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Bihar traders return to Nepal as curfew eases

BETTIAH, Sept. 15 -- After the recent strife in Nepal, businessmen from Bihar have started returning to their establishments across the border. Hindustan Times spoke to several Nepal-based vendors fro... Read More


13 arrested, 95 youths rescued from job racket in Champaran

BETTIAH, Sept. 15 -- Thirteen people were arrested and 95 youths rescued in East Champaran district on Sunday, police said. The victims, hailing from Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand, had been ... Read More


184 Indian MBBS students return amid Nepal crisis

BETTIAH, Sept. 14 -- Amid the ongoing strife in Nepal, 184 Indian students, who were pursuing MBBS at Bharatpur in Chitwan district of Nepal, returned on Friday evening, thanking the Nepal police for ... Read More


Woman killed by tiger in West Champaran

BETTIAH, Sept. 13 -- A 67-year-old woman was killed in a suspected tiger attack while grazing her goats on the outskirts of a village near the Valmiki Tiger Reserve (VTR) in Bihar's West Champaran dis... Read More


Over 600 return from Nepal as curfew eases

BETTIAH, Sept. 12 -- Stranded for days during the ongoing chaos and disturbance in Nepal, a large number of people, including migrant workers, tourists and pilgrims from south India and other far flun... Read More


border traders in bihar feel the heat of turmoil

RAXAUL (EAST CHAMPARAN), Sept. 11 -- Sparsely crowded roads, absence of vehicular movement on Indo-Nepal Maitripul, deserted market places and heavy deployment of security personnel, thin footfall of ... Read More


One die, two injured in lightning in Bagaha

BETTIAH, Sept. 8 -- A former village head died and two other minors were injured by lightning strikes at a village in West Champaran district on Sunday. According to officials, while ex-sarpanch, iden... Read More


2 smugglers held with endangered species in West Champaran

BETTIAH, Sept. 7 -- A joint team of the Forest Department and the 44th battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested two smugglers and rescued an endangered pangolin from their possession in West Ch... Read More


27-year-old woman climbs mobile tower,threatens to end life

BETTIAH, Sept. 7 -- A 27-year-old married woman climbed a mobile tower at Harsidih in East Champaran on Saturday and threatened to jump to death if forced to return to her in-laws' house, police said.... Read More


52 families in West Champaran uprooted by swollen Gandak

BETTIAH, Sept. 6 -- Over 50 families were rendered homeless after the swollen Gandak river uprooted their houses in two villages of Madhubani block in West Champaran district over the past few days, o... Read More