At least 61 persons have died in a heat wave that hit three Bihar districts on Saturday, officials said on Sunday.

Patna: Early neonatal mortality (deaths within 24 hours of birth) still makes the highest contribution to Bihar's infant mortality rate.

Government of India has decided to reduce the capacity of proposed Nuclear Power Plant at Rajauli, Nawada by half. However, the state government still wants the power plant and has already earmarked more than 3,000 acres of land for this purpose and asked the central government to expedite the process.

"The state government has received a proposal from central government in 2008," Power Minister Vijendra Yadav told state assembly in reply of a short notice question on Friday, "in which New Delhi have asked us to provide adequate land and water for setting up a nuclear power plant in the state. The proposal was for setting up a 2,800 MW (700X4) power plant, but later the central government decided to set up only two units, which efficiently reduced project's proposed capacity by half."

The Centre has sanctioned 2,389 projects under the Integrated Action Plan for construction of 9,070 km of roads at an estimated cost of Rs 3,387 crore in rural Bihar to mitigate the impact of Naxal

The Centre has sanctioned 2,389 projects under the Integrated Action Plan for the construction of 9,070 km of road at an estimated cost of Rs 3,387 crore in rural Bihar to mitigate the impact of na

The Bihar Government has ordered an enquiry into the alleged illegal mining in Nawada district, the Chief Minister, Mr Nitish Kumar, said today.

Bird flu or avian influenza is threatening Bihar's poultry industry and an SOS has been sent to the central government on tackling the deadly H5N1 virus as the state lacks the resources to do so, a Bihar minister said.

The SOS was sent after the Bhopal-based High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) attributed the deaths of a number of crows across the state to the H5N1 virus, Animal Husbandry Minister Giriraj Singh said.

Accusing Jharkhand of having lack of vision, JD(U) MLA and former chairman of Jharkhand State Electricity Board (JSEB) Rajiv Ranjan said the mineral-rich state will “plunge into darkness sooner or

Bihar is in the grip of yet another seasonal outbreak of encephalitis that has claimed the lives of at least 16 children in the Magadh division in less than three weeks.