Water is not for all

Business on pedals

Left to quacks

Unauthorized medical practitioners find business where Bihar’s health machinery deserts polio victims

Supermarket on a cart

IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families  

Let’s talk sex

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

BIHAR GOVT CRITICISED

Saving dolphins

The Patna high court gets cracking on erring officials

Picking on pigs

Herbal cures to fight kala azar

In Court

Bring Ganga back to original course, orders Patna High Court

Court directs Centre and state governments to stop illegal mining and dredging

Free ambulance service can reduce maternal deaths

Study by non-profit in two blocks in Bihar's Patna district says delay in decision-making and reaching healthcare centres caused maximum maternal …

Official contamination

Farmers on hunger protest against land acquisition for IIT-Patna

Accuse government of cheating them of adequate compensation

City of waste

The ancient capital of India is unable to handle its garbage

Brush up law

As many tooth-care products contain harmful tobacco

Brick kilns major source of air pollution in South Asia

Contribute 10% to the total air pollution in south Delhi, 11% in Patna, 30% in Dhaka

Bihar to close open air schools to curb food poisoning incidents

Kitchens with storage facilities to be constructed on priority basis in all schools serving cooked meals, says education department

Giraffe, 3 tigers die in Patna zoo

Authorities fail to provide treatment on time

Mystery disease claims 13 lives in Bihar

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

A year on, no lessons learnt from Bihar mid day meal tragedy

Civil society calls for pesticide-free, organic food under government programmes for children while Bihar focuses on building new kitchens in …

Bihar initiates PPP model cancer treatment

Modern oncology centre with all treatment and diagnosis facilities envisaged in Patna Medical College in first phase

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

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

Midday meal tragedy still haunts them

Children who survived food poisoning develop side-effects; parents worry over lack of facilities in home town Chapra

The unholy accrual

Pesticides pollution threatens the aquatic life of the Ganges, especially the Gangetic dolphins