Fear of epidemic looms over flood-hit Bihar

The fear of epidemics is posing a fresh challenge to the district administrations in the flood-hit areas of north Bihar as lakhs of people have taken shelter in relief camps and on embankments or......

Encephalitis claims 25 children in 48 hours in Bihar

The death toll from suspected Acute Encephalitis Syndrome touched 102 on Monday with 25 more children succumbing to the disease in the last 48 hours in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts,......

Encephalitis strikes Bihar again, 9 children dead

Bihar's Muzaffarpur district has again been hit by encephalitis with 6 children dead in the last twenty-four hours. The death toll has risen to 9 and over two dozen children suspected to have......

21 die in Bihar hooch tragedy; triggers political slugfest

In yet another suspected hooch tragedy in dry Bihar, 21 deaths were reported from Saran district on Wednesday, triggering a slugfest in the state assembly where the ruling ‘Mahagathbandhan'......