Ten lakhs Smart Prepaid Meter (SPM) installed in record 14 months in Bihar

Ten lakhs Smart Prepaid Meter (SPM) installed in record 14 months in Bihar

Principal Secretary Energy Department cum Chairman and the Managing Director of Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited Sanjiv Hans on the occasion of declaring Muzaffarpur Urban 2 division, the first rural division of the State who secured total installation of smart Prepaid Meter in Muzaffarpur on Wednesday. Divisional Commissioner Of Tirhut Gopal Meena (third from … Read more

Impressive turnout at Tejashwi’s Jan Vishwas Yatra in Bihar

Impressive turnout at Tejashwi’s Jan Vishwas Yatra in Bihar

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav addresses his supporters during ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’, in Sitamarhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Out of power due to the sudden switch of Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) to the BJP-led NDA, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav has hit the ground with his Jan Vishwas Yatra (people’s trust journey) ahead … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 11, 2024

The Hindu Morning Digest, February 11, 2024

Supporters of imprisoned Pakistan’s Former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s and Jamaat-e-Islami party chant slogans during a protest against the delaying result of parliamentary election by Pakistan Election Commission, in Karachi. | Photo Credit: AP Pakistan Army chief backs Nawaz Sharif’s call to form coalition government Pakistan’s Army chief Gen. Asim Munir on Saturday urged the … Read more

Bihar Investor Summit | Delegates from 16 countries to attend

Bihar Investor Summit | Delegates from 16 countries to attend

Industries Minister Samir Kumar Mahaseth. File Representatives from 16 countries including the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and Germany will attend the Bihar Business Connect-2023, a global investors summit, commencing in Patna on December 12. Also read: Bihar woos investors with road shows, attempts to ‘change perception about State’ Industries Minister Samir Kumar Mahaseth said a total … Read more

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained

Is another prohibition survey needed in Bihar? | Explained

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar during Nashamukti Diwas (de-addiction day) at CM Secretariat in Patna on November 26, 2023. | Photo Credit: ANI The story so far: On November 26, at a function to mark Nashamukti Diwas or ‘de-addiction day’, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced that there would be a fresh “house-to-house” survey to assess … Read more

Silkyara tunnel rescue | 5 workers from Bihar return home, 15 from Jharkhand to reach Ranchi today

Silkyara tunnel rescue | 5 workers from Bihar return home, 15 from Jharkhand to reach Ranchi today

Bihar Minister of Labour Resources Surendra Ram felicitates the rescued workers of Uttarakhand’s Silkyara Tunnel upon their arrival at Jay Prakash Narayan International Airport, in Patna, Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Patna airport was in a celebration mood when five construction workers trapped in the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel for 17 days in Uttarkashi … Read more

Man in Bihar kills two after woman’s family denies permission to marry

Man in Bihar kills two after woman’s family denies permission to marry

Two persons from a family of six, on their way home from a Chhath puja celebration, died on Monday morning after a man fired at them in Bihar’s Lakhisarai district. According to the police, the firing took place because he had been “refused permission” to marry a woman from the family. Four other family members … Read more

In the Bihar Assembly, 32% legislators are OBCs; 24% belong to the General Category; EBC and Muslim legislators together number fewer than 20%

In the Bihar Assembly, 32% legislators are OBCs; 24% belong to the General Category; EBC and Muslim legislators together number fewer than 20%

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar leaves after the Winter session of the state Assembly, in Patna, on November 7, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In the current Bihar Assembly, the number of legislators from the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and the General Category are greater by about five percentage points and 10 percentage points, respectively, … Read more

Pearl farming is slowly catching the light in Bihar

Pearl farming is slowly catching the light in Bihar

With 76% of its population engaged in agriculture, principally in growing food crops (paddy, wheat, maize and pulses), with a small percentage of farmers are engaged in raising cash crops, including sugarcane, potato, tobacco, oilseeds, onion, chillies, and jute, farming is the main source of employment and wealth in Bihar. In the past few years, … Read more