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PM Modi to dedicate projects worth Rs.7,200cr in Bihar today

PATNA, July 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to poll-bound Bihar's Motihari on Friday, will lay the foundation stone, inaugurate and dedicate to the nation rail, road and rural dev... Read More


Convict on parole shot dead inside hospital in Patna

PATNA, July 18 -- A convicted prisoner was shot dead by armed assailants inside a hospital private ward here on Thursday, police said. The incident took place in Shastri Nagar police station area near... Read More


Efforts underway to raise online submission of forms, says CEO

PATNA, July 18 -- The state election department has received only 1.5 million applications online for the enrolment of names by electors in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision ( SIR) so far, indica... Read More


Rs.3,026 cr sanctioned for salaries of varsities

PATNA, July 18 -- Bihar government on Thursday sanctioned subsidiary grant of Rs.3,026.21 crore for salary and retirement benefits of teachers of state universities, non-teaching employees and the gue... Read More


Diarrhoea hits several villages in Kaimur dist, over 300 affected

BHABUA, July 18 -- Diarrhoea has taken an epidemic form in several villages of the hilly and tribal-dominated Adhaura block in Kaimur district, due to the consumption of contaminated drinking water. O... Read More


cong stir over 'duplication of electoral rolls'

Dehradun, July 18 -- Senior Congress leaders, including state Congress president Karan Mahra and party's senior vice president (organisation) Suryakant Dhasmana, staged a hunger strike near the Uttara... Read More


HC suspends deputy jailor, constable for assaulting an inmate

Dehradun, July 18 -- The Uttarakhand high court has ordered the immediate suspension of a constable and a deputy jailor at the Central Jail, Sitarganj, in US Nagar district following allegations of as... Read More


India set to become global food basket, says Chouhan

SAMASTIPUR, July 18 -- Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday reaffirmed the Modi government's commitment to making India the food basket of the world wh... Read More


JD-U leader's father brutally killed inside cow-shed in Rohtas

SASARAM, July 18 -- A 55-year-old man was brutally axed to death while he was sleeping inside his cowshed near Amara village under the hilly Amjhor police station area in Rohtas district late Wednesda... Read More


Security forces to get connectivityboost in LWE areas in Bihar by Sept

PATNA, July 18 -- Security forces in left wing extremist (LWE) areas of Bihar will get a communication boost, as the state-run BSNL will upgrade its services from 2G to 4G by September to enhance conn... Read More