Over 260 Bihar farmers won’t get government benefits as they burnt stubble

The farmers are spread over districts such as Kaimur, Rohtas, Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna and Gaya

Bihar cracks down on errant farmers for stubble burning

Farmers who burnt stubble will not get subsidies even as many blame mechanisation and dwindling cattle

Bihar policeman arrested for allegedly poaching blackbuck, chopping off horns

Blackbucks are found in abundance in Bihar’s Rohtas, Buxar, Kaimur and Bhojpur districts

Farmers hit hard by changing rainfall pattern in Bihar

The state has recorded less-than-normal rainfall in the past seven years

Farmers demand guaranteed income

Demand farm income commission; urge political parties to make it an election issue

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

This summer, Bihar’s blackbucks won’t have to stray from their parched natural habitats for water

Local supply of drinking water will prevent them from wandering into human habitats & become vulnerable to poaching