Groundwater depleting in 8 cities

Come summer and the cities of Bihar become parched. With the ever-increasing agglomeration of people in urban areas and the growing demand for water, the groundwater in different cities is depleting fast. A large number of households in these cities still have limited access to safe drinking water. Groundwater experts say that at least eight cities [...]

RBI alerts banks on Bihar-Nepal border on fake note circulation

Motihari: Reserve Bank of India has alerted all the braches of banks in north Bihar adjoining Indo-Nepal border to take serious precaution in transactions of currencies at their counters as this area has been marked as sensitive for circulation of fake currency notes .The RBI circulated a letter directing the banks to take extra precaution in transaction of Rs [...]

President gives Krishi Karman award to Bihar

Patna: President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday presented Krishi Karman award toBihar for a significant production of rice and paddy in 2011-12. Agriculture minister Narendra Singh received the award, consisting of a trophy, a citation and a cash of Rs1 crore, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The President also presented award to a farmer, Sumant Kumar, from Darveshpura village under [...]

Bihar farmers better than scientists: Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz

Patna: Nobel laureate Joseph E Stiglitz is impressed by the organic farming practices in Bihar’s Nalanda district, terming its practitioners “better than scientists” and calling for their experiences to be researched so that these can be replicated elsewhere. “Indian farmers are better than scientists,” Stiglitz said here after visiting organic farmers in Nalanda, the home district [...]

Should Bihar get ‘special category’ status?

The Inter-Ministerial Group rejected Bihar’s plea to be considered a special category State for reasons that are not clear. Six states — Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Orissa and Rajasthan — at different points in time have been demanding special category status. Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar, however, has been the most vocal. The [...]

Mafia giving Bihar’s liquor trade bad name

In Bihar, liquor is flowing in abundance. The State Government has no reasons to complain since the trend is generating good revenue for it, enabling it to fund its welfare programmes by pooling together various internal resources. But this rosy picture has a grim aspect to it. In the last quarter alone, around 50 people [...]

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