Bihar to set up a women-only university run entirely by women
From students and faculty to the Vice-Chancellor, every position at the new university is to be held by women.
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₹70,000 crore plan for a 126-km Ganga Marine Drive
The JP Ganga Path is to be extended into a 126-km riverside corridor, with about ₹50,000 crore expected from private investors.
Read story₹125 crore footwear investments for Bihar at the India International Footwear Fair
Lehar Footwear and Patna Leather Garment signed agreements expected to create about 1,800 jobs.
Read story₹1,158 crore pension payout to over one crore elderly, widowed and disabled people
On Bihar Pension Day each beneficiary received ₹1,100 directly in their bank account.
Read storyBihar IT Industry Meet in Hyderabad pitches the state to Wipro, Infosys and GCCs
The IT Department held one-to-one meetings with global tech firms on jobs, skills and setting up capability centres in Bihar.
Read story₹51,000 crore of MoUs signed for steel, clean energy and textile plants
Ten companies, led by steelmakers and a ₹22,500 crore clean-energy project, plan units expected to create about 27,000 jobs.
Read storyNew ropeways for Gaya's Pretshila and Jehanabad's Vanavar hills near completion
The ₹1,049 crore Pretshila ropeway is 84% done and Vanavar's 92%, with more planned from Patna to Sonepur and at Kahalgaon.
Read storyCancer care closer to home: radiotherapy units planned in five cities
Patna, Gaya, Muzaffarpur, Darbhanga and Bhagalpur get preliminary approval for super-speciality radiotherapy, as screening reaches over 1.1 crore people.
Read storyRecord 6.62 crore tourist visits in 2025; homestay and heli-tourism schemes launched
Bihar recorded 6.62 crore tourist arrivals in 2025 and 3.42 crore by May 2026, as new schemes and ₹2,710 crore of projects roll out.
Read storyKachchi Dargah–Bidupur six-lane Ganga bridge 99.6% complete
The ₹4,988 crore, 22.76-km extradosed cable-stayed bridge will give Patna a new road to North Bihar beside Gandhi Setu.
Read storyHeli-tourism takes off: helicopter services to Rajgir, Valmikinagar and Mundeshwari
The Heli-Tourism and Air Tourism Service Scheme-2026 also offers 10-minute skyline joy rides over Patna.
Read storyAIIMS Patna to expand on 24 more acres with about 200 extra beds
The state will provide land for new clinical blocks and a four-lane road linking the institute to Nathupur.
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