Exclusive

Publication

Byline

Bihar likely to present over rRs.r10,000 cr demand to Centre to compensate flood damages

India, Oct. 10 -- The Bihar government is preparing to place a demand of more than Rs.10,000 crore before the Centre as compensation for the widespread damage caused by the recent floods to people, ag... Read More


Traffic jams rob Patna of 'Smart City' tag

PATNA, Oct. 7 -- For the last one month, the capital city of Patna has not merely suffered from traffic jams. It has lived them. Day by day, the capital's arteries are getting so clogged that ordinary... Read More


Varanasi-Kolkata e-way: Bihar's 33.5-km stretch to open by June

PATNA, Oct. 6 -- A 33.5-km-long stretch of the six-lane Varanasi-Ranchi-Kolkata expressway, passing through the Anirbansalia village in Dumaria block to Samgrampur in Imamganj block of Gaya, is expect... Read More


Bihar MLC polls: RJD, Cong locked in five friendly fights

PATNA, Oct. 5 -- With the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) fielding Kunwar Rai as its official nominee for the Darbhanga Teachers' constituency against its Mahagathbandhan (MGB) ally Congress's Madan Mohan ... Read More


CPI(ML) slams delay in exclusion of BJP's MLA

PATNA, Oct. 5 -- CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Sunday questioned why the state assembly has still not cancelled the membership of BJP MLA Raju Kumar Singh nearly three ... Read More


Rahul attacks BJP-led govt for inaction on annual Bihar flood

PATNA, Oct. 5 -- Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Sunday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led dispensation over the recurring floods in Bihar, demanding that its "double-engi... Read More


58-yr-old man struck by relief supplies, dies

PATNA/SARAN, Oct. 4 -- A 58-year-old man displaced by flooding died on Friday in Saran district after allegedly being struck by relief supplies dropped from an Indian Air Force helicopter, officials s... Read More


Friction in INDIA bloc as RJD, Congress set for friendly fight

PATNA, Oct. 3 -- Cracks in Bihar's INDIA bloc have resurfaced as two of its main allies -- Congress and RJD -- will contest each other on three legislative council seats in the upcoming polls. In the ... Read More


N-W Bihar faces wrath of Gandak

PATNA, Oct. 3 -- The flood crisis in Bihar's north-western districts remains acute, with waters from the swollen Gandak continuing to inundate vast stretches of farmland and settlements in Gopalganj, ... Read More


Gandak breaches more embankments, flood spreads to Gopalganj, Saran distts

PATNA, Oct. 1 -- After setting new highest flood levels (HFL) at four gauge stations along its course, the turbulent Gandak river breached its embankments at Maker in Saran and at Baikunthpur in Gopal... Read More