Bihar

Till nearly two years ago, Suhawan Singh Rathore from Bihar had the world before him. He had completed his Masters in Development at the Azim Premji University in Bengaluru, and started working as an innovation officer at a private firm in Bhubaneswar. But then, he had a change of heart. And now, he

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved the project for construction of a 5.634 km long new 4 - lane bridge across river Ganga, just 38 meters on upstream side of the existing MG Setu, on NH-19 at Patna in Bihar, with a capital cost of Rs. 2926.42 crore. The construction period for the

Patna witnessed a new landmark in India’s Inland Water Transport (IWT) sector with 16 TEUs of container cargo (equivalent to 16 truckloads) belonging to food giants PepsiCo India and Emami Agrotech Ltd from Kolkata reaching the city’s Gaighat IWT terminal on river Ganga late evening on Friday. The

Asian Development Bank (ADB) a $200 million loan to finance widening and upgrading of about 230 kim State Highways in Bihar to all-weather standards with road safety features. A MoU for this was signed in New Delhi on Monday. The signatories to the loan agreement were Sameer Kumar Khare, Additional

It is 11 am, time for “TV serial-type” lessons inside the Project Girls High School at Katoria in Bihar’s Banka district. Around 85 students of Class 10 are crammed in a room, four girls to a bench, but no one’s complaining. On a 40-inch screen plays a video, in Hindi, on photosynthesis. The nodal

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy R.K Singh, with the officials from Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Finance Ministry reviewed the progress of lining project of the Son canal in Shahabad – Bhojpur region of Bihar. During the meeting ADB representatives informed that

Has the alcohol ban imposed in 2016 turned Bihar into a land of milk and honey, and helped reduce crime rates? Two early studies commissioned by the state government seem to suggest so. A study by the Development Management Institute (DMI), Patna showed a 17.5% increase in the purchase of milk

As many as 26 of the 30 students trained by famed coaching institute Super 30 have cleared the JEE-Advanced 2018 for admission to India’s premiere IITs, its founder Anand Kumar said on Sunday. Onirjit Goswami, Suraj Kumar, Yash Kumar and Prashant Das — all from extremely modest backgrounds — are

The Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) and department of environment and forests are taking a number of measures to pursue this year’s World Environment Day’s motto ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. In an effort to curb the usage of polythene bags for buying fruits and vegetables, BSPCB will put up

The state industries department has decided to set up a khadi school at Manpur in Gaya. “We are thinking of starting a batch consisting 100 students from July or August this year. The minimum qualification required for admission will be either 10th or 12th certificate. The students will be trained

Shri R K Singh, Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Government of India, on Saturday dedicated 4,611 smart and energy-efficient LED lights to the people of Ara, Bihar, today. These LED lights have been installed in a record time of just three weeks under the Street Light

Four of the 66 exams centres created in Gaya for the Bihar School Examination Board’s Class X examination are all-woman centres with the centre superintendents, invigilators, static magistrates, patrolling magistrates, zonal magistrates, police officers, constables and others being women. The all