that the last-minute calling off of the two-day power ministers' conference at Rajgir by the Centre was an "embarrassment" that could have been avoided. "The conference should not have been postponed at the last hour," Nitish said. The conference, scheduled for November 10 and 11, was postponed less than 24 hours before its scheduled start. Bijendra said the decision on Rajgir as the venue was taken at the power ministers' conference at Vadodara, Gujarat, in October 2016.

Source: The Telegraph November 13, 2017 21:45 UTC