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Engine, coach charred in fire at Saharsa's Simri Bakhtiyarpur rly station

PURNEA, Aug. 4 -- A fire broke out in the engine of a Samastipur - Saharsa Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit (DEMU) passenger train (No 63344) and its adjacent coach at Simri Bakhtiyarpur railway statio... Read More


smack worth Rs.3-cr seized in purnea, three smugglers held

PURNEA, Aug. 3 -- In a major crackdown on drug smugglers, Bihar's Purnea police busted a smack-smuggling racket and arrested three drug smugglers and seized drugs worth Rs.3 crore seized from their po... Read More


Two suspects in JD(U) leader's son shooting case arrested from Assam

PURNEA, Aug. 2 -- A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Bihar Police arrested two suspected shooters from Guwahati on Saturday for shooting at Purnea district JD(U) leader Amarendra Kushwaha's son... Read More


Purnea: JD(U) leader's son, son-in-law shot by masked gunmen

PURNEA, July 25 -- Masked criminals shot and critically injured the 23-year-old son of the JD(U) vice-president of Purnea district, and his close relative in the town area late on Thursday evening, po... Read More


Tender for permanent terminal building for Purnea Airport issued

PURNEA, July 23 -- The Airports Authority of India (AAI) issued an EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) tender worth Rs.294.05 crore to construct permanent Civil Enclave at Purnea Airport.... Read More


Inter-state gang of thieves busted, seven held in Purnea

PURNEA, July 21 -- Seven members of an inter-state gang of thieves, four of them being women, were arrested on Sunday evening in Bihar's Purnea district with stolen goods worth over Rs.7 lakh includin... Read More


Kishanganj MP's remark on Sanskrit sparks row in Bihar

PURNEA, July 18 -- Congress MP from Kishanganj Dr Mohammad Javed's remark that "Sanskrit language came from outside and Urdu is an Indian language" has triggered a row, especially in the Seemanchal re... Read More


Samrat unveils 211 new degree colleges, academic year opens

Bhagalpur, July 16 -- Bihar chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Wednesday virtually inaugurated 211 new degree colleges across the state at an event in Kashil village in Goradih block of Bhagalpur, mar... Read More


3 killed, 10 hurt after tractor with labourers overturns in Araria; probe on

PURNEA, July 15 -- Three women lost their lives and 10 others were injured when a tractor carrying agricultural labourers overturned into a roadside ditch due to a brake failure in Bihar's Araria on T... Read More


Questions raised over Bharatmala project as it fails to link Ugratara temple and other shrines

SAHARSA, July 13 -- The plan to link Tarasthan Mahishi (Ugratara Temple) in Saharsa to other signifcant shrines via NH-327 E seems to be in jeopardy as the highway ends around 1.5 km away from the wor... Read More