Gaya: The district administration has intensified preparations for Pitripaksh Mahasangam, scheduled from Sept 25 to Oct 10, with a focus on cleanliness, security, traffic management and facilities for pilgrims.As part of its cleanliness and awareness drive, a sanitation and awareness rally will be taken out from the Vishnupad temple premises on Saturday. The district administration…
Cooperative minister Ram Kripal Yadav gives a bank cheque to a farmer under Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme Patna: The state govt on Friday transferred Rs 104.46 crore directly into the bank accounts of 1,17,708 farmers under the Bihar State Crop Assistance Scheme to compensate them for crop losses suffered during the Kharif 2024 season.Cooperative…
Patna: The revenue and land reforms department will launch a 45-day state-wide campaign from Sept 15 to correct errors in land records and jamabandis, with land measurements required for rectification to be carried out free of cost, revenue and land reforms minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal said on Friday.At a review meeting of additional collectors (revenue)…
Workers place sandbags to check breach in a dam Flood protection work underway in Bhagalpur Workers place sandbags to check breach in a dam Flood protection work underway in Bhagalpur Workers place sandbags to check breach in a dam Bhagalpur: Following a breach in the Brahmauttar bund in Gopalpur block late on Thursday night, teams…
Bettiah: A court in Bagaha, West Champaran, on Friday sentenced the main accused in the murder case of Vijay Sahani to life imprisonment, holding him guilty of conspiring to kill the victim and attempting to destroy evidence.Additional Sessions Court-IV at Bagaha convicted Ashok Yadav and imposed a total fine of Rs 1.25 lakh. Additional District…
Patna: The NIA recovered around Rs 12 lakh in cash and gold jewellery worth several lakhs after searching two flats at Sai Kusum Infinity Apartments in Chitragupta Nagar on Wednesday in connection with its probe into the bomb attack on the RSS office in Ranchi. The operation began around 1pm on Wednesday and continued till…
Education minister Mithilesh Tiwari Patna: In a statewide drive to safeguard govt school property, the Bihar education department will prepare district-wise land registers documenting all land owned by govt schools and crack down on encroachments, education minister Mithilesh Tiwari said on Thursday.Tiwari further said land registers would be prepared in every district and maintained at…
Patna: The state govt is exploring a new mining strategy to tap the state’s mineral wealth without displacing landowners, with the Centre and state on Thursday discussing underground mining, scientific exploration, e-auction of mineral blocks and technology-driven extraction.At a meeting in New Delhi, Union coal and mines minister G Kishan Reddy, Union minister of state…
An aerial view of the Didarganj area inundated by the swollen Ganga river in Patna Thursday Patna: More than 40 lakh people in 514 panchayats across 84 blocks of 14 districts have been affected by floods in Bihar, according to the disaster management department (DMD). Though floodwaters have started receding along the Ganga and in…
Patna: A Delhi court on Thursday framed charges against nine accused, including RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, in the money laundering case linked to the alleged IRCTC hotel scam.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court framed charges under Sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering…
