Scientists from Kerala and beyond attribute the disaster to a deadly mix of forest cover loss, mining in the fragile terrain and climate change.
03 August,2024 09:23 AM IST | Patna | PTI
Last month, at least 12 persons lost their lives due to lightning strikes across seven districts in Bihar
02 August,2024 06:33 AM IST | Patna | ANI
In a setback to the Bihar Government, the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday refused to stay a Patna High Court (HC) order setting aside the amended reservation laws in the state that enabled the Nitish Kumar dispensation to raise quotas for Dalits, tribals and backward classes from 50 to 65 percent
29 July,2024 12:32 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Newly-appointed Bihar BJP chief Dilip Jaiswal has said that he has started work to fulfil the new responsibility given to him and the ruling NDA alliance in the state will start preparing under leadership of CM Nitish Kumar and PM Narendra Modi for the Assembly polls
27 July,2024 03:01 PM IST | Patna | mid-day online correspondent
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U) on Saturday said that it wanted to contest the assembly elections in neighbouring Jharkhand in alliance with the BJP.
27 July,2024 02:52 PM IST | Patna | PTI
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar did not attend the Niti Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. Meanwhile, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee walked out of the meeting midway, alleging that her microphone was muted and she was not allowed to speak for more than five minutes while other CMs were given more time
27 July,2024 01:46 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The Bihar Public Examinations (PE) (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024, was tabled by state Parliamentary Affairs Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary and passed with voice vote amidst a walkout by the opposition.
25 July,2024 09:37 AM IST | Patna | Agencies
Union Budget
We had proposed that if special status wasn't feasible for technical reasons, Bihar should receive special assistance (vishesh madat) from the Centre in another form, Nitish Kumar told reporters
23 July,2024 04:41 PM IST | Patna | mid-day online correspondent
The demand was first made soon after the 'creation of Jharkhand' robbed the state of its mineral wealth
12 July,2024 07:46 PM IST | Patna | mid-day online correspondent
Rain thunderstorms have been lashing Bihar where lightning has killed about 40 people in the last couple of weeks
08 July,2024 05:36 PM IST | Patna | mid-day online correspondentADVERTISEMENT
