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WRD accelerates process for construction of 3 barrages for flood control

PATNA, Jan. 9 -- The Water Resources Department (WRD) has accelerated the process for construction of three barrages, two on Bagamati and one on Mahananda river with the detailed project reports (DPRs... Read More


'Erring officials being taken to task; land related plaints have come down sharply'

PATNA, Jan. 8 -- Deputy chief minister-cum-revenue minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Wednesday said the revenue and land reforms department had started pulling up erring officials having lackadaisical att... Read More


Bihar Cong to go solo for 'Save MGNREGA' campaign

PATNA, Jan. 7 -- The Congress's state unit in Bihar, like all party units across India, will hit the streets with the "Save MGNREGA" campaign all alone, with its allies extending distant support. The ... Read More


20mn Bihar farmers to get digital IDs for perks

PATNA, Jan. 5 -- The state agriculture department will provide digital identification cards (IDs) to around 20 million farmers in Bihar as part of the Agri Stack project to make a digital database of ... Read More


MLC polls: Rolls for graduates', teachers' constituencies issued

PATNA, Jan. 4 -- Ahead of the biennial polls for Bihar Legislative Council from teachers and graduates constituencies later this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has published the final up... Read More


For Bihar Oppn, the year started with hope; it's ending in disarray

PATNA, Dec. 29 -- The year 2025 for the Opposition Mahagathbandhan or Grand Alliance(GA) in Bihar started on a hope that it would dislodge the incumbent Nitish Kumar-led NDA government from power. But... Read More


panchayat polls in state to be held before dec 2026: poll panel

PATNA, Dec. 18 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) will hold the next panchayat polls before December, 2026 and also complete the exercise of reservation of posts through rotation by early next yea... Read More


Bihar to spend Rs.3-3.5K-cr for VB-G-RAM-G's wages

PATNA, Dec. 18 -- The Bihar government will have to spend estimated Rs.3,000 crore to Rs.3,500 crore from next fiscal year onwards as state share under the proposed new rural employment scheme -- Viks... Read More


CPI-ML to hold village huddles to assess assembly poll debacle

PATNA, Dec. 17 -- After massive poll drubbing in the Bihar assembly elections, one of the main opposition parties in the state, CPI-ML (Liberation), is going to hold a seven-day village-level assessme... Read More


1.7m farmers distributed seeds for rabi cropping

PATNA, Dec. 15 -- The state agriculture department has distributed 6.41 lakh quintals of seeds of all types to around 1.73 million farmers in the ongoing rabi season, which is one of the highest in re... Read More