Flood threat looms over Bihar after landslide in Nepal

2.5 million cusecs of water expected to flood Kosi region following controlled blasts to release water from blocked transboundary river

Will Bihar’s new CM uplift the Musahars?

Jitan Ram Manjhi is from the Mahadalit community that has been excluded from development till date

Tapping the skills of the gun makers of Munger

Traditional gun makers in Bihar's Munger district are exceptionally skilled; with a little help they could find jobs in legal arms factories

Major embankment repair works delayed in Bihar

Some of them awaiting nod of Ganga Flood Control Committee

Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles

Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles

Bihar to launch 150-bed ‘Neglected Tropical Disease Centre’

The state accounts for 80 per cent of Kala-azar cases in India, a potentially fatal disease caused by the bite of sand flies

Kosi floods inquiry report submitted, finally

Inquiry commission was set up in September 2008 after Opposition party demanded thorough probe to fix responsibility for embankment breach

Mystery disease claims 13 lives in Bihar

All of them suffered from sore throat and nausea; autopsy of deceased inconclusive

Floods kill 26 persons in Bihar

Bagmati, Mahananda and Kosi rivers in spate; large-scale displacement in four districts

Patna High Court restores the right of second appeal under RTI law

Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act

Solar street lights scam: Patna HC seeks explanation from state government

Petition demands CBI probe into purchase of substandard lights at inflated cost

Protests at Bihar asbestos unit

Deaths, diseases, skin ailments are common, complain residents

Bihar has little money to pay workers under MGNREGS

Blames Centre for non-release of funds

Bihar women ‘marry’ minor boys to get houses

Use loopholes in implementation of government housing scheme; police at a loss

NGO moves Supreme Court; seeks CBI probe into MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar

Report by Centre for Environment and Food Security says nearly Rs 6,000 crore meant to be paid to wage labourers siphoned off

CAG indicts Bihar for irregularities in rural job scheme implementation

Only 35 per cent beneficiaries got jobs; half of civil work undertaken left incomplete

Utkal asbestos plant's no-objection certificate cancelled

Bihar Pollution Control Board's fact-finding team corroborates activists’ allegations of land purchase under false pretext

RTI activists’ murders: Jairam Ramesh demands prompt action, compensation to families

Rural development minister’s letter to Nitish Kumar includes four suggestions for better implementation of social welfare schemes

Bihar deputy CM stirs up a storm with remarks on asbestos

Minister misquotes court ruling; gives views that contradict party stand

MGNREGA funds scam in Bihar could have been prevented

Initiative to make wage payment to workers transparent was stalled by officialdom

Bihar lowers wage under MGNREGA

State blames poor financial condition for the move

Notes on migration

Bhojpuri folk songs expressing feelings of women left behind by migrant workers have evolved over the centuries, reflecting changing patterns of …

Let’s talk sex

Awareness campaign changes attitude towards sexual health and family planning in Bihar

Littis with a twist of taste

Alok Gupta discovers a migrant labourer's innovation to Bihar's famous dish at a wedding reception

Millionaire mukhiyas

Money pumped in development schemes in Bihar is giving rise to a new breed of village heads, flush with money and flexing muscles