50 villages flooded in Muzaffarpur
MUZAFFARPUR: Tirhut divisional commissioner Narmadeshwar Lal on Sunday asked officials concerned to keep a close watch on embankments in the region amid rise in water level in several rivers. The Bagmati
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Minister reviews progress of health mission
PATNA: Only 227 posts under the National Health Mission in Bihar have roster clearance even though 393 employees are working under the mission in the state. The fact came to light at a videoconferencing
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Air pollution: Vehicle check centres under lens
PATNA: The state transport department has decided to form a three-member team to inspect the vehicle pollution check centres and verify if they have proper infrastructure to test vehicles before granting
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Pollution: Air purifier sales up 20%
PATNA: The rising pollution level in the city has led to increase in the sales of air purifiers. People in the trade revealed that an air purifier, which was unheard of till a few years ago, is much in
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Air pollution triggers health hazards
PATNA: Winter is normally an enjoyable season, but it has lately turned into the most polluted time of the year in Patna. With the air quality index (AQI) crossing 400- mark in the state capital, the pollution
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Beware, calm winds to worsen air quality
PATNA: Patna's air quality may worsen over the next weeks with the winds getting calm even as the winter has arrived. Calm winds and moist air allow suspended particulate matters or dust particles to settle
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Workshop highlights efficacy of new energy policy
GAYA: A workshop on 'Renewable energy and its growth potential', jointly organised by the Centre for Environment and Energy Development (CEED) and Vikalp Foundation, a non-profit organisation, working
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Create awareness about environment protection
PATNA: Reasserting his commitment to executing the schemes under 'Saat Nischay' (seven resolves) programme, CM Nitish Kumar on Sunday said he always believed in work and never in publicity. "Our schemes
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CNG-powered vehicles to hit city roads soon
PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar, who held a review meeting with senior officials of state environment and forests department on Thursday, discussed the proposal of commencing operations of CNG-propelled
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Major rivers still in spate as floods claim 51 more lives in Bihar
PATNA: With 51 fresh deaths in seven of the 20 affected districts in the last 24 hours, the flood toll in the state rose to 253 on Sunday. While 15 persons died in the worst-affected Araria district, 16
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Floods grim in 7 districts, Ganga & Burhi Gandak still in spate
Patna: The death toll in the floods in the state increased to 72, but the situation slightly eased on Wednesday. Water resources department officials claimed the rivers, except the Ganga and Burhi Gandak,