Bihar

New Delhi: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) on Monday warned of 'severe flood' situation in Assam and Bihar, while the Central Water Commission (CWC) issued an orange bulletin warning about the list of danger and highest…

New Delhi: India registered another highest single-day spike of 13,586 coronavirus cases on Friday. With the day’s new cases, the national tally has gone up to 3,80,532 while total 12,573 patients have succumbed to the COVID-19 with 336…

This is as daring as it gets. A 30-year-old man, wanted in multiple dacoity cases, cycled 600 km during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown and committed another dacoity in West Bengal. This time, however, his luck ran out and as…

Patna: Over 22 lakh migrants have returned to Bihar and considering that the birth rate in the state is the highest in the country, the state government is worried. And rightly so. Taking this into account, the State Health Society in…

Bihar: Village women in Bihar recently performed a 'puja' to keep the deadly coronavirus at bay. They gathered at a temple to worship 'Corona Mata,' in the belief that it would calm down the virus and it wouldn't enter their village. A…

New Delhi: The Union government has blamed some states for the plight of migrant workers during the coronavirus-induced nationwide lockdown. According to Minority Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, despite the Centre having arranged for…

Never has there been so much spotlight on the ubiquitous migrant labourers in our cities as now, in COVID-19 lockdown times. Toiling away as construction and industry workers, vendors, safai karamcharis, household helps, electricians,…

Lucknow: Dharmveer Kumar, a migrant labourer from Bihar who was cycling home to his native place in Khagaria district from New Delhi, died on the way, in Uttar Pradesh. The 28-year-old, who worked as a labourer in the Indian capital city,…

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has done a volte face on bringing back migrant workers. Till yesterday, he was firmly against the move but today, he wants special trains to bring them back to Bihar.  His deputy, Sushil Kumar Modi…

Bhubaneswar: Moti Jani of Odisha clinched a bronze medal at the ongoing National Sub-Junior & Junior Weightlifting Championships in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, on Friday. The promising weightlifter won the bronze by lifting 69 kg in the snatch…