Bihar Flood Relief

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday contributed Rs 5 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in Himachal Pradesh that witnessed damage to properties and loss of lives due to rain-induced flash floods and landslides in this year's monsoon

"They need our attention and support," Priyanka Chopra tweeted

Bihar floods: The flood situation in Bihar has worsened after continuous heavy rain in the state for the past few days. Seven people have died due flood-related incidents so far and over 10.6 lakh in the state are affected. Large swathes of land are under flood waters. Helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been deployed in the worst affected dis...

Bihar floods: The flood situation in Bihar has worsened after continuous heavy rain in the state for the past few days. Seven people have died due flood-related incidents so far and over 10.6 lakh in the state are affected. Large swathes of land are under flood waters. Helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been deployed in the worst affected dis...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday flagged off nine trucks with Red Cross relief supplies for the flood-affected people of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The relief material included tarpaulins, tents, clothes, blankets, kitchen utensils, mosquito nets, bed sheets, buckets and two water purification units, according to a Rashtrapati Bhawan statem...

The Bihar government has no objection to extension of the lockdown over COVID-19, but wants the centre to allow construction work in rural areas, sources have said. In a letter to the centre, the government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it wants to ensure construction work under the job scheme MGNREGA and pending flood relief projects con...

Actor Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 51 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund in Bihar, moved by reports of the floods that have ravaged more than a dozen districts of the state.

The Centre on Friday approved an additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the Home Ministry said on Friday.

Death toll in the Bihar's rain related disaster on Tuesday mounted to 30 even as relief and rescue operations gathered momentum with improved weather conditions and assistance commissioned by the Centre.

PM Modi has been criticised for "gross apathy" towards southern Indian states ravaged by floods, with former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara wondering if Bihar's 12 extra Lok Sabha seats was why the North Indian state received speedier aid

Saying that the situation in Bihar had gone "out of control" after heavy rainfall in the state, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appealed to party workers to join the relief-and-rescue efforts to help the affected people.

The ICICI Bank on Wednesday donated Rs 5 crore to the Bihar Chief Minister's Relief Fund, an official said.

China has provided India satellite data on the country's flood-hit regions to assist in New Delhi's flood relief efforts, the Chinese ambassador said on Friday.

The floods in Bihar and Assam have killed at least 170 people and affected 1.07 crore others till Monday. Over 1,500 relief camps have been opened across the two states and rivers like the Brahmaputra and Baghmati are flowing above danger marks

Smarting over a series of "let-downs" from Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he rejoined the BJP-led coalition last year - particularly the vastly pared down flood relief fund - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has got his own back. He has rejected a crop insurance scheme pitched by the centre as a game-changer and instead, come up with his own s...

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday contributed Rs 5 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in Himachal Pradesh that witnessed damage to properties and loss of lives due to rain-induced flash floods and landslides in this year's monsoon

"They need our attention and support," Priyanka Chopra tweeted

Bihar floods: The flood situation in Bihar has worsened after continuous heavy rain in the state for the past few days. Seven people have died due flood-related incidents so far and over 10.6 lakh in the state are affected. Large swathes of land are under flood waters. Helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been deployed in the worst affected dis...

Bihar floods: The flood situation in Bihar has worsened after continuous heavy rain in the state for the past few days. Seven people have died due flood-related incidents so far and over 10.6 lakh in the state are affected. Large swathes of land are under flood waters. Helicopters of the Indian Air Force have been deployed in the worst affected dis...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday flagged off nine trucks with Red Cross relief supplies for the flood-affected people of Assam, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The relief material included tarpaulins, tents, clothes, blankets, kitchen utensils, mosquito nets, bed sheets, buckets and two water purification units, according to a Rashtrapati Bhawan statem...

The Bihar government has no objection to extension of the lockdown over COVID-19, but wants the centre to allow construction work in rural areas, sources have said. In a letter to the centre, the government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said it wants to ensure construction work under the job scheme MGNREGA and pending flood relief projects con...

Actor Amitabh Bachchan has donated Rs 51 lakh to the Chief Minister's Relief Fund in Bihar, moved by reports of the floods that have ravaged more than a dozen districts of the state.

The Centre on Friday approved an additional financial assistance of Rs 1813.75 crore to Karnataka and Bihar for the damages caused by the rains and floods in the two states, the Home Ministry said on Friday.

Death toll in the Bihar's rain related disaster on Tuesday mounted to 30 even as relief and rescue operations gathered momentum with improved weather conditions and assistance commissioned by the Centre.

PM Modi has been criticised for "gross apathy" towards southern Indian states ravaged by floods, with former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara wondering if Bihar's 12 extra Lok Sabha seats was why the North Indian state received speedier aid

Saying that the situation in Bihar had gone "out of control" after heavy rainfall in the state, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday appealed to party workers to join the relief-and-rescue efforts to help the affected people.

The ICICI Bank on Wednesday donated Rs 5 crore to the Bihar Chief Minister's Relief Fund, an official said.

China has provided India satellite data on the country's flood-hit regions to assist in New Delhi's flood relief efforts, the Chinese ambassador said on Friday.

The floods in Bihar and Assam have killed at least 170 people and affected 1.07 crore others till Monday. Over 1,500 relief camps have been opened across the two states and rivers like the Brahmaputra and Baghmati are flowing above danger marks

Smarting over a series of "let-downs" from Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he rejoined the BJP-led coalition last year - particularly the vastly pared down flood relief fund - Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has got his own back. He has rejected a crop insurance scheme pitched by the centre as a game-changer and instead, come up with his own s...