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Bihar launches PNG awareness drive amid slow shift from LPG

PATNA, June 3 -- Six city gas distribution (CGD) entities operating in Bihar have launched awareness campaigns and initiated efforts to create liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-free zones in selected colo... Read More


Bihar lags in PNG rollout as Centre plans LPG-free zones

PATNA, May 25 -- Bihar has achieved only 31.2% of its piped natural gas (PNG) connection target set for completion by March by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) even as the Centre... Read More


RDA calls off strike after release of two students

PATNA, May 23 -- The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) withdrew its work boycott call on Friday evening after police released two MBBS students ... Read More


Disability audit still pending in schools

PATNA, May 22 -- A month after the Bihar State Legal Services Authority (BSLSA) urged Patna's district education officer (DEO) to conduct a district-wide accessibility audit of schools for children wi... Read More


Bihar to launch drive against encroachment, illegal parking

PATNA, May 21 -- The Bihar government on Wednesday decided to launch a large-scale enforcement drive against encroachment, unauthorised parking and unsafe commercial activities along national highways... Read More


'Defy structural caste inequality with vehemence'

PATNA, May 21 -- The third edition of the Prof Surendra Gopal memorial lecture at Patna Museum on Wednesday stressed the need to confront caste-based discrimination as a structural and continuing form... Read More


S Gopal memorial lecture in Patna calls for confronting structural caste inequality

India, May 21 -- The third edition of the Prof. Surendra Gopal memorial lecture at the Patna Museum on Wednesday stressed the need to confront caste-based discrimination as a structural and continuing... Read More


High temp alert across several districts in state

PATNA, May 20 -- Bihar will continue to reel under intense heat conditions over the next few days, with maximum temperatures expected to remain between 38degC and 44degC in large parts of the state be... Read More


Bihar docs oppose total ban on pvt practice, seek reforms

PATNA, May 18 -- Government doctors under the banner of the Bihar Health Services Association (BHSA), urged the Bihar government on Sunday not to ban private practice without consulting the doctors' b... Read More


OMCs crack down on ineligible LPG claims amid supply strain

PATNA, May 16 -- Oil marketing companies (OMCs) have launched a verification drive across the country, including Bihar, intensifying enforcement of long-standing rules to weed out ineligible domestic ... Read More