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Jeevika Didis aim to boost 'Mahananda leaf' output sevenfold

KISHANGANJ, April 8 -- Encouraged by success, the Jeevika Didis-women volunteers engaged in plucking, processing and packaging "Mahananda leaf," a tea brand in Pothia block, Bihar's Kishanganj-have se... Read More


SI arrested while accepting Rs.7,000 in Madhepura

MADHEPURA, April 8 -- The Special Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Tuesday caught a sub-inspector (SI) red-handed while allegedly accepting Rs.7,000 as a bribe in connection with a land-related investigation i... Read More


SSB jawan held for raping colleague's daughter

KISHANGANJ, April 6 -- A Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) jawan was arrested for allegedly raping the minor daughter of a fellow colleague while the father was on duty in Bihar's Kishanganj. The jawan was bo... Read More


Makhana research centre at Saharsa bypassing Purnea snowballs into controversy

PURNEA, April 5 -- The proposed Makhana research centre at Saharsa bypassing Purnea has snowballed into a controversy with agriculture experts as well farming community especially makhana growers in P... Read More


Eloped woman sold, rescued from bizman's house after 13 months

PURNEA, April 3 -- Police in Purnea district rescued a 21-year-old woman who was allegedly sold to a businessman in March last year. The woman had eloped with her boyfriend who later sold her to the b... Read More


woman reaches purnea central jail after killing husband: Cops

PURNEA, April 2 -- A 35-year-old woman on Wednesday reached the Purnea Central Jail and pleased with the officials that she must be put in prison as she had killed her husband, officials said. Officia... Read More


Literature can restore peace in world ravaged by violence: Sahitya awardee

SAHARSA, April 2 -- Sahitya Akademi awardee, 2025, for his memoirs in Maithili called Dhatri Paat San Gaam, renowned writer Prof Mahendra is a worried man seeing the world sitting on explosives. He ho... Read More


bihar cleric arrested for remark on u.p. cm's mother

PURNEA, March 31 -- Former AIMIM leader Maulana Abdullah Salim Chaturvedi on Monday was arrested from Bihar's Purnea in connection with his objectionable remarks regarding Uttar Pradesh chief minister... Read More


Man stabbed after being shot in Supaul

SUPAUL, March 31 -- Four bike-borne miscreants allegedly shot and stabbed a 30-year-old man to death at a tea stall on National Highway-327 in Supaul district on Sunday evening, police said. The victi... Read More


Bihar: 3 dead as car plunges into river

MADHEPURA, March 29 -- Three youths were killed late Friday night when the speeding car they were travelling in plunged into a river in Bihar's Madhepura district. While the bodies of three were recov... Read More