15 villages boycott polio vaccination in Bihar
The residents of 15 villages have boycotted the polio vaccination to protest alleged lack of proper nutrition and other facilities to the children by the state-run Anganwadi Centres in Munger district
Bihar is going to be leprosy-free state
Bihar is going to be leprosy free state with the number of such patients declining to 0.89 per cent per 10,000 people by March 31, an official said on Tuesday.
"Bihar has almost become a leprosy-fre
George Orwell museum to come up in Bihar
Millennium writer George Orwell's birthplace at Motihari in Bihar's East Champaran district would soon be turned into a full-fledged museum.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Orwell's birth place, th
Nine French tourists rescued from fire
Nine French tourists, who were detained by police and lodged in a circuit house, were safely rescued when a fire broke out in the building within Nagar police station limit in Nawada district on Sunda
151 Bihar primary teachers fail test, sacked
The Bihar government has sacked 151 primary school teachers after they failed to clear two consecutive eligibility tests, officials on Thursday said.
The education department has ordered that they be
60 huts gutted in Bihar
Around 60 huts were gutted in fire at Banduar Mushari tola in Bihar's Begusarai district on Wednesday, police said.
The cause of the fire was not yet known, source said. Property estimated at Rs Two
Asia's first dolphin research centre to come up in Bihar
With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia's first research centre to strengthen c
Boat capsizes in Gandak, 1 drowned, 9 missing
One person was drowned and nine others went missing as a boat carrying 11 people capsized in river Gangak in Salempur village in Bihar's Gopalganj district, an official said.
The boat lost control du
Maoists torch five vehicles of private firm
Maoist ultras torched five vehicles of a private road construction company at Dumri Buzurg village under Nayagaon police station in Bihar's Saran district.
DIG (Saran Range), Alok Kumar said ar
Nitish Kumar arrives in Mumbai for Bihar centenary celebrations
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar arrived here on Saturday evening to attend centenary celebrations of his state, a day after MNS chief Raj Thackeray withdrew his threat to disrupt the event slated fo