BIHAR

Centre should declare Bihar flood & drought as natural

1:15 pm July 21, 2019

Ranchi: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav Saturday said the Centre should declare the flood and drought situations in Bihar as national disaster and provide a financial assistance of Rs 10,000 crore to the state. The death in Bihar flood rose to 97 on Saturday, as over 69 lakh people were affected in 12 […]

19 NDRF teams in flood-hit Bihar: MoS Home

8:04 pm July 16, 2019

New Delhi: As many as 19 National Disaster Response Force teams have been deployed in flood-hit Bihar, Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai told reporters on Tuesday and asserted that the Centre is ready to provide all necessary assistance to the state. He said Home Minister Amit Shah has instructed officials to be in […]

In Bihar, mangoes get mired in political controversy

8:05 pm July 3, 2019

Patna: The king of fruits came in the eye of a storm in Bihar on Wednesday when a fancy variety of mango and its saplings were gifted to members of the bicameral legislature by the state government. The goodwill gesture, however, did not go down well with the Opposition, which accused the Nitish Kumar government […]

President to visit Odisha from March 20-22

Prez gives assent to 7 state Bills

8:09 pm July 2, 2019

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind has given assent to seven state Bills, including one belonging to Bihar which will ensure that the menace of dowry is dealt under the relevant central law, officials said Tuesday. Of the seven Bills which got the President’s approval, two are of Andhra Pradesh and one each was of […]

CISF personnel commits suicide in Delhi

1:42 pm June 20, 2019

New Delhi: A 27-year-old CISF personnel allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan at his home here, police said on Wednesday. The body of Vipin Kumar, a native of Jahanabad, Bihar, was found after his neighbours noticed a foul smell emanating from his ground floor apartment in Shahdara’s Dilshad Colony, they said. […]