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Food packets and relief material are already being airdropped in the affected areas. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar floods: IAF deploys 2 helicopters at Darbhanga to provide...

A joint assessment of the situation was undertaken by the civil authorities and IAF pilots, the statement said.

24 July 2019 7:21 AM GMT

In the wake of the floods, 124 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in various parts of the country to respond to any type of eventuality, be it natural or man-made. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar floods: Around 50 houses destroyed in Madhubani

Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi held a meeting with district administration and reviewed the flood relief works in the...

23 July 2019 2:44 PM GMT

Bihar Cabinet-led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has approved a proposal to punish sons and daughters who abandon their elderly parents with a jail term. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar floods: CM Nitish to visit Sitamarhi today to take stock of...

Deputy CM Sushil Modi will visit worst-hit Darbhanga and Madhubani districts to review the situation and rehabilitation...

21 July 2019 7:05 AM GMT

As many as 33 people have lost their lives due to the deluge, while approximately 26 lakh people in over 12 districts have been adversely affected by the calamity. (Photo: ANI)

If we die, we shall die together, say residents of flood battered...

Villagers said they did not get any help from the administration and they tried their best to reduce the risk of...

21 July 2019 6:12 AM GMT

Tejashwi Yadav said, People of Bihar are continuing to avenge the U-turn taken by Nitish Kumar. (Photo: ANI/twitter)

Tejashwi Yadav urges Centre to declare Bihar floods as national...

As many as 221 relief camps have been established and about one lakh people are taking shelter in these camps.

20 July 2019 2:34 PM GMT

Relief and rehabilitation work is underway in the state. Chief Minister Kumar is working hard to provide maximum aid to the flood-affected people in the state, Jha said. (Photo:

Bihar floods: Opposition parties have no common sense, says Minister...

The minister said the state government ordered to transfer Rs 6,000 in bank accounts of at least 69,000 flood-affected...

20 July 2019 11:08 AM GMT

The Chief Minister has also initiated the process of sending cash relief of Rs 6000 directly to the bank accounts of the flood-affected families in the state. (Photo: ANI)

Bihar floods: Agri Minister Prem Kumar to hold emergency meeting in...

On Friday, Janta Dal-United MP Ram Nath Thakur gave a Zero Hour Notice in Rajya Sabha to 'declare Bihar floods as...

19 July 2019 1:29 PM GMT

He also said that Bihar is the only state where the government gives Rs 4 lakh to the kin of people who died due to floods. (Photo: ANI)

Death does not come on its own: Bihar Minister on flood toll

The minister said people should treat a disaster as a disaster only.

4 Aug 2019 5:43 AM GMT

However, one particular video from Patna has gone viral which showed a rickshaw puller stranded in chest-deep water. (Photo: Screengrab)

Video: Man stuck in Patna floods refuses to leave his rickshaw, cries...

The video has since been shared by numerous people on Twitter, with several asking the government and the NDRF to reach...

30 Sep 2019 9:10 AM GMT

The jail building is in a dilapidated condition and officials said water-logging inside it is not new. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Over 950 prisoners to be shifted out as heavy rains flood UP's Ballia...

Though, the Ballia District jail has a capacity of 350 inmates, but is overcrowded with nearly 950 prisoners at present.

30 Sep 2019 8:34 AM GMT

An aerial view of the flooded collectorate ghat at the bank of Ganga river in Patna. PTI photo

Bihar flood situation grim, over 15 lakh affected

As many as 25 teams of NDRF and SDRF are engaged in relief and rescue operations in the flood-affected region of the...

27 July 2020 6:09 PM GMT

An elderly woman rows a makeshift raft to cross a flood-affected area of Mayong village in Morigaon district of Assam. PTI photo

No respite from floods in Assam, Bihar

The death toll due to floods and landslides has reached 123 in Assam, and 10 people have died due to the deluge in Bihar

26 July 2020 8:16 AM GMT