July 2021

BIHAR Bihar health dept sets up 3-tier committee to update Covid toll   Shortly after the Patna high court’s flak over inconsistencies in the Covid-19 related death toll, the Bihar health department has set up a three-tier committee to compile, verify and update the details of Covid-19 deaths in the second wave of the pandemic. … Read more

BIHAR   Expedite development works: Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad to Bhagalpur officials Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad, who was on a two-day visit to the district, asked the officials concerned to intensify developmental works. At a review meeting with the Bhagalpur Smart City Limited and district officials on Thursday evening, Prasad said, “Our focus is on ‘Atmanirbhar Bihar’ … Read more

BIHAR Expedite development works: Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad to Bhagalpur officials Deputy CM Tarkishore Prasad, who was on a two-day visit to the district, asked the officials concerned to intensify developmental works. At a review meeting with the Bhagalpur Smart City Limited and district officials on Thursday evening, Prasad said, “Our focus is on ‘Atmanirbhar Bihar’ (self-sufficient … Read more

BIHAR No ‘kanwar yatra’ & fairs in Bihar this year There will be no ‘kanwar yatra’ and Shrawani Mela in the state this year due to Covid pandemic. The devotees will have to offer prayers at home and only priests will be allowed to perform rituals in temples.   Important temples which used to attract large number of devotees … Read more

BIHAR   Bihar’s traditional toys like ‘Kaniya-Putri’ on display in India Toy Fair   Participants from Bihar are also showcasing their toys in the ongoing virtual event – India Toy Fair. Some participants have come up with traditional doll making art like Kaniya-Putri which is an important part of folk-culture in the state. Kaniya-Putri is … Read more

BIHAR 800 times jump in Bihar’s agricultural produce exports in last 15 years Bihar has recorded over 800 times jump in the agricultural produce exports in the last 15 years, from Rs 3 crore in 2006 to Rs2,617 crore in 2020, state’s agriculture secretary N Sarvana Kumar revealed.   He was making a presentation before CM … Read more

BIHAR Persons with more than 2 kids to be disqualified for Panchayat polls in Bihar’   Bihar Panchayati Raj Minister Samrat Chaudhary has said that the state government is going to introduce an Act under which a person having more than two children would not be entitled to contest Panchayat elections. Chaudhary’s statement came a … Read more

BIHAR Eight power substations in rural Gaya soon   Eight new power substations are being set up in Bodh Gaya, Manpur, Khizarsarai, Banke Bazar and Wazirganj blocks of the district, South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited (SBPDCL) executive engineer (project) Balvir Prasad Bagish said. While power supply will start from two substations at Mahkar (Khizarsarai) and Bakraur (Bodh Gaya) from … Read more

BIHAR Sales in automobile sector down by over 60% in Patna The automobile sector in Bihar has been severely hit by the Covid-induced lockdown. It has been almost five weeks since the state government allowed the automobile showrooms to open on alternate days, but the footfall is still low. All major automobile dealers in the state capital … Read more

BIHAR RT-PCR labs at all sadar hospitals in Bihar soon: Minister   State health minister Mangal Pandey said RT-PCR labs would be set up at all the sadar hospitals in the state soon to conduct Covid tests. The minister, who inaugurated an RT-PCR lab at Siwan sadar hospital, said Siwan was the 10th district in the state to get the … Read more