BIHAR

Migrant workers stage protests in two towns in Telangana

7:58 pm May 3, 2020

Hyderabad: Days after 1,200 migrant workers returned to their homes by a train from Telangana, scores of them staged a protest in two towns on Sunday, demanding they be allowed to leave for their native places, while rumours of operation of a special train led to many gathering here. At Ramagundam in Pedapalli district, about […]

Concerned over how quickly COVID-19 cases are rising in India: Indian-origin expert

COVID-19 death toll rises to 1,218, cases to 37,336

1:16 pm May 2, 2020

New Delhi: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 1,218 and the number of cases climbed to 37,336 in the country on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry. The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 26,167, while 9,950 people have recovered and one patient has migrated, the ministry said. The total cases […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Bird flu in Bihar s Nawada district

8:04 pm April 24, 2020

Nawada: Already grappling with COVID-19 pandemic, Bihar has also reported bird flu cases from Nawada district, officials said on Friday. Nawada District Magistrate Yashpal Meena said that samples collected from a poultry farm in Rajahat village under Akbarpur block of the district have been found positive for bird flu. A total of 6,800 chicken have […]

Assam man walks, hitch-hikes from Gujarat amid lockdown

10:51 pm April 22, 2020

Guwahati: Jadav Gogoi, a migrant labourer from Assam working in Gujarat, has successfully completed a 2,900-km journey for reaching his home town in Nagaon district amid the nationwide lockdown, partly by walking and at times hitchhiking. Starting his journey on March 27, Gogoi reached his home district in central Assam on April 20 night after […]

Govt allocates Rs 40,000 cr more for MGNREGS

Seven labourers on way to Bihar intercepted by police

3:51 pm April 21, 2020

New Delhi: Seven labourers, who were trying to cross Delhi’s Jheel Khurd border on bicycles in an attempt to return to their village in Bihar amid the ongoing lockdown, were intercepted by the police on Monday night. The labourers were staying at a rented accommodation in Gadda colony in Sultanpur village in South Delhi’s Fatehpur […]