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SI flees after stabbing a police constable

BHAGALPUR, Feb. 7 -- In an incident which has shamed the police, a sub inspector (SI) stabbed a constable following an altercation in Bihar's Bhagalpur on Friday morning. The injured constable was rep... Read More


TMBU V-C issues show cause to registrar over discrimination cell row

BHAGALPUR, Feb. 6 -- Vice-chancellor (V-C) of Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University (TMBU) served show cause notice to registrar Ramasheesh Purve after he issued a notice asking colleges to constitute a d... Read More


Woman sold to trafficking racket rescued

KATIHAR, Feb. 6 -- Police in Bihar's Katihar rescued a 30-year-old woman from a human trafficking racket and arrested its four members. The woman deserted by her husband was allegedly sold to the rack... Read More


Bihar univ puts off seminar and workshops over participation of B'desh scholar

MADHEPURA, Feb. 5 -- International seminar, workshops, conferences and all academic events being held at Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (BNMU) in Bihar's Madhepura under PM-USHA (Prime Minister-U... Read More


18-year-old student shot while returning from exam centre

PURNEA, Feb. 4 -- An 18-year-old intermediate examinee was shot while he was returning from an examination centre in Bihar's Purnea on Tuesday. The student is undergoing treatment at the government me... Read More


Govt gives 15-acre land to AAI for ILS installation at Purnea airport

PURNEA, Feb. 4 -- The Bihar government on Tuesday transferred 15 acres of land to the Airport Authority of India (AAI), making way for the installation of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at the Pu... Read More


6 members of bike-lifting gang arrested in PUrnea distt

PURNEA, Feb. 3 -- Purnea police on Monday busted an organised bike-lifting gang active in the Seemanchal and Kosi regions by arresting six of its members. The gang, operational for the last several ye... Read More


engineering 2nd year student found hanging in hostel room

MADHEPURA, Feb. 3 -- The body of a -20-year-old female student of a government engineering college was found in her room in Bihar's Madhepura on Monday evening. The incident took place at the girls' h... Read More


Bihar AIMIM chief's remark on lowering loudspeaker volume draws sharp reactions

KISHANGANJ, Feb. 3 -- AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) Bihar president Akhtarul Iman's guarded objection to the use of loudspeakers for Azaan (Call for Islamic prayer) has snowballed int... Read More


From flooded fields to flourishing fortunes, makhana is rewriting fate of the Kosi zone

PURNEA, Feb. 1 -- For decades, the Kosi River - infamously known as the "Sorrow of Bihar"- was the harbinger of woes that would engulf the region after every rain-infested flood. Now, the fortunes are... Read More