29 industrial projects worth ~₹6,000 crore cleared, including EV and battery units
BIADA approved projects in electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, medical technology, textiles and food processing.
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₹499 crore doubling of the Mansi–Saharsa rail line approved
Doubling the busy 44.4-km single line will ease congestion for 24 pairs of passenger trains and heavy freight in the Kosi region.
Read story₹82 crore road upgrades proposed to link Jehanabad and Arwal
Plans include widening the Shakurabad–Kurtha road and a bypass to keep heavy traffic out of Shakurabad market.
Read story26-km green riverfront planned along Patna's JP Ganga Path
Water metro jetties, ghats, Patna Haat, butterfly gardens and a Freedom Fighter Park will turn the Ganga Path into a public corridor.
Read storyProposed 1,400 MW nuclear plant in Banka gets water clearance
The Water Resources Department cleared 80 million cubic metres a year from the Badua reservoir for the planned plant at Bhitia.
Read story₹1,692 crore Karpurigram–Bhagwanpur rail line approved for Samastipur
The new line via Tajpur and Mahua will add six stations and is expected to turn Tajpur into a trading hub for north Bihar.
Read storyRoadmap: six expressway corridors, Ganga bridges and 198 stations redeveloped
Corridors including Buxar–Bhagalpur, Patna–Purnea and Gorakhpur–Siliguri are approved, alongside a ₹1 lakh crore rail allocation.
Read storyDarbhanga AIIMS gets environmental clearance, planned as a medical township
Bihar's second AIIMS, spread over about 7.36 lakh sq m, is planned as a full medical city by 2029.
Read storyPatna's ₹293 crore Mithapur–Chiraiyatand flyover set for December 2026
The 1.73-km corridor links GPO Golambar, Mithapur and Karbigahiya to the NH-30 bypass and Kankarbagh.
Read storyCabinet approves ₹3,936 crore four-laning of the Khagaria–Purnia highway
The 143.5-km upgrade will bring Khagaria to Purnia within about two hours.
Read storySamastipur's Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, 15, wins the IPL Orange Cap and an India call-up
He hit a record 72 sixes and became the fastest to 1,000 IPL runs, then earned a place in India's T20 squad for Ireland and England.
Read storyPatna Metro's underground stations 75% complete; Malahi Pakri stretch cleared for service
Seven underground stations from Rajendra Nagar to Patna Junction are on track for November 2027.
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