siwan police crack down on firework units operating sans valid licences

PATNA, Oct. 25 -- Siwan police and district administration on Saturday launched an operation to check whether firecracker manufacturing units were operating with valid licences after the deadly Friday... Read More

20-year-old man beheads infant brother at temple in rural Patna

PATNA, Oct. 25 -- A 20-year-old youth was arrested after he allegedly beheaded his 18-month-old brother with a sharp-edged weapon at a Durga temple in Bihar's rural Patna on Saturday, police said. The... Read More

Newly promoted SI found dead in suspected suicide case: Police

PATNA, Oct. 25 -- A newly promoted sub-inspector (SI) was found dead at his government quarters in a suspected suicide case at Naugachhia police district on Saturday morning, police said, adding that ... Read More

Bihar Regiment remembers 1971 Indo-Pak war veteran Lt Gen KS Mann at biennial conference

DANAPUR, Oct. 25 -- As part of the 31st Biennial Conference and 15th Reunion of the Bihar Regiment, with the refrain "Once a Bihari, always a Bihari" a solemn wreath-laying ceremony was held at Veer S... Read More

Five killed, two missing in blast at firecrackers unit in Bihar's Siwan

India, Oct. 24 -- Five people were killed and two others remained missing on Friday in an explosion at a house where firecrackers were reportedly being manufactured in the Siwan district of Bihar, pol... Read More

18-month-old allegedly killed by elder brother in Bihar; head found at village temple

India, Oct. 24 -- An 18-month-old boy was allegedly hacked to death by his 20-year-old elder brother with a sharp-edged weapon in Bihar's Patna district on Saturday, police said. The child's head was ... Read More

Siwan firecracker unit explosion causes death of house owner, 3 grandchildren; bomb squad deployed

India, Oct. 24 -- Among the five dead so far in the explosion at a house where a firecracker manufacturing unit was running in Alampur village in Bihar's Siwan district is the house owner, Amiruddin A... Read More

5 killed, 2 injured in blast at house storing firecrackers

PATNA, Oct. 24 -- At least five people were killed and two were seriously injured in an explosion inside a two-storey house where firecrackers were being manufactured in Alampur village under Jamo Baz... Read More

2 shooters of SI's sons nabbed after encounter

PATNA, Oct. 24 -- Two criminals involved in shooting sons of sub-inspector Sudhanshu Shekhar were on Friday shot and arrested after a brief encounter in Gaya, police said. They were identified as Gaur... Read More

4 dead, more casualties feared after blast at firecracker factory in Bihar's Siwan

India, Oct. 23 -- Four people have been killed and more casualties are feared after an explosion ripped through a house in Alampur village in Bihar's Siwan district on Friday evening. Preliminary inve... Read More

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