Life along the Kosi: series 2

The Kosi river flows through the densely populated north-east Bihar, where people mostly depend on farming, fishing and cattle. They also make …

More than food

Bihar’s healthy ‘sattu culture’. Make it yours

Makhana flakes

Phutka pakauri

Makhana snack

Makhane ka parantha

Fish from Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal banned in Patna

Bihar heath department Monday imposed a 15-day ban after samples were found to be contaminated with formalin

Kala-azar 2.0

Complications and new disease connections are holding back eradication

Can Bihar combat child marriage?

Although a welcome move, Bihar government’s campaign to combat child marriage can be achieved only by ensuring girls complete higher …

Mad hatter's tea party

Some US-based environmental wisemen started out to debate Bihar's problems, sans field knowledge, and went back home foot-in-mouth

How schoolchildren are 'seed-bombing' Bihar

A unique initiative by an NGO is helping the state increase its green cover while also spreading awareness

Bihar bans over-the-counter sale of Oxytocin

Consumption of milk or food laced with Oxytocin can reduce heart rate, damage brain and cause seizures in foetus in humans

अब आएगा बौनी कतरनी चावल, किसान हर जगह करेंगे खेती

सरकार के प्रयास से अब जीआई टैग होने के कारण इसकी खेती की �…

A 30-year saga

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Blinding concerns

Localised phenomenon, trough behind Nepal storm?

Twenty-five people have died and 400 injured in the storm that struck southern Nepal on March 31

How accurate are exit polls? There's no easy answer

In the world's largest democracy, the science of poll forecasting is still struggling with the basics

Kosi, a wild prisoner

An engineering folly unfolds over a week-long journey along the Kosi river in Bihar

कायम हैं हाट के ठाठ

खुदरा बाजार तेजी से संगठित हो रहे हैं। आशंका थी कि इससे ग…

Tusker travails

Enough's enough

Beware of the Ganga

A dip in the Ganga was meant to purify both body and soul. But devotees in Bihar have had a bad experience

Dreams in dust

Plans to develop Salim Ali's dream bird sanctuary lie unattended to

Green Bihar?

Congress manifesto implcitly acknowledges past mistakes and sets a new agenda

A tale of fortitude

Tribal women in an obscure block in Bihar churn out a success story