The Latest Breaking News from Patna

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar launches textile & leather policy to attract investors

PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said the overall business atmosphere in Bihar has improved drastically in the last few years and the state is now getting many proposals from big investors and reputed companies.

The Times of India · Jun 9, 2022

NIT-Patna campus at Bihta to be ready by July 2024

PATNA: By July 2024, the prestigious National Institute of Technology (NIT)- Patna will get its second campus at Bihta, about 30-km away from the main campus located at Ashok Rajpath in the state capital. Spread over 125 acres, the new campus will have state-of-the-art infrastructure and facilities, built at an…

The Times of India · Jun 8, 2022

Patna: Rugby championships begin today

PATNA: The Sports Development Authority of Bihar (SDAB), under the state art and culture department, will host the 9th Senior National Rugby Championship, the 7th Junior National Rugby Championship and the 4th Wheelchair Rugby Nationals at the Patliputra Sports Complex from June 9.

The Times of India · Jun 8, 2022

Patna: In presence of Left leaders, Tejashwi Yadav presents report card on NDA 'misrule'

PATNA: The opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar on Sunday charged the BJP-led NDA, which rules the Centre as well as the state, with imposing an "undeclared emergency" on the country wherein dissent is being stamped out by "misuse" of probe agencies and smear campaigns are launched against those critical of…

The Times of India · Jun 5, 2022

ASI in Patna unearths brick walls believed to be of Kushan age

Officials believe that it could be at least 2,000-year-old

The Hindu · Jun 4, 2022

Bihar to receive 559MW more power from Nabinagar plant

PATNA: The NTPC started commercial operation from the third and final unit of Nabinagar Power Generating Company (NPGC) at Nabinagar in Aurangabad district from Tuesday midnight. The electricity generation capacity of the unit is 660MW, out of which Bihar is to get 559MW henceforth.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

Exclude Rohingyas, Bangladeshi Muslims from caste count: Union minister Giriraj Singh

PATNA: Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Wednesday that infiltrators like the Rohingyas and Bangladeshi Muslims should not be covered by the caste-based enumeration, even as he pitched for bringing the Muslims in general in the ambit of the caste survey.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

ECR for infrastructural development of railways in Bihar

PATNA: The East Central Railway (ECR) has claimed to have carried out ambitious projects like building of new rail bridges, new rail lines, gauge conversion, track doubling and advanced signalling work at different places in the state at an estimated cost of Rs 3,960 crore per year since 2014.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

Bihar: Gopalganj teen killed, body set ablaze

PATNA: In an incident of brutal murder, a 17-year-old teenager was murdered and later his body was set on fire by the killers to destroy the evidence near a village in Gopalganj district on Tuesday night.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022

EOU arrests one more in BPSC paper leak case

PATNA: The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of the state police probing the BPSC paper leak case has arrested one more accused, Sanjay Kumar (32) in this connection. The question papers of the BPSC 67th preliminary test held on May 8 had been leaked.

The Times of India · Jun 2, 2022