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Bihar extends deadline as veil row doc yet to join job

PATNA, Jan. 2 -- The Bihar government has extended till January 7 the deadline for newly-appointed AYUSH doctors to join service, marking the second such extension in 11 days, an official said on Thur... Read More


Hijab row doctor yet to join service, govt extends joining date till Jan 7

PATNA, Jan. 2 -- The Bihar government has extended till January 7 the deadline for newly-appointed AYUSH doctors to join service, marking the second such extension in 11 days, an official said on Thur... Read More


Foreign medical grads call off strike after stipend assurance

PATNA, Jan. 1 -- Around 96 foreign medical graduates (FMGs) from Bihar, undergoing their MBBS internship at the ESIC Medical College and Hospital, Bihta, called off their indefinite strike on the seco... Read More


Cabinet okays 3rd rollout of 7-Resolve to put Bihar on development fasttrack

PATNA, Dec. 17 -- The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday gave its nod to roll out "Saat Nischay-3" in the next five years (2025-30) to bring Bihar in the category of developed states of the country. In order to... Read More


Drug inspectors told to check free blood supply for thalassemia patients

PATNA, Dec. 14 -- Drug inspectors in Bihar have been directed to verify the free supply of blood to patients with thalassemia, an inherited blood disorder, during inspections of blood centres, officia... Read More


Govt withholds salary, puts doctor on notice for wrong HIV figures

PATNA, Dec. 13 -- The Bihar government has issued a show-cause notice and stopped the salary of a contractual doctor posted at the anti-retroviral therapy (ART) centre of Sitamarhi district hospital f... Read More


All five aerobridges at Patna airport new terminal to be ready by January: Officials

PATNA, Dec. 12 -- Patna's Jay Prakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport was set to have all five aerobridges of its new integrated terminal building (NITB) operational by January 2026, airport offi... Read More


10 more indigo flights called off in patna; aai steps in to help stuck travellers

PATNA, Dec. 11 -- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Wednesday announced that it would extend all possible assistance to passengers stranded due to IndiGo's ongoing operational disruptions, whic... Read More


health manager suspended for 'denying' hearse to dead patient

PATNA, Dec. 10 -- The health department on Tuesday suspended the block health manager of the Community Health Centre (CHC), Akbarpur, in Nawada district, and issued show cause notices to medical offic... Read More


46K vacancies to be filled soon in state health dept: Minister

PATNA, Nov. 26 -- Returning to the helm as Bihar's health minister for the fourth time, Mangal Pandey on Tuesday announced an aggressive push to strengthen the state's healthcare system, including fil... Read More