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Bihar Guv tweaks VC, pro VC appointment rules, extends deadline to attract wider talent pool

PATNA, July 12 -- Bihar Lok Bhavan has revised eligibility criteria for the appointment of vice-chancellors (VCs) and pro-vice-chancellors (Pro-VCs) in state universities and also extended the deadlin... Read More


Monsoon rains batter Patna and other districts

PATNA, July 11 -- Torrential rains battered the state capital and several other districts overnight and into Saturday morning as the monsoon finally asserted itself with full force, leaving low-lying ... Read More


Rahul Gandhi's Patna student outreach event postponed due to bypoll

PATNA, July 8 -- The much-anticipated visit of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi to Patna for the "Chhatron Ki Goonj" (Echo of Students) programme, slated for July 15, has been postponed ... Read More


Bihar to mandate driving training certificates for learner licences

PATNA, July 6 -- Transport department is moving ahead with plans to require certificates from authorised driving training institutes as a prerequisite for issuing learner's licences, a step aimed at c... Read More


Bihar CM presses Gadkari for swift clearance of rRs.r53,000-cr road projects

PATNA, June 30 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary met Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi on Monday evening and urged him to facilitate early approvals from the... Read More


Bihar prepares new draft of building bye-laws

PATNA, June 29 -- The urban development and housing department (UDHD) has prepared a fresh draft of Bihar Building Bye-Laws 2026 that does away with the old and rigid requirement of leaving open space... Read More


Bihar cabinet nod to new teacher transfer policy; judicial panel to probe Tiwari 'encounter'

PATNA, June 25 -- The Bihar government on Wednesday approved a comprehensive new policy for the transfer of teachers, head teachers and principals across primary to higher secondary schools. The propo... Read More


Bridge damage sparks traffic restrictions on Sasaram-Buxar highway; 23 bridges found to be in critical condition

PATNA, June 24 -- Movement of heavy vehicles has been halted on a key stretch of Sasaram-Buxar state highway for safety reasons after a decades-old bridge, roughly 28-30 metres long, over Sone canal d... Read More


Land acquisition begins for Vikramshila-Katareah line

PATNA, June 21 -- The Bhagalpur district administration has begun land acquisition for about 180 hectares to lay Vikramshila-Katareah railway line after the much-awaited project's tenders were finalis... Read More


Bihar govt allocates an interim budget of rRs.r6,715 Cr to roll out new rural job guarantee scheme

PATNA, June 15 -- The Bihar government has earmarked an interim budget of Rs.6,715.83 crore for the ambitious Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Employment and Livelihood Mission (Rural) - popularly referred... Read More