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Country's oldest tigress turns 23

Kota, Aug. 29 -- Mahak, the "Queen" of Kota's Abheda Biological Park, turned 23 on Friday, with the tigress setting a longevity record in the country, officials said, adding tigers in captivity had av... Read More


IMD heavy rain alert for Uttarakhand on August 31 and Sept 1

Mussoorie, Aug. 29 -- India Meteorological Centre, Dehradun, has issued an orange alert for parts of Uttarakhand, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall along with very intense to extremely intense ... Read More


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