Bihar Floods
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Year Ender 2017 News: Dramatic political realignments hogged limelight in Bihar
India | Dec 27, 2017, 04:41 PM ISTNitish Kumar took the drastic step of severing ties with the "Mahagathbandhan" four years after he had snapped his 17-year-old association with the BJP.
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PM Modi announces Rs 500 cr flood relief package for Bihar
India | Aug 26, 2017, 03:53 PM ISTThe prime minister conducted the survey of Kishanganj, Purnea, Katihar and Araria districts of Seemanchal region -- the worst hit part of the state.
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Death toll in Bihar floods mounts to 341; situation in Assam, West Bengal improves
India | Aug 22, 2017, 11:03 PM ISTThirty-seven more persons perished in flood-hit Bihar, where over 1.46 crore people are still affected, while the situation in Uttar Pradesh remained alarming with 10 more deaths reported on Tuesday
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Bihar flood toll mounts to 304, situation grim in UP and Assam
India | Aug 22, 2017, 07:31 AM ISTTrain services continued to be affected in Bihar as floodwaters have overtopped tracks. An East Central Railways statement said train services have resumed on some sections under the Samastipur division with speed restriction.
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Death toll in Bihar floods crosses 300-mark, situation grim in UP
India | Aug 21, 2017, 11:55 PM ISTAround 7.34 lakh people in Bihar have been shifted to safer areas. Close to 3.27 lakh people are putting up in 1,346 relief camps
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Bihar floods: Situation worsens as death toll climbs to 253; over 1.26 cr people affected
India | Aug 21, 2017, 06:31 AM ISTThe death toll in Bihar floods rose to 253 today as the already grim situation worsened with more areas getting affected and around 1.26 crore people facing the deluge
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Bihar flood toll climbs to 153, Army called in for rescue operations in eastern Uttar Pradesh
India | Aug 19, 2017, 02:15 PM ISTThe situation, however, eased in Assam and West Bengal, where no heavy rains were reported.
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Ground zero report from Bihar: Floods continue to wreak havoc, death toll mounts to 119
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:36 PM ISTThe flood situation may take a turn for the worse as the MeT office has predicted rain in Nepal and northern and southern Bihar for one more week.
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No let up in flood situation in Assam, Bihar, north Bengal
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:39 PM ISTThe fury of floods is refusing to die down in Assam, Bihar and north Bengal with more deaths reported from these states.
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Flood fury: Death toll mounts to 72 in Bihar; situation worsens in Assam, Bengal
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:39 PM ISTDeath toll due to floods has risen in Assam, Bihar and West Bengal where over a crore people have been affected.
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Bihar floods: Death toll rises to 56, CM Nitish Kumar conducts aerial survey again
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:39 PM ISTThe death toll in Bihar flood has risen to 56 as 69.81 lakh people have been hit by inundation in 13 districts of the state.
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Heavy rainfall, floods, landslides kill over 150 across India; 50 lakh affected in Assam, Bihar, Bengal
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:38 PM ISTIn eastern and northeastern states, rains caused havoc, triggering floods in Assam and parts of Bihar, West Bengal and neighbouring country Nepal also
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Bihar floods: At least 10 killed, nearly 20 lakh people affected as incessant rains wreak havoc in state
India | Aug 18, 2017, 07:38 PM ISTThe state disaster management department has asked people living in low lying areas to move to higher places as heavy rains continued
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Five injured in Bihar as flood victims' attack on block office
India | Sep 10, 2014, 10:52 PM ISTPatna: Five people, among them four policemen, were injured when hundreds of flood victims attacked a block office in Bihar Wednesday, officials said.Seven people were detained for the attack that took place in Patna district's
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Ganga reaches danger level mark in many places in Bihar
India | Aug 22, 2014, 08:10 PM ISTPatna: As the water level of the Ganga and many other rivers reached the danger level mark at many places in Bihar, the Water Resources Department (WRD) today cautioned about floods in the state.WRD secretary
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Nine districts in Bihar hit by flood, 4 lakh people affected
India | Aug 17, 2014, 08:45 PM ISTPatna: Nine districts of Bihar have been hit by flood which has claimed two lives so far and affected around four lakh people.Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, accompanied by Chief Secretary Anjani Kumar Singh and