Dengue has claimed three lives in Bihar and is spreading fast with more than 1,000 people testing positive for the mosquito-borne disease. However, the state government is yet to initiate a serious effort to check the spread of dengue even as it threatens to become an epidemic.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who left for New Delhi on Thursday morning on his way to Pakistan, is likely to meet Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf during his week long goodwill trip to the neighbouring country, according to an official in the state government.
They are five of more than two crore school students in Bihar who on Wednesday took an oath never to consume tobacco or use related products.
Nearly a week ahead of his Pakistan visit, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is upbeat and eager to visit historical places of the Indus valley civilization.
In a rarest of the rare case, a two-month-old girl has been found to be carrying a foetus in her womb at a village in Bihar's Araria district, an official on Monday said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday reiterated his demand of a special category status for Bihar to touch the national average on several indicators of human development index, economic growth and development.
Hundreds of students have been forced to skip school in Patna and neighbouring areas after security forces deployed for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's much-publicised Adhikar yatra -- occupied the premises of nearly twenty schools since Friday. Students of these government-run schools have been asked to come back on Monday as security forces had taken over their class rooms till Sunday evening, an official of the education ministry said.
After confiscating the assets of six corrupt government officials in Bihar, the state government has sought the court's permission to confiscate the assets of 40 corrupt officials.
Bihar's ruling Janata Dal-United has hired four trains and more than 10,000 buses to ferry party workers and supporters for its 'Adhikar Rally' on November 4 in Patna. M I Khan reports.
A Dalit woman's nose was chopped off after she was accused of practicing witchcraft in a village in Bihar's Khagaria district on Wednesday, said the police. Nunu Dai was beaten up and her nose was chopped off in Kainzari village.
Maitri Chakrawarti is shocked and inconsolable. It has been forty two days since her 13-year-old daughter Navruna was abducted. Her husband Atulya Chakarwarti is fed up with repeated assurance by the police to recover their daughter.
Ignoring the strong reservations of ally Janata Dal United's leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be the prime ministerial candidate of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance if the party won the forthcoming assembly elections in Gujarat.
Pakistan is fascinated by Bihar's turnaround story under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Salman Bashir told mediapersons in Patna on Thursday.
A Muslim convict, who is serving life term in Bihar's Bhagalpur Jail, has been observing fast during Navratri. Mohammad Tanveer alias Langra, a convicted prisoner lodged in the central jail in Bhagalpur district, is religiously following Navratri rituals, according to Jail Superintendent Jitendra Kumar.
Nikhat Parween, wife of terror suspect Fasih Mehmood, who was arrested on Monday for his involvement in the bomb blasts in Delhi and Bengaluru, said her husband was innocent and his arrest unlawful.
Government had postponed the date for opening the bid four times in past two months.
State Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey said, "In 2005, the IMR was 61 per 1,000 births; now it has come down to 44 per 1,000. It is a big positive development. The state has recorded a sharp fall in the IMR in last six years, thanks to consistent efforts and steps taken by the government."
State Animal Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh and Health Minister Ashwani Kumar Choubey -- both known Modi supporters -- said they would campaign in Gujarat after Durga Puja festivities are over
Three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were killed and six others seriously injured on Thursday morning when Naxals blew up the anti-landmine vehicle they were traveling in, at Bihar's Gaya district. The incident occurred at 6.20 am near Chakarbanda forests in Barha village of the district, when the CRPF vehicle was going for an operational duty.
The Bihar bandh called by opposition parties to protest against the killing of three people in police firing in Madhubani district on Monday affected normal life across the state. Most shops, business establishments and educational institutions remained closed in Patna and other districts.
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