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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


Purnia killings: Probe hints at apathy, land and superstition

PURNIA, July 11 -- With a probe underway in connection with the grisly killing of five members of a Tribal family in Purnia, the investigation is believed to focus on three points- apathy, land and su... Read More


Three killed in road accident in Bihar's Purnia

PURNIA, July 11 -- Three persons, including two women and a seven-year-old girl, were killed and two others injured after a speeding SUV hit them in Bihar's Purnia district late Wednesday night. While... Read More


How a death sparked superstitions, 5 murders, but kin allege land row

TETGAMA, July 10 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick... Read More


How a death sparked superstition, 5 murders, but kin allege land row

TETGAMA, July 10 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick... Read More


From land grab plot to witchcraft, doubts galore over Purnia killings

TETGAMA (PURNIA), July 9 -- An eerie silence prevails at Tetgama, located 15 km from district headquarters of Purnia and 340 km north-east of the state capital with people largely migrant labourers an... Read More


'Land dispute' behind Bihar witchcraft deaths

TETGAMA, July 9 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick ... Read More


How death of a boy sparked superstitions and 5 murders, but kin allege land dispute

TETGAMA, July 9 -- Sonu Oraon was dozing off after dinner around 10pm on Sunday when a cacophony of sharp voices outside the hut shook him awake. A fellow villager, Ramdev Oraon, had dragged his sick ... Read More