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NHAI will dig up rivers to build highways: 1,078 lakh cubic metres of silt identified to tackle Bihar floods & speed up roadworkThe Centre and Bihar government have launched the 'Nadi Sanjivani' initiative to tackle recurring floods through river desilting while supp...
From Patna to Kanpur, can an emerging market fix dirty, broken cities?Patna is set to become the first municipality in Bihar to issue municipal bonds, raising Rs 200 crore for urban infrastructure. This move h...
Tejashwi Yadav accuses CEC of using 'fraudulent means' to help BJP win electionsTejashwi Yadav has accused Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of manipulating the electoral process to favor the BJP, sparking outra...
Weather today, September 25: Heavy rain likely in 8 states; check IMD forecastWeather today, September 25: The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall across several parts of India, with East Uttar Pradesh, Chha...
Bihar floods: Over 35 lakh hit by deluge in 14 districts as Ganga crosses its highest flood markBihar floods worsened Tuesday, impacting over 35 lakh people in fourteen districts. The Ganga River at Sultanganj surpassed its highest flo...
25-yr-old dispute ends, Jharkhand & Bihar ink pact to share Sone river waterBihar and Jharkhand signed a water-sharing agreement for the Sone river. This pact resolves a long-standing water dispute between the two e...
Bihar CM Samrat Chaudhary agrees to single-phase teachers' recruitment exam amid protestsBihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary announced the teachers' recruitment exam will be held in one phase. This decision addresses a key dem...
"The scale of damage is so high, it's like a parlay, we cannot imagine": Former National Reconstruction Authority CEO on Nepal floodsNepal grapples with a severe humanitarian crisis after devastating flash floods hit its northern districts. India has swiftly responded by ...
Nitish Kumar pulled Bihar out of 'Jungle Raaj', says PM Modi in DarbhangaPrime Minister Narendra Modi praised Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for his governance, crediting him with ending the 'Jungle Raaj' and ...
Bihar plans to construct more barrages on rivers to mitigate flood problemThe Bihar government plans to construct barrages on rivers in six northern districts to mitigate recurring floods. This initiative, support...
A national silt policy being prepared to desilt all rivers to deal with floodsSeeking to handle threat of floods in many parts of the country during Monsoon, the Centre will soon come out with a national silt policy w...
Centre assures steps to solve flood problem in Bihar"Uma Bharti in fact went one step ahead and asked me why this problem was not taken up earlier. Her response is very encouraging," Manjhi s...
Jitan Ram Manjhi, Uma Bharati praise each other"Manjhi, who hails from a poor family, understands the pain of poor and he is a garibo ka messiah (poor peoples' apostle) in true sense," B...
- Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi writes to PM for solution to floods, droughts
The total flood-affected area in Bihar was 68.8 lakh hectares and comprised 17.2 per cent of the total flood-prone area in the country, he ...
- UP government to formulate new mining policy soon
Uttar Pradesh will soon formulate a new mining policy to check illegal mining which is a major problem in the state.
- Nitish returns Guj donation for flood victims
Nitish Kumar has returned Rs 5 cr given by Modi for the flood victims.
- Nepal favours high dam on the Kosi: Prachanda
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal `Prachanda’ has said he favoured the idea of setting up a high dam on the river Kosi to regulate th...
- Advani to PM: Solve Bihar flood problem quickly
LK Advani met PM on Wednesday to seek a solution to the problem of recurrent floods in Bihar, where around 25 lakh people have been rendere...
- Deve Gowda demands technical panel on floods in Bihar
Former Prime Minister and JD(S) president H D Deve Gowda demanded that the Centre should constitute a technical committee to find a permane...
- Nitish seeks Rs 1,000-cr flood relief
Nitish Kumar met PM and urged him to sanction an ad-hoc grant of Rs 1,000 crore and one lakh metric tonnes of rice immediately for the reli...