Patna-based freelance journalist
Bihar plans to sterilise, not cull, nilgais
State government plans to sterilise 5,000 nilgais in 2022, says Bihar forest minister
Prolonged protests in Bihar over acute fertiliser shortage during rabi sowing season
Protests had also erupted in the state during kharif season earlier this year due to shortage of urea.
Bihar residents ‘getting COVID-19 second dose’ — months after their death
Residents of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur, Sheikhpura districts received text messages saying their kin — who died of COVID-19 months ago&…
Heavy rains in Bihar, starting from June, waterlogged litchi orchards, killing trees
Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district along with its neighbours, accounts for nearly 40% of India’s litchi production
Bihar defers tendering for sand block operators after NGT order
The state floated the tender on the basis of an invalid district survey report, says NGT
Heavy rains damage paddy crop in Bihar’s Seemanchal and Kosi regions
Standing crops have been damaged in about 663,776.28 hectares due to floods, excessive rains and waterlogging this year
Bihar to give subsidy to farmers who could not cultivate crops due to waterlogging
It has approved Rs 550 crore for farmers whose standing crop was damaged this monsoon season
Medical waste incineration plant in Bihar’s Sone river bed faces public flak
The waste generated from 98 industrial units across Bihar will be transported to the proposed unit for burning, posing health risks to …
Bihar to start conservation programme for endangered blackbucks
A 12-acre rescue centre for the antelopes has been envisioned in the district for the purpose
Arsenic now in wheat, potato — and more than that in drinking water — in rural Bihar
Groundwater contaminated with arsenic is extensively used for irrigation and finds its way into the food chain
Bihar man dies of swine flu in Patna hospital
Bihar has been grappling with COVID-19 and viral fever; On September 10, a 58-year-old man died of swine flu in Patna
Hospitals in Bihar run out of space as hundreds of children admitted with fever
Most health experts have said the hundreds of children admitted to hospitals in Bihar not COVID-19 positive or infected with Acute Encephalitis …
Floods threaten wildlife at VTR, Bihar’s sole tiger reserve
Floodwaters entered the low-lying areas of VTR following heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak river in Nepal in the last 48 hours
Tag Garuda: Bihar plans GPS trackers for endangered Greater Adjutant Storks
Bhagalpur’s riverine plains have led the fight to conserve Greater Adjutant Storks; Now, the birds are being tagged to study their movements
Early, repeated floods wreaked havoc on north Bihar farms
Large tracts of standing crops in villages across the Gandak basin destroyed in successive deluges over 50 days since mid-June
Illegal sand mining: 48 arrested in Bihar’s Bhojpur
Cops, however, have failed to arrest any of the chieftains of the region’s powerful sand mafia.
Proposed O2 plants in Bihar: 123; installed: 1
The state government had set an August-end deadline for setting up the oxygen generation plants
Hundreds of gharial eggs destroyed by floods in north Bihar
Two back-to-back cyclones in May, followed by early floods in June caused officials to release water into the Gandak river, thus destroying the …
Flood victims take shelter on roads, embankments after June floods in Bihar
The victims are living without shelter and are severely constrained for food and other necessities
Work on India’s first dolphin research centre to start in Patna post-monsoon
The National Dolphin Research Centre would boost conservation efforts for river dolphins and would provide an opportunity for in-depth research …
Conservation plan chalked out after 150 vultures spotted in Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve
A rescue centre for vultures will be set up in the reserve’s Ganauli range to increase the number of vultures
COVID-19: Vaccine shortage hits much-hyped vaccination drive in Bihar
At the current rate of vaccination, the state will take up to two years to inoculate all its 128 million people, experts say
Elephant tusks seized, four arrested in Bihar
The prime accused repeatedly claimed that he was the proud owner of two captive elephants that died four years ago and that their tusks were kept …
Early floods in Bihar after heavy rainfall in catchment areas of Gandak in Nepal
Bihar usually gets heavy rains in July and August; floods in June are an unusual occurrence, experts said
Few takers for Bihar’s revised COVID-19 death toll
Most experts say the government did not count deaths of people at homes, in ambulances, private hospitals and rural areas