Gaya: More than 18 railway-related public demands concerning the Gaya parliamentary constituency, including a proposal for a direct train between Gaya Junction and Srinagar, were raised at the Dhanbad railway division parliamentary committee meeting held on Wednesday. Union minister for micro, small and medium enterprises Jitan Ram Manjhi attended the meeting.Representing the Union minister, Nandlal…

Madhubani: The urban development and housing department (UDHD) has approved Rs 2.33 crore for the construction of a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and a compost pit in Madhubani town. The project aims to modernise solid waste management and strengthen the town’s cleanliness infrastructure.District magistrate (DM) Anand Sharma announced the development while addressing mediapersons at a…

Buxar: A 47-year-old trailer driver was killed in a head-on collision between two trailers on NH-922 (Patna–Buxar four-lane) near Churamanpur under the Industrial police station area in Bhojpur district on Wednesday. The impact was so severe that the driver’s body remained trapped inside the mangled cabin for nearly four hours before rescuers managed to extricate…

Patna: A silent eye-health crisis is showing up in preschool and kindergarten classrooms across Bihar, with doctors reporting a sharp rise in children wearing corrective spectacles at a very young age. Ophthalmologists say childhood myopia, or near sightedness, has increased rapidly after the pandemic, driven by prolonged screen exposure and shrinking outdoor playtime.Doctors at Indira…