Patna: With five more deaths reported from Samastipur district on Wednesday, the toll in the Ganga floods in 12 affected districts has mounted to 28.

Patna/Bagaha: The flood situation continued to be grim in four of the 12 districts of Bihar, with over 2.96 lakh people living in 415 relief camps.

Union water resources minister Uma Bharti on Monday said the Centre has allocated Rs900 crore for the three intra-river linking projects received from Bihar, maintaining that their successful imple

Amid gloomy forecast about rain in different parts of the country this year, the farmers of Bihar could derive solace from the good news that the overall rainfall in the state would be 99% of the n