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RWD to connect 11k habitations in rural areas with roads

PATNA, May 27 -- In a bid to connect around 11,020 hamlets and habitations lacking proper road connectivity, the rural works department ( RWD) has intensified the construction of allweather roads afte... Read More


Bihar SI, prisoner among 6 dead in road accident in UP's Unnao

PATNA, May 27 -- Six people, including a Bihar police sub-inspector and an under trial prisoner of Siwan district jail, died and 21 others were injured after a double-decker AC bus carrying 40 passeng... Read More


Man injured in bear attack

BETTIAH, May 27 -- A 50-year-old farmer was critically injured after being attacked by a bear in a forested area on the fringes of Ganauli forest range of Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in Bihar's West C... Read More


Doubling energy efficiency of ACs can help India avoid power shortages: Study

New Delhi, May 27 -- India can avoid power shortages and save consumers up to Rs.2.5 lakh crore ($25 billion) by doubling the energy efficiency of air conditioners (ACs) over the next decade, a new st... Read More


Bihar CM pushes new central varsity plan

PATNA, May 27 -- Bihar CM Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said that land would be handed over to the government of India soon for another Central University, the Vikramshila University, which has been in ... Read More


Mock drill in Dhanbad, Bokaro ahead of Bakrid

DHANBAD, May 27 -- The district police conducted a large-scale mock security drill on Tuesday as part of preparations for Bakrid, officials said. SSP Prabhat Kumar said the district administration is ... Read More


Samrat hails CBSE's inclusion of Maithili

PATNA, May 26 -- Chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday welcomed the Centre's decision to incorporate Maithili as a subject in the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) curriculum from Class ... Read More


counterfeit drugs found from late MP's house, 2 held

PATNA, May 26 -- A joint team of the Directorate of Drug Control and Gaya Ji police have recovered banned drugs worth Rs.50 lakh and arrested two suspects from the house of late Ranjit Singh alias Ran... Read More


Bridge linking Bihar to J'khand, other states impaired by cracks

AURANGABAD, May 26 -- The Batane Bridge on NH 139 in Aurangabad linking Bihar with Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, MP and UP, has developed major cracks in various girders and bearing pedestals. Heavy traffi... Read More


CS directs officials to expedite PNG rollout

PATNA, May 26 -- Bihar chief secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Monday directed gas distribution companies and officials to expedite infrastructure expansion and clear pending backlogs while reviewing the st... Read More