Buidco says 17 of the 41 projects already completed and 10 more are nearing completion Patna: Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation (Buidco) has stepped up construction of modern crematoriums across the state under the second phase of the Bihar government’s Saat Nischay programme, with 17 of the 41 projects already completed and 10 more nearing…
Patna: The state education department will hold a two-day state-level workshop-cum-chintan shivir at Adhiveshan Bhawan on Aug 9 and 10, bringing together around 400 officials from the state, regional, district and block levels to deliberate on key policy and administrative issues.Addressing a news conference on Thursday, education minister Mithilesh Tiwari said the workshop will begin…
Patna: CPI(ML) general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya on Thursday accused the Centre and the Bihar govt of using repressive measures to suppress student protests instead of addressing their demands.Addressing a public meeting at Paliganj in Patna district, Bhattacharya alleged that the govts wanted to prevent the emergence of student leadership. “Earlier, student movements produced leaders. Today,…
Buxar: The Zila Dalit Ati Pichhda Swabhiman Sangharsh Morcha has called a rail blockade at 11am on Friday over the continued closure of the Itadhi railway crossing and damage to a railway overbridge, which it says have caused severe hardship to thousands of commuters.The agitation has received support from the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata…
‘Seven Wonders Park’ in Bodh Gaya Patna: Tourists visiting Bodh Gaya will soon be able to see life-size replicas of the Seven Wonders of the World at a 40-acre theme park in Silonja, with 84% of the project already complete and the facility expected to open by the end of the year.The park is a…
Divisional commissioner Mayank Warwade with DM Kundan Kumar and other officers inspect the Gandhi Maidan on Thursday Patna: Preparations for the state-level Independence Day celebrations at Gandhi Maidan have entered the final phase. Divisional commissioner Mayank Warwade on Thursday reviewed arrangements and directed officials concerned to complete all pending works on schedule.This year’s celebrations will…
Patna: The RJD on Thursday dissolved all its organisational units across Bihar with immediate effect following the party’s disastrous performance in the recently concluded Bankipur byelection, where its candidate finished a distant third.The decision was announced through an order issued by state party president Mangni Lal Mandal in consultation with the RJD’s national working president…
Patna: The eight-day strike by sanitation workers that disrupted garbage collection across Bihar’s urban local bodies, including the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC), was called off on Thursday after the state govt agreed to consider a series of welfare measures for daily-wage and outsourced workers and restore benefits for regular employees.The breakthrough came after a meeting…
Health minister Nishant Kumar at IGIMS on Thursday Patna: Health minister Nishant Kumar on Thursday inaugurated a series of advanced healthcare facilities at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), saying the state govt was committed to providing world-class treatment within Bihar so that critically ill patients no longer had to travel outside the…
Patna: AICC incharge for Bihar Krishna Allavaru on Thursday asked Congress functionaries to strengthen the party down to the panchayat and ward levels as part of its upcoming mass outreach campaign, ‘Har Ghar Congress Ka Jhanda’.Over the past two days, Allavaru, along with Bihar Congress president Rajesh Ram, reviewed the work of state-level specific special…
