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Bihar land drives head for deadline miss as strikes cripple revenue machinery

PATNA, March 23 -- The Bihar government's high-profile push to digitise and clean up land records is collapsing under its own weight. Two flagship campaigns - Bhu-Mapi Mahaaviyan and Rajaswa Mahabhiya... Read More


Vikramshila Setu safe, says minister; Oppn cries foul on viral video of damaged walls

PATNA, March 21 -- Bihar's road construction department (RCD) minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal on Saturday declared the Vikramshila Setu over the Ganga in Bhagalpur 'absolutely safe' for traffic, even as ... Read More


Post-RS poll fiasco, Cong faces existential crisis in Bihar

PATNA, March 18 -- Barely two days after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept all five Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from Bihar, the Congress unit here is confronting an existential crisis marked by ... Read More


Cong MLA blames RJD's 'wrong candidate' for abstaining in RS polls

PATNA, March 17 -- A day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) wrested all five Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from Bihar, Congress MLA from Valmiki Nagar Surendra Prasad Kushwaha broke his silence thr... Read More


Opposition leaders accuse BJP of using muscle, money and machinery to win Bihar RS polls

PATNA, March 16 -- Leader of the opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pursuing the politics of intimidation and resorting to misuse ... Read More


Nitish winds up 3rd leg of Samriddhi Yatra, gifts schemes worth rRs.r480 cr in Sheikhpura, Begusarai

PATNA, March 15 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar winded up the third leg of his Samriddhi Yatra on Saturday by laying foundation stones, launching works and inaugurating schemes worth over Rs.480 ... Read More


Revenue & land reforms dept to use AI tools for faster disposal of revenue works

PATNA, March 12 -- The state government is set to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its revenue administration, aiming to make land records, mutation processes and other citizen serv... Read More


Revenue officers allege govt bypassing HC's orders, continue strike

PATNA, March 10 -- The state government's decision to reserve the post of deputy collector land reforms (DCLR) for the Bihar administrative cadre (BAS) to deny the posting of Bihar revenue services (B... Read More


Bihar Cong chief accuses BJP of placing Nitish Kumar under 'digital arrest'

PATNA, March 9 -- Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) president Rajesh Ram on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), claiming that the saffron party has effectively... Read More


Revenue officers resume strike, land records related work grinds to a halt

PATNA, March 9 -- Routine revenue related works, issuance of caste and residential certificates and other essential work at the circle offices across Bihar came to grinding halt on Monday as circle of... Read More