Locust attack: Bihar sounds alarm, asks officials to stay nights in areas under threat

The agriculture department suspects locusts will enter through state’s western border

Bihar elections 2020: Issues of the common man the real winner

Unemployment, migration, health, education headlined India’s first election amid COVID-19 pandemic

Bihar plans afforestation drive in villages along Ganga river

100 open defecation free villages located along the river have been selected for the drive

COVID-19: Delayed wheat harvest has Bihar worried over seeds

The delay due to lockdown can result in 25-30% fall in seed production, according to agricultural scientists

COVID-19 hits Bihar’s Buddhist tourist circuit

Steep drop in tourist footfalls from Asian Buddhist countries registered due to panic over virus

बर्ड फ्लू: बिहार में खेतों में मिली मरी हुई मुर्गियों, लोगों में दहशत

पशुपालन विभाग ने मरी हुई मुर्गियों के सीरम को जांच के लिए भेज दिया है

COVID-19: Thousands pushed to starvation due to faulty biometric system in Bihar

Poor, elderly not able to match fingerprints on system, not getting food grain as a result

H5N8 detected in crows, bird flu alert in Bihar

Dozens of crows died in state’s West Champaran district in January 2021; the flu has been reported from at least 13 Indian states so far

A study in green: Coaching centre in Bihar gives free classes to poor in exchange for saplings

The institute has helped plant 110,000 saplings since it was founded in 2008  

COVID-19 second wave: Workers from Bihar return home fearing lockdown

They are wary of a repeat of last year’s situation when thousands of them had to walk back home

Bihar meat-sellers rue drop in Holi sales amid coronavirus rumours

The animal husbandry ministry has been trying to dispel rumours connecting meat-eating and virus outbreak

बिहार में सीएनजी से ही चलेंगे वाणिज्यिक वाहन!

बिहार की राजधानी पटना से प्रदूषण को कम करने के लिए वाणिज्यिक वाहनों को सीएनजी में परिवर्तित करने की योजना है 

Warm winter to severely hit rabi production in Bihar: Experts

Forced maturity in plants due to higher temperatures can result in smaller seeds

Several Bihar farmers stare at loss as wheat seeds fail to sprout

Farmers demand compensation; state agriculture department launches probe

Groundwater in 10 Bihar districts contaminated by uranium: Study

Researchers yet to find the source of uranium in groundwater

Not so sweet: Honey production falls 40% in Bihar

Researchers have attributed the fall to erratic weather conditions in the state 

Crows drop dead eating insects killed by pesticides in Bihar's Purnea

The birds being scavengers, are an important part of the area's ecology, they say

COVID-19: Essential commodities become costlier in Bihar

Night curfews have disrupted supply chain; it is during the night that goods are loaded on to trucks and transported to godowns

Bihar braces for dengue outbreak after floods, cases cross 1,100 mark

Patna is worst hit as several areas are still water logged and serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes

Patna's new home delivery: pollution under control certificates

Bihar transport department moves in as car owners complain of few testing centres amid hefty fines

COVID-19, floods: Bihar stares at twin challenge with onset of monsoon

Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar held a meeting with top officials on June 10 to review preparedness measures

Bihar plans all-CNG commercial car fleet for Patna

Vehicle owners wary of cost factor, lack of filling stations

‘Hands tied’: Why non-profits aren’t part of Bihar’s COVID-19 response

Organisations say state govt wants them to hand over relief material

Bihar forest dept officials on toes after tigress kills 3

The tiger is wounded and weak, hence hunting down human beings, say officials; no trace of it so far

Bihar cracks down on errant farmers for stubble burning

Farmers who burnt stubble will not get subsidies even as many blame mechanisation and dwindling cattle