A stakeholder consultation on the draft ‘Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047’ held in Patna on Saturday Patna: The state govt on Saturday presented the draft Pataliputra Greenfield Satellite Township Development Plan 2047, proposing a new urban growth centre across nearly 81,730 acres and 273 villages around Patna, with a focus on integrated infrastructure,…
PhD holders clash with police during Lok Bhavan March on Saturday Patna: PhD holders on an indefinite hunger strike for the past 19 days clashed with police during a Lok Bhavan March at R-Block on Saturday as they intensified their agitation against the state’s new recruitment rules and demanded implementation of UGC norms in assistant…
Madhubani: An artist registration camp was organised at Bhatsimar village under Rajnagar block of Madhubani district on Sunday. The camp was held in the village of noted Bihar folk artist and Sangeet Natak Akademi Award-2024 recipient Mahendra Ram.Artists associated with various folk art forms, including Rashanchauki and Sakhi-Bahinpa, were informed about the Bihar Artist Registration…
Patna: Divisional commissioner Rajesh Kumar, hearing cases as the first appellate authority under the Right to Public Grievance Redressal Act, disposed of 31 grievances from Kaimur, Nalanda, Rohtas and Bhojpur districts, while ordering inquiries and seeking reports in several others on Saturday.The grievances were related to streetlights, excavation of ahar-pyne channels, revenue records, electricity bills,…
A man with a calf arrives from the flooded Nakta Diara area following a rise in the water level of the Ganga river in Patna on Saturday Patna: The Ganga and several other rivers remained in spate across Bihar on Saturday, triggering flood alerts in low-lying areas and forcing residents of vulnerable diara regions in…
Patna: To ease the increasing rush of passengers on the Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur and Danapur-Bengaluru routes, the railways has decided to introduce two new trains, including an Amrit Bharat Express, aimed at improving connectivity and providing relief to travellers.East Central Railway (ECR) chief public relations officer Saraswati Chandra said the weekly Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur Amrit Bharat Express will begin…
Patna: The Bihar govt on Friday clarified that students would continue to get education loans of up to Rs 4 lakh under the Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme with the Bihar State Education Finance Corporation providing up to Rs 2 lakh and scheduled commercial banks providing the remaining Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh….
CM Samrat Choudhary at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026 in New Delhi on Friday Patna: Bihar is on the verge of a major transformation and aims to quadruple its economy over the next four years, CM Samrat Choudhary said on Friday at The Economic Times World Leaders Forum 2026 in New Delhi.Speaking on…
Patna: Economic Offences Unit (EOU), Bihar, has seized around 1,32,000 cubic feet of illegally stored sand worth about Rs 1.63 crore in Arwal district. The action was carried out on Aug 19 and 20 by the EOU, mining department and local police-administration.The team found a large quantity of illegally stored sand at the secondary storage…
Patna: Panic gripped Siwan Junction on Friday after an unclaimed trolley bag was found on the foot overbridge. Suspicion deepened when the metal detector beeped during checking. As a precaution, the foot overbridge was immediately vacated and cordoned off.On getting information, RPF Post in charge Subhash Chandra Yadav, GRP in charge Vikas Kumar Azad and…
