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Bihar Budget 2025-26: Nitish govt announces plans to develop 15 airports

India, March 4 -- The Bihar government has announced plans to develop 15 airports, a significant increase from the current three, to boost air connectivity in the state at an estimated cost of Rs.11,5... Read More


PMCH interns strike work temporarily over stipend non-payment

PATNA, March 1 -- Outdoor patient department (OPD) services were paralysed for the larger part of the day at the state-run Patna Medical College Hospital on Friday, as the MBBS interns struck work and... Read More


Passport office asks edu dept to exempt fee for verification

PATNA, Feb. 27 -- The regional passport office (RPO) has written to the state education department to exempt its office from paying the applicable fee for verification of educational testimonials of p... Read More


Need to develop more inclusive medical facilities in Bihar: Prez

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday urged all stakeholders of the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) to always be ready to adopt the latest technologies, like artificial intellige... Read More


'Upgraded rural courts to curb land rows'

PATNA, Feb. 23 -- Bihar chief secretary (CS) Amrit Lal Meena on Saturday stressed the need to strengthen the gram kachahary (village court) system in the state so that cases of land disputes and petty... Read More


Bihar Police to send officer to Cybercrime body

PATNA, Feb. 23 -- The Bihar Police will depute an officer to the cyber fraud mitigation centre (CFMC), New Delhi, to improve coordination in cybersecurity, said Bihar's director-general of police Vina... Read More


NMC notice to PMCH to curtail MBBS seats

PATNA, Feb. 22 -- The National Medical Commission (NMC), the regulator of medical institutes, has given the state-run Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH), the second oldest medical college in India,... Read More


Cyber security to be theme of Police Week starting tomorrow

PATNA, Feb. 21 -- Amid rising complaints of online financial frauds and growing challenge on how to curb them, the Bihar Police will celebrate this year its 'Police Week', beginning February 22, on th... Read More


AAI team from Delhi to reach today for obstacle survey of Bihta airport

PATNA, Feb. 18 -- A team from the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Delhi, will reach Patna on Tuesday to conduct an obstacle limitation surface (OLS) survey for the Bihta airport, a defence aerodrom... Read More


Power consumers' body roots for roll back of fixed charge

PATNA, Feb. 17 -- The Vidyut Upbhogta Sangharsh Samiti, a body to espouse the concerns of power consumers, has urged the Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC), the state's power regulator, to... Read More