coronavirus

PATNA, INDIA—COVID-19 fears have cast its dark shadow over the world-famous Sonepur cattle fair of Bihar as well. It's for the first time after the Independence that the famous cattle fair won’t be organized in Sonepur at the confluence…
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PATNA—The state government in Bihar on Thursday issued fresh guidelines for organizing wedding and such events in view of the rising coronavirus cases in the state. As per the new guideline, a maximum of 100 persons can attend a wedding…
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PATNA—When the Opposition parties sought for postponement of assembly elections in Bihar in August this year citing how this could prove disastrous for the state in view of corona pandemic, the ruling NDA mocked them. They alleged the…
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PATNA—Senior BJP leader and Bihar’s deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi came under fire on Thursday after he was seen holding road shows in various parts of the state barely two days after he was released from the hospital with a strict…
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PATNA—Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday promised free Covid-19 vaccination to the people of Bihar if the NDA returns to power in the state. The Finance Minister made this announcement while releasing the party…
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PATNA—The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has asked the Bihar government to declare as “Covid martyrs” all the private doctors who died of Covid-19 infections while treating Covid patients at their clinics or private hospitals. The IMA…
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PATNA—The surging Coronavirus has struck the medical fraternity hard in Bihar, leaving the health professionals in a state of shock and panic. According to a report prepared by the Bihar branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA),…
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PATNA—As many as 224 prisoners have been found infected with Covid-19 in a single jail in Bihar, alarming the state administration. All the inmates testing positive for Covid-19 are lodged in Araria jail having a total of 706 prisoners.…
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PATNA—Corona cases in Bihar breached 70,000-mark today as the state reported the biggest single day spike of 3,646 cases, a health department report said on Friday. Of the fresh cases reported, Patna leads the tally with a maximum of 566…
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PATNA—In the line of opposition fire, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar finally stepped out of his residence to conduct aerial survey of the flooded areas on Wednesday and know the plight of the flood victims from a close. According to a…
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