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Bihar distt hospitals to turn into super specialty units: Min

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Health minister Mangal Pandey on Monday said in the Vidhan Sabha that in the coming years the district hospitals would be developed as super speciality hospitals and block level hosp... Read More


Bihar min appointed Asst Prof after BSUSC clean chit

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Putting all controversies at rest, Bihar's minister for rural work department Ashok Choudhary on Monday finally got appointed as Assistant Professor in the Political Science Departme... Read More


Ruckus in House as LJP(RV) attacks RJD over Paswan remark

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Ruckus broke out in the Bihar legislative assembly on Monday as the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), a junior partner in the ruling NDA, launched a vociferous attack on the Rashtriya... Read More


Land disputes claim 1,000 lives annually in state: Dy CM Sinha

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Asserting land issues as a major source of violence, deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Sinha, who holds the revenue and land reforms portfolio, said that about 800 to 1,000 lives are... Read More


Saharsa and Mansi rail track doubling stuck in delay for nod to low cost

SAHARSA, Feb. 17 -- Despite the Samastipur railway division significantly reducing the cost of the proposed doubling of the 44-km-long Saharsa-Mansi railway line project, locals are irked over the del... Read More


300 shops gutted in fire at Katihar market

KATIHAR, Feb. 17 -- Around 300 shops in Kursela market of Bihar's Katihar district were gutted in a fire that broke out late Sunday evening, police said on Monday. The fire which is believed to have s... Read More


6 Bihar workers among 7 dead in Raj factory fire

BETTIAH, Feb. 17 -- Of seven people burnt alive in an illegal firecracker-manufacturing factory in the Bhiwadi town of Rajasthan's Khairthal-Tijara district on Monday, six are from Bihar, leaving the ... Read More


Health emergency in Haryana's distt after 6 liver-related deaths

Gurugram, Feb. 17 -- Authorities in Haryana's Palwal district have declared a health emergency in Chayansa village after at least six deaths were reported due to liver-related complications over the p... Read More


Mob violence grips Jharkhand over child theft rumours

Ranchi, Feb. 17 -- A surge of mob violence triggered by false rumors of 'child-lifting' left several people critically injured across Jharkhand over the past 48 hours. In separate incidents spanning C... Read More


2.5mn more Bihar women get Rs.10,000 each as start-up grant

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday disbursed Rs.10,000 each to 2.5 million women beneficiaries under the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana (MMRY) via direct benefit transfer (DBT)... Read More