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Bihar panel flags poor KCC coverage in state

PATNA, June 12 -- Bihar's high-level committee (HLC) on banking performance has expressed serious concern over poor progress in Kisan Credit Card (KCC) coverage, weak agricultural lending and the unde... Read More


Bihar warns banks over poor credit-deposit ratio

PATNA, June 11 -- The Bihar government issued a strong warning to several nationalised banks over their poor credit-deposit (C:D) ratio in the state. Officials said on Wednesday that the government ca... Read More


Govt doctor suspended over hospital fire

PATNA, June 11 -- The Bihar health department on Tuesday suspended a government doctor over alleged negligence and dereliction of duty linked to the June 4 fire at Muzaffarpur's Prasad Hospital that c... Read More


Bihar CS asks OMCs to push faster PNG rollout amid LPG supply delay

PATNA, June 9 -- Bihar chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Monday directed oil marketing companies (OMCs) to accelerate city gas distribution (CGD) infrastructure in the state after the government agree... Read More


Now 3-year service mandatory for govt docs seeking higher edu

PATNA, June 8 -- The Bihar health department has mandated at least three years of continuous regular service for government doctors seeking no-objection certificates (NOCs) for higher studies outside ... Read More


LJP(RV) names Ashraf Ansari as candidate for Bihar Council polls

PATNA, June 7 -- Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) on Saturday announced its working state president Ashraf Ansari as the party's candidate for the 2026 biennial elections to the Bihar Legislative Counc... Read More


Bihar orders fire safety audit of hospitals after Muzaffarpur tragedy

PATNA, June 7 -- The Bihar health department directed district magistrates to conduct a comprehensive fire safety audit of government and private hospitals across the state, two days after seven peopl... Read More


Doc gets notice for using mobile phone during min's review meet

PATNA, June 6 -- The Bihar health department on Friday served a show-cause notice on Nawada civil surgeon Dr Binod Kumar Chaudhary for allegedly using a mobile phone during an online review meeting ch... Read More


'Hospital skipped MHA-mandated fire safety assessment'

PATNA, June 5 -- Prasad Hospital, the private health facility in Muzaffarpur where a fire early Thursday claimed lives of five ICU patients did not participate in last month's fire safety assessment s... Read More


HIV viral load testing shifted from PMCH after laboratory fire

PATNA, June 4 -- Testing of blood samples to determine the viral load of people living with HIV (PLHIV) has remained temporarily suspended at government-run Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) for l... Read More