Ganga pollution in Bihar serious: Bansal
An aerial survey of the Ganga river in Bihar on Saturday brought Union water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar closer to the alarming severity of the siltation...
View ArticleADB to fund Bihar power project
Work has started on the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded project of Rs 650 crore in seven towns of power-starved Bihar for upgrading electricity transmission lines to cut down losses. The project
View ArticleMoU for Chausa powerplant to be inked today
Stage is set for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Thursday for setting up a 1320MW (2x660MW) thermal power plant at Chausa in Buxar district. The signatories for the joint...
View ArticleMoU signed for thermal power plant at Chausa
The Bihar Government on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding for a 1,320-MW coal-based thermal power project at Chausa in Buxar district. The State expects to procure 85 per cent of the total...
View ArticleOver five million people hit by Bihar floods
There was no let up in the fury of floods in over a dozen Bihar districts Sunday with major swollen rivers, including the Ganga, affecting more than five million people, officials said. According to
View ArticleOver five mn hit in Bihar floods, toll 160
Around 5.5 million people have been affected due to floods in 20 districts of Bihar , with the death toll going up to 160, official figures showed. With the flood situation remaining critical, thousands
View ArticleNo let-up in flood fury, toll up to 176
The flood situation in 20 of the 38 Bihar districts remained grim on Wednesday with the toll rising to 176, including five persons - three in Munger and two in Bhagalpur district - drowning in the...
View ArticleArsenic causing many cancers
Arsenic is known to be one of the causative factors of gall bladder cancer in Bihar. However, a recent research by city's Mahavir Cancer Sansthan (MCS), which has been sent to a journal for publication,
View ArticleBihar sets target to supply 5000 MW power by 2015 end
The Bihar government plans to make available 5000 MW of power by the end of this year required by the state. The information was given by Energy minister Bijendra Prasad Yadav gave while replying to a
View ArticleOrder of the Patna High Court regarding steps taken by Bihar to address...
Order of the High Court of Judicature at Patna in the matter of Shivai Kaushik & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 12/05/2021. The matter related to steps taken by the government of Bihar
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