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Doc gets notice for using mobile phone during min's review meet

PATNA, June 6 -- The Bihar health department on Friday served a show-cause notice on Nawada civil surgeon Dr Binod Kumar Chaudhary for allegedly using a mobile phone during an online review meeting ch... Read More


'Hospital skipped MHA-mandated fire safety assessment'

PATNA, June 5 -- Prasad Hospital, the private health facility in Muzaffarpur where a fire early Thursday claimed lives of five ICU patients did not participate in last month's fire safety assessment s... Read More


HIV viral load testing shifted from PMCH after laboratory fire

PATNA, June 4 -- Testing of blood samples to determine the viral load of people living with HIV (PLHIV) has remained temporarily suspended at government-run Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) for l... Read More


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