Amid gloom of COVID-19, rhino breeding centre begins at Patna zoo

The first pair of one-horned rhinos named Ganesh and Lali have been released into the pen

Simply put: Patna in knee-deep water

Diesel-run auto-rickshaws to go off Patna roads from January 31, 2021

Bihar government move comes after Patna recorded worst air quality of the season on November 5

Blazing India: Bihar’s poor slog and suffer the most

Daily wage labourers, roadside vendors and farmers in the state take the heat

Bihar bans tree-felling

Government cites increasing pollution and heatwave in the state as reason for the ban

Dengue threat looms large in Bihar as state witnesses 371 fresh cases in 24 hours

Last month, Bihar officially reported a distressing tally of a dozen deaths attributed to dengue

6.9 temblor strikes Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt across east and Northeast India

Second consecutive quake to strike South Asia in a week; 6.6 magnitude temblor had struck Afghanistan last weekend

Illegal sand mining: 20 arrested, 40 big boats seized in Bihar police operation on Sone river

Criminal syndicates have been unleashed terror in recent months by attacking & killing police officials who have cracked down upon them  

COVID-19: Did IMA meet lead to hundreds of doctors in Bihar testing positive

Out Patient Department and other healthcare services affected in Bihar due to sheer number of infections among doctors, say reports

Bihar plans policy change to push urbanisation

The state government has prepared a draft seeking changes to ‘old criteria’ for notifying semi-urban or rural area as urban 

How climate vulnerability in South Bihar takes a toll on its groundwater

Higher unpredictability in monsoon rainfall is evident from the 1990s onwards

Special alert, crackdown: How Bihar is handling COVID-19 surge

The state witnessed a surge in COVID-19 cases after assembly elections, festival season

BIHAR GOVT CRITICISED

Water is not for all

No diesel-run buses and auto rickshaws in Patna from April 1

State government in no mood to extend the deadline to ban diesel vehicles that had been extended for two years due to COVID-19

Illegal sand mining: 48 arrested in Bihar’s Bhojpur

Cops, however, have failed to arrest any of the chieftains of the region’s powerful sand mafia. 

Several Bihar farmers stare at loss as wheat seeds fail to sprout

Farmers demand compensation; state agriculture department launches probe

Saving dolphins

The Patna high court gets cracking on erring officials

After black fungus, white fungus cases reported in Bihar amid COVID-19

White fungus, also known as ‘candidiasis’ has been found in 4 patients in Patna; it is considered deadlier than black fungus

COVID-19: Essential commodities become costlier in Bihar

Night curfews have disrupted supply chain; it is during the night that goods are loaded on to trucks and transported to godowns

Nearly 3 years since campaign, only 5% public ponds free of encroachment in Bihar

State government was supposed to make 9,044 public ponds free of encroachment under its Jal Jeevan Hariyali Mission launched in 2018

Fish from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal banned in Patna

Bihar heath department Monday imposed a 15-day ban after samples were found to be contaminated with formalin

Bihar plans all-CNG commercial car fleet for Patna

Vehicle owners wary of cost factor, lack of filling stations

Business on pedals

Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever

Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …