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striking staffers of Special land survey sacked

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- Department of revenue and land reforms on Wednesday announced termination of service of all the striking contractual employees involved with the special survey, except those 3,295 wh... Read More


Forest dept to have engineering cell to speed up infra projects

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- Bihar's environment, forest and climate change (EFCC) department will work towards having an independent engineering cell to fast track projects related to infrastructure, especially... Read More


Officials on election duty to get kit bags with necessary items

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- In the forthcoming state polls in Bihar scheduled in October-November, polling personnel, mainly the presiding officer-1 of each polling station, would be given one kit bag having al... Read More


Mukhiya among four booked for torturing youth, holding him hostage

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- A youth was made hostage by four people, including the mukhiya (village head) of Bhawanpura panchayat in Naugachhia police district, who allegedly pulled down his pants and injected ... Read More


NHRC seeks reply from top cop, DM

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Wednesday issued notices to the Bihar police chief and district magistrate of Patna over reports that a 10-year-old girl was allegedly ... Read More


'Jan Suraaj yet to take call on whether Kishor should contest polls'

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- Amid growing speculation about where Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor will contest election from, party president and former MP Uday Singh said there was no decision taken at... Read More


Rajaswa Maha Abhiyan gets 4.6L applications

PATNA, Sept. 4 -- The ongoing Rajaswa Maha Abhiyan has gained encouraging response with 4.66 lakh applications submitted by land holders to correct discrepancies in their jamabandi (record of rights) ... Read More


State govt to install 200,000 LED streetlights for safer cities

Jaipur, Sept. 4 -- Rajasthan chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma has approved the installation of two lakh LED streetlights across the state's 312 municipal bodies, doubling the earlier proposal to enhan... Read More


63% teaching posts vacant across 16 Rajuniversities: Officials

Jaipur, Sept. 4 -- Nearly 63.57% posts for teaching staff are lying vacant across 16 universities in Rajasthan run by the Higher Education department, showed data collected from officials. Of the 2,51... Read More


Heavy rain brings state to a halt

India, Sept. 4 -- Intense rain in Jaipur on Wednesday brought the capital city to a standstill, in just about two hours of the torrential downpour. Several areas were waterlogged and many localities e... Read More