Rakesh Singh

Bihar’s Covid-19 count reaches 36,314 with record 2,803 new cases

Health secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh in his briefing on Covid-19 said that 12,461 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours while 1,688 patients had recovered in the same period.

Super spreader weddingPatna DM invokes Epidemics Act

Super-spreader wedding near Patna leaves 79 infected with coronavirus

A health official said about 300 samples of guests at the function were collected and the number of positive cases among the could go higher.

ITC among four industrial houses keen to invest in Bihar

Ajanta Shoes (India) Pvt Ltd, ITC, Surya Food and Agro Ltd expressed their keenness to invest in Bihar.

Bihar reports 15th Covid death, tally tops 3K

Covid 19 latest: 65% of Bihar’s rapidly rising tally made up of migrants arriving in droves, officials worried

Close to 2 lakh people arrived in Bihar on trains on Monday, while another 1.76 lakh passengers would arrive on Tuesday.

Bihar’s death toll rises to 13, Covid-19 cases up to 2,574

Beggars outside Gaya temple on the brink as their ‘bank’ goes bankrupt

Covid-19 positive cases in Bihar reach 242 as 8 districts report fresh cases

Of all the cases detected, the men were aged between 17 and 50 years, while the females were between 15 and 20 years.

In Bihar, farmers form grain bank to help feed the needy

The farmers, who are the stakeholders of the grain bank, have formed a set of guidelines to operate the bank while considering the rules to be followed during the lockdown.

Virus fear puts a halt on political activities in poll-bound Bihar

Kanhaiya concludes anti-CAA rallies across 38 Bihar districts

Kanhaiya Kumar’s rally marked the conclusion of the Jan Gan Man yatra that started on January 30 from Bhitharwa Ashram in West Champaran district.

Bihar: A govt school that runs for one student

Bihar school has two teachers and a cook for single student

The state government pays about Rs 58,000 for the two teachers employed in the school and Rs 1,500 for the cook deputed there. Read on to know more..

Congress rally in Patna stopped midway, cops use tear gas to disperse workers

According to Congress spokesperson Premchand Mishra, as soon as the party leaders and workers reached the Hartali More, the police started raining batons.

After flood, dengue spreads in Patna; 80 cases in 3 days

The officials cited above said that Patna has reported the maximum cases of dengue, a mosquito-borne viral infection that causes a severe flu-like illness, after Bhagalpur.

Schools in Bihar to teach Vedic maths

The BEPC is scouring its own resources to find out teachers who could teach Vedic mathematics.

Bihar disaster management authority to train students on swimming skills, safety methods

The BSDMA is following the model of Bangladesh to train the students. In the neighbouring country, the Centre for Injury Prevention and Research has launched the SwimSafe programme, as a child dies from drowning every 31 minutes in Bangladesh.

Rivers maintain receding trend across flood-hit Bihar

The death toll due to the Bihar floods have now risen to 127. Kosi, Bagmati, Gandak and Mahananda have shown signs of receding.

Bihar floods: 17 dead in 24 hours, death toll rises to 123

Heavy rainfall was recorded across several districts of Bihar in the last 24 hours, worsening the flood scenario.

Lightning kills 39 in Bihar in 24 hours

The figures of 39 dead due to lightning in the last 24 hours is maximum since the beginning of the year. On June 27, lightning had killed 27 people.

Hyderabad man roped in to rescue trees being felled in Bihar

Hyderabad-based Ramchandra Appari has worked on project of transplanting of trees that faced chances of felling due to Pune and Hyderabad metro rail projects.

More rain predicted in Bihar as death toll due to floods touches 78

More than 55 lakh people in Sheohar, Sitamarhi, East Champaran, Madhubani, Araria, Kishanganj, Supaul, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, Saharsa, Katihar and Purnia districts remain affected as the Bihar government continued with its relief efforts.

Free tutorials by govt teachers for poor kids, Bihar village shows the way

A government official, wishing not be named, said earlier people used to booze during the evening hours, but the evening tutorial classes had changed the environment and now those who drink do so secretly by remaining confined to their houses.

Brick kilns ruin 6,000 acres of land in Bihar every year: Study

The study has been done by DA in association with Bihar State Pollution Control Board. Commenting on this situation, BSPCB chairman Ashok Kumar Ghosh said, “The red brick kilns are destroying the agricultural land and depleting the groundwater also. Many have switched to clean technology, which is not the solution to save the agricultural land.

Quality mid-day meal at Araria school increases attendance of Dalit students

In a state where poor quality of mid-day meal (MDM) makes news, a remotely located primary school in Araria, about 350 km from the capital, is hogging limelight for the quality of meal served to its students belonging to Dalit community and raising their attendance

New policy set to redraw Bihar’s sand mine map

According to sources, in order to increase earnings, the mines and geology department proposes to increase the number of sand mining units in Bihar.

Goat it! A chocolate only for ‘kids’, a first in world

The KVK, Banka, that has sold 15 quintal chocolates this year, has sent them to Assam and neighbouring Jharkhand and at least 20 KVKS for usage.

Lok Sabha election results 2019: Debutants bite the dust in Bihar this electoral season

Kanhaiya’s election campaign was helped by Bollywood personalities, JNUSU office-bearers and faculty, and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani. Like Giriraj, Kanhaiya is also a Bhumihar.

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Amid caste cacophony in Jehanabad, talks of development become gradually muted

Ramdhani Sharma of Kurtha village, along with other villagers are sitting on a podium built under a peepal tree, playing cards. The buzz of elections is missing this time.