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Over 1mn solar lights set up in 45k villages in Bihar

PATNA, April 26 -- The Bihar government has installed over one million of the targeted 1.1 million solar street lights in around 45,000 villages, officials said on Saturday. All district magistrates (... Read More


BJP has finished former CM Nitish, says Tejashwi

PATNA, April 25 -- Leader of the Opposition in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, on Friday said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had "finished" former chief minister N... Read More


Multi-post EVMs to be used for panchayat polls in Bihar

PATNA, April 23 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) gearing up for the panchayat polls later this year will be holding the election through multi-post electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the firs... Read More


Heatwave conditions likely to continue in large parts of Bihar; Gayaji hottest at 42.7degC

PATNA, April 22 -- Heat wave like conditions have gripped large parts of Bihar and are likely to continue for next two to three days, with Gayaji recording 42.7deg Celsius followed by Patna and Bhagal... Read More


Rs.291cr plan to free sugar belt of waterlogging

PATNA, April 19 -- The water resources department (WRD) has chalked out a plan to make around 225,000 hectares of land in the sugarcane belt in north Bihar free of water logging for higher production ... Read More


Samrat faces multiple challenges as Bihar CM

PATNA, April 16 -- Even as Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary, soon after assuming office on Wednesday, directed top officials to maintain zero tolerance on corruption, ensure timely implementation of pr... Read More


A self-effacing man who won CM consensus

PATNA, April 15 -- For chief minister-designate Samrat Choudhary, who is set to lead the new NDA government in Bihar after formally taking oath of the top office on Wednesday replacing outgoing chief ... Read More


SEC to begin rural population counting

PATNA, April 12 -- In a step to prepare ground for the panchayat election in Bihar later this year, the State Election Commission (SEC) directed all district magistrates (DMs) on Friday to publish the... Read More


225 million mandays in FY 25-26 under MGNREGS: Officials

PATNA, April 9 -- The state government created around 225 million man-days in the fiscal year 2025-26, against a revised target of 230 million under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guaran... Read More


Govt formation talks continue, Speaker post still contentious

PATNA, April 5 -- Amid the indications of a new state government coming into place in Bihar in the coming weeks with CM Nitish Kumar likely to step down from the top post after taking oath as Rajya Sa... Read More