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MoRTH clears Rs.1.64L-cr Bihar highway projects

PATNA, Oct. 17 -- The Central ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH) on Friday cleared projects worth Rs.1,64,518 crore spanning 2,424 kilometres under the annual work plan for Bihar during t... Read More


Overloaded, leaking boats cause frequent calamities

PATNA, Oct. 15 -- A small, leaking boat carrying 20-25 villagers capsized late Tuesday in the dark waters of the Ganga near Raghopur diara in Vaishali. At least 13 people, most of them minors, drowned... Read More


CM orders repair of schools, govt buildings in by March next year

PATNA, Oct. 14 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday directed the district magistrates to complete renovation, repair and maintenance of all government buildings, including hospitals, schools,... Read More


CM transfers Rs.7k each to 1,60,201 flood-hit families

PATNA, Oct. 13 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday transferred relief funds amounting to Rs.112.14 crore via Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to the bank accounts of 1,60,201 flood-affected fami... Read More


No scientific plan in place, Patna grapples with garbage disposal

PATNA, Oct. 12 -- In Patna, the garbage never really leaves. It simply moves - from doorsteps to street corners, from lanes to vacant plots, from one mohalla to the next. For years the capital has fun... Read More


Bihar likely to seek Rs.10,000cr from centre for flood loss

PATNA, Oct. 11 -- The state government is preparing to place a demand of more than Rs.10,000 crore before the Centre as compensation for the widespread damage inflicted by the recent floods on people,... Read More


Bihar likely to present over rRs.r10,000 cr demand to Centre to compensate flood damages

India, Oct. 10 -- The Bihar government is preparing to place a demand of more than Rs.10,000 crore before the Centre as compensation for the widespread damage caused by the recent floods to people, ag... Read More


Traffic jams rob Patna of 'Smart City' tag

PATNA, Oct. 7 -- For the last one month, the capital city of Patna has not merely suffered from traffic jams. It has lived them. Day by day, the capital's arteries are getting so clogged that ordinary... Read More


Varanasi-Kolkata e-way: Bihar's 33.5-km stretch to open by June

PATNA, Oct. 6 -- A 33.5-km-long stretch of the six-lane Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata expressway, passing through the Anirbansalia village in Dumaria block to Samgrampur in Imamganj block of Gaya, is expect... Read More


Bihar MLC polls: RJD, Cong locked in five friendly fights

PATNA, Oct. 5 -- With the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) fielding Kunwar Rai as its official nominee for the Darbhanga Teachers' constituency against its Mahagathbandhan (MGB) ally Congress's Madan Mohan ... Read More