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Man sentenced to 20-yr jail term for raping 6-yr-old girl

ARARIA, July 23 -- The special court for protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) awarded 20-year imprisonment to a man on Tuesday for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl. According to ... Read More


Five hurt in acid attack

PURNIA, July 22 -- Five persons were injured, three of them critically, in an acid attack which allegedly started following a protest against caste slur in Bihar's Purnia. The injured include three yo... Read More


VIB arrests two for taking Rs.50Kbribe at Jamui

JAMUI, July 19 -- Sleuths of the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) on Friday arrested two officials of the fisheries department red-handed while accepting a bribe in Jamui, Bihar.This is the second... Read More


BDO suspended for airing his grievances on social media in Katihar

KATIHAR, July 17 -- The Block Development Officer (BDO) of Barsoi in Bihar's Katihar district, who had taken to social media to allege harassment by his immediate senior during the ongoing Special Int... Read More


BSAP jawan with hands and feet chained found lying on rly track in Bihar

MUNGER, July 16 -- A jawan of the Bihar Special Armed Police (BSAP) was found lying on a railway track with his hands and feet tied in Munger district, police said on Monday. The jawan, identified as ... Read More


BDO in Bihar suspended after alleging harassment, posting resignation online

India, July 16 -- The block development officer (BDO) of Barsoi in Bihar's Katihar district was suspended on Wednesday after he alleged harassment by his immediate senior during the ongoing special in... Read More


10 killed due to lightning strike in 4 Bihar distts

BANKA, July 15 -- At least 10 people were killed and ten injured in four districts in Bihar in 12 hours in lightning strikes. Five deaths were reported from Banka and three from Gaya Ji. However, the ... Read More


Aadhaar row broadensin Seemanchal districts

KISHANGANJ, July 12 -- Two Bangladeshi nationals, identified as 30-year-old Saharyar Sajib Khan and 43-year-old Mohammad Sagar, were arrested on the Indo-Nepal border near Galgalia in Bihar's Kishanga... Read More


Inebriated fisheries officer arrested in Bihar's Supaul

SUPAUL, July 12 -- District fisheries officer (DFO) was arrested in inebriated condition on 'Fishermen's Day' in Bihar's Supaul on Thursday. The officer Shambhu Kumar, who reached Town Hall on the occ... Read More


Four youths injured while making reels at airport's runway

SAHARSA, July 12 -- Four youths in their 20s sustained injuries when the SUV they were in flung into the air and skidded multiple times on the runway of the under-construction airport in Bihar's Sahar... Read More