Bihar government enforces ban on single-use plastic

The ban was notified 6 months ago and covers disposable thermocol products 

Loan interest waiver for women-run SHGs in Bihar

Decision taken at a meeting chaired by CM Nitish Kumar

33 districts in Bihar declared drought-hit

Loan waivers and compensation to follow

Bihar youth lynched for requesting novel coronavirus test for migrants

Bablu Kumar Singh was beaten to death outside his house in Sitamarhi district

COVID-19: Bihar profiles returned migrant workers for skills

The industry department has profiled skills of more than 80,000 migrant workers so far

Bihar launches agriculture roadmap

Dedicated grid for agriculture to increase food grain production

No toilet at home? Can’t contest local body polls in Bihar, says Nitish

State government to make amendments to the existing Bihar Panchayati Raj Act

Bihar pushes to interlink rivers, tame Kosi

Experts say it's just another ill-conceived infrastructure project

Bihar slashes spending on education and social welfare

Coal-based power receives a major boost in the state budget presented on March 12

Floods kill 26 persons in Bihar

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

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

Can President Mukherjee redress this farmer’s grievance?

World record holder for highest paddy yield awaits certification

Bihar hopes Union Budget will set right Finance Commission’s ‘wrong’

Finance Commission recommended curtailing funds under Backward Region Grant Fund

Utkal Asbestos sues Bihar government over Nitish remark

Case filed after chief minister takes a stand against asbestos companies

Diesel-run auto-rickshaws to go off Patna roads from January 31, 2021

Bihar government move comes after Patna recorded worst air quality of the season on November 5

Bihar school children suffer as mid-day meal cooks strike

The cooks, demanding minimum wages and social security, have been on strike for a month now

Bihar to change Kosi’s course to save ancient site, says Nitish

Government hasn’t learnt any lessons about a river known to change course itself, say environmentalists

Bihar’s Panchayati Raj institution members have to declare assets by year-end

The step will help to check and control financial irregularities cases in panchayats in zila parishads, the government says

Drought but why: The agricultural wasteland that is Bihar

Below-normal rainfall and drought-like situation for 7 years pushing out youth for livelihood

A look at the changing scenario of Bihar politics

Of late, women have become the it factor in elections. Caste also plays a dominant role in voter polarisation

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

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

Groundwater levels increase 12 feet in Bihar

Drought-prone Gaya district, which faced the worst water crisis in 2019, recorded the highest spike 

Over 260 Bihar farmers won’t get government benefits as they burnt stubble

The farmers are spread over districts such as Kaimur, Rohtas, Bhojpur, Buxar, Nalanda, Patna and Gaya

Bihar not testing enough despite surging COVID-19 cases, official data shows

Bihar government has not focussed on ramping up testing despite its claims to the contrary, say activists

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