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Survey to identify landless households to begin April end

PATNA, April 18 -- The Bihar government will launch a survey later this month for the identification of landless families among the state's poorest, a senior government official said on Monday, adding... Read More


Bihar survey to identify landless households begins in end of April: Official

India, April 17 -- The Bihar government will launch a survey later this month for the identification of landless families among the state's poorest, a senior government official said on Monday, adding... Read More


Not aware of any call to boycott caste survey: Officials

PATNA, April 15 -- Even as several teachers' unions have called for a boycott of the second leg of the caste survey, which is all set to begin on April 15, in protest against the new recruitment rules... Read More


2nd leg of Bihar caste census to begin today

Patna, April 15 -- The second phase of the caste survey in Bihar will begin on Saturday and will cover 29.2 million families, according to officials in the state's general administration department (G... Read More


Not aware of any boycott call by teachers, caste survey to begin as per schedule: Officials

India, April 14 -- Even as several teachers' unions have called for a boycott of the second leg of the caste survey, which is all set to begin on April 15, in protest against the new recruitment rules... Read More


Panchayat polls likely in May

PATNA, April 13 -- The State Election Commission (SEC) in Bihar is expected to hold panchayat bypolls for filling up 3,489 posts lying vacant in panchayat raj bodies in May, according to officials in ... Read More


Bihar CM Nitish Kumar hosts iftar party at his official residence

India, April 8 -- On the 16th day of the holy month of Ramadan, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, after a gap of a few years, organised an iftar party at his residence in Patna on Friday. The party ... Read More


Formation of district, state level committees in Bihar suffers setback

India, April 7 -- Even as the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, the mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) government in Bihar, are gearing up for next year's parliamentary polls, the delay in the fo... Read More


Record 23.52 crore man-days generated

PATNA, April 5 -- Bihar generated 23.52 crore man-days in the fiscal 2022-23, recording a 30% rise compared to 2021-22, under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme(MGNREGS), re... Read More


Govt refutes reports of locals fleeing Sasaram

Patna, April 3 -- Amid a police crackdown against miscreants involved in communal clashes after Ram Navami in Sasaram and Nalanda, the Bihar administration has called reports of people fleeing from Sa... Read More