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93% families have access to piped water now: Min

PATNA, May 28 -- More than 93% of families in Bihar now have access to piped water supply, with the number of households equipped with tap water increased sharply from 266,000 in 2016 to 18.7 million ... Read More


Samrat cabinet approves land purchase policy, urban surveys

PATNA, May 28 -- The Bihar government has introduced a new policy to directly purchase farmland from willing owners for public welfare projects, aiming to cut red tape and speed up development work wh... Read More


Quarterly family trips to local tourist spots mandated for state employees

PATNA, May 27 -- In a novel initiative to boost domestic tourism and tap into the state's rich but under-explored heritage, the Bihar government has directed all its employees to undertake mandatory f... Read More


Samrat hails CBSE's inclusion of Maithili

PATNA, May 26 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday welcomed the Centre's decision to incorporate Maithili as a subject in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum from Class ... Read More


Bihar sizzles above 46degC; rain showers relief in Seemanchal

PATNA, May 25 -- The state continued to reel under intense heatwave conditions on Sunday with the temperature of Dawath block of Rohtas district hovering around 46.5degC in the last 24 hours. Dehri in... Read More


CM appeals diaspora to invest in Bihar, promises policy for AI

PATNA, May 24 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Saturday urged the Bihari diaspora to return and invest in their soil, describing it as a way to repay a debt to their janmabhoomi and help transfor... Read More


new principal secy for guv, home secy in Bihar reshuffle

PATNA, May 23 -- In a routine administrative reshuffle, the state government on Friday appointed a 1992-batch IAS officer Deepak Kumar Singh, currently director general-cum-chief enquiry commissioner,... Read More


Revenue department refers irregular land mutation case to EOU

PATNA, May 23 -- The Bihar revenue and land reforms department on Friday referred a high-profile case of alleged irregularities in land mutation to higher authorities, just a day after the deployment ... Read More


Bihar govt greenlights direct Gaya-Bangkok IndiGo flights

PATNA, May 21 -- Gaya Ji, a religiously famed town of Bihar, is set pop up on the international flight routes with the state government on Wednesday giving its commitment to pay up to Rs.10.40 crore t... Read More


Tejashwi slams govt for 'surge in rape cases'

PATNA, May 20 -- In a sharp attack on the ruling NDA government in Bihar, leader of the opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Tuesday accused the Samrat Choudhary-led dispensation of failing to protect ... Read More