Bihar is fast approaching the 3,000-mark in the number of coronavirus disease cases. On Monday, the state saw 163 fresh cases, which took the tally to 2,737, the state health officials said. However, the Union health ministry reported 2,730 cases in the state in its update on Tuesday morning. The […]
Bihar records 180 new Covid-19 cases, tally nearing 2,600
Bihar has reported 180 new cases of Covid-19 from 15 districts, pushing the tally to 2,574 in the state, the health department said. Of the fresh cases, Nawada and East Champaran accounted for 11 each and the state capital Patna recorded four new infections, it said. The health department, in […]
Bihar STET 2019 cancelled: Paper was leaked, finds investigative committee
Bihar School Examination Board has cancelled the Bihar STET 2020 after an investigation committee probed into various cases of irregularities and paper leak during the exam that was held on January 28, 2020. In a press release issued by BSEB, it is informed that the BSTET 2020 has been cancelled and the […]
Isolated migrants go on rampage at Covid-19 quarantine centre in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur
Migrant workers isolated at Women Polytechnic College in the Musahari block in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur went on rampage on Sunday demanding proper lodging and boarding facilities at the centre. The migrants had been put up at the isolation centre since Thursday. After three of the inmates tested positive on Saturday evening, […]
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar meets Bill Gates, discusses state’s health and education sectors
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met American business magnate Bill Gates and briefly discussed about state’s health and education sector. The meeting took place on Sunday in Patna. Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft. He is also a co-chair and trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. In […]
3 killed, 3 injured in boiler explosion in Bihar
Three persons were killed and three others injured when the boiler of a plant exploded in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Saturday, police said. The boiler of the cooking plant of an NGO at Bangra Nagar panchayat area exploded when labourers were preparing mid-day meal to be supplied to schools, […]
Common toilets for boys, girls and security personnel in this Bihar school
Girls at one of the oldest government-run school in Bihar’s Patna have been skipping classes for quite some time now. The reason behind their reluctance to come to school has been the absence of separate toilets in the school building. They are being forced to share a toilet with boys […]
Armed robbers kill one, flee with jewellery worth Rs 25 crore in Bihar
Armed robbers escaped with gold and silver ornaments worth Rs. 25 crore on Tuesday after shooting and injuring two jewellers and killing the driver of a sports utility vehicle (SUV) in which they were travelling in Bihar’s Begusarai district, the police said. The incident took place in the Thakurichak neighbourhood […]
2 professors get top state’s education award in Bihar
Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday lauded the contributions of the first central education minister Maulana Abul Kalam Azad towards enrichment of academic excellence in the country and reiterated his resolve to bring about qualitative change in the academic standards in the state. Inaugurating a two-day programme to mark the […]
Transpersons protest in Bihar’s Purnia over leader’s killing
A day after the killing of a trans community leader, Muskan Kinnar, hundreds of transpersons gathered Bihar’s Purnia on Wednesday to register their protest. Demanding an immediate arrest of the killers, the protesters gave the police 48 hours to do so. The local Congress unit has also extended its support […]
Delhi takes a breath, but bad air chokes UP, Bihar
Air pollution in Kanpur, Lucknow and Patna was at “severe” levels, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed on Tuesday, suggesting the plume of smoke from farm fires in Punjab and Haryana that choked Delhi and the national capital region (NCR) on Sunday has moved down the Gangetic plain. The […]