Bihar

June 24, 2024 7:03 PM

Bihar: 26,000 police officials trained for implementation of new criminal justice laws

In Bihar, so far, 26,000 police officials of the Investigation Officer (IO) category have been trained for the implementation of three new criminal justice laws- Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Bharatiya Sakhsya Adhiniyam (BSA). Senior Bihar Police Officer and Director of Bihar Police Academy Bhrigu Shrinivasan informed today that Bihar police is fully geared up to implement the three new laws which will bring radical changes in the criminal justice sys...

October 7, 2023 1:33 PM

Travel & Tourism Fair: TTF 2023 begins in Patna, Bihar

In Bihar, a two-day long Travel & Tourism Fair: TTF 2023 has begun today in Patna. Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav inaugurated the function which has been first time organised to promote Tourism and allied sectors in the State. Mr Yadav said, Bihar has leapfrogged in the tourism sector from 3.5 crore footfall of tourists in 2019 to around 5.75 crore in 2023 so far. He said, the State government has a special focus on Religious, Ramayan, Buddha, Jain, Sikh, and other circuit...

September 7, 2023 8:25 PM

Heavy rainfall activity likely over Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Gangetic WB & A&N Islands

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that active monsoon conditions is likely to continue over north Peninsular, central, and adjoining East India during the next 3 to 4 days. Heavy rainfall activity is likely over Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The weather office has also forecast that heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over West Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Gujarat during the next three days....

August 10, 2023 6:13 PM

IMD predicts heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh during next 4 to 5 days

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh during next 4 to 5 days. Heavy rainfall is also likely over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana during next four days. The weather office also forecast that heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is also likely over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura during next four days. It has also forecast t...

August 5, 2023 8:47 PM

MeT Office warns of heavy to very heavy rainfall over parts of North and North East India during next 5 days

India Metrological Department, IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand, north Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalaya West Bengal, and Sikkim during the next 4 to 5 days. It has also forecast an increase in rainfall activity over Northeast India during the next five days. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Manipur....

July 30, 2023 9:19 PM

Met Department forecasts isolated very heavy rainfall over Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, northern parts of Ghat and Central Maharashtra

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that heavy to very heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue over east, northeast and east central India during the next four to five days. It said, Danta Ramgarh in Sikar district of Rajasthan recorded the highest 17 centimetres of rainfall, followed by Aurangabad in Bihar 16 centimetres, Mathabhanga and Ghugumari in West Bengal 14 centimetres and Latehar Balumat in Jharkhand and Baliguda in Kandhamal District of Odisha received 13 centimet...

July 27, 2023 7:40 PM

India, ADB sign 295 million dollar loan agreement to upgrade around 265 Km State highways in Bihar

The Government of India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) today signed a 295 million dollar loan agreement to upgrade around 265 kilometer State highways in Bihar. The project supports the government of Bihar’s programme to upgrade all State highways to standard two-lane widths and improve road safety. The improved roads will enhance connectivity in some of Bihar's poorest rural districts and promote access to health and education facilities, and markets to improve people’s lives. The pr...