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 …
Dinesh Kumar Mishra looks back at the history of floods in North Bihar and wonders what this year has in store Had the Kosi river not breached its eastern embankment at Kusaha last year, 2008 would have gone down as a drought year in North Bihar. The rains were scanty …
A weak monsoon looks set to leave northeastern India high and dry. In a striking paradox, the region that boasts the once-wettest Cherrapunji and is nestled among verdant hills faces chronic rain deficiency. Manipur has a deficit of 67 per cent, while Arunachal Pradesh, the least affected, is deficient by …
MUKESH RANJAN Nitish feels that though ethanol units might not be viable in Maharashtra, in Bihar there is a `business case' for setting up such units Bihar chief Minister Nitish Kumar has shot off a letter to Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar disapproving his contention that "exclusively ethanol producing units" …
Seeks financial help of Rs 470 cr Alarmed by the drought-like situation prevailing in the state, the Bihar government has sent a SOS to the Centre seeking immediate financial assistance of Rs 470 crore to tide over the crisis. The state has also sought an additional 300 MW of power …
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday demanded an additional allocation of at least 300 Mega Watt power for the State from the Centre to tide over the drought like situation in wake of poor monsoon.
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission. Roudra Bhattacharya New Delhi, July 19 Four states, Bihar, Jharkhand, Tripura and Meghalaya and the Union Territory of Puducherry have not utilised any of the funds provided under the Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) scheme of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) …
PRAMOD KUMAR Arsenic contamination in groundwater has been reported from some parts of 28 districts of Uttar Pradesh, 15 districts of Bihar and certain districts of West Bengal in the country. The Union minister of state for water resources Vincent H. Pala in a reply to a question in Parliament …
July 7: The Lok Sabha was adjourned when members of the BJD and JD(U) raised voices to express concern on the Centre allegedly asking back for relief funds given to Orissa and Bihar governments last year as flood relief grant. After deputy Leader Of Opposition Sushma Swaraj asked a supplementary …
Shoumojit Banerjee Plans to establish a Panchayati Bhavan in every district of Bihar For reforms: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said on Saturday steps would be taken to facilitate speedy settlement of disputes at the panchayat level and promised to radically alter the case …
New Delhi, July 3: The government on Friday said that it would set up a 1,000 MW coal-based power plant at Nabi Nagar in Bihar. "After discussions with the Ministry of Power, we propose to set up a 1,000 MW power plant at Nabi Nagar in Bihar," the railway minister, …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Seeking to provide power back-up for railway services, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the setting up of a 1,000 MW coal-based plant at Nabi Nagar in Bihar, in association with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC).
Pratim Ranjan Bose Kolkata, June 28 The RPG Enterprises flagship CESC Ltd, Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Infrastructure Ltd and Mumbai-based Glodyne Technoserve Ltd are in the race to be franchise power distributor in Patna. The technical bids for power distribution were opened earlier this month. Financial bids are expected to be …
