Kalidas Rangalaya in Patna Patna: City’s Kalidas Rangalaya, one of Bihar’s best-known theatre and cultural venues, has remained closed since 2025, with its reopening delayed despite a Rs7-crore renovation project. The prolonged closure has left theatre groups, artists and cultural enthusiasts waiting for the 50-year-old auditorium to reopen.Operated by Bihar Art Theatre (BAT), the auditorium…
Gaya DM Shashank Subhankar during an inspection on Tuesday Gaya: With infrastructure work still pending at Sita Kund and Sita Path, district magistrate (DM) Shashank Shubhankar on Tuesday directed officials to complete all remaining tasks within 48 hours, ahead of the Pitripaksh Mela beginning on Sept 25.Shubhankar, accompanied by senior superintendent of police Sushil Kumar…
Nakta Diara Primary School students attend class at a temporary relief camp after being displaced by floods, at Digha Ghat in Patna on Friday Patna: Nearly 20 days on, floods have disrupted studies of 3,73,690 students across 1,446 schools in 15 districts of Bihar, according to data provided by the education department on Tuesday. Bhojpur…
Patna: The state cabinet on Tuesday sanctioned Rs 3,516 crore for developing the Vishnupad temple area in Gaya on the pattern of the Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi and for the intra-state Sone-Falgu river interlinking project. CM Samrat Choudhary chaired the meeting.The cabinet also approved the Bihar Water Sources Restoration and Silt Management Policy, 2026, in…
Students attend a boat class conducted by Mohammad Saheb as floodwater surrounds Raghunathpur village in Katihar’s Amdabad block Patna: There are no benches, no blackboard and no classroom walls. There is only a boat, a handful of books and children determined not to let the flood decide when their education should stop.In Raghunathpur village of…
Patna: A man who had been missing from his home since Monday evening was found dead in a drain under construction in Raghopur village under Chini Mill out post in Bihta police station area on Tuesday morning.The deceased was identified as Krishna Mahato, a resident of Raghopur. His body was found floating in the drain…
Patna: A 60-year-old man died after his allegedly drunk son attacked him and his wife with a spade at Mohanpur Ward 39 under Mufassil police station area in Samastipur district late Monday night. The injured woman was undergoing treatment at the local sadar hospital.The victim was identified as Mohammad Islam, a native of Siwan who…
Rajnagar MLA and Bihar BJP Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha president Sujit Paswan Patna: Rajnagar MLA and Bihar BJP Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha president Sujit Paswan has been invited to serve as an international public election observer for the parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation, scheduled to be held from Sept 18 to 20.According to a…
Patna: With the Ganga, Kosi, Barandi and Kari Kosi rivers rising, the Katihar district administration and health department have started using boat ambulances to take healthcare services to people stranded in flood-affected areas.Around 8.80 lakh people in the district have been affected by the floods, making access to hospitals difficult for thousands of families. With…
Agriculture minister and Gaya district in charge Vijay Kumar Sinha reviews preparations for Pitripaksh Mela Gaya: Agriculture minister and Gaya district in charge minister Vijay Kumar Sinha on Monday reviewed preparations for the Pitripaksh Mela and directed officials to ensure adequate sanitation, drinking water, accommodation, traffic management, healthcare, security and crowd control arrangements for pilgrims.Sinha…
