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Two constables held for extortion in East Champaran district

BETTIAH, Sept. 13 -- Raghunathpur police in East Champaran arrested two constables for allegedly extorting money from local residents at a place near Motihari and threatening to implicate them in fals... Read More


Over 1,300 Bihar schools run minus land, building

PATNA/BETTIAH, Sept. 13 -- The steady expansion of government schools across Bihar has succeeded in bringing education closer to the grassroots, yet infrastructure deficit continues to undermine its q... Read More


Married man and girlfriend found hanging from tree

BETTIAH, Sept. 12 -- A 32-year-old married man and his 30-year-old married girlfriend, who had left their home on Thursday, were hanging from a tree in a village in Bihar's East Champaran district on ... Read More


Officials struggle to handle bodies in district on border

BETTIAH, Sept. 5 -- After the recovery of over 200 bodies following devastating flash floods in Nepal, authorities in Nawalparasi district in Nepal are grappling with the daunting task of identifying ... Read More


8 held for selling infant for Rs.1.8 lakh in Bihar

BETTIAH, Sept. 5 -- Pakaridayal police, in coordination with special task force (STF), arrested eight people, including three women, for their alleged involvement in the sale of a newborn for Rs.1.8 l... Read More


Dy village head, other shot over G Ram g wages

BETTIAH, Sept. 4 -- Two people, including a deputy village head and the husband of a ward member, were shot at and critically injured by armed assailants following an alleged dispute over payments of ... Read More


trucks collide, catch fire in east Champaran; two injured: Police

BETTIAH, Sept. 4 -- Two truck drivers were critically injured after their vehicles collided and burst into flames at a village on a national highway-27 passing through East Champaran, police said on T... Read More


700 model schools, airports: CM unveils Rs.285cr projects for Bihar

BETTIAH, Sept. 2 -- Laying the foundation stones and inauguration of projects worth Rs.285 crore in East Champaran, chief minister Samrat Choudhary on Tuesday said Bihar was entering a new phase of tr... Read More


3 from Nepal among 7 drug peddlers held in E Champaran

BETTIAH, Sept. 1 -- Bihar's East Champaran police arrested seven drug peddlers, including three Nepalese nationals, and seized a huge cache of narcotics that were being smuggled into Indian territory ... Read More


Manjhi slams Paswan, rift in NDA widens over call for SC quota rejig

MOTIHARI, Aug. 31 -- A rift within the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) surfaced on Sunday after Union minister and former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi sharpened his attack on his ca... Read More