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84% rise electricity connection for Durga Puja pandals in Patna in 5 years

PATNA, Oct. 18 -- Patna has seen an 84% surge in temporary electricity connections for Durga Puja pandals over the past five years, rising from 365 in 2021 to 671 this year. According to data from the... Read More


BJP's month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan kicks off today

PATNA, Sept. 16 -- The BJP will launch its month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan in Bihar on Thursday to mark PM Modi's birthday, with a statewide programme of lamp-lighting, welfare outreach, youth engagem... Read More


Bihar CM seeks return of Sultanganj Buddha statue from UK

PATNA, Sept. 8 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary has written to Union culture and tourism minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, seeking the repatriation of the celebrated Sultanganj Buddha, a 2.3-... Read More


50 of Bihar's 400 new PM e-buses to run as pink buses

PATNA, Aug. 12 -- Fifty of the 400 PM e-buses being inducted into the Bihar State Road Transport Corporation's (BSRTC) fleet this financial year would be deployed as 'pink buses', said its administrat... Read More


Bankipur loss dents Nitin Nabin's aura, raises questions over BJP leadership

PATNA, Aug. 4 -- BJP's defeat in the Bankipur assembly by-election has dealt a significant blow to its national president Nitin Nabin, with some political observers stating the loss in his family bast... Read More


98% women, only 2% men opt for sterilisation in 20-day drive in Bihar

PATNA, Aug. 2 -- A sterilisation drive across Bihar from July 11 to July 31 as part of the family planning initiative in the wake of the World Population Day (July 11), saw only 2% men among 15,033 pa... Read More


NEET issue rocks final day of Bihar assembly's monsoon session

PATNA, July 25 -- The Bihar legislative assembly was disrupted on Friday, the last day of the five-day monsoon session, as the nationwide student agitation over the NEET issue triggered sharp exchange... Read More