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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Original plan of Patna’s Hardinge Park included statue of Lady Hardinge too: Archives

7:09 pm September 28, 2020

Patna: An eponymous memorial committee set up exactly 107 years ago to build Patna’s famed Hardinge Park had proposed to erect life-size statues of the Viceroy who was instrumental in the creation of the new province of Bihar and Orissa, and also of his wife, according to rare archival documents. Named after Viceroy Lord Hardinge and built as Patna’s first public park, it was […]

Plant, fish based diet linked with less COVID-19 severity: Study

Nutri-gardens can help build immunity, reduce exposure to COVID-19: experts

1:09 pm September 27, 2020

New Delhi: The concept of developing nutri-gardens at anganwadis will not only help in fighting malnutrition but can also play a crucial role in protecting children and pregnant women from coronavirus infection by reducing their exposure and building immunity, experts have said. The Women and Child Development Ministry has urged states and Union territories to focus on […]

Bihar polls in 3 phases from Oct 28; counting of votes on Nov 10

9:37 pm September 25, 2020

New Delhi: Voting for Bihar assembly elections will be held in three phases — first on October 28, second on November 3 and the third on November 7 — while counting of all votes will take place on November 10, the Election Commission announced on Friday. Announcing the poll schedule for the 243-member Bihar assembly, […]

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish hails farm bills passage; inaugurates/lay foundation stones of many schemes/projects

11:34 pm September 22, 2020

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday expressed happiness that the Centre has done away with Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act across the country, and taking a swipe at the critics said some people are speaking on the issue without having any knowledge about it. Farmers used to face a lot of problems earlier as they were […]

2,795 kg cannabis seized; 17 arrested: NCB

7:32 pm September 18, 2020

New Delhi: About 2,800 kgs of cannabis has been seized and 17 persons arrested as part of separate operations being conducted against the trafficking of the drugs in the country, the NCB said on Friday. The operations were conducted over the last one week and seizures of the narcotics (cannabis) was made in Uttar Pradesh […]