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Passport office asks edu dept to exempt fee for verification

PATNA, Feb. 27 -- The regional passport office (RPO) has written to the state education department to exempt its office from paying the applicable fee for verification of educational testimonials of p... Read More


Drug peddler held in East Champaran

BETTIAH, Feb. 27 -- A drug peddler was arrested with a huge quantity of charas worth Rs.20 lakh under Sagauli police station in East Champaran district on Wednesday, police said. Police further said ... Read More


A 3rd of newborns in Indian district hospitals get sepsis

New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- A third of newborns admitted to special care units in Indian district hospitals suffer from sepsis, with most infections resistant to multiple drugs, according to research publis... Read More


Sangam fit for holy dip, claims CPCB data

Lucknow, Feb. 27 -- In a development that is nothing short of a miracle, the level of sewage in water at the Sangam, the site of the ongoing Kumbh Mela was recorded at 780 units (per 100 ml) on Februa... Read More


IIT-P student dies by suicide

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- A third-year B.Tech (Mathematics and Computing) student died by suicide at IIT Patna's Amhara (Bihta) campus on Tuesday after jumping from the seventh floor of a building, police sai... Read More


land-for-job scam: delhi court issues summons to lalu and kin

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Tuesday issued summons to former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and others in connection with the land-for-jobs scam case. According to the details... Read More


Nitish & Nadda meet to spruce up NDA for poll

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- In poll-bound Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday held a meeting with BJP president and Union health minister JP Nadda, who was in the state capital. Nadda reached Gaya Mo... Read More


Son hints debut, dynasty rap on Nitish

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Chief minister Nitish Kumar's son, Nishant Kumar, an engineer, on Tuesday in his first major political statement, demanded that the NDA should name Nitish as CM face and that the gov... Read More


Boy, girl run over by train in Kaimur, love angle suspected

BHABUA, Feb. 26 -- A young boy and a girl were run over by a train near Muthani railway station on Gaya-DDU section of the east central railway (ECR) under the jurisdiction of Bhabua Road GRP police s... Read More


Demonetised currency worth Rs.40L recovered from Gopalganj

PATNA, Feb. 26 -- Demonetised currency worth Rs.40 lakh was seized from an incoming bus from Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday in Bihar's Gopalganj district, police said. Police further said that the driver a... Read More