14 girls among 29 kids from six fields conferred Bal Puraskar 2022

From dancing on broken glasses to negotiating with terrorists, from fighting an alligator to developing innovative measures to help COVID-19 patients, 29 children from across the country were......

2.7 Million Bihar Flood Victims Struggle for Survival

'Government officials have not provided us anything.' IMAGE: Villagers hit by the floods shift to safer places as the water of the Ganga rises. Photograph: PTI Photo An angry monsoon and swollen......

Bridge or no bridge, Biharis always reach their destination

If you are a Bihari, then you come with built-in patience and acceptance, reveals Asmita Bihari. IMAGE: The Khagaul flyover in Patna. Photograph: PTI Photo   In the last few years, well......

Flood fury in Assam, Bihar; nearly 37 lakh affected

There was no respite from the devastating floods in Assam and Bihar on Friday with three more deaths reported from the northeastern state, and a total of around 37 lakh people severely affected so......

Bihar proposes to set up 25 hydel power projects

Heavily dependent on the Centre for supply of electricity and facing acute power shortage, Bihar has taken steps for setting up 25 hydel power projects for generating about 800 MW with the......

SC directs Centre to implement interlinking of rivers project

The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to implement the ambitious interlinking of rivers project in a time-bound manner and appointed a high-powered committee for its planning and......

Special: Dark patches mar Bihar's growth story

There has been a wave of development works in Bihar changing the face of a poor and backward region and fast-tracking it to growth. Noticeably there have been a slew of policy measures that have......

Are our IIMs overly US-centric?

Twenty-six of us were seated around a long U-shaped table. It was late in the afternoon. The room was semi-dark. Each of us had a plate of sweets and a bottle of mineral water in front. A third of......