Relief to air flyers as Patna route costs less than last yr

PATNA, March 3 -- The Union government's cap on airfares, implemented in November last year, helped ease the financial burden on passengers travelling home for Holi, with several key routes to Patna w... Read More

Patna zoo shut till March 7 amid bird flu fears in state

PATNA, March 1 -- The Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park, popularly known as Patna zoo, has been closed to visitors till March 7 as a precautionary measure following confirmation of H5N1 avian influenza in... Read More

Bihar begins drive to vaccinate girls for cervical cancer

PATNA, March 1 -- Bihar has set a target to vaccinate 13 lakh adolescent girls aged 14-15 years with a single dose of the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil over the next three months, health minister M... Read More

'Govt cannot force Medanta hosp to join Ayushman scheme'

PATNA, Feb. 28 -- Bihar health minister Mangal Pandey on Friday said the state government cannot compel Jai Prabha Medanta Super Specialty Hospital (JPMSSH) or any other private hospital to get fully ... Read More

Health panel to probe 3-year delay in NOC for 140 pharmacy colleges in state

PATNA, Feb. 28 -- The health committee of the Bihar Legislative Council will examine the prolonged delay in issuance of no-objection certificates (NOCs) for 140 proposed pharmacy colleges, pending wit... Read More

5,000 birds culled at govt farm after bird flu outbreak in Patna

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Around 5,000 poultry birds were culled on Wednesday at the Bihar government's poultry research station under the Bihar Animal Sciences University (BASU) after confirmation of H5N1 av... Read More

H5N1 spreads to poultry in Patna; 6,000 birds to be culled after crow deaths

PATNA, Feb. 25 -- Around 6,000 poultry birds will be culled in Patna on Wednesday after the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, spread from crows to poultry for the first... Read More

'Govt committed to introducing cashless medical treatment'

PATNA, Feb. 25 -- The Bihar government on Tuesday said it was committed to introducing a system of cashless medical treatment but declined to specify a timeframe, drawing persistent queries from membe... Read More

6K poultry birds to be culled in patna amid H5N1 spread: officials

PATNA, Feb. 25 -- Around 6,000 poultry birds will be culled in Patna on Wednesday after the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, spread from crows to poultry for the first... Read More

Fresh bird flu fear after crow deaths in Patna & Bhagalpur

PATNA, Feb. 23 -- Fresh deaths of crows in Patna and Bhagalpur have raised concerns over a possible spread of the H5N1 avian influenza or bird flu, prompting the Bihar government to intensify containm... Read More

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