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Bihar Covid-19 recovery rate rises to 91.1%, caseload rises to 164,000

Bihar's Covid-19 recovery rate touched a new high of 91.17% while the coronavirus caseload rose to 164,000 as 1,592 people tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said

Rural tourism projects underway in Bihar, Kerala: Tourism Minister

The ministry of tourism has sanctioned two projects in Bihar and Kerala at a cost of Rs 125 crore under the Rural Circuit as part of its endeavour to take tourism to the villages of the country

PM Modi inaugurates, lays foundation for urban infra projects in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of seven urban infrastructure projects worth Rs 541 crore in poll-bound Bihar

Ashoka Buildcon wins Rs 1,390 cr highway projects in Bihar from NHAI

Ashoka Buildcon on Monday said it has bagged two highway projects worth Rs 1,390 crore in Bihar from National Highways Authority of India

PM Modi to inaugurate, launch seven urban infra projects in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of seven urban infrastructure projects worth Rs 541 crore in the poll-bound Bihar via video conference

Bihar: Man digs 5-km canal over 30 years to bring water to his village

Loungi was pained by the migration of youths from his drought-hit Kolithwa village

Nitin Gadkari approves Munger-Bhagalpur National Highway project in Bihar

The road is expected to be a two-lane road with paved shoulders, which will also be four-lane wide at certain stretches

PM Modi to launch, inaugurate projects worth Rs 16,000 crore in Bihar

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch and inaugurate development works worth over Rs 16,000 crore in the next 10 days in poll-bound Bihar, sources said

Govt approves Rs 971-cr Munger-Bhagalpur National Highway project in Bihar

The government on Thursday said it has approved a Rs 971 crore highway project in Bihar

Bihar's revenue collection registers growth in August: Sushil Modi

Sushil Kumar Modi said that the state has registered a growth of 11.70% in revenue collection in August, compared to that in the corresponding month in the previous financial year

Bihar elections: RJD to distribute tickets based on candidate's popularity

Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in Bihar, RJD leaders have said that the ticket distribution for each constituency would be done on the basis of the popularity of candidates

Veteran Bihar Cong leader and sitting MLA Ramdeo Rai dies of cardiac arrest

Condoling his demise, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar remembered Rai as a "sweet natured, soft-spoken and simple" political leader whose death felt to him like a "personal loss"

Over 8.36 million people still suffering in Bihar as floods continue

Over 83.62 lakh people continued to suffer due to the floods in Bihar with the Ganga flowing over the danger-mark at many places, officials said

Bihar coronavirus update: Tally rises to 126,989; death toll mounts to 653

Bihar's Covid-19 caseload rose to over 126,000 as 2,163 more people tested positive for the infection, while nine fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 653

Nitish inaugurates, lays foundation stones of projects worth Rs 1469.73 cr

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 30 different schemes of irrigation and flood protection worth Rs 1469.73 crore of the Water Resources department here

Bihar flood situation remains grim; 8.362 million people affected

No fresh areas were inundated by flood water for the third consecutive day in Bihar where 83.62 lakh people across 16 districts were reeling under the impact of the deluge

Bus services resume in Bihar, to operate following Covid-19 guidelines

The notification was issued on Monday evening after a decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of Crisis Management Group which was chaired by Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar

Bihar, Rajasthan, Odisha, Uttarakhand likely to receive heavy rain: IMD

Bihar, Rajasthan, Odisha and Uttarakhand are likely to receive heavy rainfall today, predicted India Meteorological Department

Bihar flood situation stable; 8.36 million people across 16 dist affected

The flood situation remained stable in Bihar for the second consecutive day and the number of people hit by the deluge is 83.62 lakh across 16 districts

PM CARES to fund 2 500-bed Covid-19 hospitals in Bihar to boost healthcare

The PM CARES Fund Trust will finance two 500-bed COVID-19 makeshift hospitals in Bihar, the Prime Minister's Office said, asserting that this will go a long way in improving the Covid-19 care.