Patna, India News

DID YOU KNOW? Bihar is the only state , which once upon a time ruled the India as well as the neighbouring countries.

Patna, : Reacting to the Centre's reported move to cancel the NTPC's contract to the Russian firm for the purchase of equipment for its Barh plant chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday sought an inquiry into the irregularities and payment of commission.

PATNA: A woman who gave birth in a running train in Bihar is so inspired by the former chief minister and railway minister Lalu Prasad that she named her newborn son after the politician.

Bihar is poised to be one of the leading states in India, asserted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar whose NDA government completed four years in power Tuesday.

Indo-Asian News Service Patna, November 23, 2009 First Published: 15:23 IST Last Updated: 15:24 IST Police on Monday seized about 250 quintals of ammonium nitrate used in making explosives from a Bihar village and arrested three people.

The long wait for land for the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna may be finally over.

A Gangetic dolphin, an endangered species, was killed by poachers on the banks of the river here, an official said Sunday.

It is all about a science teacher taking lessons in Maoism and subsequently turning into a major arms supplier to Naxal outfits operating in Bihar and Jharkhand.

New Delhi, Nov 20 : Infrastructure development firm Gammon Infrastructure Projects Ltd today said it has bagged a contract from National Highway Authority of India for upgradation of NH-47 in Bihar at an estimated cost of Rupees 850 crore.

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Patna: The deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said that the Planning Commission had no role in giving special status to the state as it was accorded according to norms approved by the National Development Council.

Patna: Days after Bihar Health Minister agreed to raise monthly stipend of junior doctors, the medicos of the two state-run hospitals on strike for the past nine days on Wednesday demanded a written assurance from the government about its promise.

Sonepur , Nov 18 Munia Devi and her son Bholua look forward to the world-famous cattle fair that takes place here every year.

Patna: Bihar State Electricity Board has suspended two senior officials after they were arrested by the state vigilance bureau for allegedly accepting bribe.

Senior Superintendent of Police Vineet Vinayak displaying the recovered arms and naxal literature at a press conference in Patna on Saturday.

PATNA / DARBHANGA - Around 65 patients are reported to have died as the indefinite strike by over 1000 junior doctors continue to cripple functioning of Patna Medical College and Hospital and Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital .

Patna: The authorities of Patna Medical College and Hospital would move the state Human Rights Commission giving details of the number of people who died on the first four days of the ongoing strike by junior doctors.

Patna, Nov 14 : Police in Bihar are worried following the seizure of huge consignments of explosive materials and fire arms over the past week, including a huge cache on Thursday, suspected to be meant for Maoists to launch violent attacks in the state and Jharkhand, an official said Saturday.

A former Jharkhand bureaucrat has claimed that in 2007 then chief minister Madhu Koda had pressurised him to push files recommending iron ore mine contracts to close associate Vinod Sinha's company.

Big haul: Sacks of high-grade explosive material seized by the police in Gaya on Thursday.