Bhagalpur

Adani Power won Bihar's 2,400 MW Bhagalpur project with lowest bid

The Bihar government awarded the 2,400 MW Bhagalpur (Pirpainti) power project to Adani Power Ltd after a competitive bidding process in which the Ahmedabad-based company quoted a lower electricity tariff than three other bidders, including Torrent Power and JSW Energy, sources said. The Bihar government had floated an open tender for the Bhagalpur project to meet the state's electricity demand, projected to double to over 17,000 MW by 2034-35. Four qualified bidders participated in the tender, with Adani Power quoting the lowest electricity tariff of Rs 6.075 per kWh (or per unit), sources with direct knowledge of the bidding process said. Adani Power emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) with a tariff of Rs 6.075 per kWh, comprising a fixed charge of Rs 4.165 and a fuel charge of Rs 1.91 per unit. The state government described the tariff as "highly competitive", noting that similar recent bids in Madhya Pradesh quoted higher fixed charges. Torrent Power was the second lowest bidder

Silk threads, sugar dreams: What remains of Bihar's industrial past

Once a significant industrial state of eastern India, Bihar now stands as a sobering tale of unrealised potential and faded fortunes. Factories that once buzzed with activity now lie silent

Another bridge washed away in Bihar, 3rd such collapse in less than a month

Another under-construction bridge, which was supposed to connect Khagaria district with Bhagalpur, collapsed on June 4

Blast kills 14 in Bihar's Bhagalpur, unregulated firecracker biz blamed

Fourteen people were killed and another 10 seriously injured in a major blast that rocked a crowded locality in Bihar's Bhagalpur district, pulling down a number of structures

Modi speaks to Nitish Kumar on Bhagalpur blast, condoles loss of lives

PM Modi spoke to Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on the Bhagalpur blast and said that the administration has been engaged in relief and rescue operation.

Bihar polls: PM to address 3 rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three rallies in Sasaram, Gaya and Bhagalpur in poll-bound Bihar on Friday

Son of Union Minister, Arijit Shashwat booked for violence in Bhagalpur

Several persons, including two police personnel, were injured in the clashes that witnessed heavy stone-pelting, arson and exchange of fire

Bhagalpur teen seeks permission from Prez to end life; PMO orders probe

In his letter to the President, the boy is said to have expressed his exasperation over the nasty quarrel between his parents and claimed that it was having an adverse impact on his studies

Union MoS Ashwini Choubey's son booked for communal clashes in Bhagalpur

Bhagalpur is a communally sensitive place as it witnessed one of the worst communal riots in 1989 in which more than 1,000 people were killed