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Bihar Flood situation worsens in Bihar, death toll rises to 253 The toll in Bihar floods rose to 253 on Sunday as the situation worsened further with more areas getting affected and around 1.26 crore people hit by the deluge. Araria district accounted for 57 deaths alone, followed by Sitamarhi (31), West Champaran (29), … Read more
Bihar Union Cabinet to revive Bihar dam proposal. The Union Cabinet has decided to revive the North Koel Reservoir Project, stalled since 1993, and claims it will irrigate over 40,000 hectares in some of the most backward and drought-prone regions in Jharkhand and Bihar. However the centre piece of the project, the Mandal … Read more
Bihar Bihar School Examination Board sacks 188 ‘incompetent’ staff. The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) sacked 188 ad hoc and daily wages employees from the service at the office of Bihar Intermediate Council. After the merger of the Bihar Intermediate Education Council (BIEC) with BSEB in 2007, the number of posts was reduced. The board … Read more
Bihar Union Cabinet clears stalled North Koel Reservoir Project in Bihar. The Union Cabinet approved a proposal to complete the balance works of North Koel Reservoir Projectin Bihar, stalled since 1993. Under the revived project, storage of water in Mandal dam to be constructed under it will be will be restricted at a lower … Read more
Bihar ‘Ambitious’ UGC schemes fall flat. The University Grants Commission (UGC), in a bid to shape up the education scenario, has introduced several “ambitious” development schemes over the years. However, most of the higher education institutions of the state failed to take advantage of them. According to a recent UGC notification, no … Read more
Bihar UGC may grant heritage status to Patna University Hundred-year-old Patna University (PU) is likely to get heritage status along with a handsome grant from the University Grants Commission (UGC) soon. A proposal for the purpose has been submitted to the UGC. The proposal highlights the landmark achievements of this seventh oldest university … Read more
Bihar Government bid to improve infrastructure in schools Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC) has asked the district education officers (DEOs) and district programme officers (DPOs) under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan to update the list of primary schools running without a building. According to a Unified-District Information System for Educational (U-DISE) report released in September 2016, altogether 7,007 primary … Read more
Bihar CM Nitish asks Centre to fix one rate of electricity across the country. Lamenting that Bihar is getting electricity from the central pool at a higher rate compared to other states, CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday asked the Centre to fix equal rate of electricity across the country. Addressing an energy department’s function where he laid … Read more
Bihar Bihar Minister asks media to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai. Bihar Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vinod Kumar Singh asked journalists to chant Bharat Mata ki Jaiat a party function in patna but later expressed regret over his utterances. CM Nitish announces eye banks in all medical colleges in Bihar to … Read more
Bihar Government’s approval mandatory for new borewell The state government is planning to introduce fresh guidelines prescribing people in urban areas to take consent for digging new borewells for extracting water in order to avoid undue pressure on groundwater table. The state government has decided to hand over its own pumping stations to Jeevika, … Read more