There is no relief in the flood situation in Bihar as the deluge has entered into several new areas and snapped connectivity with the district headquarters. River Gandak, which is flowing ab... Read more
In Kantabanji in Odisha’s Balangir district, villagers carried the body of a man through waist-deep water to bid him one final adieu. Mohammad Suffian, Bhubaneswar: At a time when repo... Read more
Lightning strikes have continued to kill people in India’s eastern Indian state of Bihar as recent floods have affected over 350,000 people, officials said Tuesday. According to officials at... Read more
Kishanganj: An Indian national has been injured in firing by the Nepal Armed Police Force (NAPF) in the ‘no man’s land’ on the Indo-Nepal border in Bihar’s Kishanganj... Read more
To bring the corona situation under control, the Ganjam district administration in Odisha has imposed complete shutdown in at least nine urban areas of the district from July 16 till 21. A n... Read more
In an official statement, the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar asserted that after examining the situation it is “convinced that the requirement for a lockdown…is inevitable... Read more
Recording yet another rise in coronavirus cases in Bihar, 20 people tested positive in Bihta area on Sunday (July 13, 2020) after attending a funeral. Bihta: Recording yet another rise in co... Read more
The overall pass percentage of students of Patna region, comprising Bihar and Jharkhand, stood at 74.57%, which is 10.84 % higher than previous year. However, Patna region recorded the lowes... Read more
An anganwadi supervisor who worked in a quarantine centre in Kankarada village of Sanakhemundi block, had come home on June 28 after she developed symptoms of Covid-19 and was advised home q... Read more
While the pandemic and the subsequent shutdown of hospitals have been distressing for cancer patients all over the state, it has been more distressing for people of Bargarh district, conside... Read more
Patna: As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Bihar, All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna has been designated as dedicated COVID-19 hospital, the state health department said o... Read more
Dept to be shut indefinitely following increase in the number of patients and staff testing positive for Covid-19 Subhashish Mohanty: The All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar... Read more
Patna, Bihar: Amid surging coronavirus cases, District Magistrate Kumar Ravi announced that Patna will remain under lockdown from July 10-16. “There is an alarming surge in COVID-19 po... Read more
JD(U), BJP and RJD unwilling to give in to whims of smaller partners in run-up to assembly polls Amitabh Srivastava, Patna: In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Bihar’s three main political parti... Read more
In view of the prevailing weather conditions, there will be heavy to very heavy rainfall in one or two places over the south coastal, north interior and south Odisha districts at least till... Read more
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has announced an ex-gratia of Rs four lakh each to the kin of the people who lost their lives, informed the Bihar Chief Minister’s Office. At least 29... Read more
The Odisha government has decided to resume the counter sale of liquor from Wednesday across the state. The online sale of liquor and home delivery that began in the last week of May failed... Read more
With a surge in COVID-19 fatalities and infections in Odisha in June, the state government Tuesday announced weekend shutdown in 10 districts with high active caseloads, to prevent crowding... Read more
Amitabh Srivastava, Patna: On June 25, as Tej Pratap and Tejashwi Yadav symbolically dragged a tractor on Patna’s roads, Lalu Prasad’s younger son Tejashwi describing it as a pro... Read more
The Odisha government on Monday approved five investment proposals worth Rs 608.79 crore in sectors like Metal, Food Processing, and Logistics & Infrastructure, which may generate employ... Read more
