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BEO, accountant caught taking bribe in Rohtas

SASARAM, June 19 -- Vigilance sleuths from Patna on Wednesday arrested a Block Education Officer (BEO) and his accountant red-handed while they were accepting bribes from a middle school teacher in Bi... Read More


Cash, jewellery looted from woman in Gaya Ji

GAYA JI, June 19 -- Miscreants looted Rs.2 lakh in cash and jewellery worth Rs.7 lakh from a woman after allegedly spraying an itching chemical on her near a petrol pump under Belaganj police station ... Read More


40-year-old Man killed in leopard attack in u.s. nagar: officials

Rudrapur, June 19 -- A 40-year-old man was killed by a leopard in Khatima of US Nagar on Wednesday, said officials familiar with the matter. "The incident took place when the victim, Jitendra Singh, w... Read More


MAHA changes nri definition to ease process of admission

MUMBAI, June 19 -- The Maharashtra government on Wednesday approved the amendment in the definition of Non-Resident Indian (NRI) to smoothen the admission process for them, their children and dependen... Read More


Local cigarette firms caught evading tax through chicanery

PATNA, June 19 -- The Commercial Taxes Department on Wednesday unearthed two cigarette manufacturing units - one at Hisua in Nawada and the other in Patna City - belonging to a firm suspected of evadi... Read More


Tikait demands free electricity for farmers, warns of protest

Haridwar, June 19 -- Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday issued a warning to the government, stating that farmers in Uttarakhand would be forced to launch a... Read More


1,000 personnel to be deployed during Prez visit, say police

Dehradun, June 19 -- The state police will deploy approximately 1,000 police personnel for President Droupadi Murmu's three day visit to Dehradun, scheduled from Thursday, officials said on Wednesday.... Read More


Cabinet okays plan for setting up six more airports in Bihar

PATNA, June 18 -- The state government has decided to build airports at six more towns for smaller aircrafts under UDAN-RCS (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik-Regional Connectivity Scheme) of the Central govern... Read More


Drop in Bihar sex ratio, says SRS report

PATNA, June 18 -- Bihar has slid to being the sixth worst state in terms of sex ratio at birth (SRB), which is the number of females per 1,000 males, showing a decline by two points from 900 in 2019-2... Read More


Conservation pays, Gandak river swarms with gharials

BETTIAH, June 18 -- Here is a reason for the animal lovers and environmentalists to rejoice as the nation commemorated 50 years of crocodile conservation programmes in the country on World Crocodile D... Read More