Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
PATNA: The flood toll in the state mounted to 24 with five more deaths on Tuesday. One person was killed in Patna district and four in Nalanda. The official figure, however, is 16 only. Twelve persons had died across the state in flood-related incidents till Sunday and the figure increased …
At least seven more persons were killed on Monday as flood situation remained grim affecting over 7 lakh people in 13 districts of the state. Six persons were killed in the worst hit Nalanda district and one in Sitamarhi, official sources said. Twelve persons had been killed due to flood …
Advances in agricultural development have largely been a direct result of increased usage of new technologies. Among other important factors, farmers’ perceptions of risks associated with the new technology as well as their ability or willingness to take risks greatly influences their adoption decisions. In this paper we conduct a …
The Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved Rs 393.09 crore for the construction of parallel roads in four bordering districts of the state. These roads would be constructed under the NABARD loan scheme in Sitamarhi, Madhubani, Kishanganj and East Champaran. The construction of altogether 58 small and medium size bridges are …
At 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, the school bell tolled to signal lunch. The 58 schoolchildren present on the day-of the 79 enrolled in the Gandaman Primary School in Chhapra, some 120 km northwest of Patna-picked up the cheap steel plates for their free lunches, provided as part of …
A study done by International Growth Centre (IGC) said that 71% of the budget for hot cooked meals at around 200 anganwadi centres (AWCs) in Bihar was lost in leakage. It also revealed that 38% of the Take Home Ration (THR) fund too gets lost in leakage. IDinsight, one of …
Ram Kumar, 36, a construction worker from Bihar's Madhubani district, does not have a ration card although he falls below the poverty line. His attempts to get a ration card have run into a maze of official delays. Denied subsidised foodgrain from the public distribution system (PDS) without a card, …
The meeting of the Programme Approval Board Mid-Day Meal to consider the Annual Work Plan & Budget 2013-14 in respect of state of Bihar was held on 23.04.2013 at New Delhi.
Visits to seven small towns in north India reveal how paucity of funds, slipshod planning and a dearth of capabilities have contributed to poor civic services and inadequate infrastructure. Citizens in some areas have organised themselves into neighbourhood committees to tackle problems that the urban bodies neglect, but this has …
The Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) is a flagship programme of the government of India which began in April 2005 and aimed to accelerate the pace of rural electrification programme in the country. The Ministry of Power is the nodal agency implementing the scheme with a mandate to attain …
A Lieutenant General in the Army rides a cycle to office and back twice a week. Not only does Commandant of the College of Military Engineering (CME), Lt Gen U S P Sinha, cycle five kilometres from home to office on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but all other officers and students …
M.J. PRABU Good catch: Ashok Singh in his fish farm at Madhubani district in Bihar. The grit and determination with which some of the farmers who have succeeded despite the odds against them has served as a valuable guide for others. Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh of Daiya Kharwa village in …
Did the Kosi really change its course this time? Ask the Nepali citizens near Kushaha - where the river breached the embankment - and they would say 'yes', as the Kosi barrage near Hanumannagar (Nepal) was not opened this year for the natural (read man-made) outflow of the swelling river. …
NH-57 land acquisition Six government officials arrested, four absconding The state Vigilance Department has unearthed a Rs one crore scam in the land acquisition process for the East-West Corridor along the National Highway-57 in Madhubani. Illegal payments have been made allegedly in at least 30 cases. The department has booked …
On Monday the 15th January 1934 Calcutta experienced an earthquake shock of fair intensity which lasted for over three minutes. News from the country was available only next morning, showing that Patna, Monghyr and Jamalpur had suffered severely. News from the most affected region arrived only two or three days …
