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Bihar power utility's GM resigns citing CMD's 'immoral order'

PATNA, May 17 -- A general manager in a power utility company of the Bihar government resigned on Wednesday citing pressure due to "inappropriate" and "immoral" orders of his boss, the official mentio... Read More


EC scans poll readiness, pushes for higher voting

PATNA, May 17 -- Higher enrolment of youth voters in the age group of 18-19 , taking steps for increasing the poll percentage and also maintaining highest transparency in conduct of the forthcoming as... Read More


Son of PACS chairman killed in Muzaffarpur

PATNA, May 17 -- Son of PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Societies) chairman Lalita Devi, Sanjay Choudhary alias Ramnavmi, died while another youth, Guddu Singh, was injured in a shooting incident ne... Read More


Patna: Man stabs girlfriend to death; arrested

PATNA, May 17 -- Police on Friday arrested a married man who stabbed to death his girlfriend and tried to set her body on fire on Thursday late evening at posh S K Puri area of the state capital. In a... Read More


Bihar Raj Bhawan clears decks for posting of principals through lottery

PATNA, May 17 -- With the Raj Bhawan constituting the committees along with nomination of its all- woman representatives and issuing detailed guidelines for random selection, decks have finally been c... Read More


IIT develops device to detect arsenic in water

JODHPUR, May 17 -- The department of electrical engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur has developed a portable, and low-cost device for on-site detection of arsenic contamina... Read More


RJD Jehanabad MP Surendra Yadav, six others acquitted in POCSO case

GAYA, May 17 -- A special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act acquitted Jehanabad MP Surendra Yadav in a case of revealing the identity of a rape victim and her minor dau... Read More


Bihar: 6 held for video shoot in police uniform

BETTIAH, May 17 -- An inadvertent move to copy Bajirao Singham, a character of policeman in Ajay Devgan-starrer yesteryear's Bollywood blockbuster Singham for their social media wall exacted a heavy p... Read More


Bangladeshi in monk's disguise arrested in Bodh Gaya

GAYA, May 17 -- A Bangladeshi citizen living in a Buddhist monk's disguise at a monastery in Bihar's Bodh Gaya was arrested late Thursday, police said on Friday. A police official said, Pawan Kanti Ba... Read More


Over 2,800 playgrounds come up in rural Bihar in 5 months: Officials

PATNA, May 16 -- In a major boost to sports facilities in rural Bihar, around three thousand playgrounds equipped with modern facilities like basketball courts, running tracks, cricket and football gr... Read More