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Bihar govt fixes AC and non-AC ambulance charges for Covid patients

In wake of surge in Covid-19 cases, the Bihar government has fixed the rates of both AC and non-AC ambulances in the state

Bihar reports 77 more coronavirus deaths, 12,359 fresh infections

Bihar's coronavirus death toll rose to 2087

Bihar reports spike in coronavirus patients, recovery rate declines

The state's recovery rate was recorded at more than 99 per cent during March

Covid: Partial lockdown in Bihar, education institutions shut till April 18

Keeping in view the strong second wave of the coronavirus, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has decided to shut all educational institutions till April 18

Bihar govt comes out with fresh restrictions amid spike in Covid-19 cases

The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar on Saturday came out with a number of fresh restrictions to contain the spread of Covid-19, which has seen a country- wide surge in the recent past.

Complaint filed in Bihar court against Mamata for 'goons from Bihar' remark

The matter is likely to come up for hearing on April 8

Larsen & Toubro wins 'significant' contracts in various businesses

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Tuesday said its construction arm has won significant contracts including an order for the construction of a bridge on river Ganga in Bihar. The company did not specify the exact value of the contracts but as per its specification a significant contract ranges between Rs 1,000 crore and Rs 2,500 crore. "...The Heavy Civil Infrastructure business of L&T Construction has secured an EPC (engineering procurement and construction) order to construct a New Four-lane Bridge (parallel to the existing Vikramshila Setu) ... including approaches across river Ganga on the newly declared NH-131B at Bhagalpur in the state of Bihar," the company said in a statement. The project is scheduled to be completed in 48 months, it said. The company said its Water & Effluent Treatment business has bagged a design, build and operate order from Municipal Corporation, Amritsar for engineering, procurement & construction of bulk water supply system in the city of ...

WABAG secures Rs 1,187 cr contract from Bihar Urban Infra Development Corp

Firm achieves financial closure of its second HAM project and partners with PTC India Financial Services

Indian-Americans donate over Rs 1 cr for health sector in Bihar, Jharkhand

An Indian American couple has donated over Rs 1 for crore healthcare works in Bihar and Jharkhand, the Bihar Jharkhand Association of North America (BJANA) announced on Monday.

Bihar CA defies BCCI diktat to "stop T20 league", players may face sanction

The controversy-ridden Bihar Cricket Association, along with its registered first-class and List A players, are likely to face tough sanctions from the BCCI for defying the parent body's orders

Bihar records most Covid deaths in a day, shows faulty testing strategy

Testing in Bihar has declined from 87,718 daily tests in January to 37,370 in March

Bihar BPSC result 2021 released on bpsc.bih.nic.in; steps to check result

Candidates who appeared for BPSC prelims 2021 exam can download the BPSC 66th Prelims result from bpsc.bih.nic.in

Tejashwi tears into Nitish, threatens Assembly boycott for 5 years

Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said he will boycott the assembly for the next five years if Chief Minister Nitish Kumar did not apologise publicly

Bihar Speaker slams RJD MLAs for confining him, says it is condemnable

Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Singh slammed the RJD MLAs for allegedly confining him to his chamber inside the legislature building premises and said that the incident is condemnable

Bihar Special Armed Police Bill means 'searches without warrant': Tejashwi

After uproar over Bihar Special Armed Police Bill, the RJD leader claimed this law means search will be conducted without a warrant and "any policemen can arrest if he believes something is wrong"

952 cases of communal, religious rioting in 2018-19: Government

Bihar topped the charts both in 2018 and 2019

Aage-Aage dekhiye: Nitish Kumar refuses to reveal cards on RLSP-JDU merger

Kushwaha called a meeting of its functionaries from the district as well as from the national level for the two-days meeting to decide its future course of action

Nitish gets Covid-19 vaccine; urges people of Bihar to follow suit

Nitish reaffirmed his government's decision to provide the jabs free of cost, including at private facilities

Police, Army foil Maoists' terror plot, deactivate 83 IEDs in Bihar's Gaya

IEDs were planted on a road

Bihar CM Nitish fumes over criticisms of liquor prohibition in Bihar

Nitish Kumar bristled at questions being raised against his highly touted alcohol prohibition drive