Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
E-governance projects are a waste unless the last mile can be tracked--- Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi had famously said that hardly 15 paise out of every rupee spent by the government reached the poor. That does not appear to have changed much, although both central and state governments have …
Gargi Parsai NEW DELHI: Even as the number of drought-hit districts has risen to 278, the affected 11 States have altogether sought additional Central assistance of Rs. 72,313.62 crore for relief including diesel subsidy to farmers. Of this, Bihar has sought the highest (Rs. 23,071.13 crore), followed by Maharashtra (Rs. …
Bullock carts in the neighbouring Bihar roll with timber collected and transported illegally from the forests of north Bengal, mostly in the Dooars. The Baikunthapur forest division last week conducted a couple of raids in the areas near Siliguri and Odlabari in Jalpaiguri district and recovered teak and sal timber …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Amid reports of decline in tiger population across the country, positive news has emerged from the once-neglected Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar, along the India-Nepal border. At least eight cubs have been born in the reserve since 2005, including two new cubs whose sightings were reported …
Even as the Bihar government has declared 26 of its 38 districts as drought-affected, several parts of Darbhanga, Madhubani, Saharsa and Supaul districts have been facing flood, affecting over one lakh people. Over 100 houses have been washed away in Supaul and Saharsa because of Kosi water flooding the fields. …
ANAND S.T. DAS Aug. 31: The month of August was a pervasive season of deaths across Bihar. As many as 164 officially counted deaths in this single month caused by floods, outbreak of diseases, starvation and a still continuing strike by government doctors seem to pale the memories of massacres …
With major rivers in spate, there is no let-up in the overall flood situation in Bihar where 1.5 million people continue to reel under the deluge in 11 north Bihar districts. Rivers like Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamala Balan and Adhwara have crossed the danger level at different places along their …
To promote water conservation in Bihar, the State Government would soon enact a law making rainwater harvesting mandatory in urban areas. The Bill would make it mandatory for every household in urban areas to build an underground water tank to store excess rainwater harvested from the rooftops of multi-storeyed buildings …
There is no let up in the overall flood situation in Bihar with major rivers in spate even as 1.5 million people continue to be affected by the deluge in 11 north Bihar districts, official sources said. The Central Water Commission sources said major rivers like Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamala …
Probe may put Buta Singh in a fix on august 1, when the Bagmati river breached its sand embankment in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, it brought unforeseen trouble for the state
Alok Gupta visits a Bihar village where people are building a road to get wives It seemed an usual evening gathering around the village well in Barwan Kala, full of banter and bonhomie, till matters got serious. One young man had just said,
Shoumojit Banerjee Patna: After the Bagmati debacle which afflicted more than a lakh people three weeks ago, it was now the turn of the Mahanada to breach its embankment. There were fears of a severe breach since Wednesday night as the residual part of spur no. 688 at Bholamari under …
As many as 49 cases of polio have been detected in Bihar, a report said. Most of the cases were found in Kosi belt, where due to flood the polio immunisation programme was hampered, the polio status report said. Out of the total detected cases, 16 are highly virulent
Thousands of people affected by swirling river waters in Uttar Pradesh and Assam also Inundated: People wading through water-logged streets in Patna after heavy rain lashed the city. Patna: The flood situation in seven northern districts of Bihar further worsened on Monday with swollen river waters inundating fresh areas, even …
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar who met Union Home Minister P Chidambaram recently at North Block, apprised him about the severe drought situation in the State affecting 1.26 crore families in 26 districts. Kumar also extended full support to the proposed inter-State anti-Maoist operations led by the Centre. Kumar told …
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed concern over the increase in polio cases in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and asked the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry to closely monitor the situation while taking steps to eradicate the disease. Dr. Singh made the statement at a meeting …
With Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressing concern over the re-emergence of polio cases in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday cleared implementation of the polio eradication strategy for three years till 2012 at an estimated expenditure of Rs 3,203.98 crore. Stating that the …
The 18 August 2008 avulsion of the Kosi River draining the parts of north Bihar in eastern India may well be regarded as one of the greatest avulsions in a large river in recent years. The Kosi River shifted by ~120 km eastward, triggered by the breach of the eastern …
