Patna : The Bihar government has announced that companies which surrendered their sand mining leases earlier will not be allowed to participate in upcoming fresh tenders for sand extraction in the state. A senior minister in the state government said that 78 companies had surrendered their sand mining leases, claiming that the operations were resulting in massive financial losses. However, the government believes the decision by these firms has adversely affected the state’s

A senior bureaucrat of the Bihar government has landed in controversy after reports emerged that he travelled on a chartered aircraft along with his family members. The issue has sparked a political storm, with opposition parties raising questions over the alleged misuse of official resources. The matter was raised both inside and outside the state Assembly by leaders of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD ) and the Indian National Congress. Opposition members alleged that allowin