The Cabinet also gave its approval on Wednesday for the construction of a new 4.56-kilometer-long, six-lane bridge over the Ganga connecting Digha and Sonepur in Bihar.
As per the government, the major impact of the project includes faster commute and better connectivity between the north and south ports of Bihar and will promote the socio-economic growth of the entire region.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval on Wednesday for the construction of a new 4.56-kilometer-long, six-lane bridge over the Ganga connecting Digha and Sonepur in Bihar.
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) district President Arif Jamal was allegedly shot dead by unidentified people in Bihar's Siwan on Saturday night, police said.
In what could be a major political realignment in Bihar ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed that the ruling Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will soon merge with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD).
Patna's famous Mahavir Mandir will be arranging Paag (headgear) and makhana (foxnut, a type of dry fruit) for the Ram temple from Shri Ram's -in-law's place, Mithila in Bihar.
A woman constable sustained bullet injuries while she was shooting a video with another police sub-inspector in Patna on Wednesday evening, said police.
Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Wednesday slammed the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and held his liquor ban responsible for Tuesday's attack on a police team by the liquor mafias that led to the death of a police inspector.
Organised jointly by the Office of the Dalai Lama and the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), the forum will be held from December 20-22 at the International Convention Centre in Bihar.
"They cannot even handle the situation in Bihar, the situation of law and order and development in the state has gone for a toss. Whatever development is happening in the state is because of the policies of the Narendra Modi government. Nitish Kumar will even be rejected by the people of
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned the gruesome killing of the man in Gopalganj and slammed the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government asserting that it is not "Nitish-raj but Jungle-raj in Bihar".
Adani Group on Thursday pledged to increase ten-fold the conglomerate's investment in the state of Bihar, besides foraying into new sectors in which they did not have a footprint in the eastern state.