Buxar: Residents heaved a sigh of relief on Sunday as the Ganga began to recede in Buxar with the water level recorded at 60.40 metre, 8cm above the danger mark of 60.32 metre. The level was falling by around 1cm per hour. Floodwaters have affected several diara and low-lying areas and reached the Buxar-Mohania National…
LIB founder Vikas Vaibhav addresses the summit Patna: More than 500 policymakers, entrepreneurs, professionals, academicians and social leaders from India and abroad attended the Bihar Development Summit 2026 in Goa on Sunday, where participants charted a roadmap for a developed Bihar by 2047.Organisers said nearly four lakh people are now associated with the Let’s Inspire…
Patna: Bihar State Information Commission has imposed a Rs 25,000 penalty on DSP-rank officer Vasudev Roy, posted with the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB), for allegedly providing misleading information under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.The commission also directed the Bihar director general of police (DGP) to initiate departmental proceedings against Roy over his conduct as…
Union fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh aka Lalan Singh in Lakhisarai on Sunday Patna: The state is set to get a state-of-the-art frozen semen station in Lakhisarai district to improve livestock genetics and boost milk production. The site has been finalised at Gopalpur village under Chanan block, with construction expected to…
Patna: Even after four days, a complaint by tribal woman Badki Kisku of Salaiya village over the alleged misuse of her bank account remained under investigation in Jamui’s Sono police station area.Kisku alleged transactions worth nearly Rs 3 crore were carried out through her account without her knowledge. She said one Vikram Paswan opened the…
Patna: The proposed Bihar Building Bylaws, 2026 aim to simplify approval procedures, improve transparency and provide greater flexibility to facilitate construction and planned urban development across the state.A high-level group of ministers on the draft bylaws met here on Saturday under the chairmanship of deputy chief minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary. The meeting, held at Sinchai…
CM Samrat Choudhary at a Teacher’s Day function in Patna on Saturday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday announced that Bihar will set up a dedicated Teacher Training University to improve training and capacity building for teachers across the state.Addressing a Teacher’s Day function at S K Memorial Hall in Patna, Choudhary said Bihar has…
Patna: The Bihar govt has updated the legal framework governing the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) jurisdiction in the state, while retaining the requirement for prior state govt consent in cases involving Bihar govt employees and institutions under its control.The clarification came from Bihar Police Headquarters on Saturday, days after the home department issued a…
CM Samrat Choudhary at a function in Patna on Saturday Patna: CM Samrat Choudhary on Saturday announced that three large grounds being developed along J P Ganga Path would be ready by March 2027 with one allotted to the city-based Dussehra Committee Trust and named “Ramlila Maidan”.Speaking after inaugurating the Shri Krishna Mahotsav-2026, themed “Kanha…
Two coaches of the Mahananda Express derailed near Ara railway station early Sunday morning (Photo credit: X) PATNA: Two coaches of the Alipurduar-New Delhi Mahananda Express ( 15483) derailed near Ara railway station under Danapur division of the East Central Railway (ECR) in the early hours of Sunday. No passenger was injured in the incident.According…
