MUZAFFARPUR: One child died at SKMCH on Sunday and none at Kejriwal Hospital, although a total of 11 new cases of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) have officially been reported including seven at

PATNA: CM Jitan Ram Manjhi has said the state government would take support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for complete eradication of kala-azar.

The death toll emerging from acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) rose to nine here on Thursday with five more children succumbing to the undiagnosed disease. The highest number of the season, i.e.

PATNA: Come summer and the city gets almost parched.

Though Bihar's contribution to the incidence of kala-azar countrywide has declined from 80% in 2009 to 77% in 2013, the figure still remains the highest across India.

Despite having a population of more than 25 lakh, the city has no comprehensive drinking water plan till date.

The state government is working on a project of big data analysis which will have a comprehensive database of disease's outbreak.

Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in different lakes and rivers in East Champaran district in this winter despite warnings issued by the police, administration and forest and environme

PATNA: Bihar Electricity Regulatory Commission (BERC) will hold a two-day final public hearing on tariff petition for 2014-15 here on February 12 and 13.

For the whole of 2013, Patnaites have been complaining about the Patna Municipal Corporation's (PMC) apathy in keeping the state capital free of garbage, potholes and craters, waterlogging, mosquit