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Embankment leaks in state set to be plugged

PATNA, June 17 -- With the monsoon season beginning in the state, the water resources department ( WRD) has issued directives to all engineers to identify and plug rodent holes, fox holes and other le... Read More


Cyprus presents highest civilian honour to Modi

New Delhi, June 17 -- Cyprus on Monday awarded the Order of Makarios III, one of the country's highest civilian honours, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who described the award as a symbol of peace, ... Read More


Monsoon to further advance in coming three days, says IMD

New Delhi, June 17 -- Conditions were favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon to parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Sub-... Read More


Centre issues Census notification; app ready

New Delhi, June 17 -- The Centre on Monday issued a notification for conducting 16th Census, thereby formally initiating the preparatory work for the largest population counting exercise after a gap o... Read More


BJP woos EBC Nonia caste group as Bihar Assembly election draws near

PATNA, June 17 -- As the Bihar assembly polls get nearer, the BJP has started working on a strategy to balance the caste equations in the state. In a bid to lure Nonia community, Union minister Shivra... Read More


Bihar to revive fast track courts for speedy trial of criminals: DGP

PATNA, June 17 -- Bihar DGP Vinay Kumar on Monday said that the state government had written to the Centre to revive the Fast Track Courts (FTCs), which had remained closed since 2011, to ensure speed... Read More


5 dead, 20 hurt in road accident

PATNA, June 17 -- Five people, including three women and a seven-year-old boy, lost their lives and 20 others were injured when a pickup van carrying them overturned in Bihar's Saran district on Monda... Read More


Bihar identifies land for runway extension

PATNA, June 17 -- The civil aviation department (CAD) and the Patna district administration have identified land for extension of the runway at Patna's Jayprakash Narayan International (JPNI) airport ... Read More


'Centre to initiate water metro service in Patna'

PATNA, June 17 -- Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday announced that the central government would initiate steps to develop water metro service in the river G... Read More


Elderly Couple commits suicide in Banka district

PATNA, June 17 -- An elderly couple ended their lives by jumping before a moving train in Chandan police station of Bihar's Banka, police said on Monday. According to SHO of Chanan police station Bish... Read More