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Landmark first: Nafed to buy 32,000 metric tonnes of lentils from Bihar farmers at MSP

PATNA, March 25 -- Bihar's lentil growers are set to receive a major windfall as the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (Nafed) prepares to procure around 32,000 metri... Read More


Bihar govt orders CAG audits for all urban local bodies to root out corruption

PATNA, March 24 -- In a move to enforce its "zero tolerance" policy on corruption, the Bihar government has decided to hand over the auditing of all urban local bodies to auditors empanelled by the Co... Read More


Powered by Jal-Jeevan-Hariyali mission, Bihar's green cover crosses 15.5%

PATNA, March 23 -- The state's total green cover, comprising the forested areas, has now crossed 15.5%, according to a statement released by the rural development department last week. The ongoing tre... Read More


Bihar land drives head for deadline miss as strikes cripple revenue machinery

PATNA, March 23 -- The Bihar government's high-profile push to digitise and clean up land records is collapsing under its own weight. Two flagship campaigns - Bhu-Mapi Mahaaviyan and Rajaswa Mahabhiya... Read More


Vikramshila Setu safe, says minister; Oppn cries foul on viral video of damaged walls

PATNA, March 21 -- Bihar's road construction department (RCD) minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal on Saturday declared the Vikramshila Setu over the Ganga in Bhagalpur 'absolutely safe' for traffic, even as ... Read More


Post-RS poll fiasco, Cong faces existential crisis in Bihar

PATNA, March 18 -- Barely two days after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept all five Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from Bihar, the Congress unit here is confronting an existential crisis marked by ... Read More


Cong MLA blames RJD's 'wrong candidate' for abstaining in RS polls

PATNA, March 17 -- A day after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) wrested all five Rajya Sabha (RS) seats from Bihar, Congress MLA from Valmiki Nagar Surendra Prasad Kushwaha broke his silence thr... Read More


Opposition leaders accuse BJP of using muscle, money and machinery to win Bihar RS polls

PATNA, March 16 -- Leader of the opposition in Bihar assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pursuing the politics of intimidation and resorting to misuse ... Read More


Nitish winds up 3rd leg of Samriddhi Yatra, gifts schemes worth rRs.r480 cr in Sheikhpura, Begusarai

PATNA, March 15 -- Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar winded up the third leg of his Samriddhi Yatra on Saturday by laying foundation stones, launching works and inaugurating schemes worth over Rs.480 ... Read More


Revenue & land reforms dept to use AI tools for faster disposal of revenue works

PATNA, March 12 -- The state government is set to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) tools across its revenue administration, aiming to make land records, mutation processes and other citizen serv... Read More