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Flood fear ebbs as Gandak stays out of danger in Bihar

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- The fear of floods in areas along the river Gandak has largely subsided. Discharge from the Valmikinagar barrage has returned to near-normal levels after a sharp surge triggered by f... Read More


Two from Bihar among pilgrims stuck in Tibet

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- Two out of a batch of over 50 Indian pilgrims stranded at the shores of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet, the homecoming has become a test to overcome the nature's fury that has left a vast ... Read More


Patna protest ends, tre-4 to be held in 1-phase

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- The long agitation of Teachers' Recruitment Examination (TRE)-4 finally ended on Thursday after a five-member committee headed by education department secretary Rajiv Roshan Pasha Pa... Read More


Bihar will have first women's varsity: Samrat

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday announced setting up of the state's first "Women's University" with only women holding administrative positions and girl students. G... Read More


Fear of flood subsides in Bihar as discharge from Valmikinagar stays normal after surge

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- The fear of floods in areas along the river Gandak has largely subsided. Discharge from the Valmikinagar barrage has returned to near-normal levels after a sharp surge triggered by f... Read More


W Champaran villagers relieved as they return home after evacuation

BETTIAH, Aug. 28 -- A large number of people evacuated from vulnerable villages in West Champaran returned home, a day after more than 4,000 people were moved to safer places following the threat of h... Read More


Mansarovar pilgrims from state face uncertain return

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- Near the sacred shores of Lake Mansarovar in Tibet, a group of 55 Indian pilgrims finds itself in a state of anxious limbo. Their spiritual journey to Mount Kailash, said to be the a... Read More


Alert sounded in Kosi and seemanchal

PURNEA, Aug. 28 -- The administration in Kosi and Seemanchal - the twin divisions - facing perennial floods have sounded alert anticipating emergency like situations. The leaves of state government of... Read More


Samrat revives Bihar's 1st women varsity plan

PATNA, Aug. 28 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Thursday announced setting up of the state's first "Women's University" with only women holding administrative positions and all students bei... Read More


13 West Bengal tourists injured in Aurangabad after bus overturns

AURANGABAD, Aug. 28 -- Thirteen West Bengal tourists, including five women and a helper, were injured after a bus overturned on GT Road (NH 19) near Siris village in the Barun police station area of B... Read More